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4 pro sports teams pledge to promote Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Four top officials of baseball and soccer teams in the Kansai region, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and mascot characters gather together at the Osaka prefectural government office to hold a "solidarity" ceremony on June 4, 2014, to further promote tourism for the western Japanese prefecture. (From L, Hanshin Tigers Managing Director Kazuo Awai, Orix Buffaloes President Hiroaki Nishina, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, Cerezo Osaka President Masao Okano, and Gamba Osaka President Teruhisa Noro).

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Female nuclear physicist hopes to become No. 1 in world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2013, in Tokyo shows researcher on nuclear physics Emiko Hiyama. The Association for the Bright Future of Women Scientists announced the same day that it will award the associate chief scientist at Riken's Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science with the 2013 Saruhashi Award for female researchers who have made remarkable achievements in the field of natural sciences.

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Japan's nuclear bomb, a scientist and his conscience

TOKYO, Japan - Letters and documents belonging to Yoshio Nishina were published earlier this year in three volumes titled ''Nishina Yoshio Ouhuku Syokan Syu'' (Exchanged Letters of Yoshio Nishina) (Kyodo)