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Pop group members attend coming-of-age ceremony

KUSHIRO, Japan - Miwa Yoshida (R) and Masato Nakamura of Dreams Come True, a popular Japanese music duo, appear as guests at a coming-of-age ceremony held in Ikeda on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 11, 2015. Lead vocalist Yoshida was born in the town.

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Pop group duo poses with new adults at Hokkaido ceremony

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido - Miwa Yoshida (R) and Masato Nakamura of Dreams Come True, a popular Japanese music duo, pose with participants in a coming-of-age ceremony held in Ikeda on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 11, 2015. The two attended the ceremony as guests because lead vocalist Yoshida was born in the town.

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Akatsuki fails in Venus mission

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Masato Nakamura (front), a project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a press conference at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2010. He said Japanese space probe Akatsuki failed to enter orbit around Venus.

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Akatsuki fails in Venus mission

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Masato Nakamura (R), a project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a press conference at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2010. He said Japanese space probe Akatsuki failed to enter orbit around Venus.

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Fearless: Huo Yuan Jia (2006)

Masato Harada & Shido Nakamura Characters: Mita & Anno Tanaka Film: Fearless: Huo Yuan Jia (2006) Director: Ronny Yu 26 January 2006 Date: 26 January 2006

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Japan confirms probe in orbit around Venus after 5-yr detour

Masato Nakamura, a professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, holds a press conference in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on Dec. 9, 2015 while showing a picture of Venus taken by JAXA's Akatsuki probe. JAXA confirmed that Akatsuki has successfully entered orbit around Venus and begun testing equipment to observe meteorological phenomena on the planet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan makes 2nd attempt to put probe into Venus' orbit

Masato Nakamura, professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, meets with reporters in front of a model of its probe Akatsuki on Dec. 7, 2015, at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus near Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015, after the probe entered orbit around Venus to observe the planet's atmosphere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan makes 2nd attempt to put probe into Venus' orbit

Masato Nakamura, professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, meets with reporters in front of a model of its probe Akatsuki on Dec. 7, 2015, at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus near Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015, after the probe entered orbit around Venus to observe the planet's atmosphere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAXA to conduct orbit control of Venus probe Akatsuki

Professor Masato Nakamura of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency talks about JAXA's plan to adjust the orbit of its Venus probe Akatsuki in Tokyo on July 9, 2015. An orbit control, divided in three performances, will be conducted later this month, aiming to inject the probe into the Venus orbit in December 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAXA's Akatsuki probe to make 2nd attempt to enter Venus orbit

Masato Nakamura, a professor with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, explains in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2015, about JAXA's plan to make a second attempt on Dec. 7 to inject its Venus climate probe "Akatsuki" into orbit after it failed in 2010 due to engine trouble. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAXA Prof. explains plan to put Akatsuki into Venus orbit

Masato Nakamura, project manager of the Japanese Venus orbiter project at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, explains on Nov. 9, 2015, in Tokyo JAXA's second attempt to put the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki into the Venus orbit on Dec. 7. JAXA will brief on the result on Dec. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pop group duo poses with new adults at Hokkaido ceremony

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido - Miwa Yoshida (R) and Masato Nakamura of Dreams Come True, a popular Japanese music duo, pose with participants in a coming-of-age ceremony held in Ikeda on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 11, 2015. The two attended the ceremony as guests because lead vocalist Yoshida was born in the town. (Kyodo)

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Akatsuki fails in Venus mission

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Masato Nakamura (R), a project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a press conference at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2010. He said Japanese space probe Akatsuki failed to enter orbit around Venus. (Kyodo)

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Akatsuki fails in Venus mission

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Masato Nakamura (front), a project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a press conference at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2010. He said Japanese space probe Akatsuki failed to enter orbit around Venus. (Kyodo)