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Tokyo Commodity Exchange starts trading in 4 farm products

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Ezaki (L), president of Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., rings the bell during a ceremony at the exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2013, before TOCOM started trading in four agricultural products transferred from the Tokyo Grain Exchange, which will be disbanded in March.

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Restoration of 'miracle pine'

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A part of the trunk of the "miracle pine" that initially withstood the massive March 2011 tsunami is suspended from a crane to be planted into the ground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2013, as restoration of the tree reached the final stage. The remnants of the tree were dissected in September 2012 into several parts for anti-decay treatment.

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Sharp returns to black in FY 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 12, 2014, on the electronics maker's earnings results for fiscal 2013. Sharp said it returned to profitability in the business year ended March 2014 for the first time in three years, posting a group net profit of 11.56 billion yen, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and solar batteries.

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Osaka high-tech exhibition attracts 900,000 visitors

OSAKA, Japan - A girl looks at robots and other high-tech exhibits at Active Lab., an intellectual entertainment space in Knowledge Capital of Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 12, 2014. Active Lab. attracted over 900,000 visitors in the 10 months since opening in April 2013, about double the initial annual goal.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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JETRO official supports Japan firms in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Toshihiro Mizutani, an official at the Japan External Trade Organization's Yangon office, speaks on March 12, 2013, at the office about his job. Since 2011, Mizutani has provided information and support to Japanese companies considering advancing into Myanmar.

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MIT Professor Richard Samuels

NEW YORK, United States - Richard Samuels, political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of "3.11 Disaster and Change in Japan," speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in New York on March 12, 2013.

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Japanese astronomers at Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Shinya Komugi (L), a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, talks with colleagues on March 12, 2013, in an operation center located at an altitude of 2,900 meters, where they remotely control the antennas of the Alma telescope. The telescope was built at an altitude of around 5,000 meters on the Atacama Plateau in Chile to explore cosmic mysteries.

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Japan's ex-envoy to China Niwa gives interview

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on March 12, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Syrian refugees in Jordan

ZAATARI, Jordan - Syrian refugees draw water in a refugee camp in Zaatari, northern Jordan, on March 12, 2013.

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Syrian refugees in Jordan

ZAATARI, Jordan - Syrian refugees buy vegetables at a store in a refugee camp in Zaatari, northern Jordan, on March 12, 2013.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Photo shows the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Kakunaka of Japan steals second base past second baseman Jonathan Schoop of the Netherlands in the eighth inning in a World Baseball Classic game at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Shinnosuke Abe of Japan hits a three-run home run, his second homer, in the second inning in a World Baseball Classic game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Shinnosuke Abe of Japan hits a home run in the second inning in a World Baseball Classic game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Vatican pope

ROME, Italy - People watch a large screen set up in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, which shows a closeup of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, on March 12, 2013. No new pope was chosen after the first day of voting by cardinals at the chapel the same day, with black smoke emerging from its chimney, signaling failure to reach an agreement.

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Vatican pope

ROME, Italy - People gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. No new pope was chosen after the first day of voting by cardinals at the Sistine Chapel the same day, with black smoke emerging from its chimney, signaling failure to reach an agreement.

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China political advisers' meeting

BEIJING, China - Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming (back) attends the closing ceremony of an annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2013.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Shinnosuke Abe of Japan hits a three-run home run, his second homer, in the second inning in a World Baseball Classic game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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China political advisers' meeting

BEIJING, China - Yu Zhengsheng, new chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, speaks during the conference's annual meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2013.

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Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial extraction of natural gas from seabed methane hydrate in the waters, a world first. A flame of natural gas extracted in the trial can be seen at the stern (L).

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Shinnosuke Abe of Japan hits a home run in the second inning in a World Baseball Classic game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Greek Tourism Minister Kefalogianni

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni in Tokyo on March 12, 2013.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Andrelton Simmons of the Netherlands hits a home run to open the scoring in the first inning in a World Baseball Classic game against Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Greek Tourism Minister Kefalogianni

TOKYO, Japan - Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 12, 2013.

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Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flame of natural gas after the successful extraction of seabed methane hydrate by the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The extraction was a world first.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Japan starter Kenji Otonari pitches against the Netherlands in a World Baseball Classic game at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Japan beat Netherlands 10-6

TOKYO, Japan - Netherlands starter David Bergman pitches against Japan in a World Baseball Classic game at Tokyo Dome on March 12, 2013. Japan won 10-6 and advanced to the final round as the winner of Pool 1.

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Gas from seabed methane hydrate

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flame of natural gas after the successful extraction of seabed methane hydrate by the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The extraction was a world first.

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Kumamon's birthday

KUMAMOTO, Japan - "Kumamon," the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, celebrates its birthday with fans on March 12, 2013, at the prefectural government office.

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Harumafuji falls

OSAKA, Japan - Top-ranked maegashira Takayasu (L) beats Mongolian grand champion Harumafuji with a thrust down on the third day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 12, 2013, at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka.

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Anti-TPP rally

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm lobby and consumer groups hold a rally in Tokyo on March 12, 2013, urging Japan not to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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Ghost comic train

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train decorated with pictures of characters from the ghost comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on March 12, 2013. The new version of the "ghost train" will begin running on JR's Sakai Line in the prefecture later in the month.

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Kumamon's birthday

KUMAMOTO, Japan - "Kumamon," the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, celebrates its birthday with fans on March 12, 2013, at the prefectural government office.

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Anti-TPP rally

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm lobby and consumer groups hold a rally in Tokyo on March 12, 2013, urging Japan not to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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Gas from methane hydrate offshore

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

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Gas from methane hydrate offshore

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel "Chikyu" in the Pacific off Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2013. The vessel succeeded the same day in its trial to extract natural gas from methane hydrate in the seabed in Pacific waters off central Japan, the first such case in the world.

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BOJ deputy nominees

TOKYO, Japan - The government's two nominees for Bank of Japan deputy governor, Kikuo Iwata (R) and Hiroshi Nakaso, attend their confirmation hearing at the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 12, 2013.