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Ex-ozeki Kaiketsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows Teruyuki Nishimori, former sumo ozeki Kaiketsu. Nishimori, former Japan Sumo Association chairman, died on May 18, 2014, after falling ill, sumo officials said. He was 66.

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Japan requests to remove 'comfort women' monument

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on May 18, 2012, shows a monument in Palisades Park, New Jersey, dedicated to the so-called ''comfort women'' forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. A series of requests by Japanese officials and parliament members to remove the monument has drawn the ire of local officials.

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Japan requests to remove 'comfort women' monument

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on May 18, 2012, shows a monument in Palisades Park, New Jersey, dedicated to the so-called ''comfort women'' forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. A series of requests by Japanese officials and parliament members to remove the monument has drawn the ire of local officials.

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Japanese students in U.N. session simulation contest

NEW YORK, United States - Yuki Hayashi (C) and Yukina Sekine (to the left of Hayashi), students of Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen Makuhari Senior High School in Chiba Prefecture, participate in the Global Classrooms International Model U.N. Conference for 2012 in New York on May 18, 2012. Teams from four Japanese high schools won prizes for their performances at the event.

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Emperor, empress at Buckingham Palace

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at Buckingham Palace in London on May 18, 2012, to attend a banquet hosted by British heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The imperial couple were visiting Britain to attend events commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at Buckingham Palace

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at Buckingham Palace in London on May 18, 2012, to attend a banquet hosted by British heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The imperial couple were visiting Britain to attend events commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign. (Pool photo)

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Activist wanted by China visits embassy in U.S

WASHINGTON, United States - Wuer Kaixi, a renowned pro-democracy Chinese activist who has been wanted by Beijing, speaks with reporters in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after his abortive attempt to turn himself in to the Chinese authorities on May 18, 2012. Wuer, one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest in Beijing who has been in exile in Taiwan, gave up surrendering to the authorities the same day after the embassy refused to respond to his visit.

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Facebook makes debut on Nasdaq

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a display at the Nasdaq Stock Market in New York on May 18, 2012, welcoming the day's listing of shares of Facebook Inc. The operator of the world's largest social networking site ended its first trading day at $38.23, up 0.61 percent from the firm's $38 offering price.

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Noda arrives in U.S. to attend G-8 summit

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, accompanied by his wife Hitomi Noda, arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C. on May 18, 2012, to attend a summit of the Group of Eight countries at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.

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Noda arrives in U.S. to attend G-8 summit

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, accompanied by his wife Hitomi Noda, arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C. on May 18, 2012, to attend a summit of the Group of Eight countries at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.

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Activist wanted by China visits embassy in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Wuer Kaixi, a renowned pro-democracy Chinese activist who has been wanted by Beijing, speaks with reporters in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington ahead of attempting to turn himself in to the Chinese authorities on May 18, 2012. Wuer, one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest in Beijing who has been in exile in Taiwan, gave up surrendering to the authorities the same day after the embassy refused to respond to his visit.

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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - File photo shows Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., in San Francisco in September 2011. Facebook, the operator of the world's largest social networking site, will go public May 18, 2012, on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (3rd from R) and other Cabinet ministers attend a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2012, to adopt a power-saving plan for this summer. The plan asks households and businesses served by seven utilities in wide areas of Japan to voluntarily cut consumption by 5 to 15 percent from July due to an expected power shortage in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Emperor, empress in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front) and Empress Michiko leave a hotel in London where they are staying, to attend a luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on May 18, 2012. The imperial couple were in Britain for the 60th anniversary celebration of the queen's reign. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front) and Empress Michiko leave a hotel in London where they are staying, to attend a luncheon hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on May 18, 2012. The imperial couple were in Britain for the 60th anniversary celebration of the queen's reign. (Pool photo)

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Noda leaves for U.S. to attend G-8 summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 18, 2012, to attend a summit of the Group of Eight countries at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.

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Tokyo stocks nosedive

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows May 18, 2012, the closing level of the day of the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at 8,611.31, down 265.28 points, or 2.99 percent, from the previous day. Amid global stock sell-offs, the Nikkei index dropped to its lowest level in about four months, posting its largest single-day percentage decline this year.

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Noda leaves for U.S. to attend G-8 summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L), accompanied by his wife Hitomi Noda (R), leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 18, 2012, to attend a summit of the Group of Eight countries at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.

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Noda gets sake as early birthday present

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda raises his fist while holding a bottle of Japanese sake he received at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2012, from a group of reporters as an early birthday present for him. Noda, who will turn 55 on May 20, thanked the journalists and said he will enjoy the sake from Fukushima Prefecture to the full.

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Japan soccer coach Zaccheroni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 18, 2012. Zaccheroni the same day recalled CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda and picked Borussia Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa in a 23-man squad for next week's World Cup qualifying warm-up against Azerbaijan in Shizuoka.

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Tokyo Skytree commercial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A restaurant where customers can view Tokyo Skytree is shown to reporters on May 18, 2012. The restaurant is part of the Tokyo Solamachi commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in the capital's Sumida Ward, which was shown four days prior to the 634-meter tower's opening to the public.

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Tokyo Skytree commercial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A retro shopping mall with 35 shops including stores offering traditional Japanese pickles and rice cakes is shown to reporters on May 18, 2012. The mall is part of the Tokyo Solamachi commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in the capital's Sumida Ward, which was shown four days prior to the 634-meter tower's opening to the public.

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Japan representative at TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former diplomat Shotaro Oshima. On May 18, 2012, Japan appointed Oshima as the government's representative at multilateral negotiations over Japan's participation in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

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Tokyo Skytree commercial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A retro shopping mall with 35 shops including stores offering traditional Japanese pickles and rice cakes is shown to reporters on May 18, 2012. The mall is part of the Tokyo Solamachi commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree in the capital's Sumida Ward, which was shown four days prior to the 634-meter tower's opening to the public.

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Asakusa Station building with retro look

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the building of Tobu Railway Co.'s Asakusa Station in Tokyo's Taito Ward on May 18, 2012. The station near the Tokyo Skytree tower has been refurbished to look like what it was at its opening in 1931.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket ascends in the air at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012, after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Facebook headquarters

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Photo shows the headquarters of Facebook Inc., operator of the world's largest social networking site, in Menlo Park, California, on May 16, 2012. Facebook is expected to go public on the Nasdaq market on May 18, 2012.