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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi retires

OKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi enters the venue of an event in the city of Okayama, western Japan, on Oct. 14, 2014. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, said at the event he has decided to retire.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy, in March 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi performing in the free skate competition of the Vancouver Olympics at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, in February 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Takemoto Gendayu to retire from bunraku theater

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2010 shows Takemoto Gendayu, a renowned Japanese traditional "joruri bunraku" puppet play master. Takemoto, 82, will retire due to health reasons, the bunraku association said July 14, 2014.

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Ex-Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki dies at 99

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki (file photo taken in February, 1983), known for moving the metropolitan government office to the Shinjuku district after establishing the basis for local autonomy when he was a bureaucrat, died on May 14, 2010. He was 99. Suzuki served four four-year terms as governor of the capital from 1979, during which he restored the city's fiscal health and moved the government building to Shinjuku Ward from Yurakucho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in March 1991.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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Russia's Kawaguchi, Smirnov come in 3rd in pairs short program

VANCOUVER, Canada - Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi (top) and Alexander Smirnov perform during the pairs short program figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 14, 2010, at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. The pair came in third with 74.16 points.

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Russia's Kawaguchi, Smirnov come in 3rd in pairs short program

VANCOUVER, Canada - Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi (L) and Alexander Smirnov acknowledge the crowd after performing in the pairs short program figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 14, 2010, at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. The pair came in third with 74.16 points.

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Russia's Kawaguchi, Smirnov come in 3rd in pairs short program

VANCOUVER, Canada - Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi (top) and Alexander Smirnov perform during the pairs short program figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 14, 2010, at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. The pair came in third with 74.16 points.

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Russia's Kawaguchi, Smirnov come in 3rd in pairs short program

VANCOUVER, Canada - Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi (L) and Alexander Smirnov perform during the pairs short program figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 14, 2010, at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. The pair came in third with 74.16 points.