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HEERENVEEN, Netherlands, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Young fans cheer on men's speed skating's 5,000-meter two-time Olympic champion and local hero Sven Kramer (not pictured) of the Netherlands at a World Cup meet in Heerenveen on Nov. 12, 2017.

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Lackluster sumo champion Kisenosato

FUKUOKA, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Grand champion Kisenosato looks dejected after failing to mark his comeback to the ring with a win on the first day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 21, 2017. The yokozuna who missed the previous three tournaments due to injury was beaten by rank-and-filer Tamawashi.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, announces 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, poses with the team's uniforms at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2014, after announcing 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell agree on merger

Hiroshi Watanabe (L), an executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., and Susumu Nibuya, a director of Idemitsu Kosan Co., speak to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2015. They announced that the companies have agreed to integrate their businesses, starting between October 2016 and April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skating fans

Young fans cheer on men's speed skating's 5,000-meter two-time Olympic champion and local hero Sven Kramer (not pictured) of the Netherlands at a World Cup meet in Heerenveen on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia performs in the NHK Trophy gala exhibition in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia performs in the NHK Trophy gala exhibition in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia performs in the NHK Trophy gala exhibition in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia performs in the NHK Trophy gala exhibition in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka bus accident injures 18 disabled people

Photo shows a minibus that fell off a cliff five meters into the woods in Osaka the morning of Nov. 12, 2017. The bus, carrying 18 mentally disabled people, was heading to a welfare facility and the accident left the passengers slightly injured, police said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Fujinami wants to be good enough to pitch in WBC

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami (R) bumps fists with catcher Ryutaro Umeno after throwing a complete game against the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 22, 2016. "The WBC is a possibility, and I want to be good enough to be considered for that," Fujinami said in Tokyo on Nov. 12, referring to his potential participation in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Dutch look to answer pitching questions in Tokyo

Netherlands coach and former Rakuten Eagles star Andruw Jones speaks to reporters at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 9, 2016, ahead of two friendlies against Japan on Nov. 12 and 13 as part of their buildup toward the 2017 World Baseball Classic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, poses with the team's uniforms at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2014, after announcing 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18. (Kyodo)

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows a Japan Airlines plane. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows Japan Airlines Co.'s logo on a tail fin. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows a Japan Airlines plane. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traffic congestion in Vietnam

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2017, shows a severe traffic jam in Da Nang, central Vietnam. Vehicles and motorbikes are regularly halted by the city's chronic traffic congestion, with people forced to wait patiently on the clogged streets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Russian ice dancers

Russian ice dancer Nikita Katsalapov (bottom) performs with partner Victoria Sinitsina's dress covering his face at the NHK Trophy in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No prosecution over Christchurch building collapse: NZ police

Kuniaki Kawahata, principal of a foreign language school in central Japan's Toyama, reads a document from the New Zealand authorities on Nov. 30, 2017. Kawahata, who lost his daughter and 12 of the school's students in the collapse of a building in Christchurch during a 2011 earthquake, said he cannot accept the New Zealand police's conclusion not to pursue a criminal prosecution in relation to the collapse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese film week in Beijing

Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda addresses the opening ceremony of Japanese Film Week in Beijing on Nov. 25, 2017. A total of 12 Japanese movies, including Koreeda's "Sandome no Satsujin" (The Third Murder), shown on the opening day, will be screened during the film week that runs through Dec. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alpine skiing: Germany's Neureuther

Felix Neureuther of Germany carves a turn on his way to winning the men's slalom at the season's first World Cup alpine skiing event in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alpine skiing: Germany's Neureuther

Felix Neureuther of Germany celebrates after winning the men's slalom at the season's first World Cup alpine skiing event in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

Aliyeh Mohammadi (L) sits beside her 10-year-old child Haniyeh Esmaili at a hospital in Kermanshah, western Iran, on Nov. 16, 2017. The child was thrown out from the seventh-floor apartment and buried alive in debris when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hit the border region between Iran and Iraq on Nov. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

Mina Veysi (L) sits beside her 9-year-old son Parsa Veysi at a hospital in Kermanshah, western Iran, on Nov. 16, 2017. The boy was buried alive in debris when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hit the border region between Iran and Iraq on Nov. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scandal-hit sumo wrestler Harumafuji

Grand champion sumo wrestler Harumafuji (front L) attends a ceremony on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 12, 2017. Harumafuji is under fire over his assault of another wrestler the previous month in the run-up to the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Asia Summit

Leaders from the members of the East Asia Summit pose for photos in Manila on Nov. 14, 2017. The leaders condemned North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles amid the absence of U.S. President Donald Trump, who skipped the meeting and headed home after a 12-day Asia tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Asia Summit

Leaders from the members of the East Asia Summit pose for photos in Manila on Nov. 14, 2017. The leaders condemned North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles amid the absence of U.S. President Donald Trump, who skipped the meeting and headed home after a 12-day Asia tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran, Iraq quake

Workers in Sarpol-e Zahab, western Iran, on Nov. 13, 2017, remove the wreckage caused by a Nov. 12 magnitude-7.3 earthquake along the Iran-Iraq border that has claimed more than 370 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran, Iraq quake

A man in Sarpol-e Zahab, western Iran, sits down on a sofa the night after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake rocked the Iran-Iraq border Nov. 12, 2017, leaving more than 370 dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran, Iraq quake

Apartments in Sarpol-e Zahab, western Iran, are in ruins on Nov. 13, 2017, after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake rocked the Iran-Iraq border on the evening of Nov. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka bus accident injures 18 disabled people

Photo shows a minibus that fell off a cliff five meters into the woods in Osaka the morning of Nov. 12, 2017. The bus, carrying 18 mentally disabled people, was heading to a welfare facility and the accident left the passengers slightly injured, police said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani's agent Nez Balelo

Japanese baseball player Shohei Otani's agent Nez Balelo speaks to reporters in Orlando, Florida, on Nov. 12, 2017, upon his arrival at a hotel where the major league general managers meeting will start the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car plows into spectators at drift event in southwest Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2017 in Fuji, Saga Prefecture, shows a truck transporting a vehicle that caused an accident. The car plunged into a crowd of spectators at a drift event in the southwestern Japan city earlier in the day, leaving four men injured including one in critical condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car plows into spectators at drift event in southwest Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2017 in Fuji, Saga Prefecture, shows a truck transporting a vehicle that caused an accident. The car plunged into a crowd of spectators at a drift event in the southwestern Japan city earlier in the day, leaving four men injured including one in critical condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car plows into spectators at drift event in southwest Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 12, 2017 in Fuji, Saga Prefecture, shows a truck transporting a vehicle that caused an accident. The car plunged into a crowd of spectators at a drift event in the southwestern Japan city earlier in the day, leaving four men injured including one in critical condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ground force drill

An air-cushioned craft of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force lands on a beach during a drill in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2017. Nearly 300 GSDF members, including those tasked with defending remote islands in the southwest, took part in the drill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ground force drill

Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engage in a landing drill on a beach in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2017. Nearly 300 GSDF members, including those tasked with defending remote islands in the southwest, took part in the drill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trampoline: Kishi takes silver at world championships

Ayano Kishi of Japan celebrates after taking silver in the women's individual event of the world trampoline championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Nov. 12, 2017. Tatsiana Piatrenia of Belarus won the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trampoline: Kishi takes silver at world championships

Ayano Kishi of Japan competes in the women's individual final of the world trampoline championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Nov. 12, 2017. Kishi took silver in the event won by Tatsiana Piatrenia of Belarus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trampoline: Piatrenia wins women's title at world c'ships

Gold medalist Tatsiana Piatrenia (C) of Belarus, silver medalist Ayano Kishi (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Sophiane Methot of Canada pose for a photo after the women's individual final of the world trampoline championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani's agent

Nez Balelo, an agent who represents Japanese baseball player Shohei Otani, arrives on Nov. 12, 2017, at a hotel in Orlando, Florida, where general managers meetings will start the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Incumbent Yuzaki wins 3rd term as Hiroshima governor

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki is congratulated by supporters after the Hiroshima gubernatorial election on Nov. 12, 2017. Yuzaki was re-elected to a third four-year term with the backing of major parties including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner the Komeito party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira (R) smiles during a medal ceremony after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017, alongside runner-up Miho Takagi, also of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira (R) poses for a photo on the podium after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017, alongside runner-up Miho Takagi (C), also of Japan, and third-place finisher Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira (R) poses for a photo on the podium after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017, alongside runner-up Miho Takagi (C), also of Japan, and third-place finisher Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira (R) smiles on the podium after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017, alongside runner-up Miho Takagi, also of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira (R) poses for a photo on the podium after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017, alongside runner-up Miho Takagi, also of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese PM meets Indonesian President in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (R) hold talks in Manila on Nov. 12, 2017. The leaders agreed to work closely together on regional issues, including their response to North Korea. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

Japan's Nao Kodaira acknowledged the crowd after winning the women's 1,000 meters on the final day of the season's first World Cup speed skating competition in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo