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Japanese astronaut Yui

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui during an interview in October 2012. On July 10, 2013, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration revealed the members of a space expedition team for a voyage in 2015, saying American Kjell Lindgren, Yui and Oleg Kononenko of Russia will leave Earth in June 2015 and stay at the International Space Station for about six months.

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Research on coelacanth

MANADO, Indonesia - Researchers pull an underwater camera out of the sea off Manado, Indonesia, on June 10, 2013. An expedition team from Aquamarine Fukushima, an aquarium in Iwaki City in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, has been conducting field surveys on coelacanth since 2005 off Indonesia.

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Research on coelacanth

MANADO, Indonesia - Masamitsu Iwata, a researcher at Aquamarine Fukushima, shows an image of a coelacanth taken by an expedition team he leads off Manado, Indonesia, near Manado on June 10, 2013. The team from the aquarium in Iwaki City in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has been conducting field surveys on the ancient fish since 2005 off Indonesia.

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Memoirs of Hiroshima survivors still draw readers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 10, 2013 shows a notebook giving an account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The notebook, kept by Tamiki Hara (1905-1951), became the basis for his short story "Natsu no hana" (Summer Flowers).

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Memoirs of Hiroshima survivors still draw readers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 10, 2013 shows Tokihiko Hara in Hiroshima holding his uncle's notebook, which details the latter's experiences of the atomic bombing of the city. The contents of the notebook became the basis for the short story "Natsu no hana" (Summer Flowers) by Tamiki Hara (1905-1951).

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo using a fisheye lens shows an elevator and hangar of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo using a fisheye lens shows the air control room of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows a conference involving officers of Japan's Self-Defense Forces inside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows a conference involving officers of Japan's Self-Defense Forces inside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Judo federation chief

TOKYO, Japan - International Judo Federation chief and new SportAccord head Marius Vizer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 10, 2013.

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Xbox One media briefing

LOS ANGELES, United States - Microsoft Corp. holds a media briefing on its new game console named Xbox One in Los Angeles on June 10, 2013.

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Japan manager Zaccheroni

DOHA, Qatar - Japan national soccer team manager Alberto Zaccheroni holds a press conference in Doha on June 10, 2013, on the eve of Japan's last remaining World Cup qualifier against Iraq in the Qatari capital. Japan have already qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a 1-1 draw with Australia on June 4.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, off a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel was in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands.

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Japanese law firms scurrying to set up shop in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyer Yusuke Yukawa, the representative of Nishimura & Asahi LPC's office in Yangon, works at the office on June 10, 2013. The biggest law firm in Japan established the office in the largest city in Myanmar in May 2013.

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Japan crown prince in Spain

MADRID, Spain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (C) inspects the honor guard, escorted by Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in Madrid on June 10, 2013. The Japanese prince was in Spain to attend a series of events to mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral exchanges.

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Crown prince leaves for Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L) leaves his residence in Tokyo on June 10, 2013, to visit Spain to attend a series of events to mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral exchanges. Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) and Prince Akishino (R) saw the crown prince off. (Pool photo)

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Yokohama mayor seeks reelection

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi holds a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 10, 2013. Hayashi announced her decision to seek a second four-year term in the mayoral election in August.

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Humorous policeman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a riot police officer who used humor in urging masses of jubilant soccer fans to keep order outside Tokyo's JR Shibuya Station on the evening of June 4, 2013, after Japan's national team qualified for their fifth World Cup finals. After the officer was acclaimed among Internet users as "DJ police," the capital's police force said on June 10, 2013, that they may give him the Tokyo metropolitan police superintendent general's award.

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Crown prince leaves for Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L) leaves his residence in Tokyo on June 10, 2013, to visit Spain to attend a series of events to mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral exchanges. Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) and Prince Akishino (R) saw the crown prince off. (Pool photo)

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JAL completes Boeing 787 battery fixes

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner being washed at Narita airport on May 10, 2013. JAL has completed work for the battery fixes on all the seven Boeing 787 aircraft in its fleet ahead of the resumption of flights of the trouble-plagued jets scheduled for June 1, a company source said on May 14.