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Solar-powered plane set for flight around world

GENEVA, Switzerland - Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Borschberg of Solar Impulse 2, an airplane powered only by solar energy, speak to Kyodo News in Lausanne on Dec. 12, 2014, during preparations for their round-the-world flight set for March.

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NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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High school student reports on recovery event in Paris

TOKYO, Japan - Haruna Shiraiwa, a third-year student at Fukushima Prefectural Taira Commercial High School, reports in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2014, on "The Rebirth of Tohoku - WA," an event in Paris conducted by high school students from the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku to describe its recovery from the March 2011 disaster and promote the region's attractions.

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011.

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Kesennuma city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of Kesennuma (above), Miyagi Prefecture, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, the day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, marks a sharp contrast with another photo of the same place (below) taken on Sept. 1, 2014, following the readjustment of tsunami-erased land lots in the area.

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Asteroid named after disaster-hit town in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Miyamoto (C), mayor of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture, points to a photograph of the asteroid named "Tomiokamachi" in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Aug. 12, 2014. The asteroid was discovered by an astronomer of Dynic Astropark, a commercial observatory in Taga Town, Shiga Prefecture, in 1992 and was registered with the International Astronomical Union in July this year under the name in the hope of the town's rapid recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the right of Miyamoto is Susumu Takahashi, head of the observatory.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A loggerhead sea turtle named Yu swims with artificially produced fins at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 12, 2014. The turtle was found in the sea south of Osaka Bay, with part of its fore fins believed to be bitten off by a shark.

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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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Pro-Pyongyang group's Tokyo building to be vacated

TOKYO, Japan - The headquarters building of Chongryon, a pro-Pyongyang Korean group, in Tokyo is photographed in March 2014. The Tokyo High Court rejected the group's appeal against the sale of the building and land to a Japanese real estate company on May 12, 2014.

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Vocational trainees in Syria chat during break

DAMASCUS, Syria - Male and female trainees at a vocational training facility near Damascus chat during their break on March 12, 2014, in war-torn Syria.

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Vocational trainees in Syria learn how to use computer

DAMASCUS, Syria - Trainees at a vocational training facility near Damascus learn how to use the computer on March 12, 2014, in war-torn Syria.

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Unrest in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - Photo shows refugees waiting outside a meal distribution center in Damascus, Syria, on March 12, 2014.

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Unrest in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - Photo shows refugees waiting outside a meal distribution center in Damascus, Syria, on March 12, 2014.

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Damascus, Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - Photo taken March 12, 2014, in Damascus, Syria, shows a new portrait of the country's President Bashar al-Assad.

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Japan pop group member writes school song for alma mater

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Susumu Degawa, principal of Yokohama Yoshida Junior High School, stands by a plate incorporating the lyrics of the Yokohama municipal school's song written by graduate Yuko Hara, a member of the popular Japanese pop rock band Southern All Stars, on March 12, 2014. Hara, who also composed the song, donated the plate in time for the school's graduation ceremony on March 13.

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Mining work under way at shale gas field in Texas

EAGLE FORD, United States - Workers prepare to mine for shale gas and oil at the Eagle Ford Shale in Eagle Ford, Texas, on March 12, 2014, for export to Japan in the future.

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Japan's Date-Krumm talks with doubles partner at BNP Paribas Open

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) talks with partner Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic during the women's doubles quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on March 12, 2014. Date-Krumm and Zahlavova Strycova lost to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Australian Samantha Stosur.

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Japan's Date-Krumm in action at BNP Paribas Open

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date-Krumm returns a shot during the women's doubles quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on March 12, 2014. Date-Krumm and her partner Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic lost to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Australian Samantha Stosur.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe, deputy chief Japanese negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, answers reporters' questions in Washington on March 12, 2014. He said Japan and the United States moved no closer earlier in the day to overcoming their differences regarding tariffs on Japanese farm produce, including beef and pork, that are an obstacle to the conclusion of a Pacific free trade pact.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd from front in left row) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Marinos supporters put up banner against racism

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Supporters of Japanese J-League Division 1 club Yokohama F. Marinos put up an English banner reading "Show Racism the Red Card" during halftime of an Asian Champions League match against China's Guangzhou Evergrande at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Algarve Cup soccer final

FARO, Portugal - Japan players (L) react as German players celebrate a goal in the final of the Algarve Cup women's soccer competition in Faro, Portugal on March 12, 2014. Germany won 3-0.

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Rolling Stones in China

SHANGHAI, China - The Rolling Stones perform in Shanghai, China, on March 12, 2014.

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Rolling Stones in China

SHANGHAI, China - The Rolling Stones perform in Shanghai, China, on March 12, 2014.

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Omizutori event at Todaiji temple in Nara

NARA, Japan - Photo taken by multi-exposure shows large torches being carried up to Nigatsudo hall's balcony at Todaiji temple in Nara on March 12, 2014, as part of the temple's Omizutori event. The burning embers that shower down from the balcony are believed to bestow onlookers with a safer year.

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Yokohama F. Marinos goalee makes save to shot

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F. Marinos goalkeeper Tetsuya Enomoto makes a save in the second half of an Asian Champions League Group G match against China's Guangzhou Evergrande at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Ulsan Hyundai beat Kawasaki Frontale in Asian Champions League

ULSAN, South Korea - Players of Japan's Kawasaki Frontale leave the pitch at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in Ulsan, South Korea, on March 12, 2014, after being beaten 2-0 by South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in their Group H match in the AFC Champions League.

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Yokohama F. Marinos defenders keep China's attack in check

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F. Marinos defenders Yuji Nakazawa (R) and Takumi Shimohira (L) fend off Guangzhou Evergrande's attack in the latter half of an Asian Champions League Group G match against the Chinese team at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Guangzhou Evergrande in Asian Champions League

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Guangzhou Evergrande striker Alessandro Diamanti (R) celebrates after scoring for the Chinese side from a free kick during the first half of a Group G mach against Yokohama F Marinos at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014.

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Guangzhou Evergrande in Asian Champions League

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos midfielder Shusuke Nakamura (10) chases the ball during the first half of a Group G match against China's Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014.

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Child sets up candle on quake anniversary in Nagano village

NAGANO, Japan - A child sets up a candle on a snow-made mount in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2014, in hopes of recovery from an earthquake that hit three years ago. The temblor rocked the region a day after the powerful 3/11 quake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.

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S. Korea, Japan hold high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Visiting Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki is surrounded by reporters in Seoul on March 12, 2014, after talks with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yong. They agreed on the importance of their two governments coordinating on matters relating to North Korea.

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Ulsan Hyundai in Asian Champions League

ULSAN, South Korea - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo (R) shoots during the first half of a Group H game against South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in the AFC Champions League at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in Ulsan, South Korea, on March 12, 2014.

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Yokohama F Marinos vs Guangzhou Evergrande in Asian Champions League

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama F Marinos striker Jin Hanato (2nd from R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the opening goal during their Group G match against China's Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on March 12, 2014.

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Kaleidoscope images projected on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are projected on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on the night of March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Kaleidoscope images projected on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are projected on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, at dusk on March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Cherry flowers painted on Shinkansen bullet train

FUKUOKA, Japan - A "Tsubame" (swallow) bullet train waits at JR Hakata Station on March 12, 2014, with cherry flowers painted on its sides, as the day marks the 10th anniversary of the partial start of the Kyushu Shinkansen line and the third year of the opening of its entire route from Hakata to Kagoshima.

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South Koreans also pray for 3/11 disaster victims

SEOUL, South Korea - Buddhist monks and believers gather at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, on March 12, 2014, to commemorate victims of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in 2011.

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Ulsan Hyundai in Asian Champions League

ULSAN, South Korea - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Kengo Nakamura Nakamura (14) chases the ball during the first half of a Group H game against South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in the AFC Champions League at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium in Ulsan, South Korea, on March 12, 2014.

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S. Korea, Japan hold vice ministerial talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Visiting Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yong (R) hold talks at South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 12, 2014.

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Frontale's Okubo in action in ACL match against Ulsan

ULSAN, South Korea - Striker Yoshito Okubo (L) of Japanese J-League club Kawasaki Frontale competes for the ball with defender Lee Yong (front) and midfielder Ko Chang Hyun of South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in an Asian Champions League match in Ulsan, South Korea, on March 12, 2014. Kawasaki lost 0-2.

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Kakuryu butts heads with Kotooshu in spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu (L) butts heads with sekiwake Kotooshu at the start of their bout on the fourth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka, western Japan, on March 12, 2014. Kakuryu, a Mongolian, beat the Bulgarian opponent to better his record to 3-1 while the latter dropped to 1-3.

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Bantamweight champion Kameda leaves for camp in Miami

NARITA, Japan - Japanese WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda poses with his championship belt at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 12, 2014, before leaving for Miami, the United States, to take part in a training camp.

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Kaleidoscope images shown on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are shown on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, at dusk on March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Day 4 of 15-day Spring Sumo Tournament

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji of Mongolia (R) and No. 2 maegashira Tochinowaka wrestle at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 12, 2014. Harumafuji won, remaining unbeaten during the first four days of the 15-day tournament.

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Leica gives girl of quake-hit area camera

TOKYO, Japan - Airi Sato, an 18-year-old high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, holds a monochrome camera given to her by Andreas Kaufmann (R), a senior executive of Leica Camera AG, at the German camera maker's shop in Tokyo's Ginza area on March 12, 2014. The girl who was chief of the camera club at Shiroishi Technical High School in an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake said she will keep photographing the images of the stricken northeastern Japan areas.

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Leica gives girl of quake-hit area camera

TOKYO, Japan - Airi Sato, an 18-year-old high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, holds a monochrome camera given to her by Andreas Kaufmann (R), a senior executive of Leica Camera AG, at the German camera maker's shop in Tokyo's Ginza area on March 12, 2014. The girl who was chief of the camera club at Shiroishi Technical High School in an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake said she will keep photographing the images of the stricken northeastern Japan areas.

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Day 4 of 15-day Spring Sumo Tournament

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho of Mongolia (R) forces second-ranked maegashira Okinoumi out of the ring at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 12, 2014, day four of the 15-day tourney.