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Restaurant on 57th floor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, which is set to open March 7, 2014, inside the 300-meter-tall Abeno Harukas skyscraper in Osaka, unveils ZK, one of its restaurants located on the 57th floor with a view of the Osaka Bay and Mt. Rokko, on Feb. 4.

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Shops in Sochi with barrier-free access

TOKYO, Japan - A number of shops in the main part of Sochi, Russia, are equipped with slopes at the entrance to improve accessibility for those with disabilities or other special needs, as seen on Feb. 3, 2014. The Winter Olympic Games will open Feb. 7, 2014, in the Black Sea resort city, to be followed by the Paralympics in March.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train on test run

AOMORI, Japan - A high-speed train of the H5 series for use on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line comes out of the Seikan Tunnel and enters Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu island, in a trial run on Dec. 7, 2014. The line is due to start operating between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate stations in March 2016.

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Iwate people appreciate French support in reconstruction

PARIS, France - People from Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform a local traditional dance during an event in Paris held by the Japanese prefectural government on Nov. 7, 2014, to thank France for support for the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ask for continuous support.

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Iwate gov. voices gratitude for reconstruction support

PARIS, France - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso addresses an event in Paris held by the Japanese prefectural government on Nov. 7, 2014, to thank France for support for the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ask for continuous support.

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Iwate Pref.'s event in Paris to thank for support

PARIS, France - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (L) and Ivry Gitlis, a Paris-based violinist, pose for photographs during an event in the French capital held by the Japanese prefectural government on Nov. 7, 2014, to thank France for support for the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ask for continuous support.

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Yamaguchi, former film star known as Li Xianglan, dies at 94

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1954 shows Yoshiko Yamaguchi (R), a China-born Japanese singer and actress who appeared in several films under the name of Li Xianglan, and American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who was Yamaguchi's husband at the time, upon their arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Yamaguchi, who later became a House of Councillors member, died of heart failure on Sept. 7, 2014, aged 94, her office said Sept. 14.

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Floats drawn at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Illuminated floats are drawn at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region.

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1,000-km relay through quake-hit region completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (L) hands over sashes to Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after crossing the finishing line of a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Runners finish 1,000-km relay through quake-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (front R) and other runners cross the finishing line in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Floats clash at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Two floats clash with each other at a "fighting star festival" in the Kesen district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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People draw floats at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People draw floats at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Son said Softbank's group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen. The company's group net profit topped that of NTT Docomo Inc. for the first time.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., at a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014, stands in front of a sign board saying Softbank's group operating profit exceeded one trillion yen for the year just ended. Group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Son said Softbank's group net profit for the past year to March surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen.

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SoftBank group posts record profit of 527.04 bil yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp., briefs reporters on the company's financial results at a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. For the past year to March 31, SoftBank's group net profit surged 41.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 527.04 billion yen due to a rise in subscriptions and purchase of the third-biggest U.S. telecom carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Antinuclear candidate Udayakumar in India

KUDANKULAM, India - SP Udayakumar (R), an antinuclear activist running in the general election from the Aam Aadmi Party, talks with supporters in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, in March 2014. Voting in the nationwide election started on April 7, 2014 and will end on May 12.

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Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, poses on March 7, 2014, with a smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens he has developed to turn the phone into a scientific microscope. On the upper right is a projected image of a fly's leg as seen through the lens.

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Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - A smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens developed by Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows an enlarged image of a fly's leg on March 7, 2014.

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Therapist training for at-home mental health services

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 7, 2014 shows Yoko Kawasaki (C), head of the National Federation of Mental Health and Welfare Party in Japan, and Grainne Fadden (2nd from R), representative of the Meriden Family Program, among other people exchanging views in Tokyo.

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Surveillance cameras near Mao's portrait at Tiananmen

BEIJING, China - Several surveillance cameras watch the area in front of the huge portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 7, 2014.

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China restaurant suffers steep drop in customer turnout

DONGGUAN, China - Children play on the stage of a restaurant in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, on March 7, 2014, as the Chinese leadership has cracked down on the sex industry, dealing a huge blow to local restaurants and hotels of the city known as a "sex capital."

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Popular pheasant dish at Hiroshima restaurant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shigeto Nishitani, owner and chef of Italian restaurant Libero in Hiroshima City, shows a popular char-broiled wild pheasant dish on March 7, 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 7, 2014, shows Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 7, 2014, shows Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 7, 2014, shows Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan.

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Russian ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Ambassador to Japan Evgeny Afanasiev is interviewed by Kyodo News at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on March 7, 2014.

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Dongdaemun Design Plaza unveiled in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Seoul municipal authorities unveil to the media the new Dongdaemun Design Plaza (center foreground), built near the "Dongdaemun" tourist spot area, in the South Korean capital on March 7, 2014. The complex was designed by Iraqi-born, London-based architect Zaha Hadid, who has also designed the yet-to-be-built Olympic Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Munich's Osako scores against Aalen

MUNICH, Germany - Japanese striker Yuya Osako of 1860 Munich extends his arms in celebration after scoring a goal in a German second division football game in Munich against VfR Aalen on March 7, 2014. Munich won 4-0.

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Putin at Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Sochi Winter Paralympics opening ceremony at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian athlete Mykailo Tkachenko alone represents his country during the athletes' march at the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian athlete Mykailo Tkachenko alone represents his country during the athletes' march at the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Russian athletes appear at the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - The Russian flag (R) and the Paralympic flag are hoisted at the opening ceremony on March 7, 2014 at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, for the Sochi Winter Paralympics.

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Putin, Bach at Sochi Paralympic opening ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (far R), International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (far L) and others attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Paralympics in Russia on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Russian girl awaits opening ceremony of Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - A girl with the Russian national flags painted on her cheeks waits for the Winter Paralympics opening ceremony to start in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a scene from the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Japanese women beat Denmark in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Mana Iwabuchi (right) of Japan shouts in joy after scoring a goal in an Algarve Cup game against Denmark in Parchal, Portugal, on March 7, 2014. Nadeshiko Japan won 1-0.

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Japan's Iwabuchi sores against Denmark in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Mana Iwabuchi of Japan scores against Denmark in Parchal, Portugal, on March 7, 2014, during the Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament.

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Woman shows patchwork before Paralympic opening ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - A woman shows her patchwork quilt as she waits for the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014.

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Ukraine at Sochi Paralympics

SOCHI, Russia - Valeriy Sushkevich, head of Ukraine's Paralympic committee, announces at a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on March 7, 2014, the Ukraine will remain in the Winter Paralympics.