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(From L) Crown Prince Naruhito, his great-aunt Princess Yuriko and her husband Prince Mikasa attend the funeral of the couple's son Prince Katsura at the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo on June 17, 2014. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101

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Man strives to save albatrosses on S. Pacific isle

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Nitta, an Environment Ministry official, speaks about his work protecting albatrosses on Tori-shima (literally Bird Island), an uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean, in this file photo taken on Nov. 17, 2014. The big seabirds are listed as an endangered species.

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Japanese woman plays professional volleyball in Israel

KFAR SABA, Israel - Japanese professional volleyballer Satsuki Minami, seen in this photo taken on Nov. 17, 2014, plays as a setter for an Israeli team in Kfar Saba, central Israel. She hopes to serve as a bridge between Japan and Israel.

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Aging population becomes urgent challenge in China

HARBIN, China - A woman in a small nursing home in Harbin, northeastern China, says on Nov. 10, 2014, that she seldom sees her children who live far away. The number of senior citizens aged 60 or older in Harbin is approximately 17% larger than in other major cities, prompting the city to boost the amount of subsidies for new nursing homes.

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Addressing aging population becomes urgent in China

HARBIN, China - A female resident sits by the window of a small nursing home in Harbin, northeastern China, on Nov. 10, 2014. The number of senior citizens aged 60 or older in Harbin is approximately 17% larger than in other major cities, prompting the city to boost the amount of subsidies for new nursing homes.

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China faces rapidly aging population

HARBIN, China - A woman prepares lunch for approximately 600 residents in a nursing home in Harbin, northeastern China, on Nov. 10, 2014. The number of senior citizens aged 60 or older in Harbin is approximately 17% larger than in other major cities, prompting the city to boost the amount of subsidies for new nursing homes.

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30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Sanjay Yadav (L), 41, stands next to his two teenage sons who both suffer from physical deformities and mental underdevelopment in Bhopal, central India, on Nov. 17, 2014. Yadav said he, his wife and their children are suffering from the aftereffects of a 1984 incident in which a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning.

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Katayama celebrates winning Casio World Open

KOCHI, Japan - Japanese golfer Shingo Katayama celebrates winning the Casio World Open at Kochi-Kuroshio Country Club in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, on Nov. 30, 2014, with a four-day score of 17-under-par 271.

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Katayama wins Casio World Open golf tournament

KOCHI, Japan - Shingo Katayama holds up the winner's trophy after his victory in the Casio World Open golf tournament at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in the village of Geisei, Kochi Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2014. Katayama won his first title of the season with a 17-under 271.

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Katayama wins Casio World Open golf tournament

KOCHI, Japan - Shingo Katayama hugs the winner's trophy after his victory in the Casio World Open golf tournament at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in the village of Geisei, Kochi Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2014. Katayama won his first title of the season with a 17-under 271.

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Drone quadcopter tested for use in bridge maintenance

HACHIOJI, Japan - A camera drone with four propellers, developed by a Tohoku University research team, is tested for the maintenance of infrastructure by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Nov. 17, 2014, at a river bank in Hachioji, Tokyo, as it flies to check the condition of a bridge.

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Charity soccer match to mark 20th anniv. of Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - Active and retired Japanese professional football players announce a plan in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2014, to hold a charity match on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western Japan prefecture in 1995. From L: Kazuyoshi Miura, Takayuki Yoshida and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.

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JR Tokai to hold ceremonies for maglev train project

TOKYO, Japan - Koei Tsuge, president of Central Japan Railway Co., also known as JR Tokai, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Tsuge said the company will hold ceremonies to pray for the safety of work to build a magnetically levitated train line at JR Shinagawa and JR Nagoya Stations on Dec. 17. Last month, the Japanese government approved JR Tokai's application to construct the line linking Shinagawa and Nagoya by 2017.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Eels grown big enough to be sold are shown in this photo taken in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 17, 2014. A local freshwater fish farm grows eels in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by retaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler, which is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A worker at a freshwater fish farm in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast to Tokyo, watches eels on Nov. 17, 2014, grown in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by remaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler. The application of residual heat is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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N. Korean leader's envoy leaves for Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Choe Ryong Hae (R), secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, heads for Russia from Pyongyang on Nov. 17, 2014, as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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U.N. school receives books donated by Japanese first lady

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (3rd from R) poses with people associated with the U.N. International School in New York, the United States, on Nov. 17, 2014. In front of them is a display of Japanese books donated to the school by Akie Abe, the wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan coach Aguirre on eve of match against Australia

OSAKA, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team coach Javier Aguirre holds a press conference at Osaka's Yanmar Stadium on Nov. 17, 2014, on the eve of a match against Australia.

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Czech citizens gather at place of Velvet Revolution

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech citizens gather on a street in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, where a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators triggered the Velvet Revolution 25 years ago.

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Komeito commemorates 50th anniversary of its founding

TOKYO, Japan - The Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, holds a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 17, 2014 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its founding.

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Czech premier joins Velvet Revolution anniversary event

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (foreground) lays flowers and lights a candle in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, as Czechs commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ushered in the return of democracy to the country.

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Komeito commemorates 50th anniversary of its founding

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, speaks at a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 17, 2014 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its founding. The party forms the ruling coalition with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Barricades and tents set up by pro-democracy protesters are seen on a main road in Hong Kong's Admiralty district leading to Central, the financial district of the territory, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2014, shows tents set up by pro-democracy protesters near the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty district.

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Toray agrees on 1 tril. yen supply contract with Boeing

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Nikkaku (L), president of Toray Industries Inc., shakes hands with John J. Tracy, chief technology officer of Boeing Co., at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. Toray said it has agreed on a new contract worth 1 trillion yen (about $8.7 billion) to supply carbon fiber for Boeing's jets and will begin talks to work together with the U.S. aircraft maker to lower the costs of the lightweight material.

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WFP's Rasmusson, Chibana seek aid for Syrian refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese model Kurara Chibana (L), the National Ambassador against Hunger for Japan for the U.N. World Food Program, and the WFP's Assistant Executive Director Elisabeth Rasmusson call for more aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan at an event in Tokyo, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Culture City of East Asia 2014, Yokohama closes

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (C) and other participants in the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Yokohama pose for a photo on Nov. 17, 2014, at the closing ceremony in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The exchange project in the Japanese city was held to deepen mutual understanding among Yokohama, China's Quanzhou and South Korea's Gwangju through various cultural activities.

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Business leaders set to accept Abe's decision to delay tax hike

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, who heads Japan's largest business lobby the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, attends a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya in central Japan on Nov. 17, 2014. Sakakibara said Keidanren would accept Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's possible decision to delay a second consumption tax hike.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2014, shows a cutout of Chinese President Xi Jinping (L), with a slogan calling for genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong attached, set up on a main road in the Admiralty district of the territory.

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Model Chibana calls for support for Syrian refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese model Kurara Chibana, the National Ambassador against Hunger for Japan for the U.N. World Food Program, reports on the situation of Syrian refugees in Jordan at an event in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. She called for support for Syrian refugees, particularly children.

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Sample desserts for Kyushu Railway sightseeing train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils a sample dish of desserts to be served on a new sightseeing train, planned from next summer, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17. 2014.

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Honda shows fuel-cell car 'Honda FCV Concept'

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co.'s fuel-cell vehicle "Honda FCV Concept" is shown to the press in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. The automaker plans to start sales of its commercial version based on the prototype in fiscal 2015 in Japan.

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Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa attends a press conference at the Saga prefectural government offices on Nov. 17, 2014. Furukawa said the Japanese government's plan to station the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga airport in his southwestern Japan prefecture poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip.

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Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa attends a press conference at the Saga prefectural government offices on Nov. 17, 2014. Furukawa said the Japanese government's plan to station the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga airport in his southwestern Japan prefecture poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip.

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Nikkei plummets on weaker-than-expected GDP data

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average falling 517.03 points, or 2.96 percent, to close at 16,973.80 on Nov. 17, 2014, on selling sparked by a surprise contraction in Japan's gross domestic product for the July-September quarter.

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Japan, Philippines support 'rule of law' at sea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with his Filipino counterpart Albert del Rosario in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. They agreed on the importance of the "rule of law" in relation to issues concerning the South China Sea and the East China Sea where China has intensified its maritime activities.

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Renowned chef creates desserts for sightseeing train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Renowned chef Yoshihiro Narisawa shows off a sample plate of desserts created for a Kyushu Railway Co. sightseeing train in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Abe to postpone sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 17, 2014, from Brisbane, Australia, where he attended a Group of 20 summit. Abe is set to announce the postponement of a planned consumption tax hike on Nov. 18, following worse-than-expected Japanese gross domestic product data for the July-September period released Nov. 17, according to people close to the matter.

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N. Korea's special envoy leaves for Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Ryong Hae (far R), a secretary of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, leaves Pyongyang for Russia on Nov. 17, 2014, as a special envoy. Choe, one of the closest aides to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is expected to discuss bilateral and regional issues with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin.

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Emperor, empress arrive at Omiwa shrine in Nara Pref.

SAKURAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at Omiwa Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Okinawa gov.-elect meets press after election

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa governor-elect Takeshi Onaga meets the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2014, the day after the gubernatorial election.

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Tokyo stocks tumble in morning on unexpected GDP contraction

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei stock index falling below the 17,000 line in the morning on Nov. 17, 2014, in response to an unexpected contraction in the real Japanese economy in July-September.

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N. Korea's special envoy leaves for Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Ryong Hae (L), a secretary of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, leaves Pyongyang for Russia on Nov. 17, 2014, as a special envoy. Choe, one of the closest aides to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is expected to discuss bilateral and regional issues with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin.

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Japan science minister, NASA chief hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura (L), Japanese minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. Bolden asked for Japan's cooperation in extending the use of the International Space Station and Shimomura expressed his ministry's intention to cooperate.

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Japan economy shrinks in July-Sept. period

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, attends a press conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014, following the release of a preliminary report that the country's economy shrank an annualized real 1.6 percent in the three months to September.

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Onaga day after Okinawa gubernatorial election

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga reads newspapers' morning editions reporting his victory in the gubernatorial election of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa at his house in Naha, the prefectural capital, on Nov. 17, 2014. His landslide victory is being seen as a rejection by the voters of a controversial plan for relocating a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.

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Ski jumper Takanashi holds Guinness certificates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi holds certificates from the Guinness World Records which she received for her achievements, such as a total of 24 World Cup wins, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014.

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PM Abe to return home

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 17, 2014, following the weekend summit of the Group of 20 economies. He is expected to soon announce he will dissolve the lower house and call a general election.

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Onaga day after Okinawa gubernatorial election

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga meets the press with newspapers' morning editions at his house in the capital of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 17, 2014, a day after his landslide victory in the gubernatorial election. His landslide victory is being seen as a rejection by the voters of a controversial plan for relocating a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture.

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Asian elephants from Laos arrive at Kyoto zoo

KYOTO, Japan - Four young Asian elephants, gifts from Laos to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Laos in 2015, arrive at the Kyoto City Zoo in western Japan on Nov. 17. 2014.