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Ishikawa plays Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES, United States - Ryo Ishikawa, Japan's money champion of the 2009 season, tees off on the 10th hole as spectators watch during the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in California on Feb. 4, 2010. Ishikawa placed ninth and posted 3-under-par 68.

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho leaves a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009. About an announcement by fellow Mongolian Yokozuna Asashoryu to retire, Hakuho said ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.''

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Sony revises FY 2009 earnings forecast upward

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings forecast for fiscal 2009 and earnings report for the April-December period during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010.

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho wipes away tears during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. Hakuho said, ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.''

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho looks down during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage.

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Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu celebrating after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 25, 2009. Later, Japan Sumo Association reprimanded Asashoryu's stablemaster Takasago because Asashoryu's behavior lacked the proper etiquette required for the centuries-old sport. Asashoryu said on Feb. 4, 2010, that he has decided to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career.

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14.

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14.