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4 Japanese killed in traffic accident in Abu Dhabi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A spokesman for JGC Corp. answers questions from reporters about a car accident in the United Arab Emirates that killed three of its Japanese employees and another of an affiliate, at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Aug. 13, 2010. Five people, including the four Japanese, were killed in Abu Dhabi, after the minivan carrying them slammed into a trailer truck on Aug. 11.

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1 year after Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Flags are hoisted at half mast in front of JGC Corp.'s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2014, a year after a hostage crisis took place in Algeria, which caused the deaths of many foreigners including 10 Japanese nationals. All the Japanese victims were working for JGC.

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1 year after Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Flags are hoisted at half mast in front of JGC Corp.'s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2014, a year after a hostage crisis took place in Algeria, which caused the deaths of many foreigners including 10 Japanese nationals. All the Japanese victims were working for JGC.

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Japan's biggest solar power plant built by JGC Corp. is completed in a seaside industrial area in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on May 14, 2013. The power plant's output capacity is 26,500 kilowatts -- the biggest in Japan, according to JGC.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Corp. Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. Aratani's body, the last of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria, arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Koichi Kawana (R), president of engineering firm JGC Corp., offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. The last body of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Koichi Kawana (L), president of engineering firm JGC Corp., offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. Aratani's body, the last of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria, arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows officials of the Japanese government and JGC Corp. placing flowers on the coffins of victims of a hostage crisis in Algeria, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013. A government plane brought home seven Japanese survivors and the bodies of nine Japanese victims of the hostage standoff.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Koichi Kawana, president of engineering firm JGC Corp., is pictured during a press conference at the company headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 25, 2013. A government plane carrying the bodies of nine Japanese victims and the seven Japanese survivors of a hostage crisis in Algeria, all of whom were working for JGC, arrived in Tokyo from Algeria earlier in the day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japanese government and JGC Corp. officials preparing to place flowers on the coffins of victims of a hostage crisis in Algeria at Haneda airport on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013, after a government plane carrying the bodies of nine Japanese victims and the seven Japanese survivors of the crisis arrived at the airport in Tokyo from Algeria. All the 17 Japanese nationals were working for JGC, an engineering firm based in Yokohama.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japanese government and JGC Corp. officials preparing to place flowers on the coffins of victims of a hostage crisis in Algeria at Haneda airport on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013, after a government plane carrying the bodies of nine Japanese victims and the seven Japanese survivors of the crisis arrived at the airport in Tokyo from Algeria. All the 17 Japanese nationals were working for JGC, an engineering firm based in Yokohama.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Japanese government and JGC Corp. head to place flowers on the coffins of victims of a hostage crisis in Algeria, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013. A government plane brought home seven Japanese survivors and the bodies of nine Japanese victims of the hostage standoff.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a government plane that carried the bodies of nine Japanese victims and the seven Japanese survivors of a hostage crisis in Algeria back from the country, and Japanese government and JGC Corp. officials preparing to place flowers on the coffins of the victims, after the plane's arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo from Algeria on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013. All the 17 Japanese nationals were working for JGC, an engineering firm based in Yokohama.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows officials of the Japanese government and JGC Corp. placing flowers on the coffins of victims of a hostage crisis in Algeria, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013. A government plane brought home seven Japanese survivors and the bodies of nine Japanese victims of the hostage standoff.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - A government plane carrying the bodies of nine Japanese victims and the seven Japanese survivors of a hostage crisis in Algeria is about to land at Haneda airport in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 25, 2013. All the 17 Japanese nationals were working for engineering firm JGC Corp. based in Yokohama.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mourners place flowers in the lobby of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. The Japanese government announced in the evening of the same day that it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident who worked for the company to 10.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows flowers laid in front of engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for. A national flag at half-mast can be seen in the background.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows flowers laid at a temporary altar set up at engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A woman offers flowers at a temporary altar set up at engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Flowers are seen in front of engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were killed after militants attacked a natural gas plant in Algeria, while three other employees remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft leaves from Haneda airport in Tokyo for Algeria at 10:12 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2013. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft is pictured at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, shortly before its departure for Algeria. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft leaves from Haneda airport in Tokyo for Algeria at 10:12 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2013. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - People board a Japanese government aircraft at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, ahead of its departure for Algeria. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shunichi Suzuki meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, ahead of his departure for Algeria later in the day. Suzuki boarded a government aircraft that left for Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft is pictured at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2013, ahead of its departure for Algeria later in the day. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2013, after seven of its employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2013, after seven of its employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2013, that seven Japanese nationals, who were employees of engineering firm JGC Corp., have been confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria. Islamist militants attacked a gas plant in In Amenas, southeast Algeria, on Jan. 16, taking workers of many nationalities hostage. The Algerian military ended the standoff on Jan. 19.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 21, 2013, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp. in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Japanese government and the company said the same day that seven JGC employees had been confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2013, after attending a meeting of the government's task force on a hostage crisis in Algeria. At the meeting, Abe said seven Japanese nationals, who were employees of engineering firm JGC Corp., had been confirmed dead following the crisis.

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JGC head office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2013, shows the building housing the head office of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Staff of the company were involved in a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

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Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

NARITA, Japan - Hiroyuki Miyoshi, general manager in the International Project Division of JGC Corp., answers reporters' questions at Narita airport on Jan. 18, 2013, before leaving for Algeria, following a hostage crisis in the country involving employees of the Japanese engineering company and other foreign nationals.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria in which employees of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, JGC Corp. spokesman, answers reporters' questions in Yokohama on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria, in which employees of the Japanese engineering company were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Japanese seized by Islamists in Algeria

YOKOHAMA, Japan - JGC Corp. spokesman answers reporters' questions at the Japanese engineering company's headquarters in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2013. The local office of the company said the same day that five Japanese nationals working at an oil facility in southern Algeria are believed to have been seized by Islamist militants.

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Engineering firm JGC to spend 1 bil. yen to build greenhouse in Russia

A groundbreaking ceremony is held on June 3, 2015, to build a large vegetable factory in Khabarovsk, eastern Russia. Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp. said that day it will spend about 1 billion yen ($8 million) with partners to build a greenhouse for growing tomatoes and cucumbers in Khabarovsk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JGC headquarters

Photo taken May 22, 2015, shows the headquarters of JGC Corp., an engineering company in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 Japanese killed in traffic accident in Abu Dhabi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A spokesman for JGC Corp. answers questions from reporters about a car accident in the United Arab Emirates that killed three of its Japanese employees and another of an affiliate, at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Aug. 13, 2010. Five people, including the four Japanese, were killed in Abu Dhabi, after the minivan carrying them slammed into a trailer truck on Aug. 11. (Kyodo)