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Admission fee mulled for Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - An August 2012 file photo shows alpinists climbing Mt. Fuji west of Tokyo. The governors of Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures straddled by the highest mountain in Japan said on Feb. 23, 2013, that they are considering introducing an admission fee for Mt. Fuji to finance efforts for environmental protection.

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2 years after tsunami in Chile

DICHATO, Chile - A levee is under construction to prepare for a future tsunami in Dichato, Chile, on Feb. 23, 2012, nearly two years after a major quake and tsunami hit the area.

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2 years after tsunami in Chile

DICHATO, Chile - Houses are under construction on higher ground in Dichato, Chile, on Feb. 23, 2012, nearly two years after a major quake and tsunami hit the area.

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Darvish in spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish participates in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is pictured at a Beijing hotel on the night of Feb. 23, 2012. He and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, met for more than seven hours earlier in the day, holding talks at each other's embassy and having dinner together.

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Ex-U.N. chief Annan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kofi Annan, former U.N. secretary general, at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2009. The United Nations and the Arab League said Feb. 23, 2012, that they have appointed Annan as their joint special envoy on the Syrian crisis, as part of efforts to end intensified violent crackdowns on antigovernment protests in the Middle Eastern country.

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Ishikawa at Match Play

MARANA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (R) is pictured after losing to Paul Lawrie (L) of Britain on the 18th hole in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish in spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish participates in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) practices pitching in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 23, 2012. To the left is manager Bobby Valentine. Matsuzaka is on the road to recovery from ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow in June 2011.

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Darvish and fans

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish (C) is surrounded by fans after participating in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Ishikawa at Match Play

MARANA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa reacts after teeing off on the 8th hole in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012. Ishikawa missed out on a place in the last 16 of the championship after losing to Paul Lawrie of Britain in the second round.

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Darvish in spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish participates in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish in spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish participates in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish and fans

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish (L center) signs autographs for fans after participating in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish and fans

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish signs autographs for fans after participating in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish at news conference

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish (L front) holds a news conference in Surprise, Arizona, after participating in the major league team's first official day of spring training on Feb. 23, 2012. His father, Farsad Darvish (R front), was also there.

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Darvish in spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish participates in the major league team's first official day of spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Darvish at news conference

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish holds a news conference in Surprise, Arizona, after participating in the major league team's first official day of spring training on Feb. 23, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan gets into a car in Beijing on the night of Feb. 23, 2012, after having dinner with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, after a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Beijing after a meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Kabuki actor Jakuemon

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2004 shows Kabuki actor Nakamura Jakuemon, who died of pneumonia on Feb. 23, 2012, at the age of 91.

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Ultra police in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Ultra Police Force practice driving on a snow-covered road in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2012. The force is composed of police officers from outside Fukushima Prefecture who have been assigned to work in the prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Ultra police in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Ultra Police Force practice driving on a snow-covered road in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2012. The force is composed of police officers from outside Fukushima Prefecture who have been assigned to work in the prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) enters the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, for a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, heads to a meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Mozambique premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mozambique Prime Minister Aires Ali speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd.

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Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito arrives at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2012, to visit his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there on Feb. 18. The crown prince turned 52 on Feb. 23.

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U.S. diplomat Davies in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, before meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan.