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Local photographer captures 42 yrs of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 20, 2013 shows Hiroaki Yamashiro, a photographer from Okinawa who is exhibiting photos of the southern Japanese prefecture he has taken over the past 42 years, at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama.

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Wooden observation tower

KEUTSCHACH, Austria - Photo shows a 100-meter-tall wooden observation tower on the Pyramidenkogel in Keutschach, Austria, on June 20, 2013.

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H.K.'s former No. 2

HONG KONG, China - Anson Chan, a former chief secretary for administration of Hong Kong, speaks in an interview in Hong Kong on June 20, 2013.

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Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain's Fernando Torres plays during a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Grass in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the Turf Institute of the Bioengineering Branch of North Korea's State Academy of Sciences on the outskirts of Pyongyang on June 20, 2013.

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Grass in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the Turf Institute of the Bioengineering Branch of North Korea's State Academy of Sciences on the outskirts of Pyongyang on June 20, 2013.

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Grass in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the Turf Institute of the Bioengineering Branch of North Korea's State Academy of Sciences on the outskirts of Pyongyang on June 20, 2013.

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Vietnamese president in China

BEIJING, China - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 20, 2013.

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U.N. chief in China

BEIJING, China - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 20, 2013.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Tahiti players are pictured before a Confederations Cup Group B match against Spain in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain players are pictured before a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Greek tourism minister

ATHENS, Greece - Greek tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni speaks during an interview in Athens on June 20, 2013.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Scoreboard shows 10 goals hit by Spain in a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Ten was the highest score in the event's history. Spain won 10-0.

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U.S.-Japan drill

SAN DIEGO, United States - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force conduct a live-fire drill on San Clemente Island off San Diego, California, on June 20, 2013. The U.S. forces and Japan's Self-Defense Forces were jointly training for the recapture of remote islands.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain's Fernando Torres (L) and David Villa touch hands after Torres scored his second goal during the first half of a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain's Fernando Torres gestures after scoring a hat-trick during the second half of a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0. Torres scored four goals in the game.

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U.S.-Japan drill

SAN DIEGO, United States - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force conduct a live-fire drill on San Clemente Island off San Diego, California, on June 20, 2013. The U.S. forces and Japan's Self-Defense Forces were jointly training for the recapture of remote islands.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Tahiti players acknowledge cheers from spectators after being defeated by Spain 10-0 in a Confederations Cup Group B match in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain's Fernando Torres (R) strikes a volley during the first half of a Confederations Cup Group B match against Tahiti in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Spain beat Tahiti in Confederations Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Spain's Fernando Torres (9) scores his fourth goal past Tahiti goalkeeper Mikael Roch during the second half of a Confederations Cup Group B match in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013. Spain won 10-0.

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Taliban in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar - Reporters stand near an office of the Afghan-based Taliban in Doha, Qatar, on June 20, 2013. On the outer wall are traces of a removed nameboard.

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Taliban in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar - Reporters stand near an office of the Afghan-based Taliban in Doha, Qatar, on June 20, 2013.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a stump speech in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 20, 2013. Abe described the upcoming Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, widely seen as a prelude to the House of Councillors election in July, as a battle to be won "at any cost" by his Liberal Democratic Party.

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Singapore's Lee writes to Yudhoyono over smog crisis

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells a press conference at the presidential palace on June 20, 2013, that he has written to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang to express Singapore's strong concern over its worst-ever smog crisis caused by forest fires in the neighboring country.

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Uniqlo in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Fast Retailing Co. Chairman Tadashi Yanai (R) holds the company's Uniqlo brand logo during a press conference in Jakarta on June 20, 2013. The Japanese casual wear maker will open a Uniqlo shop in Jakarta on June 22, 2013, as its first outlet of the brand in Indonesia.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a stump speech in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 20, 2013. Abe described the upcoming Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, widely seen as a prelude to the House of Councillors election in July, as a battle to be won "at any cost" by his Liberal Democratic Party.

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LDP pledges 2% growth in election platform

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, attends a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on June 20, 2013, to reveal the LDP's campaign platform for the July 21 upper house election. The platform pledges to achieve average real economic growth of 2 percent over the next decade with a set of policy measures.

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Economic policy minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari gives a lecture at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. Amari said postponing the planned sales tax hikes would be damaging to the credibility of government bonds.

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Nadeshiko draw with Kiwis 1-1

TOSU, Japan - Yuki Ogimi (17) of Japan scores the opening goal in the first half of an international friendly against New Zealand in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on June 20, 2013. The match finished 1-1.

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Nadeshiko draw with Kiwis 1-1

TOSU, Japan - Yuki Ogimi of Japan celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of an international friendly against New Zealand in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on June 20, 2013. The match finished 1-1.

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Guide dog raised by inmate

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (far L) meets a guide dog and its partner, a 48-year-old blind man, at the ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The Labrador retriever, aged 2 years and 5 months, was raised by a prison inmate and has been recognized as a guide dog by the Japan Guide Dog Association in the first such instance.

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Exiled Uyghur leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the World Uyghur Congress, a group of exiled Uyghurs, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 20, 2013.

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Exiled Uyghur leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the World Uyghur Congress, a group of exiled Uyghurs, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 20, 2013.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a lenticular cloud over snow-capped Mt. Fuji on March 20, 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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Swiss garment recycling firm

TOKYO, Japan - Stephan Wiegand (L), chief executive officer of Swiss garment and shoe recycling company I:Collect AG, and Akifumi Okamoto, president of Don Don Up Co., a Japanese vintage clothing chain, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. I:Collect will establish a Japanese unit in July 2013 in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, which Okamoto will head.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

DALIAN, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) enters a hotel in Dalian, China, on June 20, 2013.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

DALIAN, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a hotel in Dalian, China, on June 20, 2013.

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Pitcher from Myanmar

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Zaw Zaw Oo, a pitcher from Myanmar, poses during a press conference in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 20, 2013. He joined the Kagawa Olive Guyners of the Shikoku Island League plus, a regional baseball independent league.

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Exiled Uyghur leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the World Uyghur Congress, a group of exiled Uyghurs, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 20, 2013.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Accord hybrid vehicle made by Honda Motor Co. The new sedan, featuring fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, was unveiled on June 20, 2013, and will be launched the following day.

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Abe returns from Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), accompanied by his wife Akie (R), arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from Europe on June 20, 2013, after attending the G-8 summit and meeting with the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Ireland.

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Owl chicks in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Ural owl chicks roost in a tree in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 20, 2013. (The detailed location cannot be unveiled for protection of the birds.)

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Owl chicks in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Ural owl chicks roost in a tree in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 20, 2013. (The detailed location cannot be unveiled for protection of the birds.)

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses in front of the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference to unveil the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Honda unveils Accord hybrid

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference to unveil the Accord hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The new sedan vehicle, featuring a fuel efficiency of up to 30.0 kilometers per liter, will be launched the following day.

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Japan's new patrol plane P-1

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows a P-1 jet, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, at the MSDF's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture. The MSDF has grounded P-1 patrol planes deployed at the base due to engine problems, Defense Ministry sources said on June 20, 2013.

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Volkswagen's new Golf

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 20, 2013, shows the new model of the Volkswagen Golf. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day that it will launch the fully remodeled car on June 25.

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Nissan, M'bishi start manufacturing jointly developed minicar

KURASHIKI, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga (L), chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., and Osamu Masuko, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on May 20, 2013. The two automakers started manufacturing the same day a jointly developed minivehicle that will be introduced on June 6 across Japan.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.