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Young volunteers stay to support victims of March 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteer Yusuke Kato (L), holding a dosimeter, explains to a tour participant about a checkpoint set up 10 kilometers north of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 2011 disaster. Photo was taken Feb. 2, 2013, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Cat in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - A cat named Chako sits on a pedestal with a sign reading, ''Solely for Chako'' beside a temporary housing unit in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2012, for people hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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JAL logs profit

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The airline, which was undergoing rehabilitation, reported a group operating profit of 161.66 billion yen in the April to December period on cost-cutting efforts and revised upward its operating profit projection for fiscal 2011 by 40 billion yen to 180 billion yen.

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New Zealand quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Flowers and toys are placed at the site of the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 2, 2011. The death toll from the Feb. 22 quake has risen to 159 but dozens more remain missing.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2011, shows the village of Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province. The village, like many farming villages in inland China, sees most of its laborers migrate to major cities to find work. China has about 200 million migrant workers.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (R) prepares dumplings with his parents on Feb. 2, 2011, on the eve of lunar New Year, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together.

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Ex-U.S. intelligence official

WASHINGTON, United States - Dennis Blair, former director of U.S. National Intelligence, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Feb. 2, 2011. The former top U.S. intelligence official called for a ''normal'' Japan-U.S. alliance, urging Tokyo to review its war-renouncing Constitution to bring more balance to bilateral relations.

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Volcano evacuees in Miyazaki Pref.

TAKAHARU, Japan - Local residents stay at an evacuation shelter, partitioned by cardboard, in the town of Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2011, as Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki continues to erupt.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows juryo-division wrestler Chiyohakuho (L) and sumo elder Takenawa (C), who have reportedly admitted to involvement in match-fixing, and lower-tier wrestler Enatsukasa, who did not deny involvement during questioning in Tokyo by the Japan Sumo Association on Feb. 2, 2011, after police said the same day text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Uprising in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Armed Egyptian soldiers line up to guard a street in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2011. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak faces growing pressure to step down immediately as civilians continue protesting against his 30-year rule.

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Mubarak supporters in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak march in front of tanks on a street in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2011. Pro and anti-Mubarak people clashed in the city and dozens were reportedly injured.

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Mubarak supporters in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hit the streets of Cairo holding up pictures of him on Feb. 2, 2011. Pro and anti-Mubarak people clashed in the city and dozens were reportedly injured.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2011, shows a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Chinese New Year holidays

BEIJING, China - A woman performs a dance at a park in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2011, as China entered holiday mode a day ahead of the Chinese New Year.

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Uprising in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - A tank is seen on a bridge in Cairo on Feb. 2, 2011, while people stand around a burnt vehicle. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak faces growing pressure to step down immediately as civilians continue protesting against his 30-year rule.

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Japanese leaving Egypt arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese travelers from Egypt arrive at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 2, 2011, as they fled from the unrest there.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2011, shows a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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JSA Chair Hanaregoma at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (R) describes alleged match fixing at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011. The chairman apologized for yet another scandal involving the national sport but said he was not able to confirm the truth of the allegation after summoning about 10 people the same day for questioning over cellphone text messages implying rigged bouts.

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JSA Chair Hanaregoma at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma bows in apology for yet another scandal involving the national sport at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011. The chairman said, however, he was not able to confirm the truth of the allegation after summoning about 10 people the same day for questioning over cellphone text messages implying rigged bouts.

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Chinese New Year holidays start

BEIJING, China - People enjoy traditional decorations set up at a park in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2011, as China entered holiday mode a day ahead of the Chinese New Year day.

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'Maiko' at seasonal bean-scattering event

KYOTO, Japan - ''Maiko,'' or apprentice geisha, take part in the seasonal ceremony of Setsubun in Kyoto on Feb. 2, 2011. In the traditional ceremony held around Feb. 3, which marks the division between winter and spring on the calendar, participants scatter beans to drive demons away and invite good luck.

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Ice deposits in Zao mountains

YAMAGATA, Japan - Skiers pass gigantic ice deposits on trees at a ski resort in the city of Yamagata in the Zao mountains in northeastern Japan on Feb. 2, 2011. The rare ice deposits are formed when moisture in the air freezes on trees and snow accumulates on top.

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Ice deposits in Zao mountains

YAMAGATA, Japan - Skiers pass gigantic ice deposits on trees at a ski resort in the city of Yamagata in the Zao mountains in northeastern Japan on Feb. 2, 2011. The rare ice deposits are formed when moisture in the air freezes on trees and snow accumulates on top.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma heads to an emergency board meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated by the police.

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Twins' Nishioka departs to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who signed a three-year contract with the major league club Minnesota Twins, speaks to reporters ahead of his departure to Minneapolis at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 2, 2011. The 26-year-old former Chiba Lotte Marines star is scheduled to arrive in Florida on Feb. 6 to join the Twins' spring training.

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Twins' Nishioka departs to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who signed a three-year contract with the major league club Minnesota Twins, speaks to reporters ahead of his departure to Minneapolis at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 2, 2011. The 26-year-old former Chiba Lotte Marines star is scheduled to arrive in Florida on Feb. 6 to join the Twins' spring training.

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Volcanic ash reaches Hawks training ground

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Softbank Hawks infielder Yuichi Honda (L) covers his month as outfielder Hiroshi Shibahara looks up at the sky as volcanic ash from the eruption of Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima mountain range rained on the club's training ground in Miyazaki City on Feb. 2, 2011. The training ground is about 45 kilometers away from the peak located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, which erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26 the same day.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Kokonoe, former grand champion Chiyonofuji, heads to the Japan Sumo Association's emergency board meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated by the police.

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Volcano erupts for 7th time in week

TAKAHARU, Japan - A taxi driver wipes new ash from Shinmoe Peak off his car in the town of Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2011, after it erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26.

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Volcano erupts for 7th time in week

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Volcanic smoke billows from Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima mountain range in southwestern Japan on Feb. 2, 2011, after it erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26, in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (C) after he emerged from the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated in a police investigation into a separate scandal involving organized baseball gambling among sumo wrestlers.

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Volcano erupts for 7th time in week

TAKAHARU, Japan - Smoke spews from Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on Feb. 2, 2011, after it erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26, seen from the town of Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture.