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QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras.

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(4)China celebrates national day at Aichi Expo

NAGAYA, Japan - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (C) visits China's pavilion May 19 at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, amid tight security.

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Imperial couple visits house in Kanazawa Castle Park

Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (3rd from L) visit the Gojukken Nagaya (50-bay long house) in the Kanazawa Castle Park in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 18, 2015. The imperial couple attended a tree-planting ceremony the previous day elsewhere in the central Japan prefecture. (Pool Photo by Hokkoku Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of WWII surrender amid virus pandemic

Shoji Nagaya, 93, the eldest attendee at a memorial ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, heads to the event at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2020. Around 540 people took part in the ceremony -- the lowest attendance since the event started in 1963 -- with the government limiting the number of people present to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of WWII surrender amid virus pandemic

Shoji Nagaya (C), 93, the eldest attendee at a memorial ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, heads to the event at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2020. Around 540 people took part in the ceremony -- the lowest attendance since the event started in 1963 -- with the government limiting the number of people present to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of WWII surrender amid virus pandemic

Shoji Nagaya, 93, the eldest attendee at a memorial ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, meets the press ahead of the event at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2020. Around 540 people took part in the ceremony -- the lowest attendance since the event started in 1963 -- with the government limiting the number of people present to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Nagoya maglev train station

Construction for the maglev train route's Nagaya Station is underway in the city in central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017. Four major Japanese contractors are being investigated for antitrust violations related to construction of the Tokyo-Osaka maglev train route. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya maglev train station

Construction for the maglev train route's Nagaya Station is underway in the city in central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017. Four major Japanese contractors are being investigated for antitrust violations related to construction of the Tokyo-Osaka maglev train route. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo