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Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Kilns used by the late Shoji Hamada, a Japanese ceramic artist credited with developing Mashiko town in Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, into a world-renowned pottery center, will be fired in February 2015 for the first time in about 40 years. This file photo of the kilns was taken on July 27, 2014.

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Documents of cancelled 1940 Tokyo Olympics exhibited online

TOKYO, Japan - Documents from the abortive 1940 Tokyo Olympics stocked in the National Diet Library in Tokyo are displayed on a special page of its website since February 27, 2014. The contents are in Japanese only.

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GPM observatory

GREENBELT, United States - Photo shows the control center for the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory unveiled for reporters at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Jan. 27, 2014. The GPM observatory will be put into space by Japan's H-2A rocket in February.

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Giants' players arrive in Miyazaki ahead of training camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe (L) receives flowers as he and his teammates, including third baseman Shuichi Murata (C), arrive in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2014, to prepare for the preseason baseball training camp in February.