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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show a coastal area of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The upper photo was taken on Sept. 26, 2012, one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the lower photo on March 3, 2014.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Hakuho after winning 23rd career title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho holds a press conference in the city of Fukuoka on Nov. 26, 2012. He won his 23rd career title-- and first Emperor's Cup since March -- at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament that ended Nov. 25 in the city.

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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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Japan's 1st Legoland to open in Nagoya in 2016

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (C) and officials of Merlin Entertainments Group, the operator of Legoland theme parks, pose for photos at the Nagoya city hall on Oct. 26, 2012. Danish toy maker Lego Group has decided to open its first Legoland in Japan in the waterfront area of Nagoya in March 2016.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2012, shows the Japan pavilion at the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition. The pavilion, which focuses on the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk, won the Golden Lion top prize on Aug. 29, 2012. The model of the "Home for All" can be seen in the center.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan, overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 26, 2012, shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The company will slash some 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its consolidated workforce, in and outside Japan by the end of March 2013 through early retirements and other means to turn its business around after being hit by a slump in its television business, sources close to the matter said Aug. 2, 2012.

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Tokyo zoo panda shows signs of pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Male giant panda Ri Ri is pictured at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 26, 2012. A female panda Shin Shin has shown signs of pregnancy, a zoo official said the same day, spurring hopes the zoo might see its first cub since 1988. Ri Ri and Shin Shin were confirmed to have mated twice late March, the zoo added.

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Tokyo zoo panda shows signs of pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Female giant panda Shin Shin is pictured at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 26, 2012. Shin Shin has shown signs of pregnancy, a zoo official said the same day, spurring hopes the zoo might see its first cub since 1988. Shin Shin and male panda Ri Ri were confirmed to have mated twice late March, the zoo added.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - People take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - A woman and her daughter take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders offer a moment of silence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, for the victims of the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Nago.

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ASEAN economic ministers visit quake-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - A group of economic ministers from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations visit Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on April 26, 2012. They toured areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami as part of a four-day ''ASEAN Road Show.''

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A nearly completed complex of high-rise residential buildings in Pyongyang's Mansudae area is seen on March 26, 2012.

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Senegal's presidential election

DAKAR, Senegal - Former Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall holds a press conference in Dakar, the country's capital, in the early hours of March 26, 2012, after winning the presidential runoff election the previous day.

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Pope Benedict XVI in Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba - Pope Benedict XVI holds an outdoor mass in a plaza in Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on March 26, 2012.

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Pope Benedict XVI in Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba - Pope Benedict XVI holds an outdoor mass in a plaza in Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on March 26, 2012.

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AKB48 members visit U.S. elementary school

WASHINGTON, United States - (From R to L) Aki Takajo, Sae Miyazawa and Rina Hirata, members of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, visit Thompson Elementary School in Washington on March 26, 2012, to introduce Japanese culture and convey the Japanese people's gratitude for U.S. support following the March 11 disaster last year.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet takes off to Japan

EVERETT, United States - One of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets delivered to Japan Airlines Co. takes off for Narita, near Tokyo, from Everett, Washington, on March 26, 2012, carrying JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki and other officials.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet takes off to Japan

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken March 26, 2012, shows one of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets delivered to Japan Airlines Co. shortly before its takeoff for Narita, near Tokyo, from Everett, Washington, carrying JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki and other officials.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet takes off to Japan

EVERETT, United States - One of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets delivered to Japan Airlines Co. takes off for Narita, near Tokyo, from Everett, Washington, on March 26, 2012, carrying JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki and other officials.

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AKB48 members visit U.S. elementary school

WASHINGTON, United States - Aki Takajo (C), a member of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, spends time with children at Thompson Elementary School in Washington on March 26, 2012. Takajo and two other group members visited the school to introduce Japanese culture and convey the Japanese people's gratitude for U.S. support following the March 11 disaster last year.

