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Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai

RUKA, Finland, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Veteran Japanese men's ski jumper is pictured soaring through the air at a World Cup meet in Ruka, Finland on Nov. 24, 2017.

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Speed skating fans

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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Japanese skier Taihei Kato

RUKA, Finland, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese skier Taihei Kato is pictured riding a ski lift at a men's Nordic combined World Cup event in Ruka, Finland on Nov. 23, 2017.

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Sumo association board of directors

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Japan Sumo Association chairman Hakkaku (C) attends a regular meeting of the organization's board of directors in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2017, held for the first time since the assault scandal that led to yokozuna Harumafuji's retirement surfaced.

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Japanese snowboarder Miyabi Onitsuka

BEIJING, China, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese snowboarder Miyabi Onitsuka is pictured performing in the women's big air event at a World Cup meet in Beijing on Nov. 24, 2017.

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Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai

WISLA, Poland, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Veteran Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai poses for photographs with fans at a men's ski jumping World Cup meet in Wisla, Poland on Nov. 18, 2017.

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Abe-Xi meeting in Vietnam in November 2017

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to hold talks in Danang, Vietnam, in this file photo taken Nov. 11, 2017.

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Abe-Xi meeting in Vietnam in November 2017

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Danang, Vietnam, in this file photo taken Nov. 11, 2017.

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Abe-Xi meeting in Vietnam in November 2017

DANANG, Vietnam, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Danang, Vietnam, in this file photo taken Nov. 11, 2017.

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Abe-Xi meeting in Vietnam in November 2017

DANANG, Vietnam, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) prepare to hold talks in Danang, Vietnam, in this file photo taken Nov. 11, 2017.

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South Korean soldiers stand guard

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - South Korean soldiers stand guard on Sept. 30, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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Sony's mobile business to reduce costs by 30% by March 2017

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Totoki, president of Sony Mobile Communications Inc., speaks at a meeting with investors and analysts in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 25, 2014. Totoki, who assumed the post on Nov. 16, said Sony Corp.'s mobile communication business aims to cut costs by 30 percent by March 2017 to meet its goal of turning the money-losing segment to profitability.

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China's C919 jet obtains approval for production

STORY: China's C919 jet obtains approval for production DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:27 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1 various of certificate awarding ceremony 2 various of C919 aircrafts STORYLINE: China's domestically developed C919 large jetliner received its production certificate on Tuesday, meaning the model can enter mass production. Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the C919's developer, received the certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) East China Regional Administration. The plane conducted its successful maiden flight in 2017. It obtained the type certificate in late September, which indicates that the C919's design meets airworthiness standards and environmental requirements. The first C919 aircraft is expected to be delivered to China Eastern Airlines in December. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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Bones : Season 2 (2006)

Emily Deschanel Television: Bones : Season 2 (TV-Serie) Usa 2005-2017, / 2. Staffel, Season 2 30 August 2006 BONES: Brennan (Emily Deschanel) discovers murder victim that fits the same pattern as a serial killer she helped to previously put away in the BONES episode 'The Woman in the Sand' airing Wednesday, Nov. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ｩ2006 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Greg Gayne/FOX Date: 30 August 2006

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South Korean soldiers stand guard

South Korean soldiers stand guard on Sept. 30, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Luxury bag sharing app

Eri Fujii shows off a Louis Vuitton tote and the fancy box for it in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2017. She received her favorite bag through Laxus, a luxury brand bags sharing app. ==Kyodo

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Tokyu Land-led Japan group develops high-rise condo in Indonesia

Hitoshi Uemura (C), vice chairman of Japan's Tokyu Land Corp., and other business executives attend a topping-off ceremony for Branz Simatupang condominium complex project in Jakarta on Nov. 30, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tillerson urges China to "restrain more" of oil supply to N. Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, seen in this file photo, urged China on Nov. 30, 2017 to "restrain more" of its supply of oil to North Korea as part of an effort to compel it to halt provocations and engage in credible talks for denuclearization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR-West Hotels opens 1st overseas branch in Singapore

Hitoshi Nakamura, president of West Japan Railway Hotel Development Ltd., gives an interview in Singapore on Nov. 30, 2017. The company opened its first overseas branch in Singapore on Dec. 1 in a bid to attract more tourists from Southeast Asia and Oceania to Japan. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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White House eyes replacing Tillerson with CIA chief: U.S. media

The White House has drawn up a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, seen in this file photo, with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo within the next several weeks, U.S. media reported on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru recalls 395,000 cars due to inspections by uncertified staff

Subaru Corp. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. Subaru filed a recall for around 395,000 vehicles with Japan's transport ministry on Nov. 16 after it was revealed that the carmaker had allowed uncertified workers to carry out final tests at two of its plants for over 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras to be introduced on JR Yamanote Line trains

Photo taken March 7, 2016, shows a new East Japan Railway Co. train on the Yamanote loop line in Tokyo resuming operations after they were suspended about three months earlier due to mechanical problems late on Nov. 30, 2015, the day the new-train operations started. The railway company said on June 6, 2017, it will introduce security cameras on the trains to enhance security. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota Camry

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2017, in Los Angeles shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry. The model was picked as the best midsize car in Consumer Reports' 2018 ranking of the best vehicles in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Missile alert system in Hawaii

A staffer watches for disaster alerts in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency command center in Honolulu, United States, on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Missile alert system in Hawaii

A staffer watches for disaster alerts in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency command center in Honolulu, United States, on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumper Carina Vogt

World and Olympic women's ski jumping champion Carina Vogt of Germany is pictured in Lillehammer, Norway on Nov. 30, 2017.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese balloon in Turkey

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2017, shows a hot-air balloon bearing the logo of a Chinese travel agency over Cappadocia, Turkey. China has designated 2018 as "Turkey tourism year." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese tourists in Turkey

Photo taken Nov. 30, 2017, shows hot air balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey, that are popular among Chinese tourists. More Chinese tourists are expected to visit as China has designated 2018 as "Turkey tourism year." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale model

Visitors to Ueno Park walk past a 30-meter-long model of a blue whale near the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale model

Photo taken Nov. 10, 2017 shows a 30-meter-long model of a blue whale in Ueno Park near the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourism booming in Iceland

Tourists pose for a photo in front of Hallgrimskirkja, a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Nov. 24, 2017. Tourism has been booming in Iceland with the number of tourists to the island country rising at an annual pace of 30 percent to 40 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hometown of Egyptian suicide bomber

Children linger outside the home in the suburbs of Faiyum, Egypt, on Nov. 30, 2017, where Mahmoud Shafiq, who carried out a suicide bombing terrorist attack in a church in Cairo in December 2016, used to live with his mother. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hometown of Egyptian suicide bomber

Children walk in the Egyptian village in the suburbs of Faiyum on Nov. 30, 2017, where Mahmoud Shafiq, who carried out a suicide bombing terrorist attack in December 2016 at a Cairo church, used to live. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Countryman speaks on nuke ban

Thomas Countryman, former U.S. assistant secretary of state, speaks in an interview in Washington on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Emperor, Empress

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave in a photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, at Tokyo's Inokashira Park. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bruce Klingner of Heritage Foundation

Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow at the U.S. think tank Heritage Foundation, gives an interview in Washington on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Cabinet to formally approve emperor's abdication date

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are pictured during their visit to Yoron Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 17, 2017. Japan's Cabinet is prepared to formally approve on Dec. 8 that the emperor will abdicate on April 30, 2019. ==Kyodo

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Special meeting room to discuss Emperor's abdication

Photo shows a special meeting room inside the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo shown to the media on Nov. 30, 2017, a day before the Imperial House Council holds a meeting to discuss potential dates for Emperor Akihito's abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts traveling to ISS set

(From L) Astronauts Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the United States join hands after a press conference at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on the outskirts of Moscow on Nov. 30, 2017. The three astronauts will be traveling to the International Space Station on Dec. 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saudi Arabia's energy minister

Saudi Arabia's energy minister Khalid al-Falih (L) speaks to the press before a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna on Nov. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot

French prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot holds a press conference in Besancon, France, on Nov. 30, 2017, about the whereabouts of Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki who went missing a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Empress Michiko

Japanese Empress Michiko attends a concert in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2017, before visiting her son Prince Akishino's residence to celebrate his 52nd birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo association chief apologizes

Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (L) and Director Oguruma bow in apology during a press conference after a regular meeting of the organization's board of directors in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2017, following an assault scandal that led to yokozuna Harumafuji's retirement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Advertising museum

People walk around the Ad Museum Tokyo during a press preview on Nov. 30, 2017, ahead of the public re-opening through a full renovation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. nuclear disarmament conference in Hiroshima

Participants in a U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues hold a meeting near a model of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Nov. 30, 2017. The gap over a treaty banning nuclear weapons dominated the two-day conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Siren blares in Hawaii amid N. Korea fears

Staffers watch for disaster alerts in the command center of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency in Honolulu, the United States, on Nov. 30, 2017. The following day, Hawaii reinstated a Cold War-era warning system amid fears of a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: World Cup season opener in Norway

Japanese ski jumper Yuki Ito glides through the air in the women's preliminary round of the World Cup season-opening event in Lillehammer, Norway, on Nov. 30, 2017. Ito placed third to qualify for the final round to be held on Dec. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: World Cup season opener in Norway

Japanese ski jumper Sara Takanashi glides through the air in the preliminary round of the World Cup season-opening event in Lillehammer, Norway, on Nov. 30, 2017. Takanashi placed second to qualify for the final round to be held on Dec. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: World Cup season opener in Norway

Japanese ski jumpers Sara Takanashi (L) and Yuki Ito take part in an official training session in Lillehammer, Norway, on Nov. 30, 2017. Later in the day, Takanashi and Ito placed second and third, respectively, in the preliminary round of the World Cup season-opening event to qualify for the final round to be held on Dec. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Projection mapping on the Tower of Sun

Combined photo shows the Tower of Sun created by Japanese artist Taro Okamoto, the symbol of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, with three-dimensional projection mapping on Nov. 30, 2017. The projection mapping on the monument at Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, will be held through Dec. 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo