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Former Japan national volleyball team player Kano

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken in 2012 shows Japanese volleyball player Maiko Kano. On Jan. 3, 2025, Akito Kiriyama, a member of Japanese idol group WEST., announced on his agency's website that he married the former Japan national team player.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Tunisian journalist's impressions of China

STORY: Tunisian journalist's impressions of China SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tunisian journalist and views in China 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAJIH HAFFOUDHI, Tunisian journalist STORYLINE: A Tunisian journalist, who has visited China several times, described it as "a developed, beautiful, and highly civilized country." SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAJIH HAFFOUDHI, Tunisian journalist "I had two very important feelings when I visited China for the first time. The first one was that I was very shocked. As some media describe it, China is an advanced, very beautiful, and highly civilized country. I am very concerned about environmental issues. I visited China for the first time in 2012. Frankly speaking, sometimes I saw serious air pollution problem at that time. I have actually been paying attention to the relevant policies and actions of the Chinese government in the past ten years. When I visited China four years

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Keyou, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his home on Jan. 16, 2023 (above) and 10-year-old Meng Keyou sitting for a rest on a cliff on his way to school on Sept. 5, 2012 (below) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Wenchao, who is a senior high school student, posing for a photo at home in front of a wall full of his certificates of merit on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Wenchao (1st L) walking on his way home on Sept. 5, 2012 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanzhao, who is making a living in Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his new car on Jan. 21, 2023 (above) and 11-year-old Meng Xuanzhao (front) herding sheep during summer break on July 16, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Lan Qiuyan, who has just graduated from a college, posing for a photo when she comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 21, 2023 (above) and 11-year-old Lan Qiuyan in a yellow top walking home on a mountain road from school on July 4, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanhai, who is making a living in Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo by a road when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Xuanhai (1st R) playing table tennis on Dec. 27, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanren (L), who is a sophomore in a college, and his brother Meng Xuantai, who works in a car repair plant after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo near a tunnel linking to their primary school on Jan. 20, 2023 (above) and the brothers (2nd L and 1st L) on their way to school on Sept. 3, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 10-year-old Meng Rouyu walking with her little brother Meng Xuanpeng on her back on July 16, 2012 (L) and Meng Rouyu, who has graduated from a school for kindergarten teachers, posing for a photo with her little brother Meng Xuanpeng on Jan. 20, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Meng Wangbing (2nd L) playing with friends at school on July 4, 2012 (L) and Meng Wangbing, who is a freshman at Guilin University of Technology, posing for a photo on Jan. 25, 2023 in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Lan Tiande (1st R) on his way to school on Sept. 3, 2012 (L) and Lan Tiande, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his house when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 23, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Meng Jinchen having class at school on July 4, 2012 (L) and Meng Jinchen, who is a freshman at a vocational school, posing for photos on Jan. 25, 2023 in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 4-year-old Meng Xuanhong in his sister's old dress playing with Lan Xiaoshuai on July 16, 2012 (L) and middle school students Meng Xuanhong and Lan Xiaoshuai posing for a photo on Jan. 21, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Maintenance workers ensure power supply in village in China's Yunnan

STORY: Maintenance workers ensure power supply in village in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village 2. Voice of Wangden, Associate director, Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County, China Southern Power Grid 3. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): Former head of the village STORYLINE: Lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains, Yubeng Village of Deqen County in China's Yunnan is home to 42 Tibetan families. In the past, the village had been virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. In 2012, with the installation of electric wires, Yubeng Village ended the long history of relying on kerosene lamps for nighttime lighting. Now, with improved communications and better infrastructure, the picturesque village has drawn a large number of tourists. More than 130 homestay inns have been opened in this village of only 42 households. As the Spring Festival usually sees the peak of ele

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are on their way to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (3rd from top) climbs a hanging ladder to go to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xia Jiangbo (C) interacts with students during the school sports day in a primary school in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 3, 2022. Xia is a deputy to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a trainer of a sports administration center in Shiquan County. Xia won two gold medals at the London 2012 Summer Paralympics. She has claimed 35 gold medals and broken the world record four times. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

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Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi

STORY: Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:12 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team 3. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): PROMISE SYMON, Trainee 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EDGAR NTULUMBWA, Spokesperson, Malawi National Council Of Sports STORYLINE: After practicing Kung Fu for 10 years, Meddington Msiska, a member of the Wushu team at the Blantyre Sports Club, is now teaching his fellows various skills of Chinese martial arts. Msiska started learning Kung Fu in 2012 with the help of some Chinese trainers. He said he likes Kung Fu because of its beauty. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team "It is a beautiful sport and it is not just physical. I think it helps one's mind as well. My mind is sharp

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U.S. diplomat in China

BEIJING, China - Kurt Campbell (C), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrives at Beijing international airport on Jan. 3, 2012, on the first leg of his Asian tour to China, South Korea and Japan.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (C), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, returns to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Two assembly members including Nakama landed on Uotsuri Island that day.

