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Konotori flight director

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken May 16, 2013 shows Takashi Uchiyama, one of the six flight directors for the Konotori cargo transporter, standing before his desk at the control room for the unmanned space vehicle at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Lexus IS sedan

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows the hybrid model of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus IS luxury sedan. Toyota Motor said on June 18, 2013, it has sold around 7,600 of the remodeled Lexus IS luxury sedans in Japan since the May 16, 2013, launch, nearly 10 times the initial sales target of 800 vehicles a month.

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Japanese Bach fan organizes German fest

LEIPZIG, Germany - Photo taken May 16, 2013 shows Akio Takano, chief press officer at the Bach Archive Foundation in Leipzig. Takano was in charge of this year's 15th annual "Bachfest Leipzig" organized by the foundation in the eastern German city.

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Human ES cell research under fire

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows researchers Masahito Tachibana (L) and Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, pictured in Beaverton, Oregon, on May 16, 2013. Their report on the creation of cloned human embryonic stem cells, published in the U.S. scientific journal Cell on May 15, 2013, has come under fire for containing errors.

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Beckham to retire from soccer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows England midfielder David Beckham (R) competing for the ball with Brazil's Ronaldo during a World Cup soccer game in Shizuoka, Japan, in June 2002. Beckham said on May 16, 2013, he will retire from soccer at the end of the season.

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Beckham to retire from soccer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former England captain David Beckham and his wife Victoria attending a press conference on their advertisement contract with a Japanese company in Tokyo in June 2003. Beckham said on May 16, 2013, he will retire from soccer at the end of the season.

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Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (front R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a welcoming ceremony for Samaras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16, 2013.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows vehicles used in past Formula One motor races on display in front of the Honda Motor Co. head office in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. The automaker announced the same day that it will make a comeback to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain. Honda withdrew from the racing after last taking part in 2008.

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Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang walk to attend a welcoming ceremony for Samaras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16, 2013.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

YEONCHEON, South Korea - South Korean soldiers take part in a U.S. and South Korean joint toxic gas drill in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, northern South Korea, on May 16, 2013.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

YEONCHEON, South Korea - Soldiers decontaminate a vehicle that was used in an area assumed to be polluted in a U.S. and South Korean joint drill in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, northern South Korea, on May 16, 2013.

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Russian envoy Afanasiev

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Ambassador to Japan Evgeny Afanasiev gives a speech in Tokyo on May 16, 2013.

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South African Mineral Resources Minister Shabangu in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - South African Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu (R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi shake hands at the industry ministry in Tokyo on May 16, 2013.

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Red Cross chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer delivers a speech in Tokyo on May 16, 2013.

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Ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a House of Representatives member belonging to the New Party Daichi, holds a press conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2013. Ishikawa, a former aide to veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa, said he will quit as a Diet member but will not drop his appeal against a court ruling that found him guilty of falsifying political fund reports of Ozawa's fund management body.

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IOC presidential election

PARIS, France - International Olympic Committee Vice President Ser Miang Ng of Singapore announces his candidacy for an upcoming IOC presidential election during a press conference in Paris, France, on May 16, 2013.

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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Whitmarsh (far L), chief executive officer of McLaren Group Ltd., and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shake hands before the media at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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Australian frigate in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows inside of the Australian navy's guided-missile frigate Sydney calling at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2013. The Australian navy showed reporters the inside of the 4,200-ton vessel, which was in Japan to take part in an exercise of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Whitmarsh (L), chief executive officer of McLaren Group Ltd., and Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito shake hands at a press conference at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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Leak in Fukushima plant tank

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose holds a press conference at the J-Village outpost in Fukushima Prefecture on May 16, 2013. The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said that around 20 liters of radioactive water escaped from the first of three underground water tanks found to have leaked at the plant, much smaller than the earlier estimate of 120 tons.

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Honda announces Formula One comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Ito announced the automaker will return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier, teaming up with former partner McLaren of Britain.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (front L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

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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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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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Australian frigate in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows the Australian navy's guided-missile frigate Sydney calling at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2013. The Australian navy showed reporters the inside of the 4,200-ton vessel, which was in Japan to take part in an exercise of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

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Fire on freighter

WAKKANAI, Japan - Photo shows the 497-ton Taigan, a Cambodia-registered freighter docked at Wakkanai port in Hokkaido on May 16, 2013. Bodies believed to be those of six missing Russian crew members were found inside the ship after it took about 11 hours to put out a fire that broke out early in the morning.

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Australian frigate in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows inside of the Australian navy's guided-missile frigate Sydney calling at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2013. The Australian navy showed reporters the inside of the 4,200-ton vessel, which was in Japan to take part in an exercise of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, from Beijing on May 16, 2013.

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Fire on freighter

WAKKANAI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a firefighting operation on the 497-ton Taigan, a Cambodia-registered freighter docked at Wakkanai port in Hokkaido on May 16, 2013. Six Russian crew members are missing after a fire broke out early in the morning.

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Fire on freighter

WAKKANAI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a firefighting operation on the 497-ton Taigan, a Cambodia-registered freighter docked at Wakkanai port in Hokkaido on May 16, 2013. Six Russian crew members are missing after a fire broke out early in the morning.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Shizuoka Hobby Show

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Visitors view new plastic models from the Mobile Suit Gundam robot animation series at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013, a major toy exhibition in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, on May 16, 2013.

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Shizuoka Hobby Show

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The Shizuoka Hobby Show 2013, a major toy exhibition, begins in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, on May 16, 2013.

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Mayor on controversial remarks

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 16, 2013. Hashimoto said he "lacked international awareness" when suggesting U.S. servicemen in Japan use the country's legal adult entertainment industry in order to prevent them from committing sex offenses against locals.

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Mayor on controversial remarks

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 16, 2013. Hashimoto said he "lacked international awareness" when suggesting U.S. servicemen in Japan use the country's legal adult entertainment industry in order to prevent them from committing sex offenses against locals.

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Mayor on controversial remarks

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 16, 2013. Hashimoto said he "lacked international awareness" when suggesting U.S. servicemen in Japan use the country's legal adult entertainment industry in order to prevent them from committing sex offenses against locals.

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African resources business confab

TOKYO, Japan - A two-day meeting to discuss how to utilize African natural resources starts in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. The Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment and Technology Business Forum, or J-SUMIT, puts together around 2,000 people, including natural resources ministers from 15 African nations, attending.

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80-yr-old climber

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber. Miura has launched a bid to become the oldest person ever to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, his management office said on May 16, 2013.

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Lower house OKs FY 2013 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party members applaud after the House of Representatives in a plenary session approved a 92.61 trillion yen ($953.9 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2013 on April 16, 2013. The passage by the lower house of the budget aimed at shoring up the economy ensures its enactment by the middle of May.