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Athletes featured as Japan's hina doll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014, at a Tokyo hotel shows unique "hina dolls," to be usually displayed on the March 3 Doll Festival, featuring Olympic and world figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and tennis player Kei Nishikori.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Cape looking out Pacific site of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - A young couple stands on a lookout platform on Aug. 9, 2014, at Cape Aikappu in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, overlooking the Pacific Ocean where the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru was sunk by a U.S. submarine attack in March 1944 during World War II, killing some 2,800 people aboard.

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Sendai mayor explains photos on 2011 disaster at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama explains photographs and graphics on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and ensuing recovery efforts exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014. The third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held next March in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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U.N. visitors see photos on 2011 disaster, recovery

NEW YORK, United States - Visitors see photographs and graphics on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and ensuing recovery efforts, exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014.

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March against restart of Sendai nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Satoshi Kamata (C) and author Keiko Ochiai (R) lead a group of demonstrators in Tokyo on July 9, 2014, opposing the restart of the currently idled Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. At top is a new area with attractions reproducing the world of the Harry Potter stories. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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Fukushima people lament evacuation in satirical poems

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoichi Konno (L) posts a satirical poem about his sorrow of being unable to return to his home in the Shimotsushima district in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 9, 2014, despite the passage of three years since the nuclear disaster in March 2011, as he leaves there after a brief visit.

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Fishermen hold tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay

CHIBA, Japan - Members of the Amaha Fisheries Cooperative in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, hold a tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay to publicize their safety in the prefectural city of Futtsu on April 9, 2014. The cooperative had suspended fishing from March 20 due to an oil spill resulting from a collision by two freighters off Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, but resumed its activities on April 10.

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Waiters at China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Waiters and waitresses who serve tea during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing are pictured on March 9, 2014.

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Beijing hotel workers during China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Workers at a Beijing hotel pose for a photo during the National People's Congress on March 9, 2014.

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Tired participants in China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Some participants at the National People's Congress, or China's parliament, in Beijing on March 9, 2014 find it difficult to stay awake.

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Crimea crisis

KIEV, Ukraine - Photo taken March 9, 2014, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, shows a caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Women hold the Russian flag during a rally of pro-Russia residents in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - A woman holds a placard showing support for Crimea remaining part of Ukraine, during a rally to oppose the area's incorporation into Russia, in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Members of Chinese parliament doze off during session

BEIJING, China - Some members of China's National People's Congress doze off during the parliamentary session on March 9, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Vehicles with Russian license plates drive from a Russian military facility in Hvardiyske, north of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Vehicles believed to be those of Russian forces park on a road in Hvardiyske, north of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Ukrainian Paralympic gold medalists cover medals on podium

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian skier Vitaliy Lukyanenko (far R) and his guide (2nd from R) cover their gold medals with their hands at a ceremony for the 7.5-kilometer men's biathlon competition for the visually impaired at the Sochi Winter Paralympics on March 9, 2014. On the left are Russia's Nikolay Polukhin and his guide, who were runners-up in the race held the previous day.

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Japan, Taiwan students hold exchange event on quake help

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japanese students take part in an exchange event with Taiwanese students in New Taipei City on March 9, 2014, to thank Taiwanese people for their relief efforts at the time of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan ahead of its third anniversary on March 11.

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Japan's Matsuyama makes bunker shot at U.S. tourney

DORAL, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama makes a bunker shot on the No. 4 hole during his final round of the WGC Cadillac Championship tournament on the Blue Monster course at the Trump National Doral golf club in Florida on March 9, 2014. (Kyoto)

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Actor Gere meets Yankees rookie pitcher Tanaka

TAMPA, United States - American actor Richard Gere (L) poses with the glove of Japanese rookie pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees during his visit to the team's spring training camp in Tampa, Florida, on March 9, 2014.

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Japan's Nagatomo competes in Serie A match

MILAN, Italy - Japanese defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) of Inter Milan challenges Torino's Marko Vesovic in an Italian Serie A match in Milan, Italy, on March 9, 2014. Milan won 1-0.

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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A man raises a placard reading "Crimea belongs to Ukraine" at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. More than 10,000 people participated in the rally, where many speakers criticized Russia's effective control of the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea.

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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was a political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, who was serving a prison term for tax evasion and other charges, was freed in late 2013 when Putin pardoned him.

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Japan's Hosogai, Okazaki in action in Bundesliga match

MAINZ, Germany - Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin shields the ball from Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki of Mainz 05 in the latter half of a Bundesliga match in Mainz, Germany, on March 9, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Fukushima association head speaks at memorial service in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Sayoko Fujita (L), head of a New York society for natives of Fukushima Prefecture living on the U.S. East Coast, makes a speech at an event held in New York on March 9, 2014, to commemorate the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Japan's Okazaki in action in Bundesliga match

MAINZ, Germany - Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki (R) of Mainz 05 is challenged by Hertha Berlin's Levan Kobiashvili in the first half of a Bundesliga match in Mainz, Germany, on March 9, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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EU-Iran meeting

TEHRAN, Iran - Catherine Ashton (L), high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a press conference after talking in Tehran on March 9, 2014.

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Tibet Autonomous Region official meets press in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Padma Choling, deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region's Communist Party, gives a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2014, during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Demonstrators hold the Crimean and Russian flags during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - An anti-Russian rally is held in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. The demonstrators were protesting against the Crimean parliament's decision to join Russia and to put it to a local referendum on March 16.

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Shanghai event to support 2011 Japan disaster victims

SHANGHAI, China - Participants at an event in Shanghai, China aimed at supporting Japan's recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami offer flowers for victims of the disaster on March 9, 2014. Event participants called for the continuation of exchanges between high school students in Shanghai and disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Demonstrators hold the Crimean and Russian flags during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - An anti-Russian rally is held in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. The demonstrators were protesting against the Crimean parliament's decision to join Russia and to put it to a local referendum on March 16.

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Japanese duo Kano, Morii on podium for men's super-G sitting ski

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skiers Akira Kano and Taiki Morii celebrate on the podium at a medal ceremony for the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal and Morii got the silver.

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Japan's Paralympian Kano wins men's super-G sitting ski gold

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skier Akira Kano competes in the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal, his second victory in Sochi after striking gold in the sitting category of the men's downhill event the previous day.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands rally against nuclear power near the Diet compound in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

NATORI, Japan - People participate in a candle event in the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands rally against nuclear power near the Diet compound in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Grand champ Harumafuji beats Toyonoshima at spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (L) goes topsy-turvy after defeating komusubi Toyonoshima with a neck throw on the opening day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka, western Japan, on March 9, 2014.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at the Hibiya outdoor concert venue as thousands rally against nuclear power in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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China's top legislator Zhang speaks at parliamentary session

BEIJING, China - China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, reports on the committee's activities during the Chinese parliament's annual session on March 9, 2014.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands rally against nuclear power near the Diet compound in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Rising star Endo loses to ozeki Kakuryu in sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Sumo's rising star Endo is flung out of the ring by ozeki Kakuryu on the opening day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, western Japan, on March 9, 2014. The No. 1 maegashira was left with a stream of blood running down the side of his head.

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Umbrellas, kites with children's smiles mark quake anniv.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Umbrellas and kites printed with photos of smiling children from areas devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami are displayed at an event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2014, in memory of victims of the disaster, two days ahead of its third anniversary.

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Anti-nuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at the Hibiya outdoor concert venue as thousands rally against nuclear power in Tokyo on March 9, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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China's Xi, Zhang at annual parliamentary session

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attend an annual session of the Chinese parliament on March 9, 2014.