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Emperor, empress visit Cape Iwaisaki

KESENNUMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Cape Iwaisaki in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The cape is located in Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park, which the government created in 2013 by expanding the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park along the Sanriku Coast following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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View of post-quake public housing construction site

SENDAI, Japan - A site for constructing public housing for people displaced by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami is seen on July 23, 2014, in the Shimomasuda district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Train accident in China

WENZHOU, China - A relative (L) of one of the victims of a fatal bullet train accident that happened on July 23, 2011, argues with a police officer (R) at Wenzhou South station in Wenzhou, China's Zhejiang Province, on July 27, 2011.

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Train accident in China

WENZHOU, China - Relatives of the victims of a fatal bullet train accident that happened on July 23, 2011, holding a banner calling for the truth behind the accident, march at Wenzhou South station in Wenzhou, China's Zhejiang Province, on July 27, 2011.

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London 1 year before Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Wenlock (C), the London 2012 Olympic Games mascot, poses with a woman and children for photos at an event related to the summer games held in Trafalgar Square in London on July 23, 2011. The opening ceremony of the Olympics is scheduled to be held at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012.

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China train accident

WENZHOU, China - A man (C) who lost a family member in an accident on July 23, 2011, in which a high-speed train collided with a stalled train, remonstrates with a group of train accident experts dispatched by the Chinese government to the site of the accident in Wenzhou in China's Zhejiang Province on July 26.

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London 1 year before Olympics

LONDON, Britain - People attend an event related to the London 2012 Olympic Games at Trafalgar Square in London on July 23, 2011. The opening ceremony of the summer games is scheduled to be held at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012.

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Japan Synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's synchronized swimming team performs during the team free routine final at the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011. Japan finished fifth in the event.

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Cubs' Fukudome

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs right fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a triple in the eighth inning of a game against the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 23, 2011. Fukudome went 1-for-1 in a 5-1 victory.

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Mariners' Ichiro

BOSTON, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles to middle in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on July 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 3-1 loss.

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Hakuho congratulates Harumafuji

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (R) pats ozeki Harumafuji on his back to congratulate his fellow Mongolian on his victory at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011. Harumafuji captured his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Survivors of shooting spree in Norway

SUNDVOLLEN, Norway - Two women (C) hold each other in Sundvollen, Norway, on July 23, 2011, after surviving a shooting rampage on the nearby island of Utoya.

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Russian synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Russia's synchronized swimming team performs during the team free routine final at the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011. Russia won the gold medal in the event.

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Twins' Nishioka

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Minnesota Twins shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka hits a single in the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 23, 2011. Nishioka went 2-for-3 in a 4-1 victory.

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Athletics' Matsui

NEW YORK, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui blasts a solo homer, his 501st career home run, in the seventh inning of a game against his former team the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 23, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-5 with a run in a 4-3 victory.

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Japan Synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's synchronized swimming team performs during the team free routine final at the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011. Japan finished fifth in the event.

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Harumafuji wins 2nd career title at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji responds to cheer from fans at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, shortly after defeating his compatriot yokozuna Hakuho. Harumafuji captured his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Miyazato at Evian Masters

EVIAN, France - Japan's Ai Miyazato responds to the crowd at the Evian Masters in France on July 23, 2011. Miyazato moved into a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the tournament.

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Russian synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Russia's synchronized swimming team performs during the team free routine final at the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011. Russia won the gold medal in the event.

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Harumafuji wins 2nd career title at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (C) is congratulated by fans in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2011, after defeating compatriot yokozuna Hakuho earlier in the day. Harumafuji captured his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Japan Synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's synchronized swimming team performs during the team free routine final at the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011. Japan finished fifth in the event.

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians.

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Survivor of shooting spree in Norway

SUNDVOLLEN, Norway - A survivor (R) of a shooting rampage on the Norwegian island of Utoya tells reporters of the terror on July 23, 2011, in Sundvollen, Norway.

