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N.Z. gov't purchases quake site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2012 shows the site of the former Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 115 people including 28 Japanese students perished in a 2011 earthquake. The New Zealand government announced July 17, 2013, that it has purchased the site which will form part of a predominantly residential area "with green open space."

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The vessel at bottom is apparently a maritime surveillance ship and at R is thought to be a supply ship. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows Chinese concrete structures, including one looking like a helipad (R) and a dome-shaped radar, at Subi Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a Chinese navy transport ship at Subi Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Chinese vessels in Manila-claimed territory

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows a fleet of fishing boats at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 17, 2012. The Philippine military said it has confirmed through aerial photos the presence of Chinese vessels in territories in the South China Sea that Manila claims are under its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

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Ramadan in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - People examine dates at a street stall in Cairo, Egypt, on July 17, 2012, to prepare for Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month that began on July 20. They eat dates when the day's fast is over in the evening.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - "Red snow" is shown on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Members of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observe "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic on July 17, 2012. They spotted an area of about 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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"Red snow" on Greenland glacier

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Photo taken July 17, 2012, shows "red snow" on a Greenland glacier in the Arctic. A Japanese expedition team to the North Pole observed the same day an area of around 30 square meters colored red by the massive generation of microbes with red pigments as a result of rising temperatures.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - A child plays with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (L), in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Children pose with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - A woman takes pictures of Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Kagawa in South Africa with Manchester United

DURBAN, South Africa - Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa poses for a photo with a supporter after the team's training session that was opened to the public in Durban, South Africa, on July 17, 2012. The Japan midfielder, who has just joined the Premier League club from Germany's Borussia Dortmund, was to play in a friendly against local side Amazulu the following day.

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Big Ben-like Wenlock

LONDON, Britain - Children pose with Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, painted to resemble Big Ben (in background) in London on July 17, 2012, ahead of the July 27 opening of the games.

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Syria opposition group's Kodmani

NEW YORK, United States - Bassma Kodmani (R), a member of the Syrian National Council, Syria's main opposition umbrella group, holds a news conference at a New York hotel on July 17, 2012.

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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, receives flowers as he and other performers take a curtain call at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. It was the final performance at the ballet company by the 41-year-old first soloist, who joined the company in 1995.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows part of a ceremony held to mark the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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Kagawa in South Africa with Manchester United

DURBAN, South Africa - Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa warms up in a training session opened to the public in Durban, South Africa, on July 17, 2012. The Japan midfielder, who has just joined the Premier League club from Germany's Borussia Dortmund, was to play in a friendly against local side Amazulu the following day.

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Iwata gives farewell performance as Bolshoi dancer

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, gives his farewell performance at the company's Moscow theater on July 17, 2012. The 41-year-old first soloist joined the ballet company in 1995.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Athletes from the British Virgin Islands watch a performance at a ceremony marking their arrival at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Performers walk along a "Welcome" carpet during a ceremony marking the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows part of a ceremony held to mark the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralymic games, speaks during a ceremony marking the arrival of athletes from the British Virgin Islands at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Novelists Maki Kashimada (R) and Mizuki Tsujimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2012, after being awarded the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and the Naoki Prize for popular literature, respectively.

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London Olympics athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Athletes from the British Virgin Islands take part in a ceremony marking their arrival at the athletes' village in London on July 17, 2012, the first team to arrive ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Novelists Maki Kashimada (R) and Mizuki Tsujimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2012, after being awarded the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and the Naoki Prize for popular literature, respectively.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Novelists Maki Kashimada (R) and Mizuki Tsujimura attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2012, after being awarded the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and the Naoki Prize for popular literature, respectively.

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Basketball from Michael Jordan

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a basketball displayed in the city hall of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 17, 2012. The ball has an encouraging message from U.S. basketball legend Michael Jordan for children in the Tohoku areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Astronauts on ISS

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Akihiko Hoshide (L) waves as astronauts on the International Space Station are projected on a monitor at a control center in the suburbs of Moscow on July 17, 2012. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Hoshide and two colleagues docked with the space station earlier in the day.

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After downpour in Kyushu

YAME, Japan - A man sits beside the remains of his home destroyed by recent heavy rain in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 17, 2012.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats in brilliant colors are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the city hall on July 17, 2012, following the second round of a hearing at the Otsu District Court on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

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Rainy season ends across wide area of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People use parasols to shield themselves from the sunshine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 17, 2012. The rainy season appears to be over across a wide area of Japan ranging from western to eastern parts of the archipelago, including Tokyo and Osaka, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the same day.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a "Yamahoko" float in brilliant colors being pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 17, 2012, shows JP Tower, a new skyscraper housing a post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank on its ground floor, in front of JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The opening ceremony for the offices was held the same day at the roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows JP Tower, a new skyscraper housing a post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank on its ground floor, in front of JR Tokyo Station (foreground) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The opening ceremony for the offices was held July 17, 2012, at the roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats in brilliant colors are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - People wait in line outside the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture on July 17, 2012, for a draw to select those allowed to attend the second round of a hearing on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - Participants cut the ribbons during the opening ceremony for a post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank at JP Tower in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 17, 2012. The roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure housing the offices on its ground floor is located in front of JR Tokyo Station.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the inside of a newly opened post office at JP Tower in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 17, 2012. The opening ceremony was held the same day for the post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank, both on the ground floor of the roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure.

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Kiyotake to join Nurnberg

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake smiles in the city of Osaka on May 17, 2012, after a press conference held after his J-League club Cerezo Osaka announced the previous day that he will join Bundesliga club Nurnberg in July.

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Kiyotake to join Nurnberg

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake gives a press conference in the city of Osaka on May 17, 2012, after his J-League club Cerezo Osaka announced the previous day that he will join Bundesliga club Nurnberg in July.

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Deep-sea submersible to observe eels' spawning

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the manned submersible vessel Shinkai 6500 in Suruga Bay in April 2012. A Japanese team of researchers said on May 17, 2012, that they will put the submersible into deep-sea waters in the Pacific near Guam in July 2012 to conduct ecological studies on Japanese eels.

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Jetstar holds 1 yen flight campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. President Miyuki Suzuki (front L) and television personality Becky (C) attend a press conference of the budget airline of Japan Airlines Co. in Tokyo on April 17, 2012. Jetstar said it sold one-way tickets for 1 yen for 10,000 seats on six domestic routes in a special two-hour online campaign the same day ahead of the start of services on July 3, 2012.

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor entered the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012, to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.

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Abandoned tank in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A tank used during a civil war lies abandoned on Jan. 17, 2012, beside a road in South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor as the result of a civil war which lasted more than 20 years.