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"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A man apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

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"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A woman apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

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Sharp returns to black in FY 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 12, 2014, on the electronics maker's earnings results for fiscal 2013. Sharp said it returned to profitability in the business year ended March 2014 for the first time in three years, posting a group net profit of 11.56 billion yen, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and solar batteries.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from front, R) holds talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L front) at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) is pictured during talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Man behind reintroduction of wild crested ibises

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken May 23, 2013 in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, shows Kei Osada, who has seen 12 chicks born in the wild leave their nests during his three-year stint as the person in charge of Japan's captive breeding program of the endangered crested ibis. Of the 12, eight chicks born in 2012 were the first wild crested ibises to leave their nests in as many as 38 years in Japan.

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Miyagi police officer brings cheer to hometown with pistol gold

NATORI, Japan - Photo taken June 12, 2013 at Miyagi Prefectural Police School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Teruyoshi Akiyama, an assistant inspector in the Miyagi Prefectural Riot Police who won the Gold medal in the Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Munich, Germany in May.

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731 on plane

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sitting in the cockpit of a training airplane during his visit to an Air Self-Defense Force base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2013. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai Young on May 16, 2013, criticized Abe for posing for a photo in the cockpit of a plane with the number 731 written on its body, as the figure reminds South Koreans of Unit 731, a former Japanese military unit believed to have conducted human experiments.

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Woods wins Players golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, United States - Tiger Woods responds to cheers from the gallery at the 18th hole in the final round of the Players Championship golf event in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on May 12, 2013. He won the event and claimed his 78th PGA Tour title.

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Woods wins Players golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, United States - Tiger Woods holds the winner's trophy after winning the Players Championship golf event, claiming his 78th PGA Tour title, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on May 12, 2013.

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Woods wins Players golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, United States - Tiger Woods tees off at the 12th hole in the final round of the Players Championship golf event in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on May 12, 2013. He won the event and claimed his 78th PGA Tour title.

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Man Utd wins Premier League title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Manchester United players hold the Premier League trophy after beating Swansea City in the Barclays Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on May 12, 2013. At center is outgoing manager Alex Ferguson.

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Man Utd wins Premier League title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Japan's Shinji Kagawa holds the Premier League trophy after Manchester United beat Swansea City in the Barclays Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on May 12, 2013.

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Woods wins Players golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, United States - Tiger Woods holds the winner's trophy after winning the Players Championship golf event, claiming his 78th PGA Tour title, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on May 12, 2013.

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Man Utd wins Premier League title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Japan's Shinji Kagawa holds the Premier League trophy after Manchester United beat Swansea City in the Barclays Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on May 12, 2013.

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1st day of summer basho

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Harumafuji (L) pushes komusubi debutant Okinoumi out of the ring on May 12, 2013, the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall.

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Japan Day in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Children receive Kabuki makeup during an annual Japan Day event in New York's Central Park on May 12, 2013.

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Japan Day in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - An annual Japan Day event is held in New York's Central Park on May 12, 2013, with participants dancing the traditional Japanese "Awaodori" dance in a circle.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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Pakistan's general election

LAHORE, Pakistan - Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrate the victory of the Pakistan Muslim League, the opposition party he leads, in the country's general election, in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on May 12, 2013, the day after the election.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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1st day of summer basho

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) wrestles komusubi Tochiozan on May 12, 2013, the first day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall. Hakuho defeated Tochiozan.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - A visitor views "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners offer flowers at a monument at the time an earthquake took place five years ago, at a common grave in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners Chen Yuhong, his wife Li Li and their son Hengrui visit "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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Uchimura wins 6th straight national title

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura performs on the horizontal bar in the individual all-around national championships at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on May 12, 2013. Uchimura, London Olympic gold medalist and reigning world champion, secured victory to become the first man to win six individual all-round national championship titles in succession.

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Verxina wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Verxina (C), ridden by Hiroyuki Uchida and owned by former major league pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki, gallops to win the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo on May 12, 2013. Whale Capture (L) and Meine Isabel (R) finished second and third, respectively.

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Verxina wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Jockey Hiroyuki Uchida (R) poses with former major league pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo after victory in the Victoria Mile with Verxina on May 12, 2013. Sasaki is the owner of Verxina.

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Mizuki Noguchi at the award ceremony for the Sendai International Half Marathon at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2013, after she won the women's race in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds. The Athens Olympics marathon gold medalist won her first official race in five years.

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Mogi wins Salonpas Cup

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Japan's Hiromi Mogi holds the victor's trophies after winning the Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in the city of Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 12, 2013. Mogi finished at 9-under-par 279 at the first of four majors on the Japan LPGA tour.

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Athens Olympics marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi of Japan crosses the finish line at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, to win the women's race of the Sendai International Half Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds on May 12, 2013.

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Kenya's Mekubo Mogusu breaks the finishing tape at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2013, winning the men's race of the Sendai International Half Marathon in 1 hour, 1 minute, 54 seconds.