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Ex-Japan pilot serving as safety manager at Asiana

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2013, at the headquarters of Asiana Airlines Inc. in Seoul shows Akiyoshi Yamamura, a former All Nippon Airways pilot hired by the South Korean carrier to improve safety standards following July 2013's fatal crash of an Asiana aircraft at San Francisco airport in the United States.

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Top court voids inheritance clause

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo holding a hearing on July 10, 2013, on a lawsuit about a Civil Code clause granting less inheritance to children born out of wedlock compared to siblings of married parents. The top court ruled the clause is unconstitutional on Sept. 4, 2013.

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Pakistan premier in China

BEIJING, China - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 4, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Aftershock jolts Indonesia's Aceh

JAKARTA, Indonesia - July 4, 2013 photo shows a little girl running in fear after an aftershock from the M6.1 earthquake which hit Indonesia's Aceh Province two days earlier. The girl was playing amid the debris of a collapsed house in Kenanga District of Aceh's Bener Meriah Regency when the aftershock occurred. As of July 5, the death toll from the July 2 quake stood at 35, with more than 4,000 houses and buildings damaged.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany plays against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Marion Bartoli of France plays against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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IOC presidential election

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - International Olympic Committee Vice President Thomas Bach answers reporters' questions after making a presentation as a candidate in the IOC presidential election during an IOC general meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 4, 2013.

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Hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (far R), the Japanese former champion of New York's famous July 4 Independence Day hot dog eating contest, eats hot dogs in a rival contest organized by himself in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2013. Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island in New York for six years in a row since 2001, but has not participated in the competition since 2010 due to a contract dispute with the organizer and has organized a similar contest on his own.

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Anime Expo in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo shows cosplayers at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 4, 2013. The annual event is one of the largest in North America showcasing Japanese animation, cartoons and games.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany plays against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after gaining a point from Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Marion Bartoli of France plays against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany plays against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese former champion of New York's famous July 4 Independence Day hot dog eating contest, wins a rival contest organized by himself in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2013. Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island in New York for six years in a row since 2001, but has not participated in the competition since 2010 due to a contract dispute with the organizer and has organized a similar contest on his own.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany acknowledges cheers after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland plays against Sabine Lisicki of Germany in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Marion Bartoli of France acknowledges cheers after beating Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Sabine Lisicki of Germany plays against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Lisicki won 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium plays against Marion Bartoli of France in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Marion Bartoli of France plays against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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Wimbledon tennis semifinals

LONDON, United Kingdom - Marion Bartoli of France celebrates after beating Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in a semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on July 4, 2013. Bartoli won 6-1, 6-2.

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Japan Expo in Paris

PARIS, France - Kumamon (L) and Hikonyan, the official mascots representing Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture and Hikone City, respectively, take part in Japan Expo in Paris on July 4, 2013. The event introducing Japanese pop culture is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Japan Expo in Paris

PARIS, France - Participants of Japan Expo pose for photos with Kumamon (2nd from L), the official bear mascot of Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, at the convention in Paris on July 4, 2013. The event introducing Japanese pop culture is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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S. Korea, Australia meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L) Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin join hands prior to their talks in Seoul on July 4, 2013.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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S. Korea proposes talks with North

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Hyung Seok, a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry, tells a press conference in Seoul on July 4, 2013, that South Korea proposed earlier in the day working-level talks with North Korea be held July 6 at the truce village of Panmunjeom to discuss issues related to the suspended joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.

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Upper house election in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people gathered in front of the Osaka city offices on July 4, 2013, to listen to a stump speech by a candidate running in the July 21 upper house election. Official campaigning for the election, which will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months, started the same day.

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Report on AC Milan's agreement with Honda

MILAN, Italy - Photo shows July 4, 2013 edition of the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reporting that AC Milan have agreed terms with Japan international midfielder Keisuke Honda.

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Japan Expo in Paris

PARIS, France - Hikonyan (R), the official cat mascot of Japan's Hikone City, shakes hands with a child at Japan Expo in Paris on July 4, 2013. The event introducing Japanese pop culture is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Taiwan opposition party

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Tseng-chang, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, speaks at a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 4, 2013. The DPP held first of a series of meetings to discuss the independence-leaning party's China policy.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Upper house election in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Updated Spider-Man attraction

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the opening of the updated Spider-Man attraction at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, on July 4, 2013.

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Upper house election in Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Kagoshima City on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (R), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., is surrounded by reporters after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Upper house election in Japan

SAITAMA, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Saitama, near Tokyo, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (C), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., and other company executives bow in a gesture of apology after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Upper house election in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people gathered in front of the Osaka city offices on July 4, 2013, to listen to a stump speech by a candidate running in the July 21 upper house election. Official campaigning for the election, which will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months, started the same day.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, shows some of the 54 Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. products being recalled by the company following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Upper house election in Japan

NATORI, Japan - Residents of temporary housing (in background) of the 2011 killer tsunami listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Hyogo gubernatorial race

KOBE, Japan - Combination photo shows Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, 67, (R), and Kotaro Tanaka, 64, an official of a political group related to the Japanese Communist Party, during stump speeches in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 gubernatorial election. Ido is seeking a fourth four-year term, while Tanaka is challenging Ido for the second time.

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Upper house election in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, speaks for online streaming in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Tokyo's Sugamo district on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people gathered in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on July 4, 2013, to listen to a stump speech by a candidate running in the July 21 upper house election. Official campaigning for the election, which will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months, started the same day.