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Japan-bound Filipino health workers

MANILA, Philippines - The fifth batch of Japan-bound Filipino health workers under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement formally begin their pre-training in the Japanese language in the Manila area on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of their deployment in June 2013.

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Singer Metis speaks of atomic-bomb attacks

TOKYO, Japan - The singer-songwriter who goes by the name Metis speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 6, 2012. She said she grew up listening to stories of the atomic bombing from survivors including her grandmother.

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London in festive mood before Olympics

LONDON, England - People gather for an Olympic torch relay celebratory event in Dublin, Ireland, on June 6, 2012. Britain is increasingly in a festive mood ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Olympics.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko (R), the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, receives from a Shinto priest a tree branch for worshipping during the main funeral for the late prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying the body of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, arrives at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for the main funeral on June 14, 2012. The prince died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - (from front R) Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attend the main funeral of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Princess Akiko is the elder daughter of the late prince and Princess Yoko is the younger daughter. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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L.A. County repeals 1942 support for Japanese American internment

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor George Takei testifies at a Los Angeles County board of supervisors meeting on June 6, 2012, before the board voted to revoke its WWII support for the internment of Japanese Americans. Claiming that it was difficult "if not impossible to distinguish between loyal and disloyal Japanese aliens," in 1942 the board recommended that the U.S. federal government remove the county's 37,000 Japanese Americans, including Takei and his family, to internment camps.

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N. Korea leader Kim before children

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo captured from a video image shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un giving a speech, his second public speech, during an event commemorating the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012.

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Russian, Chinese presidents in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 6, 2012, prior to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Pool photo)

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N. Korea leader Kim before children

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo captured from a video image shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waving during an event commemorating the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, bows to reporters when leaving Kyoundo Hospital in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 6, 2012. The prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died at the hospital earlier the same day at age 66. To the right is her sister Princess Yoko.

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N. Korea leader Kim before children

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo captured from a video image shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un giving a speech, his second public speech, during an event commemorating the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012.

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Edano at Japan-Russia investment forum

KAZAN, Russia - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano gives a speech at the Japan-Russia Investment Forum in Kazan, Russia on June 6, 2012. Edano showed Tokyo's eagerness to promote resource developments in Russia's Far East and East Siberia areas as Japan seeks to reduce its dependence on nuclear power.

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N. Korea leader Kim before children

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo captured from a video image shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being surrounded by schoolchildren during an event commemorating the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012.

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Horikawa becomes head of U.N. space panel

VIENNA, Austria - Yasushi Horikawa, a technical counselor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is interviewed in Vienna on June 6, 2012. Horikawa the same day became chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

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Ahmadinejad in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are pictured prior to holding talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 6, 2012. Ahmadinejad, whose country has observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, was in Beijing for the SCO summit. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi after trip to Thailand

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a news conference at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon on June 6, 2012. She arrived back in Myanmar on June 3 from a visit to neighboring Thailand, her first foreign trip in over two decades.

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Putin, Xi in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping shake hands at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 6, 2012. (Pool photo)

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New Russian envoy to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Evgeny Afanasiev, Russia's new ambassador to Japan, holds a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 6, 2012.

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Putin, Xi in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping hold talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 6, 2012. (Pool photo)

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SCO summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Leaders of China, Russia and four Central Asian nations pose for photos at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 6, 2012, prior to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Pool photo)

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Armenian President Sargsyan visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 6, 2012. Japan and Armenia agreed to cooperate on disaster prevention and nuclear safety.

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Olympic torch in Dublin

DUBLIN, Ireland - A torchbearer walks in a stadium in Dublin on June 6, 2012. The torch relay for the London Olympics was held the same day in the capital of Ireland, the only relay leg to take place outside the border of Britain.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at the imperial Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on June 6, 2012, to pay their respects to Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of the emperor, who died earlier the same day at age 66.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows (from L to R front) Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince Charles' since-deceased wife Princess Diana and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa's wife Princess Nobuko watching sumo at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo in May 1986. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died at the age of 66 on June 6, 2012.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2008 shows Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. The prince died at the age of 66 on June 6, 2012.

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Toyota Prius

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid vehicle. It was the best-selling vehicle in Japan in May 2012 for the 12th consecutive month, industry bodies said on June 6, 2012.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2008 shows Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. The prince died at the age of 66 on June 6, 2012.

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Inmate's kin

NARITA, Japan - (from L) Radha, wife of murder case inmate Govinda Prasad Mainali, and her daughters Mithila and Alisha arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on June 6, 2012. They visited Japan as the Tokyo High Court plans to issue a decision on June 7 on whether to open a retrial for the Nepalese man serving a life sentence for killing a Japanese woman in Tokyo in 1997. The man denies the killing in a high-profile case in which the victim was working as a prostitute as well as at the then blue-chip Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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Mihama reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo from November 2011 shows the No. 2 reactor (front) and No. 1 reactor (back) of the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. Japan's nuclear safety agency plans to conclude that Mihama's No. 2 reactor is safe enough to operate beyond 40 years, the period of operation at which mandatory safety assessments for age-related factors must be carried out, sources close to the matter said on June 6, 2012.

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Transit of Venus across sun

KOBE, Japan - Students observe the transit of Venus across the sun projected by a telescope at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on June 6, 2012. The phenomenon was observed over a wide area of Japan.

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Transit of Venus across sun

KOBE, Japan - Students view the transit of Venus across the sun at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on June 6, 2012. The phenomenon was observed over a wide area of Japan.

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Princess back home

NARITA, Japan - Princess Akiko (R) arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on June 6, 2012. She returned to Japan from Poland after cutting short her trip to Europe due to the worsening health of her father Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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Transit of Venus across sun

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo using a dark filter shows the transit of Venus across the sun in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, at 8:17 a.m. on June 6, 2012. The phenomenon was observed over a wide area of Japan.

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Tiananmen protests 'father' Fang Lizhi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyoto in June 1991 shows Fang Lizhi. The Chinese democracy activist whose ideas on democracy helped inspire protest movements in China in the late 1980s, including at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, died on April 6, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 76.

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U.N. chief Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Ban is expected to announce his intention to run for a second term, starting from January 2012, in a press conference to be held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 6, 2011.