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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato (2nd from front in left row) speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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China's consumer prices up 2.2% in June

BEIJING, China - Customers buy bargain sale vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing on July 8, 2012. Government data showed on July 9, 2012, that China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, slowing from 3.0 percent in May.

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Japan nuclear reactor resumes full operation

FUKUI, Japan - Photo on July 9, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor (R) at the Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui Prefecture. The reactor began generating electricity at capacity that day, becoming the first of the country's 50 commercial reactors to return to full service after all were taken offline in May 2012 in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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Students warned of cult activities

TOKYO, Japan - Religious scholar Tatsuya Yumiyama, professor at Taisho University, a Buddhist college, speaks during his introductory class on religion at the college in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. The professor warned students of cult recruitment.

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Chef prepares for 2012 Culinary Olympics

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo shows chef Tsutomu Momoi in the city of Toyama on May 9, 2012. Momoi will be part of the Japan team at the 23rd Culinary Olympics to be held in Germany in October 2012. He said he is ready to show off his French cooking skills in the global competition.

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Stalin museum in Georgia

GORI, Georgia - An official gives a tour through the J. Stalin State Museum, which focuses on former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, in Gori, Georgia, on May 9, 2012.

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Stalin museum in Georgia

GORI, Georgia - An official points to the house where former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was born in 1922 at J. Stalin State Museum in Gori, Georgia, on May 9, 2012.

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Japanese astronomy professor found murdered in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Photo taken on May 9, 2012, shows an apartment building where Koichiro Morita, a Japanese professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, lived in Santiago, Chile. Morita was found collapsed on May 7 outside the building and later confirmed dead at a hospital, the NAOJ said on May 8.

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Japanese astronomy professor found murdered in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Photo taken on May 9, 2012, shows the outside of an apartment building where Koichiro Morita, Japanese professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, lived in Santiago, Chile. Morita was found collapsed on May 7 outside the building and later confirmed dead at a hospital, the NAOJ said on May 8.

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Japanese astronomy professor found murdered in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Photo taken on May 9, 2012, shows the outside of an apartment building where Koichiro Morita, Japanese professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, lived in Santiago, Chile. Morita was found collapsed on May 7 outside the building and later confirmed dead at a hospital, the NAOJ said on May 8.

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China activist may get passport in 'few days'

NEW YORK, United States - Jerome Cohen, a New York University professor who is a friend and confidant of the Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, is interviewed by Kyodo News in New York on May 9, 2012. Cohen said he expects the prominent dissident to receive a passport in ''a few days.''

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Vienna buries remains of victims of Nazis

VIENNA, Austria - Austrian President Heinz Fischer (far R) gives a speech ahead of the burial at a cemetery in Vienna, Austria, on May 9, 2012, of the remains of 61 handicapped people murdered by the Nazi. An estimated 70,000 people with mental or physical handicap were killed between 1940 and 1941 alone.

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Turkish science minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nihat Ergun, Turkish minister of science, industry and technology, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. He called on Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., to newly invest in Turkey as its auto market is expected to continue growing strongly.

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Yeosu Expo site

YEOSU, South Korea - Photo shows the seafront site of the 2012 Expo in Yeosu, on South Korea's south coast, on May 9, 2012. The expo will begin May 12.

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66-cm-long tiger puffer fish

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A researcher measures the length of a tiger puffer fish at the prefectural fisheries research center in the city of Yamaguchi on May 9, 2012. The center said the same day that the female fish, which was captured off Yamaguchi Prefecture, was 66 centimeters long and weighed 6.1 kilograms.

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Nuclear power plant in Guangdong

SHENZHEN, China - China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group shows foreign reporters the Daya Bay nuclear power plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on May 9, 2012.

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Edano approves TEPCO restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano gives a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. Edano approved the same day a 10-year restructuring plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co., including the injection of 1 trillion yen in public funds, to help Japan's largest utility overcome its financial plight following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Nuclear power plant in Guangdong

SHENZHEN, China - China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group shows foreign reporters the Lingao nuclear power plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on May 9, 2012.

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Crown prince visits Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) visits Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 9, 2012, ahead of its grand opening on May 22. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Peruvian President Humala in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands prior to their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 9, 2012.

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Crown prince visits Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) visits Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 9, 2012, ahead of its grand opening on May 22. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Russian military parade

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia conducts its annual military parade at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2012. The parade marks Victory Day, which commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Russian military parade

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia conducts its annual military parade at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2012. The parade marks Victory Day, which commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks in an interview with the media at the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha on May 9, 2012, ahead of the 40th anniversary on May 15 of the island prefecture's return to Japanese sovereignty after decades of U.S. occupation following Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Exile promotes Fujitsu FMV PC new line

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Akira, Hiro and Matsu, three members of J-pop singing and dancing group Exile, take part in the promotion of a new line of Fujitsu Ltd.'s FMV series of personal computers in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. The company announced the same day it will release two ultrathin and light models that meet the specifications for the Intel-designated Ultrabook category of thin and light personal computers, from May 17.

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China auto sales up 5% in April

BEIJING, China - Visitors flock to an international auto show in Beijing in April 2012. China's auto sales in April increased 5.2 percent year-on-year to reach 1,624,400 units, according to figures released on May 9, 2012, by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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Peru president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) meet Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (3rd from L) and his wife Nadine Heredia (3rd from R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Toyota expects 1 tril. yen in FY 2012 group operating profit

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda briefs reporters on the automaker's earnings for fiscal 2012 in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. The company said it expects its group operating profit to surge to 1 trillion yen for the fiscal year.

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Ozawa's funds reporting case to go to higher court

TOKYO, Japan - Shunzo Omuro (C) and two other lawyers serving as prosecutors for a funds reporting case involving former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. The lawyers said they have decided to appeal a lower court verdict clearing Ozawa of all charges, which means the case will go to the Tokyo High Court.

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Ozawa's funds reporting case to go to higher court

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves his private office in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. Lawyers serving as prosecutors for a funds reporting case involving Ozawa said the same day they have decided to appeal a lower court verdict clearing Ozawa of all charges, which means the case will go to the Tokyo High Court.

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Softbank, PayPal to form digital payments service JV in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Softbank Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son, eBay Inc. President John Donahoe and PayPal Inc. President David Marcus hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. Softbank, a Japanese Internet company, will form a joint venture with U.S. payments service provider PayPal, an eBay subsidiary, to launch a digital payments service in Japan.

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Skymark to launch flights at Kansai airport

IZUMISANO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks during a press conference in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Nishikubo said the airline will start flight services linking Kansai International Airport near Osaka with Sapporo and Naha in May 2012. Skymark quit the western Japan airport in 2006.