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Comedian duo Woman Rush Hour

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Daisuke Muramoto (L) and Paradise Nakagawa of Japanese comedic duo Woman Rush Hour pose after winning the 43rd "manzai" standup comedy contest sponsored by public broadcaster NHK in Osaka, western Japan, on March 1, 2013. (Kyodo)

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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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Emperor's Cup soccer final

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos captain Shunsuke Nakamura (front R) holds the Emperor's Cup as players celebrate victory at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. The club beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the Emperor's Cup soccer final.

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Emperor's Cup soccer final

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos captain Shunsuke Nakamura (C) holds the Emperor's Cup as players celebrate victory at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. The club beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the Emperor's Cup soccer final.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo answers reporters' questions after visiting Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter flying over Tokyo's Sumida Ward shows Mt. Fuji in the background behind Tokyo Skytree tower on Jan. 1, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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New Komatsu president

TOKYO, Japan - Komatsu Ltd. Director and Senior Executive Officer Tetsuji Ohashi (R) speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2013. Ohashi will replace Kunio Noji (L) as president on April 1, 2013.

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Skytree attracts visitors in New Year holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2013, shows Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The number of visitors to the world's tallest broadcast tower at 634 meters and its adjacent commercial complex Tokyo Solamachi came to 910,000 on New Year's Eve and the first three days of the new year, the tower's operator said on Jan. 4, 2013.

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Demonstration in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Demonstrators march in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, 2013, demanding the resignation of Beijing-backed local leader Leung Chun-ying.

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New Year's Day in Japan

KOFU, Japan - Tourists on the shore of Lake Motosu in Yamanashi Prefecture view the year's first sunrise as it emerges from behind Mt. Fuji on the morning of the New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's Day in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Members of a family head to a shrine on the New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2013, in an area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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New Year's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People take photos of the New Year's Day firework display at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2013.

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Abe meets envoy on S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) leaves after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at Abe's home in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. Abe instructed Nukaga, his special envoy, to tell South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye that Japan sees its relations with South Korea as extremely vital. (Pool photo)

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New Year's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Fireworks are set off as part of the New Year's Day celebrations at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Fireworks are set off as part of the New Year's Day celebrations at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers buy "lucky bags" filled with discount goods at the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

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New Year's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Fireworks are set off as part of the New Year's Day celebrations at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2013.

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New Year's celebration

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a New Year's Day celebration at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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New Year's celebration

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L), Empress Michiko (2nd from L) and other members of the imperial family attend a New Year's Day celebration at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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New Year's celebration

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito speaks during New Year's Day celebration at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2013. At right of the emperor is Empress Michiko. (Pool photo)

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New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers crowd the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. shareholders enter the venue of their extraordinary meeting in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both the meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. holds an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2012. Osaka Securities Exchange Co. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses to integrate cash markets by July 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. President Michio Yoneda attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. said the same day they will integrate their cash equity markets into the TSE by July 2013 after their merger on Jan. 1, 2013.

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Iwakuma to head TSE after merger with OSE

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroyuki Iwakuma, senior executive vice president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. Iwakuma is to become president of the bourse operator after its merger on Jan. 1, 2013, with Osaka Securities Exchange Co., company sources said on Oct. 24, 2012.