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US: Semi-Truck and Passenger Vehicle Collide in North Las Vegas

A semi-truck and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon, April 8, near W. Carey Avenue and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas. Emergency crews responded to the scene as police and fire crews investigated the crash. Simmons Street was temporarily closed in both directions between Carey and Evans avenues.

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Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia STORYLINE: The health of Australia's environment declined in 2023 amid low rainfall and a spike in the number of threatened species, a report has said. Led by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia's Environment Report compiles detailed scientific data to rate the overall health of the country's environment out of 10 every year since 2011. In 2023, the environment scored a 7.5 out of 10, the latest edition published on Tuesday revealed. It marks a fall from 2022 when the environment was given an 8.7 out of 10, the highest ever score. Albert Van Dijk, lead author of the report, described 2023 as a climate rollercoaster for Australia, with a relatively cool start to the year giving way to dry and unseasonably warm weather from May onwards. According to the

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Moscow opens world's longest metro ring

STORY: Moscow opens world's longest subway line DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening of the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL) 2. various of Russian President Vladimir Putin participating in the opening ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (Russian): SERGEI SOBYANIN, Moscow Mayor 4. various of the Big Circle Line STORYLINE: Moscow on Wednesday opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world. The metro line was constructed from 2011 to 2022. The first section of the BCL opened in 2018, and another 20-km section, which is the longest in the history of the capital's metro, was launched in December 2021. The BCL has 31 stations, with 24 of those providing 47 interchanges to existing and future stations of the capital's metro. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the ceremony dedicated to the launch of the BLC via video link, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended the opening in person. SOUNDBITE (Rus

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Tohoku firm on track for recovery

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Aki Murakami (L) and Akie Hoshi, who started work at Yagisawa Shoten after the March 2011 disaster, showcase products of the established maker and seller of soy sauce and miso at the company in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 31, 2013.

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New Year decoration at makeshift barber shop in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Tetsuro Abe puts up a New Year decoration around the entrance of his makeshift barber shop in the disaster-hit town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Dec. 31, 2011. The barber shop, which was opened by his father and had been in business for 40 years, was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Last of 2011 quake debris from Iwate heads to Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - The last batch of debris caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is loaded onto a container in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 31, 2014, for disposal in Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government has been engaged in the disposal of such debris in support of reconstruction efforts in the disaster-hit Tohoku region.

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Final debris from 2011 disaster leaves for Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - A truck carrying the final batch of wreckage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami leaves for Tokyo from a debris collection and selection site in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United Sates - A high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, shakes hands with a U.S. Navy vice admiral, who participated in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort, in Pasadena, California, on Dec. 31, 2014. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Miyagi high school students practice for Rose Parade

PASADENA, United States - High school students from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, practice music on Dec. 31, 2014, before participating in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, to show their gratitude for the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Pair of big "kadomatsu" decorations in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A car passes between a pair of big "kadomatsu" New Year decorations erected on a road near temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 31, 2014.

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Public housing for nuclear disaster evacuees completed

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Norio Kanno (4th from L), mayor of Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture, cuts the tape at a ceremony in Fukushima City on Aug, 31, 2014, to mark the completion of public housing for people who evacuated following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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USJ visitors in FY 2014 likely to hit all-time high

OSAJA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan executive Tsuyoshi Morioka says at a press conference in Osaka on July 31, 2014, that the number of visitors to the western Japan amusement park in fiscal 2014 ending next March is likely to surpass the current annual record of 11 million posted in fiscal 2011 thanks to a new attraction based on the Harry Potter film franchise.

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Fukushima school set to reopen after temporary evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - Teachers at Furumichi Elementary School in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepare decorations on March 31, 2014, for a first-day-of-school ceremony to be held April 7. The school, which had been relocated to a temporary campus in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, is set to reopen at its original location as the government lifted an evacuation order for the area on April 1.

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Temporary store to open in Fukushima at end of evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - A worker shows on March 31, 2014, empty shelves to be filled with products at a temporary store scheduled to open in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A government evacuation order for the area, issued due to radioactive contamination in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, was lifted on April 1.

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Project under way to see inside reactors with "muons"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31, 2014 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows Haruo Miyadera, a Toshiba Corp. researcher who is engaged in a project to see into the interior of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which suffered meltdowns due to the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 using elementary particles called "muons."

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A paper lantern in the form of Catbus, a character from the animation film My Neighbor Totoro, is illuminated in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. The destination board on the bus reads "Odaka," an area in Minamisoma that was made a no-go zone due to the nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shuko Katayama, chief priest of a Buddhist temple in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, tests a bell on Dec. 31, 2012, prior to striking it 108 times at midnight on New Year's Eve. The temple is still under restoration from damage caused by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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TEPCO logs 299 bil. yen group net loss for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March 31 at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 299.48 billion yen for the April to September half, pressured by higher fossil fuel costs to make up for the halt in nuclear power generation following the disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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Fukushima governor visits IAEA

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato shake hands at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 31, 2012. The governor visited the U.N. nuclear watchdog following the nuclear crisis in the prefecture triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Sujit Samaddar (C), head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Seismic Safety Center, answers reporters' questions in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member IAEA delegation team started an inspection the previous day at the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011. The turbine building for the No. 2 reactor and a levee at the plant can be seen in the back.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency examine a levee at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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IAEA team inspection at Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Members of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency listen to explanations in the heat exchanger room of the No. 2 reactor building at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 31, 2012. The 20-member delegation started an inspection the previous day at the plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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Sendai man to serve as Olympic torch runner

SENDAI, Japan - Sadaharu Mishina (L), 31, an employee at ANA Holiday Inn Sendai, shakes hands with his supervisor Kimifusa Shibata, 47, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 1, 2012. Mishina, who lost his 2-year-old daughter and saw his home damaged in the March 2011 disaster that struck the region, will be a torch runner in the upcoming London Olympics, running with the sacred flame in a suburb of Leeds, a city in the north of England, on June 25.

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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JAL holds photo exhibition at Beijing airport

BEIJING, China - Japan Airlines Co. opens a photo exhibition showing the ties between Japan and China at Beijing international airport on Feb. 15, 2012, as the countries mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral relations this year. The exhibition, including photographs of areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, is scheduled to run through March 31, 2012.

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'A Song for Japan' video clips

TOKYO, Japan - Image shows video clips of musicians around the world playing the tune ''A Song for Japan'' that have been uploaded on the Internet in support of people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The song was written by Belgian trombonist Steven Verhelst, and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled to play an orchestral adaptation of the music at a concert on March 31, 2012, in Sendai, a city hit by the disaster.

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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Panasonic head office in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows the head office of electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Panasonic is expected to book a record group net loss of over 700 billion yen in fiscal 2011 through March 31, 2012, deeper than a 420 billion yen loss it previously estimated, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 3, 2012.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Japan records 1st trade deficit in 31 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant producing vehicles for export in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The Japanese government said Jan. 25, 2012, that the country recorded its first annual trade deficit in 31 years in 2011 amid slowing exports, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the strength of the yen, and a gloomier outlook for the world economy as a result of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it.

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Panasonic expects 420 bil. yen net loss in FY 2011

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo attends a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2011. The company said it is anticipating a huge group net loss of 420 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March as it faces restructuring costs related to its loss-making businesses, a reversal from a profit of 74.02 billion yen in the previous year.

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Geisha visit tsunami evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha from Kyoto visit temporary homes in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011, for evacuees of the March quake and tsunami to cheer them up.

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Geisha visit tsunami evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha from Kyoto touch the cat of an evacuee of the March quake and tsunami at her temporary housing in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011. They visited the temporary housing to cheer evacuees up.

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Hopes for reconstruction written on '1,000 scallop shells'

OFUNATO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2011 shows 1,000 origami paper ornaments folded in the shape of scallop shells decorating Koishihama station in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. Local people used to use real shells from farmed scallops, on which they wrote their wishes, but the scallop farming industry, along with the rail track, was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Visitors to the station, which has been out of operation since March 11, now write their wishes for the reconstruction of the area on the paper shells.

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B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R), who holds a school bag to be presented to a child who suffered in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to raise money for parts of Japan stricken by the disaster.

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B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R) of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to aid people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

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Only 6 of 82 quake-hit schools restored in Iwate, Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is still damaged on Aug. 28, 2011, more than five months after the March quake and tsunami. The local education board said on Aug. 31, 2011, rebuilding is complete or will soon be finished for only six out of a total of 82 public schools in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were severely damaged by the disaster.

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ASEAN goodwill mission to Japan

JAKARTA, Japan - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks in a press conference in Jakarta on May 31, 2011. He will lead a goodwill mission of volunteers from ASEAN to Japan to support areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Large ship offered as shelter for evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 14,500-ton Techno Super Liner cargo-passenger ship docking at Ishinomaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, 2011. About 2,400 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the city are expected to stay on the ship for free from the following day through May 31, 2011.

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Toyota 2010 earnings briefing

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year 2010 ending March 31, on May 11, 2011, in Tokyo. The company's net profit rose twofold from the previous year but fell short of its projection due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.