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members pose for group photos after playing a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members play a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Children from tsunami-hit area visit Madrid

PARIS, France - Children from soccer clubs in Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami, and Real Madrid's junior team members play a game in Madrid on March 26, 2012.

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Dreamliner jets handed over to JAL

EVERETT, United States - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (C) attends a ceremony in Everett, Washington, on March 26, 2012, to mark the handover of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets to the carrier.

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PM Noda arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) is greeted after arriving at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on March 26, 2012, to attend the second Nuclear Security Summit.

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Israeli Vice Prime Minister Ya'alon

JERUSALEM, Israel - Israeli Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon is interviewed in Jerusalem on March 26, 2012.

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Mariners vs. Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners pitches in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The right-hander allowed six runs on 10 hits over four innings in his team's 9-3 loss.

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Mariners vs. Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners throws to the home plate after fielding a fly ball from the Yomiuri Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei during the fifth inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The Mariners lost 9-3.

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PM Noda arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) arrives at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on March 26, 2012, to attend the second Nuclear Security Summit.

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Comedian Neko to represent Cambodia at Olympic marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Hiroshi Neko, whose real name is Kuniaki Takizaki, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, following a decision by Cambodia's Olympic committee that he will represent Cambodia in the men's marathon in London Olympics this summer. Neko, 34, who was born in Japan's Chiba Prefecture, obtained Cambodian citizenship in October 2011 so he could have a shot at running in the event.

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Mariners vs. Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Shuichi Murata of the Yomiuri Giants drives in two runs with a hit in the third inning of an exhibition game against the Seattle Mariners at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. Yomiuri won 9-3.

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Prince Akishino family

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (R), the younger son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, visits an exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Collections in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, with his wife Princess Kiko (2nd from R), their daughters Princess Mako (3rd from R) and Princess Kako (4th from R) and son, Prince Hisahito (far L). (Pool photo)

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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:26 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows a crewmember of the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena (below, L) being hoisted aboard a Japan Coast Guard helicopter off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Twelve Indonesian crewmembers were airlifted from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water.

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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:20 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. The Japan Coast Guard airlifted 12 Indonesian crewmembers from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Suzuki (R) of the Oakland Athletics exchanges high-fives with his teammate Kila Ka'aihue after hitting a three-run homer in the fourth inning of an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The A's lost 12-6.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Johjima (R) of the Hanshin Tigers slides safely past Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki during the second inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, scoring from second on a hit by Hayata Ito. Hanshin won 12-6.

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A's vs. Hanshin

TOKYO, Japan - Randy Messenger of the Hanshin Tigers pitches in an exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The former Seattle Mariner allowed four runs over five innings in his team's 12-6 victory.

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Ruling against SDF intelligence unit

SENDAI, Japan - Lawyers hold banners outside the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture on March 26, 2012, stating they have won a suit against the Self-Defense Forces' Intelligence Security Command. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 300,000 yen in damages to five people, finding that the command violated their personal rights in its monitoring of civic rallies against the dispatch of SDF personnel to Iraq.

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Crown prince, princess visit emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo together with her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, on March 26, 2012, to meet the emperor who has been recuperating since undergoing a heart bypass operation in February. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Crown Princess Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, to meet the emperor who has been recuperating since undergoing a heart bypass operation in February. (Pool photo)

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Honda resumes production at Thai plant

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Honda Motor Co. restarts production at its four-wheel plant in Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on March 26, 2012, five and a half months after it was inundated and crippled by massive flooding.

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Hakuho after winning 22nd career title

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 26, 2012. Hakuho won his 22nd career title the previous day at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Honda resumes production at Thai plant

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Honda Motor Co. restarts production at its four-wheel plant in Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on March 26, 2012, five and a half months after it was inundated and crippled by massive flooding.

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Kakuryu ready for promotion to ozeki

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Kakuryu smiles during a press conference in Osaka on March 26, 2012. Kakuryu secured a move up to ozeki after the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, which finished the previous day.

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Obama in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. President Barack Obama gives a speech at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on March 26, 2012.