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36m-long sushi roll made in disaster-hit Higashimatsushima

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Some 100 residents in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, make a "norimaki" sushi roll with a length of about 36 meters during a local festival held outside of temporary housing on May 4, 2014.

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Kim Yu Na in ice show

SEOUL, South Korea - Vancouver Olympic champion Kim Yu Na of South Korea performs in ice show E1 All That Skate Spring 2012 at Olympic Gymnasium Stadium in Seoul on May 4, 2012. It was her first appearance on the ice in the country since August 2011.

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Kim Yu Na in ice show

SEOUL, South Korea - Vancouver Olympic champion Kim Yu Na of South Korea performs in ice show E1 All That Skate Spring 2012 at Olympic Gymnasium Stadium in Seoul on May 4, 2012. It was her first appearance on the ice in the country since August 2011.

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Xi Jinping

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping. The photo was taken on May 4, 2011 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Osaka Station City opens

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on May 4, 2011, shows Osaka Station City, which is composed of the new JR Osaka Station (C), North Gate Building (L) and South Gate Building (R), both commercial buildings, which opened for operation the same day. The facility, which includes two department stores, has a total store dimension of 134 thousand square meters, the largest in the country.

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Japan parliamentary members visit Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L), who is chairman of the friendship parliamentary league between Japan and China, and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping talk during their meeting in Beijing on May 4, 2011. Komura and other members of the Japanese parliament met with Xi and asked for China's support in recovery of disaster-hit Japan.

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TEPCO president visits evacuation shelter

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu bows in apology in front of residents of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, who were forced to evacuate following the nuclear crisis at the company's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, at a gymnasium serving as a shelter in Nihommatsu, Fukushima, on May 4, 2011.

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TEPCO chief visits Fukushima again to apologize

IWAKI, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu (C) speaks to employees of the Fukushima town of Hirono at the town's disaster headquarters in the city of Iwaki in the prefecture on May 4, 2011. Shimizu apologized for the crisis at the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which has forced the town to transfer its headquarters.

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Heroine of Kyoto's Aoi Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Shiho Kanai, 23, who was selected for the role of Saiodai, the heroine of the upcoming Aoi Festival in Kyoto, dips her hands into a river as part of a purification ritual at Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine on May 4, 2011, ahead of the ancient capital's major festival scheduled for May 15.

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Osaka Station City opens

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors enter Osaka Station City, a commercial complex which is composed of the new JR Osaka Station and two commercial buildings, on May 4, 2011, the opening day of the facility. The facility, which includes two department stores, has a total store dimension of 134 thousand square meters, the largest in the country.