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Le Corbusier-designed Tokyo museum to be on World Heritage list

TOKYO, Japan, July 17 Kyodo - File photo taken in June 2009 shows the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo's Ueno Park, one of 17 buildings in seven countries designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided on July 17, 2016 to add to the World Heritage list.

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Two-time A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the late Tsutomu Yamaguchi speaking in Nagasaki in June 2009 about his experience of surviving the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese Embassy in London has sent a written protest against the BBC for introducing him as ''The Unluckiest Man in the World'' in its TV program that aired on Dec. 17, 2010, with the show's personalities and the audience laughing. A producer of the show has apologized via e-mail.

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World Cuisine in Tokyo: Hawaiian dishes

TOKYO, Japan - Customers dine at Hawaiian restaurant Ogo Ono-loa Hawaii in Tokyo's Akasaka district on June 17, 2009. The restaurant's walls are adorned with quilts from Hawaii, a popular destination for Japanese tourists and the birthplace of U.S. President Barack Obama.