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Phelps reiterates plans to retire

SHANGHAI, China - Michael Phelps speaks during a press conference at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 23, 2011, a day before the start of the main swimming program at the world swimming championships. The 26-year-old American, who has won 14 gold medals in two Olympics and 22 gold medals in five world championships, reiterated that he plans to end his career after the London Olympics in 2012.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Foreign ministers from Asia-Pacific countries and their partners line up at a meeting of the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 23, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hakuho after defeat to Harumafuji

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho is pictured at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, shortly after being defeated by his compatriot ozeki Harumafuji. Harumafuji captured his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Lindsay Hawker's family leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - A crying Bill Hawker (R front), the father of slain British woman Lindsay Hawker, and other family members are pictured at Narita airport outside Tokyo ahead of their departure for home on July 23, 2011. The family was in Japan for the verdict July 21 at the Chiba District Court, which sentenced Tatsuya Ichihashi to life imprisonment for raping and murdering Hawker in 2007.

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Harumafuji wins 2nd career title at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (C), surrounded by his fellow Isegahama Stable wrestlers and their supporters, lifts a sea bream, an auspicious fish in Japan, in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2011, after defeating his compatriot yokozuna Hakuho earlier in the day. Harumafuji captured his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Harumafuji beats Hakuho

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji (L) sends yokozuna Hakuho out of the dohyo at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in central Japan on July 23, 2011, capturing his second career title on the penultimate day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Both wrestlers are Mongolians.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Baffin, a 19-year-old female polar bear, bites into an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Baffin and her 6-year-old ''husband'' Gogo, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Foreign ministers of 2 Koreas chat

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (L back) and his North Korean counterpart Pak Ui Chun chat while taking the escalator together in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 23, 2011. They spoke briefly before and during a coffee break of a meeting of the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum.

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1,000-year-old festival opens in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Participants of the Soma Nomaoi (Soma Wild Horse Chase), an annual festival in Fukushima Prefecture that traces its roots to 10th-century feudal Japan, leave the Soma Nakamura Shrine in Soma city, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 23, 2011, to kick off the three-day event.

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'Gal Mikoshi,' portable shrine carried by girls

OSAKA, Japan - Young women carry a 200-kilogram ''mikoshi,'' or portable shrine, during the 31st ''Gal Mikoshi'' festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 23, 2011. A total of 80 women aged 15 to 30, selected from among 330 applicants after undergoing tests to check their physical strength, took part in the event.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo, a 6-year-old male polar bear, plays with an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Gogo and his 19-year-old ''wife'' Baffin, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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1,000-year-old festival opens in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Michitane Soma (on horseback), 36, who is the eldest son of the 33rd patriarch of the former Soma clan, walks past a house heavily damaged by the March 11, 2011 tsunami, in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 23, 2011. The rider was participating in the Soma Nomaoi (Soma Wild Horse Chase) on the first day of the three-day event, an annual festival that traces its roots to 10th-century feudal Japan.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Six-year-old male polar bear Gogo (L) and his 19-year-old ''wife'' Baffin, play with an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to the bears, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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1,000-year-old festival opens in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Participants of the Soma Nomaoi (Soma Wild Horse Chase), an annual festival in Fukushima Prefecture that traces its roots to 10th-century feudal Japan, offer silent prayers for those who perished in the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster, in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 23, 2011, the first day of the three-day event.

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Retired ASDF planes to be on public display

MITO, Japan - A retired RF-4 scout airplane of the Air Self-Defense Force is set for an exhibition at Ibaraki airport park in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 29, 2011. The public exhibition is scheduled to start from July 23, 2011.

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Stage director Miyamoto in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Leading Japanese stage director Amon Miyamoto speaks during a press conference in New York on June 23, 2011, ahead of the U.S. premiere of his new production in the city. ''The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,'' a play based on the eponymous novel by Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), will play at Lincoln Center from July 21-24.