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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, answers reporters' questions upon returning to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Another assembly member, Tadashi Nakamine (L), also landed on Uotsuri Island the same day.

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Prime Minister Hatoyama talks with Okinawa Gov. Nakamia

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2009. Hatoyama told Nakamine that the government will decide on where to relocate a U.S. military base in Okinawa after the ongoing Japan-U.S. working-level talks on the issue come to a conclusion.

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Imano wins Niigata Open

TOYOURA, Japan - Yasuharu Imano poses for a photograph after winning the NST Niigata Open at Nakamine Golf Club in Niigata Prefecture on July 28. and pick up his first title in nearly two years. Imano picked up the third title of his career after seven birdies against a sole bogey to finish on an 18-under total of 270, four strokes clear of second-placed Katsumasa Miyamoto.

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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, answers reporters' questions upon returning to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Another assembly member, Tadashi Nakamine (L), also landed on Uotsuri Island the same day. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Hatoyama talks with Okinawa Gov. Nakamia

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2009. Hatoyama told Nakamine that the government will decide on where to relocate a U.S. military base in Okinawa after the ongoing Japan-U.S. working-level talks on the issue come to a conclusion. (Kyodo)

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Imano wins Niigata Open

TOYOURA, Japan - Yasuharu Imano poses for a photograph after winning the NST Niigata Open at Nakamine Golf Club in Niigata Prefecture on July 28. and pick up his first title in nearly two years. Imano picked up the third title of his career after seven birdies against a sole bogey to finish on an 18-under total of 270, four strokes clear of second-placed Katsumasa Miyamoto. (Kyodo)