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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A multiple-exposure photo shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look down at fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, from an observation floor of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Japanese author translates Chinese novel by Liu Liu

BEIJING, China - Chinese writer Liu Liu (L) and Japanese writer Akiko Aoki stand on a street in Shanghai on May 28, 2012. Aoki's Japanese translation "Shanghai: Katatsumuri no Ie" (Snail House) of the Chinese novel written by Liu Liu was published in August 2012. The book is a comedy depicting the rollercoaster life of a young couple striving to leave their tiny "snail shell" house to buy a bigger home during a time of soaring house prices. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

MATSUE, Japan - Masayoshi Yamada (R), a professor emeritus at Shimane University, is pictured with copies of an English-Japanese dictionary with about 3,000 entries on crime and law enforcement terms (front) he has compiled, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 28, 2012.

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S. Korea indicts 5 engineers attempting to cover up blackout at nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Gori-1 nuclear power plant in Busan, South Korea, on April 28, 2012. South Korean state prosecutors indicted five senior engineers at the plant on May 30, 2012, for allegedly attempting to cover up a blackout at the oldest nuclear facility in South Korea in February 2012.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui holds a news conference after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Man injured at Tokyo DisneySea

TOKYO, Japan - July 2005 file photo shows the "Raging Spirits" high-speed roller coaster at Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. A 34-year-old man sustained a minor injury on May 28, 2012 while trying to get off the roller coaster that took off with his safety bar up.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (C) speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing.

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Fujifilm Holdings HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Fujifilm Holdings Corp. in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 28, 2012. Located within the Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi district, the building houses a showroom on the first floor where visitors can test its products such as digital cameras.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (L) chats with a teammate during a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012. The Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham the same day.

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim makes a speech in memory of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012.

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Explosion in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Photo shows a building housing many shops following an explosion in central Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28, 2012.

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held at the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group.

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A wreath bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is carried to the grave of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012.

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange, gives a speech at a ceremony at the bourse in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group.

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Antiterrorism drill

GIFU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., Gifu prefectural police and other entities jointly conduct an antiterrorism drill at JR Gifuhashima bullet train station in Gifu Prefecture on May 28, 2012. The drill at the station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka simulated an attack on the station using a plastic bottle containing liquid that could generate toxic gas.

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PM Noda at May Day event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda gives a speech at a May Day event in Tokyo sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's biggest labor group known as Rengo, on April 28, 2012.

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83.