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Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - A May 2010 file photo shows unused land in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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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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Moscow file photo

MOSCOW, Russia - File photo shows the mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 18, 2013.

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Moscow file photo

MOSCOW, Russia - File photo shows Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 18, 2013.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kim Bok Dong, 87, a South Korean woman who was forced to serve as a wartime sex slave, during a press conference in Okinawa Prefecture on May 18, 2013. Kim and another such woman canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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Yokohama achieves zero-waiting list for nursery schools

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Children play on May 18, 2013, in a sandbox of a nursery school which opened in April under the elevated railway tracks in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The Yokohama city office said on May 20 it had reduced the number of children waiting to enroll in nursery schools to zero as of April 1.

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UNESCO head

KABUL, Afghanistan - UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 18, 2013.

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North Korea launches 3 short-range missiles

BEIJING, China - Photo taken May 18, 2013, from Dandong in Liaoning Province, China, shows North Korean soldiers standing guard on a ship in Sinuiju, North Korea. North Korea launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan the same day, the South Korean Defense Ministry said.

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Lennon's guitar

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a guitar used in the 1960s by former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison, which was sold for $408,000 at auction in New York on May 18, 2013.

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World wrestling body's new head

MOSCOW, Russia - Nenad Lalovic of Serbia speaks during a press conference in Moscow on May 18, 2013, after being elected president of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) at an extraordinary congress of wrestling's international governing body.

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North Korea launches 3 short-range missiles

BEIJING, China - A security officer stands guard in front of the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on May 18, 2013. North Korea launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan the same day, the South Korean Defense Ministry said.

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Abe aide Iijima

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is pictured at Beijing airport before leaving for Japan on May 18, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea. He arrived in Tokyo the same day.

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Japan-Africa natural resources meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front C) holds a press conference with ministers and representatives from 15 African countries in charge of resource issues after a Japan-Africa ministerial meeting regarding natural resources development closed in Tokyo on May 18, 2013.

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M6.0 quake jolts northeastern Japan

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 18, 2013, shows a road that was flooded due to a damaged water pipe, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northeastern Japan and surrounding areas the same day.

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Japan-Africa natural resources meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees of a Japan-Africa ministerial meeting regarding natural resources development pose for photos after the meeting closed in Tokyo on May 18, 2013. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front C) chaired the meeting with South African Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu (front, 2nd from R).

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Fox family in Hokkaido

TAKIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a northern fox and cubs on a river bank in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on May 18, 2013.

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Japan-Africa natural resources meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks at a press conference after a Japan-Africa ministerial meeting regarding natural resources development closed in Tokyo on May 18, 2013.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Portable shrines pass through Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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Fox family in Hokkaido

TAKIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a northern fox and cubs on a river bank in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on May 18, 2013.

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Gwangju incident anniversary

GWANGJU, South Korea - A ceremony is held at the May 18 National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea, on May 18, 2013, to mark the 33rd anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in the southern city.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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Sanja festival in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A portable shrine is carried in the Sensoji temple precinct in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 18, 2013, during the annual Sanja Matsuri, one of Japan's biggest festivals.

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Abe aide Iijima

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is pictured at Beijing airport before leaving for Japan on May 18, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea. He arrived in Tokyo the same day.

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Abe aide Iijima

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is pictured at Beijing airport before leaving for Japan on May 18, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea. He arrived in Tokyo the same day.

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Dialogue on East Asia low carbon growth partnership

TOKYO, Japan - The Second East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue is held in Tokyo on May 18, 2013, attended by ministers from 18 member countries of the East Asia Summit.

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Dialogue on East Asia low carbon growth partnership

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (front L) speaks as co-chair at the Second East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue in Tokyo on May 18, 2013. To the right is co-chair Mok Mareth, environment minister of Cambodia.

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Abe aide Iijima

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is pictured at Beijing airport before leaving for Japan on May 18, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea. He arrived in Tokyo the same day.

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Japan-Africa natural resources meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, 2nd from R) speaks at a Japan-Africa ministerial meeting for natural resources development in Tokyo on May 18, 2013.

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Japan-Africa natural resources meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (2nd from R) speaks at a Japan-Africa ministerial meeting for natural resources development in Tokyo on May 18, 2013.

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Dollar rises above 103 yen line

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi district shows the dollar trading at the 103-yen level on the morning of May 18, 2013.