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Asada at national c'ships exhibition

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada performs during an exhibition at the national championships at the Makomanai ice arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2012. Asada won the women's national title and secured a spot in the world championships in March 2013.

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Christmas tree lit up in disaster-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree is lit up in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, illuminating a coastal area of the northeastern city hit by the 2011 March tsunami.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2012, shows farmland covered in yellow due to growth of wild Canada Goldenrod flowers. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen near the upper-right corner. Town residents remain evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's mayor declared in September 2012 that residents would not return for the next five years.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Gosei Arima, a student from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks on his disaster experience in New York on July 24, 2012. Twenty-six students from the school in the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Sahoko Baba, a student from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks on her disaster experience in New York on July 24, 2012. Twenty-six students from the school in the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Cherry blossoms in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2012, shows cherry blossoms in a park overlooking a coastal area that remains flattened after being hit by the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Propaganda painting in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People set up a propaganda painting on the Workers' Party of Korea's key conference slated for mid-April in 2012, in Pyongyang on March 24, 2012.

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Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Mexico

LEON, Mexico - Children in Guanajuato, central Mexico, dance on March 24, 2012 for visiting Pope Benedict XVI.

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Pope Benedict XVI

GUANAJUATO, Mexico - Pope Benedict XVI (middle, clothed in white) talks to children from a balcony facing Peace Plaza in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, on March 24, 2012.

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Kakuryu secures ozeki promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian Sekiwake Kakuryu is pictured at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 24, 2012, the 14th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, after beating ozeki Kotooshu. Kakuryu secured promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki after improving to 13-1.

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Mariners pitcher Iwakuma in Tokyo for season-opening series

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (C) smiles with manager Eric Wedge (L) and pitcher Felix Hernandez of his major league team at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24, 2012, ahead of their season-opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Iwakuma joined Seattle from the Rakuten Eagles, a ballclub based in the northeastern city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after the 2011 season.

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Kakuryu secures ozeki promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Kakuryu (R) throws down ozeki Kotooshu at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 24, 2012, the 14th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Kakuryu improved to 13-1 and secured promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Lee, Ban meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet for talks at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on March 24, 2012.

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Softbank to buy its baseball club's home stadium

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on March 24, 2012, shows Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome, the stadium used by the Softbank Hawks, Softbank Corp.'s baseball club, located in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The company said the same day it will buy the stadium from the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.

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Lee, Ban meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet for talks at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on March 24, 2012.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L, front) and actress Ryoko Yonekura (2nd from R, front), appear hand in hand with children in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as they model outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric. They were taking part in an open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, which was held in front of shoppers and passersby on Chuo Dori street to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Navy in Japan unveils to the press one of its EA-18G carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 24, 2012.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models dressed in outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric walk on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models dressed in outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric walk on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 24, 2012 shows models dressed in outfits made using domestically produced denim fabric walking on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Hashimoto group launches school for politicians

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks to participants at the launch of a politics academy started by his political group, the Osaka Restoration Association, in the city of Osaka on March 24, 2012. The body was formed to train candidates for national elections with more than 2,000 wannabe politicians signing up.

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Softbank to buy its baseball club's home stadium

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo taken in October 2004 shows Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome, the stadium used by the Softbank Hawks, Softbank Corp.'s baseball club, located in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The company said on March 24, 2012 it will buy the stadium from the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.

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Hashimoto group launches school for politicians

OSAKA, Japan - Participants listen to a speaker at a kick-off ceremony for a politics academy launched by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's political group, the Osaka Restoration Association, in the city of Osaka on March 24, 2012. The academy was formed to train candidates for national elections with more than 2,000 wannabe politicians signing up.

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Forein Minister Gemba in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck of the U.S. Marine Corps, who is in charge of U.S. military operations in Okinawa, at the Marines' Camp Zukeran, also called Camp Foster, in Okinawa Prefecture on March 24, 2012.

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Foreign Minister Gemba talks with Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L front) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) hold talks at the Okinawa prefectural hall in Naha on March 24, 2012.

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Boat capsizes in East China Sea

AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.

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Boat capsizes in East China Sea

AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.

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JKT48 performs in event

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of the Indonesian pop group JKT 48 perform at a hotel in Jakarta on Feb. 24, 2012, during an event hosted by the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta to express gratitude for Indonesian support for Japan over the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area.

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012.