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Ainu party gives up fielding candidates

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano, leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, is pictured in Biratori, Hokkaido in northern Japan, on June 28, 2013. His party, launched in January 2012 to better represent Japan's indigenous Ainu people, has given up its plan to field 10 candidates in the July 21 House of Councillors election after failing to collect sufficient campaign funds.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighters join drills in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows one of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 28, 2012. U.S. F-22 stealth jets stationed in Okinawa participated in South Korea-U.S. joint military drills over the weekend, an official at U.S. Forces Korea said April 1, 2013.

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Tokyo child facility to close

TOKYO, Japan - File photo in July 2000 shows the National Children's Castle, a large-scale children's facility in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The facility will close down at the end of March 2015 due partly to the aging of the building, where programs aimed at nurturing children have been offered for about 30 years, government officials said on Sept. 28, 2012.

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Cosmo Oil to close Sakaide refinery

OSAKA, Japan - An Aug. 28, 2012, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Cosmo Oil Co.'s oil refinery in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture. The company said the same day it will close the plant in July 2013 amid weakening domestic demand for oil.

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Cosmo Oil to close Sakaide refinery

OSAKA, Japan - An Aug. 28, 2012, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Cosmo Oil Co.'s oil refinery in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture. The company said the same day it will close the plant in July 2013 amid weakening domestic demand for oil.

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Baby-boomer retirees find new life in farming in Toyota's home city

NAGOYA, Japan - Kenji Nakahara, a retiree of Toyota Motor Corp., tends vegetables that he grows in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on July 28, 2012. He became a farmer after taking a city-run agricultural training course for retirees.

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Chinese protest against Japanese firm

BEIJING, China - Protesters flock to a local government office in Qidong, a coastal town in Jiangsu Province, China, on July 28, 2012, during a demonstration against the planned construction of a drainpipe that would have discharged waste from Japanese firm Oji Paper Co.'s inland plant into the sea. The protest forced local authorities to cancel the project.

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Chinese protest against Japanese firm

QIDONG, China - People stage a demonstration in Qidong, a coastal town in Jiangsu Province, China, on July 28, 2012, against the planned construction of a drainpipe that would have discharged waste from Japanese firm Oji Paper Co.'s inland plant into the sea. A man holds a piece of paper with a slogan that reads, "Prevent contamination caused by Oji's discharged water." The protest forced local authorities to cancel the project.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ships from North Korea's Korean People's Army head to a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of North Korea's Korean People's Army prepare for a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A military exercise by North Korea's Korean People's Army is shown to foreign reporters in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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N. Korean military drill

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Korean People's Army conducts a live-fire drill during a military exercise in the Yellow Sea on July 28, 2012.

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Pirated Olympic goods sold in China

BEIJING, China - A doll of Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, is sold at a toy shop in central Beijing on July 28, 2012. While the doll carries a tag for official Olympic goods, its body is partly dirty and torn. China produces more than 60 percent of the official London Olympics products, but a number of pirated Olympic goods are also on sale.

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Ye gold at Olympics 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - China's Ye Shiwen (C) holds her gold medal after winning the women's 400-meter individual medley of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre at on July 28, 2012. Ye set a new world record of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds.

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Ye wins gold in women's 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - China's Ye Shiwen competes in the women's swimming 400-meter individual medley at the Aquatics Center at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012. Ye won gold in a new world record of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds.

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Ye gold at Olympics 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - China's Ye Shiwen (R) waves after the women's 400-meter individual medley of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre at on July 28, 2012. Ye won gold in a new world record of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds.

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Ye gold at Olympics 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - China's Ye Shiwen competes in the women's swimming 400-meter individual medley of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre at on July 28, 2012. Ye won gold in a new world record of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds.

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Ye gold at Olympics 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - China's Ye Shiwen celebrates after winning the women's swimming 400-meter individual medley of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre at on July 28, 2012. Ye won gold in a new world record of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds.

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Sun gold at Olympics 400m freestyle

LONDON, Britain - China's Sun Yang (C) holds his gold medal in the men's swimming 400-meter freestyle of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. At right is Park Tae Hwan of South Korea, who took silver, with bronze medalist Peter Vanderkaay of the United States at left.

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Sun wins gold in men's 400m freestyle

LONDON, Britain - China's Sun Yang celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics at the Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012.

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Sun gold at Olympics 400m freestyle

LONDON, Britain - China's Sun Yang celebrates after winning the men's swimming 400-meter freestyle of the 2012 London Olympics at Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012.

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Kitajima advances to 100m breaststroke finals

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima places sixth overall at 59.69 seconds in the men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. In first place was South Africa's Cameron Van der Burgh (front) at 58.83 seconds.

