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Cult-slain victim's son speaks after high court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, son of Tokyo notary Kiyoshi Kariya who was abducted and killed by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first appeal court hearing on former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata's alleged involvement in this and other criminal cases. The Tokyo High Court is set to hand down a ruling on March 4, 2015.

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Crime increasing in Kabul amid battered Afghan economy

KABUL, Afghanistan - A man speaks by a security shutter at his home in Kabul, mired in increasing crime amid economic stagnation, as seen in this file photo taken on March 16, 2014.

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PM Abe visits dwelling complex for disaster victims

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits a public dwelling complex, built for people who lost their homes due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 16, 2014.

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Medalists at Sochi Paralympics get special prizes

TOKYO, Japan - Men's sitting slalom gold medalist Takeshi Suzuki (R) and other athletes pose after receiving special prizes from the Japan Paralympic Committee in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, for their performances at the Winter Paralympics in the Russian resort city of Sochi in March.

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PM Abe visits fisheries promotion center in Miyagi

SHICHIGAHAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) visits a fisheries promotion center on July 16, 2014, in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Relatives of a crewmember see off the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japanese prof. assists Taiwanese development of SC tech.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Keiichi Kimura (R), a professor emeritus at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, explains about a semiconductor manufacturing device, in Taipei on April 16, 2014. A facility to train engineers necessary for manufacturing semiconductors and for research and development was set up at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in March 2014, supported by Ebara Corporation in Tokyo and the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Kitakyushu in Japan.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara, 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (3rd from R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara (2nd from L), 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits with their family members in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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China's economic growth slows

BEIJING, China - China's National Bureau of Statistics, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 16, 2014, to release the country's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months.

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China's Jan.-March qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks on China's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014 in Beijing on April 16, 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months, slipping below the government's gross domestic product growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014, government data showed the same day.

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Japanese citizens practice traditional Korean drums

FUKUOKA, Japan - Members of a group called "Bibimta!" practice playing traditional Korean drums in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 16, 2014.

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Queen Elizabeth in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The British luxury liner Queen Elizabeth cruises under Yokohama Bay Bridge before docking in Yokohama near Tokyo late at night on March 16, 2014.

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Crimea referendum

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Local residents celebrate the outcome of a referendum in Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 16, 2014. An overwhelming majority of voters in the referendum in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine voted to secede from the country and join Russia.

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Crimea referendum

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Local residents celebrate the outcome of a referendum in Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 16, 2014. An overwhelming majority of voters in the referendum in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine voted to secede from the country and join Russia.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka strikes out Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a preseason baseball game in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Crimea referendum

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Local residents gather to celebrate the outcome of a referendum at a square in Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 16, 2014. An overwhelming majority of voters in the referendum in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine voted to secede from the country and join Russia.

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Crimea referendum

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Local residents celebrate the outcome of a referendum at a square in Simferopol, Ukraine, late at night on March 16, 2014. An overwhelming majority of voters in the referendum in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine voted to secede from the country and join Russia.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (C) allows a double by minor leaguer Tommy La Stella (84) during the fourth inning of a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka strikes out B.J. Upton of the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a preseason baseball game in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Ishikawa at final round of Valspar golf tourney

PALM HARBOR, United States - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the 16th hole during the final round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida, on March 16, 2014. Ishikawa finished in 25th place.

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Ishikawa at final round of Valspar golf tourney

PALM HARBOR, United States - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa launches an iron shot on the 14th hole during the final round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida, on March 16, 2014. Ishikawa finished in 25th place.

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Frankfurt's Inui in action against Freiburg

FRANKFURT, Germany - Takashi Inui (L) plays in the first half of Eintracht Frankfurt's home game in Frankfurt against SC Freiburg in the German Bundesliga on March 16, 2014. Freiburg won 4-1.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (19) allows a double by minor leaguer Tommy La Stella (L) during the fourth inning of a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Standard's Kawashima saves shot vs Waasland-Beveren

BEVEREN, Belgium - Eiji Kawashima (R) of Standard Liege saves a shot in an away match in Beveren against Waasland-Beveren in the Belgian first-division soccer league on March 16, 2014. The teams drew 1-1.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese athletes pose for photos with performers as the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Pyeongchang Mayor Lee Seok Rae (R) receives the Paralympic flag from International Paralympic Committee President Phil Craven (C) during the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014. At left is Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese athletes pose for photos as the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian flagbearer Lyudmila Pavlenko enters Fisht Olympic Stadium wearing a top bearing the word "peace" during the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Pyeongchang Mayor Lee Seok Rae (R) receives the Paralympic flag from International Paralympic Committee President Phil Craven (L) during the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Vietnamese president in Japan

MITO, Japan - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) hands a present to a farm cooperative official on a visit to an agricultural facility in the town of Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo on March 16, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics closes

SOCHI, Russia - The closing ceremony for the Winter Paralympics is held at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 16, 2014.

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Yoshida leads Japan to wrestling World Cup victory

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's three-time Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida (front L) smiles with the trophy at Azusawa Gymnasium in Tokyo on March 16, 2014, after Japan won the women's World Cup. Eri Tosaka (R) holds the ashes of Yoshida's father Eikatsu, who died on March 11, 2014.

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Vietnamese president in Japan

MITO, Japan - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) is briefed on farm equipment on a visit to an agricultural facility in the town of Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo on March 16, 2014.

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Musicians, high school students at charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Musicians (front row) and members of the brass band of Fukushima Prefecture's Yumoto High School sing the Japanese song "Furusato" (Hometown) during a charity concert held at Tokyo Opera City in the Japanese capital on March 16, 2014, to support the reconstruction of the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. (Pool photo)

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Crimea referendum

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - A woman casts her vote in Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 16, 2014, for a referendum on whether the autonomous region of Crimea should join Russia.

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Endo beats Osunaarashi in Spring Sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Maegashira Endo (R) beats maegashira Osunaarashi by "tsukiotoshi" (thrust down) on the eighth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 16, 2014.