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Sakai joins Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Germany - Japan Under-22 defender Gotoku Sakai (L) holds his new shirt during a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2012, after joining German first-division team Stuttgart on loan from Albirex Niigata through June 2013.

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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, answers reporters' questions upon returning to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Another assembly member, Tadashi Nakamine (L), also landed on Uotsuri Island the same day.

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Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

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Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

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Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

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Narita airport arrival lobby

NARITA, Japan - The arrival lobby at Narita airport, near Tokyo, is crowded with people returning from New Year holidays overseas on Jan. 3, 2012.

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Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

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Huge rally in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a huge morale-boosting rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Jan. 3, 2012, aimed at achieving national goals. Around 100,000 people participated.

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Territorial dispute over Senkaku Islands

HONG KONG, China - A fishing vessel carrying activists from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan is pictured shortly before leaving Hong Kong port for the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to assert Chinese sovereignty on Jan. 3, 2012, the same day two Japanese local assemblymen landed on one of the islands, angering China. The fishing vessel was stopped in Hong Kong waters, boarded by officials of Hong Kong's Marine Department and escorted back to port.

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University anchor Takashi Saito crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012. Toyo won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds.

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Toyo Univ. wins Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Toyo University's Ryuji Kashiwabara is tossed into the air by teammates in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2012, after the university won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Toyo won the annual race -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the third time in four years with a record time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, 36 seconds. (Pool photo)

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Defensive back Masashi Fujimoto (L) of the Obic Seagulls competes for the ball with wide receiver Shunsuke Wada (16) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the first quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football.

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Yangon's Insein Prison

YANGON, Myanmar - People await the release of detained family members in front of Insein Prison in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, on Jan. 3, 2012. Myanmar's President Thein Sein announced the previous day that he was reducing prisoners' sentences to mark the country's 64th independence anniversary on Jan. 4.

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Wide receiver Ken Shimizu (C) of the Obic Seagulls is tackled by defensive backs Nobuhiro Shigeta (12) and Takehiro Ko (R) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the third quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football.

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Yangon's Insein Prison

YANGON, Myanmar - People await the release of detained family members in front of Insein Prison in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, on Jan. 3, 2012. Myanmar's President Thein Sein announced the previous day that he was reducing prisoners' sentences to mark the country's 64th independence anniversary on Jan. 4.

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Narita airport arrival lobby

NARITA, Japan - The arrival lobby at Narita airport, near Tokyo, is crowded with people returning from New Year holidays overseas on Jan. 3, 2012.

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Body of famed Japanese climber killed in Russia returns home

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The coffin containing famed Japanese climber Haruhisa Watanabe arrives at his family's home in the town of Mori, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3, 2013. Watanabe, 31, died on Dec. 26, 2012, in a traffic accident in Russia's Murmansk region during a cycling expedition through Central Asia. In 2004, when aged 22, he became the youngest Japanese to scale the tallest peaks of the seven continents.

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Shiga Gov. Kada

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Kada, who formed the antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan ahead of the general election in December 2012, has decided to quit as head of a splinter group from the party amid criticism that she has neglected her duties as governor, sources close to her said on Jan. 3, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. To the left is Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma. The two men plus People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei are said to be planning to launch a new party.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. To the left is Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma. The two men plus People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei are said to be planning to launch a new party.

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83.

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Asia currency surveillance

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Wei Benhua, director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, speaks during an interview in Singapore on Jan. 31, 2012. The East Asia currency surveillance body was officially launched that day.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird (marked by circle) on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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ASEAN+3 financial surveillance

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Wei Benhua, director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic and Research Office, speaks during a ceremony marking the setting up of the office in Singapore on Jan. 31, 2012. AMRO will perform regional financial surveillance as part of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization currency swap facility.

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Dortmund's Kagawa fires double in Bundesliga

DORTMUND, Germany - Shinji Kagawa (C) of Borussia Dortmund competes for the ball against two Hoffenheim players in the second half of a Bundesliga game in Dortmund, Germany, on Jan. 28, 2012. Kagawa struck twice in Dortmund's 3-1 win.

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Dortmund's Kagawa fires double in Bundesliga

DORTMUND, Germany - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund plays in the first half of a Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany, on Jan. 28, 2012. Kagawa struck twice as Dortmund defeated Hoffenheim 3-1.

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Havenaar scores 1st goal in Dutch 1st division

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - Japan striker Mike Havenaar of Vitesse Arnhem (R) scores his first goal in the Dutch first division in a game against PSV Eindhoven in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on Jan. 27, 2012. Eindhoven won 3-1.