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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, an ostrich walks by the remains of another that starved to death after they were left abandoned at a breeding facility. In April 2011, the government designated Okuma and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012, shows dogs that have been abandoned by their owners. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Japan's representative for Hooters Girls world competition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 11, 2012, shows Mayu, Japan's representative for the Hooters Girls world competition organized by U.S. casual restaurant and sports bar chain Hooters, which will be held in Miami, Florida, on June 23. Contestants are selected from the Hooters Girls, the chain's waitresses who wear tank tops and shorts.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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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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Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows cramped wooden houses in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district. The high-rise building in the center is Sunshine 60.

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Cramped wooden houses in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows cramped wooden houses in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district.

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Korean pop culture in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - University of Shizuoka professor Susumu Kohari speaks about Korean pop culture in Japan during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 11, 2012.

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Suspect denies murdering Japanese man

SANTIAGO, Chile - Christopher Quijada (L), accused of murdering a Japanese scientist during a robbery in Santiago, leaves a courtroom in the Chilean capital on May 11, 2012. Quijada, 25, who was arrested the previous day on suspicion of robbing and murdering Koichiro Morita, 58, a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, did not intend to kill his victim, his attorney said at a court hearing examining grounds for the detention of the suspect.

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'Elephant trunk' at Yokohama port

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows an object of abstract art at Elephant's Trunk Park along Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on May 11, 2012. The object, called ''Michi eno Hana'' (trunk toward the unknown), was installed in late April for a limited period. A red balloon is attached with a string to the tip of the roughly 10-meter trunk at the park.

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Yeosu expo

YEOSU, South Korea - Fireworks light up the sky May 11, 2012, during a ceremony on the eve of the opening of the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, on South Korea's south coast.

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Suspect denies murdering Japanese man

SANTIAGO, Chile - Christopher Quijada (C), accused of murdering a Japanese scientist during a robbery in Santiago, talks to his attorney at a court in the Chilean capital on May 11, 2012. Quijada, 25, who was arrested the previous day on suspicion of robbing and murdering Koichiro Morita, 58, a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, did not intend to kill his victim, the attorney said at a court hearing examining grounds for the detention of the suspect.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands before a meeting of foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization forum in Beijing on May 11, 2012.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

BEIJING, China - Participants pose for photos before a meeting of foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization forum in Beijing on May 11, 2012. On 4th from R is Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd from R) attend a press conference after a meeting of foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization forum in Beijing on May 11, 2012.

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Anti-China protest in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - About 150 people stage a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in the suburbs of Manila on May 11, 2012. The two countries are at odds over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co.

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TEPCO applies to raise household electricity rates

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 11, 2012, after the utility applied to the government to raise household electricity rates by an average 10.28 percent from July 2012, as the utility struggles to turn around its troubled business following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Anti-China protest in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - About 150 people stage a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in the suburbs of Manila on May 11, 2012. The two countries are at odds over Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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Del Toro in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro (2nd from L) offers flowers at a cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 11, 2012, for people killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Del Toro is in Japan to attend an event to celebrate the 100th birthday the country's oldest active film director, Kaneto Shindo.

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Syrian opposition leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Burhan Ghalioun, president of the Syrian National Council, a major Syrian opposition group, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. He urged Japan to become more engaged in seeking a solution to the ongoing unrest and violence in the Middle Eastern country.

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Nissan logs 341 bil. yen net profit for FY 2011

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn speaks during a press conference at the company's head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on May 11, 2012. Nissan reported a consolidated net profit of 341.43 billion yen for financial 2011, up 7.0 percent from the year before, exceeding Toyota Motor Corp.'s 283.56 billion yen to become the best-performing Japanese automaker.

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Blind activist in China

BEIJING, China - A police officer (3rd from L) guards a hospital in Beijing on May 11, 2012, where blind dissident Chen Guangchen is admitted.

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Panasonic logs record net loss

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a press conference in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on May 11, 2012. The electronics maker reported its largest-ever group net loss of 772.17 billion yen for the business year ended March 2012, citing factors including massive losses in its TV manufacturing operations, but said Panasonic expects to return to the black in the current business year through restructuring.

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Toyota launches new Corolla models

OHIRA, Japan - Photo shows a new Corolla sedan at a plant of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, in Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Toyota the same day domestically launched new models of its popular Corolla sedan and station wagon -- the 11th models since the vehicle's launch in 1966.

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Toyota launches new Corolla models

OHIRA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda and a new Corolla sedan at a plant of Central Motor Co., a Toyota subsidiary, in Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Toyota the same day domestically launched new models of its popular Corolla sedan and station wagon -- the 11th models since the vehicle's launch in 1966.

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Toyota launches new Corolla models

OHIRA, Japan - Photo shows a new Corolla sedan at a plant of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, in Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Toyota the same day domestically launched new models of its popular Corolla sedan and station wagon -- the 11th models since the vehicle's launch in 1966.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Bic Camera Inc. in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Bic Camera decided the same day to acquire its competitor Kojima Co.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Kojima Co. in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Its competitor, Bic Camera Inc., decided the same day to acquire Kojima.

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Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (from R) King Liu, chairman of Taiwan's Giant Manufacturing Co., and Tatsumi Tanaka, the mayor of Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, take part in a cycling event in Etajima on May 11, 2012. The event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and the major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer started that day in Etajima to promote cycling routes for foreign tourists in the two prefectures around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.

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New ship to shuttle between Hokkaido, disputed isles

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows new passenger vessel, the Etopirika, at a shipyard in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, in western Japan, on Nov. 11, 2011, prior to its launch ceremony later in the day. The 1,150-ton ship, capable of carrying 84 passengers, will shuttle between Nemuro, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, and the Russian-held disputed islands off Hokkaido, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and as the Southern Kurils in Russia, from May 2012, to carry people taking part in visa-free exchange programs and other purposes.

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Panasonic to mass produce next-generation solar cells

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 11, 2010. Otsubo said the company aims to start mass production of a new generation of solar cell panels from fiscal 2012 and suggested the possibility of producing core cell parts overseas.