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Famous poet Yosano Akiko's handwritten poem found

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Noguchi of Wakayama Prefecture holds a newly discovered handwritten poem by well-known poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and the stone mentioned in the poem in this undated photo taken in Tanabe City. The poem was found with the stone in Noguchi's home. Noguchi's grandfather Ritaro was a rock collector.

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Isamu Noguchi Award

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Japanese contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (R) and British architect Norman Foster, recipients of the inaugural Isamu Noguchi Award, at the Noguchi Museum in New York on May 13, 2014. The museum features works of Isamu Noguchi, a late Japanese-American sculptor.

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Isamu Noguchi Award

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Japanese contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (R) and British architect Norman Foster (C), recipients of the inaugural Isamu Noguchi Award, at the Noguchi Museum in New York on May 13, 2014. At left is Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations. The museum features works of Isamu Noguchi, a late Japanese-American sculptor.

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Astronaut Noguchi returns acorns to Yokohama mayor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L), who completed a mission on the U.S. shuttle Discovery in August, and Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakata pot 20 acorns from Yokohama that Noguchi had taken into space with him.

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Japanese gets prison term for aiding N. Korean refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kato, secretary general of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Life Funds for North Korea Refugees, speaks in Tokyo on June 28 about a sentence handed down to Takayuki Noguchi, a member of the NGO, by a Chinese court. The court sentenced Noguchi to eight months in prison and fined him 20,000 yuan (about 260,000 yen) for helping North Koreans who entered China go to a third country.

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Japan experts call for cooperation with Taiwan to stem SARS

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroshi Noguchi (L), from Narita Red Cross Hospital, and Hidekazu Nishimura, from National Sendai Hospital, speak at a news conference in Taipei on May 29. They said Japan can learn from Taiwan's experience in combating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

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Astronaut Noguchi returns acorns to Yokohama mayor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L), who completed a mission on the U.S. shuttle Discovery in August, and Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakata pot 20 acorns from Yokohama that Noguchi had taken into space with him. (Kyodo)

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Japanese gets prison term for aiding N. Korean refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kato, secretary general of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Life Funds for North Korea Refugees, speaks in Tokyo on June 28 about a sentence handed down to Takayuki Noguchi, a member of the NGO, by a Chinese court. The court sentenced Noguchi to eight months in prison and fined him 20,000 yuan (about 260,000 yen) for helping North Koreans who entered China go to a third country. (Kyodo)

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Japan experts call for cooperation with Taiwan to stem SARS

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroshi Noguchi (L), from Narita Red Cross Hospital, and Hidekazu Nishimura, from National Sendai Hospital, speak at a news conference in Taipei on May 29. They said Japan can learn from Taiwan's experience in combating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). (Kyodo)