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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Sumatran tiger cubs at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Sumatran tiger cubs and their mother at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a Sumatran tiger cub and its mother at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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Nikkei ends at 1-month high above 14,000

Nikkei ends at 1-month high above 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 14,098.74, on July 2, 2013, up 246.24 points, or 1.78 percent, from the previous day and marking its highest close since May 29.

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Demonstrations in Turkey

Demonstrations in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A security force vehicle is left near Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 2, 2013. Antigovernment demonstrations have spread in Turkey from initial rallies in late May in Taksim Square and elsewhere in Istanbul over a local development project.

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Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

QUATTRO CASTELLA, Italy - Photo taken May 2, 2013 shows Andrea Incerti Vezzani (R), a chef at Ca'Matilde, kneading dough by hand, and Kei Kitagawa, a Japanese who works at the northern Italian restaurant in Quattro Castella to learn traditional pasta making.

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Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

QUATTRO CASTELLA, Italy - Kei Kitagawa prepares dishes on May 2, 2013 at Ca'Matilde in Quattro Castella. Kitagawa works at the northern Italian restaurant to learn traditional pasta making.

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Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan

QUATTRO CASTELLA, Italy - Kei Kitagawa shows ravioli of his own making on May 2, 2013 at Ca'Matilde in Quattro Castella. Kitagawa works at the northern Italian restaurant to learn traditional pasta making.

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Motegi in Brazil

Motegi in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) holds talks with Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao in Brasilia on May 2, 2013.

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Truman's grandson, great-grandson to visit Hiroshima

Truman's grandson, great-grandson to visit Hiroshima

NEW YORK, United States - Clifton Truman Daniel, former President Harry Truman's grandson, is interviewed by Kyodo News in New York on May 2, 2013. Daniel said that he and his son plan to travel to Japan in June to interview and record atomic bomb survivors' stories in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Japanese prime minister in UAE

Japanese prime minister in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on May 2, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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PM Abe in Turkey

PM Abe in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife, Akie, arrive in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, on May 2, 2013, on the last leg of a weeklong trip that also took him to Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeo Iizuka, representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and a brother of one of the abductees, speaks at a symposium in Washington on May 2, 2013. Family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea called for international cooperation to resolve the issue promptly in the symposium, the first of its kind hosted by the Japanese government in the United States.

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Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Teruaki Masumoto, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and a brother of one of the abductees, speaks at a symposium in Washington on May 2, 2013. Family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea called for international cooperation to resolve the issue promptly in the symposium, the first of its kind hosted by the Japanese government in the United States.

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S. Korea envoy Lim in China

S. Korea envoy Lim in China

BEIJING, China - Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks with reporters at Beijing airport on May 2, 2013. Lim held talks the same day with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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China Foreign Minister Wang in Indonesia

China Foreign Minister Wang in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa hold a press conference in Jakarta on May 2, 2013.

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China Foreign Minister Wang in Indonesia

China Foreign Minister Wang in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa shake hands prior to their talks in Jakarta on May 2, 2013.

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Kishida in Panama

Kishida in Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with his Panamanian counterpart Fernando Nunez Fabrega in front of the Panama Canal on May 2, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in UAE

Japanese prime minister in UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) hold talks in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on May 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japanese trade minister in Brazil

Japanese trade minister in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and Brazilian trade minister Fernando Pimentel shake hands in Brasilia on May 2, 2013.

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Replica moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

Replica moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A replica moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support by the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It will be displayed through May 9 before being transported to Minamisanriku.

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Japan prime minister in UAE

Japan prime minister in UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum are pictured before their talks in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on May 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

Japan deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) holds talks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2013.

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Japanese prime minister in UAE

Japanese prime minister in UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum head for their talks in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on May 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince in Netherlands

Japan crown prince in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) visits a marine aquarium in Amsterdam on May 2, 2013.

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Japan Deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

Japan Deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso visits a port in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2013.

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Moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

Moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support from the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The display will run through May 9, before the statue is transported to Minamisanriku.

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Sand sculpture event

Sand sculpture event

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An event exhibiting about 100 sand sculptures featuring animals begins in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 2, 2013.

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Kumamoto governor on recognition of Minamata patient

Kumamoto governor on recognition of Minamata patient

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima holds a press conference at the prefectural government hall in Kumamoto on May 2, 2013. Kabashima said the Kumamoto prefectural government will certify a deceased woman as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease by dropping its appeal over a lawsuit that she had filed.

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Sand sculpture event

Sand sculpture event

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An event exhibiting about 100 sand sculptures featuring animals begins in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 2, 2013.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children gather around a spring at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children play at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play in front of a wall with graffiti reading "WAKE UP MUSLIMS," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A man plows a field within a site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy passes by a wall with graffiti reading "Osama is a martyr," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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