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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force stays cool at its camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. An engineering unit of the GSDF is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - The flags of Japan and South Sudan are seen beside a road in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012, which is being constructed with Japanese grants-in-aid.

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Asama Lodge incident

KASUIZAWA, Japan - A man offers flowers at a monument in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2012, the 40th anniversary of the settlement of the Asama Lodge incident. Five radicals took a woman hostage at the lodge on Feb. 19, 1972. The police stormed the building and rescued the woman on Feb. 28 that year.

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Asama Lodge incident

NAGANO, Japan - Photo shows Asama Lodge in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. Five radicals took a woman hostage at the lodge on Feb. 19, 1972. The police stormed the building and rescued the woman on Feb. 28 that year.

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Market in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows people working in a market in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

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Yemen ahead of election

SANAA, Yemen - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows a poster of Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (R) in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, ahead of an election Feb. 21 to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi is the only candidate in the election.

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Yemen ahead of election

SANAA, Yemen - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows a young man wearing a T-shirt with the image of Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, ahead of an election Feb. 21 to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi is the only candidate in the election.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A float is pictured during a parade at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Women dance a samba during a parade at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Dancers are pictured during a parade at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A woman dances a samba during a parade at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Dancers are pictured during a parade at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Work is under way to build a camp for Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering keeps cool in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit carry materials at their camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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IAEA safeguards head Nackaerts

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general and head of the department of safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at an airport in Vienna on Feb. 19, 2012, before leaving for Iran.

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Women's dual moguls

NAEBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura (R) and teammate Miki Ito win second and third places in the women's dual moguls World Cup event at the Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit carry beds to their tents in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit sets up a mosquito net on his bed in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Well-wishers in front of Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, to write goodwill messages for Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery the previous day.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada is pictured after successfully defending her WBA minimumweight title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Mexican Maria Salinas in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada (L) punches Mexican Maria Salinas during the fifth round of a WBA minimumweight title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012. Tada successfully defended her title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Salinas.

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Women's dual moguls

NAEBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura (L) and teammate Miki Ito win second and third places in the women's dual moguls World Cup event at the Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mari Ando is pictured after successfully defending her WBA light minimumweight title for the first time with a unanimous decision over fourth-ranked Mexican Maria Jimenez in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force engineers are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Women's dual moguls

NAEBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura wins second place in the women's dual moguls World Cup event at the Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mari Ando (R) and Mexican Maria Jimenez are pictured during the fourth round of a WBA light minimumweight title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012. Ando defeated fourth-ranked Jimenez by unanimous decision in the first defense of her title.

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Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Prince Akishino

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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Women's dual moguls

NAEBA, Japan - Canada's Audrey Robichaud wins her maiden World Cup title in the women's dual moguls at the Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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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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30,000 old 'hina' dolls

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Around 30,000 old ''hina'' dolls, collected from homes nationwide, are displayed on an 8-meter-high pyramid stand in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012, for a festival that started the same day and runs until March 20. The dolls are usually displayed on a much smaller stand in Japanese homes to bring happiness to young girls around early March.

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Well-wishers in front of Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, to write goodwill messages for Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery the previous day.

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers search inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2012, for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The exhaust pipes of the power plant can be seen in the background.

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers search inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2012, for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Empress Michiko

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting her 78-year-old husband, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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China's Wang, Japan's Azumi

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi hold talks in Beijing on Feb. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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China's Wang, Japan's Azumi

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (C) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on Feb. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japan booth at Singapore Airshow

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2012, shows an exhibition booth of Japanese companies set up by the Japan External Trade Organization at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. The show runs from Feb. 14 to 19, 2012.