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Kitajima advances to 100m breaststroke finals

LONDON, Britain - Kosuke Kitajima swims in the men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. The two-time double Olympic champion advanced to the finals after placing sixth in the race with a time of 59.69 seconds.

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Kitajima advances to 100m breaststroke finals

LONDON, Britain - Two-time gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima stares hard at the scoreboard after he placed sixth in the men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. Kitajima scraped into the finals with a time of 59.69 seconds.

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Japan's Hagino wins bronze in men's 400m IM

LONDON, Britain - Seventeen-year-old Kosuke Hagino (L) holds his bronze medal for the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. Hagino set a new Asian record of 4 minutes, 8.94 seconds, while world champion Ryan Lochte (C) dominated the race with a time of 4 minutes, 5.18 seconds.

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Kato advances to 100m butterfly semis at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yuka Kato acknowledges the cheering crowd after finishing the women's 100-meter butterfly prelims at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012.

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Phelps fails to medal in London Olympics 400m IM

LONDON, Britain - American Michael Phelps reflects on his fourth place finish in the men's 400-meter individual medley final, leaving him without a place on the podium at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012.

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Phelps fails to medal in 400m individual medley

LONDON, Britain - Michael Phelps of the United States shows a stern expression on his face after failing to medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. He finished fourth.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver in women's weightlifting

LONDON, Britain - Japan's silver medalist Hiromi Miyake (L) celebrates with China's gold medalist Wang Mingjuan (C) and North Korea's bronze medalist Ryang Chun Hwa during the award ceremony for the women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL arena on July 28, 2012. Miyake lifted a national record total of 197 kilograms and became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic weightlifting medal.

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Hagino beats Phelps for bronze in men's 400m IM

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kosuke Hagino smiles with his bronze medal after finishing third in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2012. Hagino won Japan's first swimming medal of the London Olympics and bettered his idol Michael Phelps, who placed fourth.

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Japan's Hagino celebrates bronze in men's 400m IM

LONDON, Britain - Seventeen-year old Kosuke Hagino celebrates his bronze medal win in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the London Olympics Aquatic Centre on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Hagino wins bronze in men's 400m IM

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yuya Horihata (back) congratulates Kosuke Hagino (front) after he wins the bronze in the men's 400m IM at the London Olympics Aquatic Centre on July 28, 2012. Hagino rewrote the Asian record with 4 minutes 8.94 seconds, while Horihata placed sixth with 4 minutes 13.30 seconds.

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Hagino grabs bronze in Olympics 400-m IM

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kosuke Hagino (L) in action in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the London Olympics Aquatic Centre on July 28, 2012. American Ryan Lochte (front) finished with a time of 4 minutes 5.18 seconds.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake waves to the crowd after winning the silver medal in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake celebrates after successfully lifting 110 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake waves after winning a silver medal in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake celebrates after successfully lifting 110 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake competes in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class, en route to the silver medal with a total of 197 kg, at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake competes in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class, en route to the silver medal with a total of 197 kg, at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Hiraoka takes silver at men's 60-kg judo event

LONDON, Britain - Silver medalist Hiroaki Hiraoka poses with the Japanese flag after the men's 60-kilogram class judo final at the ExCel London stadium on July 28, 2012. Hiraoka's silver gave Japan a boost for its first medal of the 2012 Summer Games.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kazuhito Tanaka performs on the parallel bars in the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Hiraoka takes silver at men's 60-kg judo event

LONDON, Britain - Hiroaki Hiraoka smiles with his silver medal for the men's 60-kilogram judo event at the London Olympics hosted at the ExCel London stadium on July 28, 2012.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

London, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura raises his fists after performing on the parallel bars in the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Hiraoka settles for silver at men's 60-kg judo event

LONDON, Britain - Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan waves at the awards ceremony for the men's 60-kilogram class judo event at the ExCel London stadium at the 2012 Olympic games on July 28, 2012. Russia's Arsen Galstyan (R) defeated Hiraoka for the gold.

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Japanese weightlifter Mizuochi

LONDON, Britain - Honami Mizuochi waves to the crowd after successfully lifting 96 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japanese weightlifter Mizuochi

LONDON, Britain - Honami Mizuochi hoists 96 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

London, Britain - Japan's Koji Yamamuro performs on the vault during the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Koji Yamamuro performs his floor exercise during the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kazuhito Tanaka reacts after his shaky performance during the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan men make gymnastics team final, Uchimura in all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse during the Olympics men's gymnastics qualifying stage at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 28, 2012.