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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Kawasaki back to Blue Jays

TORONTO, Canada - Toronto Blue Jays infielder Munenori Kawasaki (R) exchanges high-fives with Jose Reyes after beating the Detroit Tigers at Rogers Centre in Toronto on July 1, 2013. Kawasaki was optioned on June 26, 2013, to make room for Reyes after the Blue Jays star shortstop returned from a severe ankle sprain, but was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo by the Blue Jays two days later.

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Figure skater Ando

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two-time former figure skating world champion Miki Ando performing during an ice show in Tokyo on June 1, 2013. Ando said in an inclusive TV Asahi interview broadcast on July 1, 2013, that she gave birth to a girl in April.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter flying over Tokyo's Sumida Ward shows Mt. Fuji in the background behind Tokyo Skytree tower on Jan. 1, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Meditation, music help people know more about themselves

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of a program combining meditation and Bach's music pause to pray at the chapel of a Catholic church in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on June 1, 2013.

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Meditation, music help people know more about themselves

TOKYO, Japan - Father Takehiro Kunii delivers a lecture on June 1, 2013, to participants of a program combining meditation and Bach's music at a Catholic church in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Japan's Africa medical award

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Piot, a medical doctor from Belgium, receives the Japanese government's Hideyo Noguchi Africa award during a ceremony at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus while leading a worldwide response action against AIDS. (Pool photo)

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Japanese artist recognized in Venice Biennale

VENICE, Italy - Japanese contemporary artist Koki Tanaka (R) poses for photos after his work titled "abstract speaking -- sharing uncertainty and collective acts" received a special mention by the jury of the International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in Italy on June 1, 2013. It is the first time for an exhibition at the Japanese pavilion to win the award at the Venice art event, which has been held since 1895. At left is Mika Kuraya, chief curator of the Department of Fine Arts at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, who served as the curator of the Japanese pavilion at the Venice exhibition.

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Children's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean boy shoots an arrow at an American soldier target at an amusement park in Pyongyang on June 1, 2013, as part of events to celebrate Children's Day.

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Japan's Africa medical award

TOKYO, Japan - Alex Godwin Coutinho, a medical doctor from Uganda, receives the Japanese government's Hideyo Noguchi Africa award during a ceremony at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. Coutinho was recognized for his pioneering work in treating AIDS patients and preventing the spread of HIV. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development begins at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japanese artist recognized in Venice Biennale

VENICE, Italy - Japanese contemporary artist Koki Tanaka (R) poses for photos after his work titled "abstract speaking -- sharing uncertainty and collective acts" received a special mention by the jury of the International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in Italy on June 1, 2013. It is the first time for an exhibition at the Japanese pavilion to win the award at the Venice art event, which has been held since 1895. At left is Mika Kuraya, chief curator of the Department of Fine Arts at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, who served as the curator of the Japanese pavilion at the Venice exhibition.

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Heart shape in Fukushima skies

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a heart shape created by the Blue Impulse flight team from the Air Self-Defense Force in the sky above Fukushima City on June 1, 2013, after the team performed aerobatics as part of a local festival.

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Children's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children take part in a mock military parade at an amusement park in Pyongyang on June 1, 2013, as part of events to celebrate Children's Day.

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the opening session of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairwoman of the African Union Commission, speaks at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama near Tokyo on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Gov't eyes suing TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2013 shows workers decontaminating a residential area in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Environment Ministry is considering filing a lawsuit against TEPCO, seeking payment of about 16.5 billion yen in decontamination expenses since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, sources close to the matter said June 1, 2013.

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Children's Day in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children take part in a mock military parade at an amusement park in Pyongyang on June 1, 2013, as part of events to celebrate Children's Day.

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Djibouti President Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ahead of their talks at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Asia Security Summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - (From L) Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin join hands ahead of a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 1, 2013.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (R), chairwoman of the African Union Commission, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their talks in Yokohama near Tokyo on June 1, 2013. They met on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development begins at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (R in front), chairwoman of the African Union Commission, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L in front) meet in Yokohama near Tokyo on June 1, 2013. They met on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front) delivers a speech at the opening session of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Aung San mausoleum

YANGON, Myanmar - Women visit the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar, where independence hero Aung San among others is entombed, as the site was opened to the public on June 1, 2013.

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Asia Security Summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 1, 2013.

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Asia Security Summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 1, 2013.

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the opening session of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn delivers a speech at the opening session of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Asia Security Summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attends the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 1, 2013.

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Asia Security Summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on June 1, 2013.

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development begins at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development line up for group photos at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013.

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the opening session of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Boeing 787 back in regular service

TOKYO, Japan - Mechanics (in foreground) line up to see off an All Nippon Airways Co. flight bound for Frankfurt, using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, at Tokyo's Haneda airport ahead of its departure at 1:05 a.m. on June 1, 2013. ANA and Japan Airlines Co. resumed regular flights June 1 using the Dreamliner, after the technologically advanced jet was grounded for more than four months due to a series of battery problems.

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Boeing 787 back in regular service

TOKYO, Japan - An All Nippon Airways Co. flight bound for Frankfurt, using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, heads for a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport shortly before its departure at 1:05 a.m. on June 1, 2013. ANA and Japan Airlines Co. resumed regular flights June 1 using the Dreamliner, after the technologically advanced jet was grounded for more than four months due to a series of battery problems.