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OSAKA, Japan - A cicada emerges from a pupa on a bicycle tire in Osaka's Shinsaibashi downtown area on July 8, 2013.

Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato (C) bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato (L front) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Satoru Nishibori, former president of Mizuho Bank. The bank's current president, Yasuhiro Sato, told a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013, that Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals in the town of Erimo, Hokkaido, on July 8, 2013.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals on a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals in the sea near a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals on a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Naotsugu Hamada, director of the Keicho Mission Ship Museum in the city, who has studied documents pertaining to the Keicho Mission sent in 1613 by Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to Europe to negotiate direct trade with Mexico. The documents have been registered by UNESCO as valuable records in its Memory of the World documentary heritage program.

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Two-tone pond

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, shows Mortar Pond, located at a height of around 1,600 meters, in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Local residents attribute the two-tone color of the pond to snow and sunlight.

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Two-tone pond

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, shows Mortar Pond, located at a height of around 1,600 meters, in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Local residents attribute the two-tone color of the pond to snow and sunlight.

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Egyptian opposition leader Moussa

CAIRO, Egypt - Amr Moussa, former Egyptian foreign minister and opposition leader, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Cairo on July 8, 2013. Moussa said the fatal shooting of more than 50 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi earlier that day was "a bad omen" and could lead to an escalation of violence.

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Brewers beat Reds

MILWAUKEE, United States - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez catches a fly ball by Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto during the ninth inning of a baseball game at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 2013. The Brewers won 4-3.

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Brewers beat Reds

MILWAUKEE, United States - Milwaukee Brewers leadoff man Norichika Aoki singles to left, his 100th hit in the season, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 2013. The Brewers won 4-3.

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Brewers beat Reds

MILWAUKEE, United States - Milwaukee Brewers leadoff man Norichika Aoki singles to left, his 100th hit in the season, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 2013. The Brewers won 4-3.

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Lavender in full bloom near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 8, 2013, shows lavender plants in full bloom in Oishi Park by Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji (back).

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Summer refreshment

TOKYO, Japan - Drinkers raise a toast at a beer garden on the rooftop of a commercial facility called "Ekimise" in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 8, 2013. Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, is visible in the background.

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Unrest in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian military vehicles block a street near Cairo on July 8, 2013, amid demonstrations by supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military.

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Summer refreshment

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Young people visit Enoshima Eastside Beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2013.

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoon Yong Doo (R), president and CEO of Asiana Airlines, holds a press conference in Seoul on July 8, 2013, after one of the carrier's passenger jets crashed while landing at San Francisco airport two days earlier, killing two Chinese teens and injuring scores of others.

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Lavender in full bloom near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 8, 2013, shows lavender plants in full bloom in Oishi Park by Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji (back).

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoon Yong Doo, president and CEO of Asiana Airlines, bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Seoul on July 8, 2013, after one of the carrier's passenger jets crashed while landing at San Francisco airport two days earlier, killing two Chinese teens and injuring scores of others.

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Summer refreshment

TOKYO, Japan - Women raise a toast at a beer garden on the rooftop of a commercial facility called "Ekimise" in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 8, 2013. Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, is visible in the background.

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Unrest in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Supporters of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military, head for a gathering near Cairo on July 8, 2013, to protest at the deaths earlier in the day of Morsi supporters in shooting outside a military facility in Cairo.

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Unrest in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo shows the area outside an Egyptian military facility in Cairo on July 8, 2013, where supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military, were shot at early in the morning, leaving at least 51 people dead and about 1,000 injured, according to media reports.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans lay flowers before the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoon Yong Doo, president and CEO of Asiana Airlines, holds a press conference in Seoul on July 8, 2013, after one of the carrier's passenger jets crashed while landing at San Francisco airport two days earlier, killing two Chinese teens and injuring scores of others.

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - A passenger who was aboard the Asiana Airlines passenger jet that crashed at San Francisco airport is put into an ambulance upon arrival at Incheon International Airport near Seoul on July 8, 2013. The incident two days earlier killed two Chinese teens and injured scores of others. (Pool photo)

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Japan swelters in heat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Women walk with parasols in front of JR Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2013. Extreme heat continued to cover Japan, with temperatures exceeding 38 C in some spots the same day for the first time in 2013.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow in front of the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - A passenger (C) who was aboard the Asiana Airlines passenger jet that crashed at San Francisco airport arrives at Incheon International Airport near Seoul on July 8, 2013. The incident two days earlier killed two Chinese teens and injured scores of others.

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Asiana plane crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Passengers who were aboard the Asiana Airlines passenger jet that crashed at San Francisco airport arrive at Incheon International Airport near Seoul on July 8, 2013. The incident two days earlier killed two Chinese teens and injured scores of others.

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Japan swelters in heat

KOFU, Japan - Girls play with water in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 8, 2013. Extreme heat continued to cover Japan, with temperatures exceeding 38 C in some spots the same day for the first time in 2013.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow in front of the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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Bolt in Tokyo vicinity

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Tokyo's Kita Ward shows a bolt of lightning over Saitama Prefecture on July 8, 2013.

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Battery change

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. shows reporters the work to change the lithium-ion battery of the Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 8, 2013. MMC reported to the transport ministry in June 2013 that it is recalling 4,313 units of the vehicle made between January and March 2013 due to a lithium-ion battery malfunction.