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Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2013, shows Katsumi Iwataki (L), 88, and Wahei Hara, 94, in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture. Iwataki and Hara are among the very few Japanese people still alive who have visited Takeshima, a group of islets in the Sea of Japan now controlled by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo.

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(3)Residents evacuate as forest fire spreads

GIFU, Japan - A forest fire spreads close to a house in the Iwataki district in Gifu, central Japan, on April 5, forcing the local authorities to issue an evacuation advisory for about 3,100 residents.

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(3)Residents evacuate as forest fire spreads

GIFU, Japan - A forest fire spreads close to a house in the Iwataki district in Gifu, central Japan, on April 5, forcing the local authorities to issue an evacuation advisory for about 3,100 residents.