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Etsuko Takano dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Etsuko Takano, general manager of Iwanami Hall, a Tokyo movie theater famous for screenings of foreign art films. Takano died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 9, 2013, the 45th anniversary of the founding of Iwanami Hall. She was 83 years old.

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Judo teacher Fukuda dies

TOKYO, Japan - A 2010 file photo shows Keiko Fukuda, the first woman to earn a ninth-dan ranking in judo from the Kodokan. Fukuda died at her home in San Francisco on Feb. 9, 2013, at the age of 99.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (top) fights Laetitia Payet of France during the women's 48-kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013. Reigning world champion Asami won the title.

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USJ to open new theme park in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 9, 2013, shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The Hollywood-themed amusement park's operator, USJ Co., said Feb. 20, 2014, it plans to open one or more new theme parks by 2020, with potential sites identified in Japan and in emerging Asian countries.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Sony PlayStation 4

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013, that it will start selling its PlayStation 4 home gaming console on Feb. 22, 2014, in Japan.

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Woman serving as bridge between farmers, consumers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman tries snowshoes with the help of a local man in Yokote, Akita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. She was among the 11 women from the Tokyo metropolitan area who participated in the tour "Let's shovel snow and become an Akita beauty" organized by Kometabi Co. with the hope of helping consumers directly interact with farmers and learn about the secrets behind high-quality rice. (Photo by Shuzo Shikano)

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A pig-boar hybrid searches for food in a house damaged by the March 2011 tsunami in a photo using infrared on the evening of Feb. 9, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki stands in front of his newly opened ramen shop in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. Nozaki was forced to close his ramen shop in Naraha as the prefectural town falls within an area designated as one where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki cooks ramen on Feb. 9, 2013 at his newly opened eatery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where he took refuge from the prefectural town of Naraha. Naraha is designated as within an area where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Naohisa Takato (2nd from L) stands on the podium after winning the men's 60-kilogram final against South Korea's Jang Jin Min (L) at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013. Amiran Papinashvili of Georgia (2nd from R) and Beslan Mudranov of Russia (R) won the bronze medal.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Yuki Hashimoto (2nd from L) poses during the award ceremony at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013, after winning the women's 52-kilogram final, with the silver medalist Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo (L), and bronze medalists Andreea Chitu of Romania (2nd from R) and Takumi Miyakawa of Japan (R).

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Canada's Kevin Reynolds performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Reynolds won his first gold medal at the competition with a total of 250.55 points.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) fights Laetitia Payet of France during the women's 48-kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013. Reigning world champion Asami won the title.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Canada's Kevin Reynolds performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Reynolds won his first gold medal at the competition with a total of 250.55 points.

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Morita at Fed Cup

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in a Fed Cup World Group first-round tie in Moscow on Feb. 9, 2013. Morita won the match to pull Japan level at one rubber apiece.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Hanyu finished second with a total of 246.38 points.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Canada's Kevin Reynolds performs in the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Reynolds won his first gold medal at the competition with a total of 250.55 points.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - People set off firecrackers in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada dazzles, takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - (From L) Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, Canada's Kevin Reynolds and China's Yan Han hold up the silver, gold and bronze medals respectively during the award ceremony at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R, standing) meets residents of temporary housing in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami, on Feb. 9, 2013. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is Abe's third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26. (Pool photo)

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - People visit a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada nails a triple axel in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada acknowledges the crowd after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - Dancers perform at a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - A woman holds a snake doll at a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Bank of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Feb. 9, 2013, shows the Bank of Japan's head office in the Nihombashi district in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto lay a floral tribute at a cenotaph for the victims of the 2011 tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2013. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is Abe's third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26.

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Bank of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Feb. 9, 2013, shows the Bank of Japan's head office in the Nihombashi district in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) on Feb. 9, 2013, visits Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is his third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26.

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Mitsubishi SUV Outlander

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Outlander sports utility vehicle. The automaker announced Feb. 9, 2012, that it will launch a plug-in hybrid model of the Outlander within fiscal 2012 ending in March 2013. The model is expected to become the first commercial plug-in hybrid SUV, according to the automaker.