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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, is pictured at the college in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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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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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Kubota president in interview

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Masumoto, president of agricultural machinery builder Kubota Corp., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the company's headquarters in Osaka on Jan. 14, 2011. He said Kubota will seek to double group sales to 2 trillion yen in five years from some 930 billion yen in fiscal 2009.

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MSDF ships at work on day before refueling mission ends

ARABIAN SEA, Indian Ocean - Members of the 13,500-ton supply ship Mashu (L) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force prepare for fueling the 4,550-ton MSDF destroyer Ikazuchi (R) in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 14, 2009, a day ahead of the end of the final dispatch of MSDF ships for Japan's refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Jo Sasaki, 59, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51.

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59.

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Japan, Germany agree to cooperate on nuke disarmament, climate change

TOKYO, Japan - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. They agreed that the two countries should cooperate on nuclear disarmament and climate change.

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China says foreign Internet companies should operate legally

BEIJING, China - A Chinese man stands in front of the sign at Google Inc.'s Chinese headquarters in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2009, with an anti-U.S. poster saying ''The United States is an aggressor. It will certainly lose.'' The U.S. company said in a Jan. 12 statement that it was prepared to shut down its Chinese search engine Google.cn and pull its operations out of China because of China-based cyber attacks and surveillance activities combined with attempts to further limit free speech on the Web.

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Japan, Germany agree to cooperate on nuke disarmament, climate change

TOKYO, Japan - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. They agreed that the two countries should cooperate on nuclear disarmament and climate change.

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jo Sasaki, 59, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51.

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59.

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Toshiba to enter Japan's Blu-ray market after withdrawal from HD DVD

TOKYO, Japan - Two presenters show Toshiba Corp.'s models of Blu-ray disc recorders and a player in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The company said the same day it will release the Blu-ray disc products in mid-February, entering the Japanese Blu-ray disc market for the first time since withdrawing from the HD DVD business following its loss in the battle to become the standard for next-generation DVDs.

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China says foreign Internet companies should operate legally

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 14, 2009, shows a Chinese national flag flying in front of Google Inc.'s Chinese headquarters in Beijing. The U.S. company said in a Jan. 12 statement that it was prepared to shut down its Chinese search engine Google.cn and pull its operations out of China because of China-based cyber attacks and surveillance activities combined with attempts to further limit free speech on the Web.

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Haitian Ambassador to Japan speaks after quake hit country

TOKYO, Japan - Haitian Ambassador to Japan Jean-Claude Bordes answers questions from reporters at an emergency press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009, after his country was hit by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12.

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Japan's Kato wins 500 at World Cup meet

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Former world record holder Joji Kato celebrates at the awards ceremony after winning the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet for his first victory of the season on Nov. 14, 2009. Kato crossed the line in 34.98 seconds, taking a big step forward in his bid to book a spot in next February's Vancouver Winter Olympics, followed by Dutchman Jan Smeekens (35.02) and Lee Kang Seok of South Korea (35.13).

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Japan's Kato wins 500 at World Cup meet

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Former world record holder Joji Kato skates to win the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet for his first victory of the season on Nov. 14, 2009. Kato crossed the line in 34.98 seconds, taking a big step forward in his bid to book a spot in next February's Vancouver Winter Olympics, followed by Dutchman Jan Smeekens (35.02) and Lee Kang Seok of South Korea (35.13).

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Japan's Kato wins 500 at World Cup meet

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Former world record holder Joji Kato skates to win the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet for his first victory of the season on Nov. 14, 2009. Kato crossed the line in 34.98 seconds, taking a big step forward in his bid to book a spot in next February's Vancouver Winter Olympics, followed by Dutchman Jan Smeekens (35.02) and Lee Kang Seok of South Korea (35.13).