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Young disaster survivor to debut in world golf tourney

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Amu Hiratsuka, a 14-year-old golfer and 2011 disaster survivor, receives advice on putting from her father in their house-cum-barber's shop in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2014. Hiratsuka will participate as a representative of Japan in the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships scheduled for July 14-18 in San Diego in the U.S. state of California.

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Young disaster survivor to debut in world golf tourney

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Amu Hiratsuka, a 14-year-old golfer and 2011 disaster survivor, practices tee shots with a new driver replacing the old one damaged by the tsunami in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2014. Hiratsuka will participate as a representative of Japan in the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships scheduled for July 14-18 in San Diego in the U.S. state of California.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor (L) and the framework for a facility to remove spent nuclear fuel from the pool of the reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on June 14, 2013, where decommissioning work is under way following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows vehicles washed away by tsunami waves at the turbine building of the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on June 14, 2013, where decommissioning work is under way following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows (from L) the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on June 14, 2013, where decommissioning work is under way following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows tanks to store contaminated water under construction at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on June 14, 2013, where decommissioning work is under way following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - People march in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on Aug. 14, 2011, in protest against China over a bilateral territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Demonstrations have been staged since early June.

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Shizuoka tea served in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu speaks at an event in New York on July 14, 2011. The event was held to promote tea from Shizuoka Prefecture and tourism to the area, after radioactive cesium above the European Union's limit was detected in green tea from the prefecture, one of the main tea producing areas in Japan, in June at Charles de Gaulle airport in France.

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Shizuoka tea served in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Tea from Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture is served during an event in New York on July 14, 2011. The event was held to promote tea from Shizuoka Prefecture and tourism to the area, after radioactive cesium above the European Union's limit was detected in green tea from the prefecture, one of the main tea producing areas in Japan, in June at Charles de Gaulle airport in France.

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Shizuoka tea served in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Tea from Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture is served during an event in New York on July 14, 2011. The event was held to promote tea from Shizuoka Prefecture and tourism to the area, after radioactive cesium above the European Union's limit was detected in green tea from the prefecture, one of the main tea producing areas in Japan, in June at Charles de Gaulle airport in France.

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Fukushima plant workers

IWAKI, Japan - Workers leave Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in the early morning for the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on June 14, 2011. The workers are lodging at inns in a spa area of Iwaki, south of the plant.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver examines a damaged car which was swept into the sea by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, on the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Divers help rebuild aquafarm in Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - Scuba divers cut ''wakame'' brown seaweed in the water off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, for fishermen to extract spores to use to restart the city's aquafarming operation, on June 14, 2011.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A volunteer worker pulls a fishing equipment retrieved from the seabed by a scuba diver, onto a quay in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 14, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver finds a book on the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 14, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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U.S. Sen. Levin

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Arms Services Committee. Levin and Sen. John McCain on June 14, 2011, urged China to promptly issue visas to U.S. staff who plan to travel to the country to look into alleged counterfeit electronic parts.

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MV-22 Osprey

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the inside of an MV-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in San Diego, California, on June 14, 2011. The U.S. Defense Department is planning to deploy the aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.

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Character 'dream' made of drawings

SENDAI, Japan - People line up 600 drawings by elementary school children in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011, to form the Chinese character ''yume,'' meaning dream, in the town on June 14, 2011.

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Model of cover for Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - A model of the damaged No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant with a polyester cover over it is shown at the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. TEPCO plans to begin installing a cover over the whole reactor building on June 27, as a stopgap measure to prevent further release of radioactive substances.

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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during an interview with foreign media in Bangkok on June 14, 2011. He said the general election to be held on July 3 will be a tight race but he hopes to secure around 200 seats for his party.

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Athletics' Matsui homers against Royals

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui homers during the fourth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on June 14, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-7.

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Singing of Chinese revolutionary songs

BEIJING, China - Around 200 middle-aged and senior people gather in a park in central Beijing to sing revolutionary songs from the era of Mao Zedong on June 14, 2011. They said singing the old songs praising Mao and the Communist Party of China in parks and workplaces is becoming popular in the Chinese capital ahead of the 90th anniversary of the party's founding on July 1.

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Model of cover for Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Junichi Matsumoto shows a model of the damaged No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant with a polyester cover over it at the TEPCO headquarters in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. TEPCO plans to begin installing a cover over the whole reactor building on June 27, as a stopgap measure to prevent further release of radioactive substances.

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China on S. China Sea row

BEIJING, China - Hong Lei, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, gestures during a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on June 14, 2011. Hong expressed displeasure after U.S. senators submitted a resolution the previous day condemning China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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Singing of Chinese revolutionary songs

BEIJING, China - Around 200 middle-aged and senior people gather in a park in central Beijing to sing revolutionary songs from the era of Mao Zedong on June 14, 2011. They said singing the old songs praising Mao and the Communist Party of China in parks and workplaces is becoming popular in the Chinese capital ahead of the 90th anniversary of the party's founding on July 1.

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Danish prince in tsunami-hit area

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Danish Crown Prince Frederik (R) visits temporary housing units in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 14, 2011. The area was devastated by the March 11 tsunami.

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Dubai on June 14, 2011. He expressed confidence that the party of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra will win an ''outright'' majority in the July 3 general election in Thailand.

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Christchurch quake aftermath

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - People view a sealed-off district in a central part of Christchurch, New Zealand, on June 14, 2011. The area was struck by a major earthquake on Feb. 22.

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PM Kan in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a session of the House of Councillors special committee on disaster reconstruction in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 14, 2011.

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Danish prince in tsunami-hit area

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Danish Crown Prince Frederik (C) meets elementary school children in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 14, 2011. The area was devastated by the March 11 tsunami.

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Danish prince in tsunami-hit area

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Danish Crown Prince Frederik (C) plays soccer with elementary school children in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 14, 2011. The area was devastated by the March 11 tsunami.

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BOJ Governor Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. The Japanese central bank stepped up its efforts to boost the country's economy, which has been flagging since the earthquake and tsunami in March, introducing a 500 billion yen cheap loan program to support smaller companies with growth potential.

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Japanese, S. Korean diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Wi Sung Lac (L), South Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama at the Japanese Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. They reaffirmed during their talks that an inter-Korean dialogue should be held before resuming the six-party talks.

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PM Kan in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a session of the House of Councillors special committee on disaster reconstruction in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 14, 2011.

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Toyota's new Prius

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new ''Prius a'' (Prius alpha) hybrid vehicle. The Japanese automaker said June 14, 2011, it had received around 52,000 orders for the vehicle in the first month since its debut, well above its target of 3,000 units per month.

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Takamisakari gets confession of love

TOKYO, Japan - Popular sumo wrestler Takamisakari visits a nursing home for the elderly in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. One of the residents, 71-year-old Yoshiko Ishikawa, introduced herself as ''Takamisakari's girlfriend'' when she met him, and asked the wrestler if it is OK for her to ''continue having feelings'' for him. The 35-year-old wrestler, who is not married, nodded.

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Disaster-hit Higashimatsushima in March and June

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top frame), three days after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Damaged houses were cleared away, but ships washed ashore by the tsunami remain.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows local residents walking through debris on a street in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to get water on March 14, 2011 (top frame), three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). A large tank and a damaged house on the left side of the street have been cleared away.

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in March and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows a Shinto shrine gate and surroundings in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), three days after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, and the same spot on June 3, 2011.

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease.