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U.N. official on disaster risk reduction

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction Margareta Wahlstrom (R) attends a meeting with workers at after-school day care centers in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Feb. 19, 2013, to learn about the health impact of the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows an area inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, where around 100 police officers searched for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami the same day. The exhaust pipes of the power plant can be seen in the background.

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Filipinos celebrate national hero who briefly visited Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken June 16, 2011, at the Philippine National Library in Manila, shows a portrait on display there of Seiko Usui, more commonly known to Filipinos as O-Sei-san, the Japanese love interest of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal, who visited Japan from Feb. 28 to April 13, 1888. The Philippines celebrated the 150th anniversary of Rizal's birth on June 19, 2011.

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Reconstruction in quake-hit Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Construction work is in progress in Christchurch, New Zealand, on May 19, 2011, at a site where the collapsed Canterbury TV building stood before a major earthquake struck the area on Feb. 22.

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009.

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride (L) and groom undergo a ''divorce ceremony'' marking the end to their married life at a venue in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. Over 60 couples have undergone a ''divorce ceremony,'' being marketed by Hiroki Terai, in Japan since its start in 2009.

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Antigovernment protesters gather in front of a hospital in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 19, 2011.

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Takahashi wins Four Continents

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi (C) smiles after winning the Four Continents ice skating in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Compatriot Yuzuru Hanyu (L) finished second and American Jeremy Abbott (R) third.

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Takahashi wins Four Continents

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents meet in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Takahashi claimed his second Four Continents title.

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Takahashi wins Four Continents

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents meet in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Takahashi claimed his second Four Continents title.

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Asada places 2nd in short program

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Asada finished in second place.

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Asada places 2nd in short program

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Asada finished in second place.

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Ando grabs short program lead

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Miki Ando performs during the women's short program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Ando took the lead.

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Edano views disputed islands off Hokkaido

NEMURO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (front) views disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido from the air on Feb. 19, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Ando grabs short program lead

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Miki Ando performs during the women's short program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 19, 2011. Ando took the lead.

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VW's Touareg hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2011, shows the hybrid version of the Volkswagen Touareg sport utility vehicle. Volkswagen Group Japan Co. plans to commence sales of the new model from Feb. 17 in Japan.