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High-profile defector from N. Korea

Ri Jong Ho, a former senior North Korean official who defected in 2014, gives an interview near Washington on May 2, 2024.

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Documentary creator chronicles Japan immigrants' life in Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 2, 2014 shows Jun Okamura, a Brazil-based documentary creator, adjusting a projector ahead of a screening of his work at the L-Osaka prefectural labor center in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Xinjiang region

URUMQI, China - Residents sit on the street curb outside a market selling clothes and daily necessities in Aksu Prefecture in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region on May 2, 2014.

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Women walk in Xayar market

URUMQI, China - Women walk in a market in Xayar County, Aksu, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014.

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Police car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URUMQI, China - A police car patrols in Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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Armored car patrols in Xayar in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URMQI, China - An armored vehicle cruises through Xayar County, Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014. There was a fatal explosion at a railway station in the region on April 30.

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Local residents in Aksu in Xinjiang Uyghur region

URUMQI, China - Local residents sit in front of a market for daily necessities in Aksu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China on May 2, 2014.

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Nearly 30 photos of Okinawa in the late 1800s discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 2, 2014 shows Keisho Ishiguro, a collector of old photos, examining old pictures of Okinawa in his possession at the Camera Museum of the Japan Camera Industry Institute in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, which has taken custody of them on his behalf.

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Japan, Portugal agree to cooperate in combating pirates

LISBON, Portugal - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (2nd from L) hold talks in Lisbon on May 2, 2014. Abe, who is on a two-day official visit to Portugal as part of six-nation European tour, is the first Japanese prime mister to visit the country.

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Japan's Matsuyama slips to 17th at Wells Fargo

CHARLOTTE, the United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits out of a bunker on the fifth green of the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament on May 2, 2014. Matsuyama, who started the day in seventh, faded to 17th.

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Japan's Matsuyama slips to 17th at Wells Fargo

CHARLOTTE, the United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits his approach shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 2, 2014. Matsuyama, who started the day in seventh, faded to 17th.

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Antinuclear activists call for banning nukes at U.N.

NEW YORK, the United States - Hiroshi Takakusaki (L), a representative of the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo), presents a petition signed by heads of municipal governments in Japan calling for a complete ban on nuclear arsenals to Enrique Roman-Moray, who chairs the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, at U.N. headquarters in New York on May 2, 2014, with Angela Kane, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, looking on.

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Japan, Portugal agree to cooperate in combating pirates

LISBON, Portugal - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho hold a joint press conference in Lisbon on May 2, 2014, after their talks. They agreed to promote cooperation on maritime security, including measures to combat pirates.

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Japan, Portugal agree to cooperate in combating pirates

LISBON, Portugal - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho shake hands in Lisbon on May 2, 2014, prior to their talks. Abe, who is on a two-day official visit to Portugal as part of six-nation European tour, is the first Japanese prime mister to visit the country.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi (face to camera) celebrates with catcher Ginjiro Sumitani after Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball during a game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. The Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi (far R, front) celebrates with teammates after throwing the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball during a game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. The Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi is pictured during a baseball game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball as the Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi is pictured during a baseball game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball as the Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions catcher Ginjiro Sumitani (front) runs to pitcher Takayuki Kishi after the right-hander threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball during a game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. The Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi (face to camera) celebrates with catcher Ginjiro Sumitani after Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball during a game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. The Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Seoul subway train crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the site of a crash between subway trains in Seoul on May 2, 2014. A subway train crashed into the back of a stationary one, injuring 240 people, according to officials.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi (L) celebrates with catcher Ginjiro Sumitani after Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese profession baseball during a game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. The Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Seoul subway train crash

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the site of a crash between subway trains in Seoul on May 2, 2014. A subway train crashed into the back of a stationary one, injuring 240 people, according to officials.

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Kishi pitches no-hitter

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Takayuki Kishi is pictured during a baseball game against the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba on May 2, 2014. Kishi threw the first no-hitter of his career and the 89th in Japanese professional baseball as the Lions defeated the Marines 2-0.

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Tokyo Tomin, Yachiyo banks

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Kakizaki (L), president of Tokyo Tomin Bank, shakes hands with Isao Sakai, president of Yachiyo Bank, in Tokyo on May 2, 2014. The two banks, which plan to merge, said the same day that Kakizaki has been appointed president and Sakai chairman of their new holding company, Tokyo TY Financial Group Inc., which will be established Oct. 1.

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Abe in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) visits the Olympic Park in London on May 2, 2014.

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1,200 T-shirts hung on beach for art exhibition

KOCHI, Japan - About 1,200 T-shirts were hung as a display on the beach in the Kuroshio town, Kochi Prefecture, on May 2, 2014, a day before the opening of a T-shirts art exhibition.

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International conference in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Researchers and investors from countries including the United States, China and Canada take part in an academic conference to discuss special economic zones, organized by a North Korean group, in Pyongyang on May 2, 2014.

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International conference in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Researchers and investors from countries including the United States, China and Canada take part in an academic conference to discuss special economic zones, organized by a North Korean group, in Pyongyang on May 2, 2014.

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Explosion in Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Photo taken May 2, 2014, shows police officers in front of the railway station in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, following a deadly explosion at the station two days earlier.

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Explosion in Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Photo taken May 2, 2014, shows police officers in front of the railway station in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, following a deadly explosion at the station two days earlier.

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Kishida in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Danish Minister of Trade and Development Mogens Jensen in Copenhagen on May 2, 2014.

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ADB chief Nakao

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, holds a press conference in the Kazakhstan capital Astana on May 2, 2014, ahead of a two-day annual meeting of the ADB starting in the city on May 4.

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Sand-made Himeji Castle at Sand Festa

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A sand sculpture of World Heritage and national treasure Himeji Castle attracts attention at the annual Sand Festa on May 2, 2014, in the sand dune area of Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Yearly Sand Festa opens in Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People attend the annual Sand Festa exhibition on May 2, 2014, in the sand dune area of Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, which opened under the theme of Japanese treasures. The event featuring about 100 sand sculptures by Japanese and foreign sculptors as well as children runs through May 31, 2014.

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38-year-old woman killed on Osaka street

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the site in Osaka's Hirano Ward where Yumi Imura, a 38-year-old bar worker, was fatally stabbed on May 2, 2014. Police arrested Takashi Matsumoto, a 57-year-old male customer of the bar where Imura worked, on suspicion of killing her.

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Body of H-2A rocket unveiled ahead of launch in May

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unveils on April 2, 2014, in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, the main body of an H-2A rocket scheduled to be launched on May 24 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture in the southwest.

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Main body of H-2A rocket unveiled ahead of launch in May

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. shows media representatives on April 2, 2014, in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, the main body of an H-2A rocket scheduled to be launched on May 24 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture in the southwest.