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Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said.

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Maker of "3-D ads" in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 7, 2014 shows a green dragon sculpture in Osaka's Chuo Ward above a ramen shop in the Dotombori district, the first so-called "3-D" ad created by Masahide Nakamura, president of Pop Kougei Co.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - People walk in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward on Sept. 30, 2012, in the heavy rain caused by Typhoon Jelawat. The powerful typhoon made landfall on the main island of Honshu later that day.

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Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check a broken rooftop skylight window at an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 18 after Kiyomasa Nakamura, a sixth grader at the school, broke it and fell to his death.

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Nagoya becomes new magnet for brand-name stores

NAGOYA, Japan - The ''eclair,'' which is only available at the Nagoya branch of Belgian chocolate store Pierre Marcolini in Nakamura Ward, is a big draw.

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Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba agree on joint LCD panel venture

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Okamura (L), president of Toshiba Corp., Etsuhiko Shoyama (C), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., join hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 31. They announced the three companies will set up a joint venture to manufacture liquid crystal display panels.

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Tickets for 2005 Aichi Expo go on sale

NAGOYA, Japan - People queue for tickets for the 2005 Aichi World Exposition at a booth in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward on Sept. 25 as tickets for the six-month fair went on sale nationwide. The tickets are being sold at a 20count. Adult tickets are priced at 3,700 yen and cheaper ones are available for children, students and senior citizens.

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Free-agent Nakamura set to turn down move to Giants

OSAKA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants general manager Makoto Doi (L) talks with Norihiro Nakamura, who became a free agent in the off-season, at a hotel in Osaka's Kita Ward on Nov. 25. After the meeting, Nakamura, former slugger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, indicated he will turn down a move to the Giants. (Pool photo)

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Ex-yokozuna Akebono campaigns against gangsters

NAGOYA, Japan - Former yokozuna Akebono takes the role of a one-day police station chief in Nagoya on Oct. 21 to help campaign against gangsters in Nakamura Ward.

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Nagoya teen begins junior high classes with wheelchair dog

NAGOYA, Japan - Takamasa Wada, a 13-year-old disabled at Hibitsu Junior High School in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward, attends a class on Sept. 19 with his wheelchair dog, trained to aid those with only upper-body mobility. Wada, who uses a wheelchair, is the second youngster among Japanese primary and lower secondary school students to have a helper dog.

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Kabuki actor Kankuro campaigns for Osaka performance

OSAKA, Japan - Popular kabuki actor Nakamura Kankukro takes to a shopping street in Osaka's Kita Ward on July 29 to campaign for a medieval theatrical play his group is scheduled to perform in Osaka in November.

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Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba agree on joint LCD panel venture

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Okamura (L), president of Toshiba Corp., Etsuhiko Shoyama (C), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., join hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 31. They announced the three companies will set up a joint venture to manufacture liquid crystal display panels. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Shichinosuke arrested for punching policem

TOKYO, Japan - Police arrested kabuki actor Nakamura Shichinosuke (in file photo) on the spot for punching a police officer on Jan. 30 in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a taxi driver complained to the officer that he did not pay for his ride. The 21-year-old actor, the second son of popular kabuki actor Nakamura Kankuro, 49, told investigators that he was drunk at the time. (Kyodo)

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Free-agent Nakamura set to turn down move to Giants

OSAKA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants general manager Makoto Doi (L) talks with Norihiro Nakamura, who became a free agent in the off-season, at a hotel in Osaka's Kita Ward on Nov. 25. After the meeting, Nakamura, former slugger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, indicated he will turn down a move to the Giants. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Nagoya teen begins junior high classes with wheelchair dog

NAGOYA, Japan - Takamasa Wada, a 13-year-old disabled at Hibitsu Junior High School in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward, attends a class on Sept. 19 with his wheelchair dog, trained to aid those with only upper-body mobility. Wada, who uses a wheelchair, is the second youngster among Japanese primary and lower secondary school students to have a helper dog. (Kyodo)

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(2) Nagoya teen begins junior high classes with wheelchair dog

NAGOYA, Japan - Takamasa Wada, a 13-year-old disabled at Hibitsu Junior High School in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward, attends a class on Sept. 19 with his wheelchair dog, trained to aid those with only upper-body mobility. Wada, who uses a wheelchair, is the second youngster among Japanese primary and lower secondary school students to have a helper dog. (Kyodo)

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Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check a broken rooftop skylight window at an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 18 after Kiyomasa Nakamura, a sixth grader at the school, broke it and fell to his death. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura stable keeps computers for correspondence course

TOKYO, Japan - Junior wrestlers shuffle forward along the sumo ring in a training room in Nakamura Beya (stable) in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on a chilly morning in February. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Skytree lit up in 3 primary colors

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower in the capital's Sumida Ward, is lit up with the three primary colors -- red, green and blue -- of light-emitting diode lights to celebrate Japan-born Nobel Prize winners Isamu Aksakai, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura. The three won the year's Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing efficient blue LED. (Kyodo)

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Nobel winner Nakamura extends olive branch to former employer Nichia

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 3, 2014. The 60-year-old professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said he wants to rebuild ties with former employer Nichia Corp., despite launching a lawsuit against the chemical maker over patent rights to his groundbreaking blue light-emitting diode technology. "My Nobel Prize was made possible because Nichia led the world in LEDs," Nakamura said. (Kyodo)

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Tickets for 2005 Aichi Expo go on sale

NAGOYA, Japan - People queue for tickets for the 2005 Aichi World Exposition at a booth in Nagoya's Nakamura Ward on Sept. 25 as tickets for the six-month fair went on sale nationwide. The tickets are being sold at a 20count. Adult tickets are priced at 3,700 yen and cheaper ones are available for children, students and senior citizens. (Kyodo)

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Ex-yokozuna Akebono campaigns against gangsters

NAGOYA, Japan - Former yokozuna Akebono takes the role of a one-day police station chief in Nagoya on Oct. 21 to help campaign against gangsters in Nakamura Ward. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actor Kankuro campaigns for Osaka performance

OSAKA, Japan - Popular kabuki actor Nakamura Kankukro takes to a shopping street in Osaka's Kita Ward on July 29 to campaign for a medieval theatrical play his group is scheduled to perform in Osaka in November. (Kyodo)