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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2011 shows Japanese actor Ken Takakura. Takakura, winner of multiple Japanese Academy Awards and one of the country's most recognized film stars, died on Nov. 10, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital, his office said Nov. 18. He was 83.

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Jet ski lost in tsunami returned to owner

IWAKI, Japan - Tomomune Matsunaga, an evacuee of the 2011 disaster, smiles on Nov. 10, 2014, in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki, as his jet ski, which was lost in the tsunami but recently found on an atoll off Hawaii, was returned to him.

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Aoki signs 2-year deal with Brewers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, shows Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Milwaukee Brewers said Jan. 17, 2012, that the 30-year-old three-time Central League batting title winner has signed a two-year contract with the major league team.

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Brewers win negotiating rights for Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 10, 2011, shows Yakult Swallows' outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Japanese baseball club said Dec. 18 that the Milwaukee Brewers have won the right to negotiate a contract with the three-time Central League batting champion under the posting system.

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Indonesian manga author Wijaya

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Vivian Wijaya, an Indonesian manga author, poses during an interview at her home in Jakarta on Nov. 10, 2011. Wijaya, a doctor, left the medical profession and made her debut the same month as a manga artist in Japan.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - People ride on a polystyrene boat in a flooded area of western Bangkok on Nov. 10, 2011.

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Human torpedo Kaiten

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2011 shows the head of the human torpedo Kaiten, which is on exhibit at a city cultural center in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Kaiten is the former Imperial Japanese Navy's suicide attack weapon, a regular torpedo remodeled to allow space for a soldier and automatically launch from a submarine to attack an enemy ship.

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Savicevic, chairman of Football Association of Montenegro

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Dejan Savicevic, head of the Football Association of Montenegro, watches players practicing in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, on Nov. 10, 2011.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People use boat to collect garbage in a submerged area in Bang Khae District, western Bangkok, on Nov. 10, 2011.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People use boat to collect garbage in a submerged area in Bang Khae District, western Bangkok, on Nov. 10, 2011.

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Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - A tourist clad in hip waders stands in 30 centimeter-deep water at Wat Maha That in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011, to capture a visual memory of an ancient Buddha head entwined, possibly for centuries, in the roots of a Bodhi tree.

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Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Photo taken in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011, shows an elephant and mahout that are part of the clean-up teams trying to return the World Heritage site and ancient Thai capital to normal after weeks of flooding inundated all but three of 505 active Buddhist temples in Ayutthaya Province.

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Clean-up work begins in Thailand's ancient capital

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Restaurant worker Wanthana Suttharak, 49, is pictured aboard a boat in front of submerged Wat Chai Watthanaram, a Buddhist temple in the city of Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Nov. 10, 2011. Wanthana is making ends meet by ferrying journalists around the temple as she waits for flood waters to recede enough so she can return to work at a chicken-rice restaurant in the ancient Thai capital's main market.

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U.N. General Assembly President Al-Nasser

NEW YORK, United States - Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 10, 2011. Al-Nasser, former Qatari permanent representative to the United Nations, is scheduled to visit Japan on Nov. 12-16 to hold talks with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and other senior officials.

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Sirleaf reelected as president of Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf speaks at a press conference in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, on Nov. 10, 2011. The country's election board announced later in the day that Sirleaf, a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, was reelected as president in the Nov. 8 runoff vote.

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Owada reelected as ICJ judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2009 shows Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako and president of the International Court of Justice. Owada, who has been a member of the court since 2003, was reelected on Nov. 10, 2011, as a judge on the The Hague-based institution after the 15-member U.N. Security Council and the General Assembly voted to appoint him for a second nine-year term.

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Free agent Matsui in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui, a free agent baseball player, talks with reporters in New York on Nov. 10, 2011. He played 141 games with the Oakland Athletics in the past season.

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Greece picks Papademos as new PM

ATHENS, Greece - People watch a TV news program at a cafe in central Athens on Nov. 10, 2011. The president's office said the same day that former Vice President of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos will head Greece's coalition government.

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yoshiko Mita (L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) raise their fists, together with landladies of hotels and inns in the prefecture, during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. in Japan

OFUNATO, Japan - Major league Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. (C, facing) holds a baseball clinic for junior high school students in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 10, 2011. The U.S. baseball legend held the event to support children in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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APEC finance ministers hold talks in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L front) and Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Fumihiko Igarashi (R) attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 10, 2011. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono (L), minister tasked with handling Japan's nuclear crisis, and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) toast with Fukushima sake during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Sirleaf reelected as president of Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf speaks at a press conference in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, on Nov. 10, 2011. The country's election board announced later in the day that Sirleaf, a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, was reelected as president in the Nov. 8 runoff vote.

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Fukushima holds tourism promotion event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Landladies from hotels and inns in Fukushima Prefecture and members of the ''Hula Girls,'' a team of hula dancers at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in the prefecture, dance during a promotional event at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was held by Fukushima Prefecture to revitalize its tourism sector that has suffered in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. in Japan

OFUNATO, Japan - Major league Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. (L front) holds a baseball clinic for junior high school students in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 10, 2011. The U.S. baseball legend held the event to support children in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. in Japan

OFUNATO, Japan - Major league Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. (front) holds a baseball clinic for junior high school students in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 10, 2011. The U.S. baseball legend held the event to support children in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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1st airplane of Peach Aviation arrives at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. shows to reporters the inside of its first aircraft that arrived at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2011.

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IMF chief in China

BEIJING, China - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2011.

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1st airplane of Peach Aviation arrives at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. CEO Shinichi Inoue (C) poses for photos before the first aircraft of the Japanese low-cost carrier that arrived at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2011.

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Lower house approves 3rd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and members of his Cabinet bow in the House of Representatives in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, after Japan's third extra budget for fiscal 2011 cleared the lower house. The budget is designed to finance additional work to rebuild the country's northeastern areas in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Yakult's Aoki to move to majors

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfielder Norichika Aoki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011. Aoki said he will use the posting system in the current offseason to move to the major leagues.

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Japan's 'oldest' human bone found on Ishigaki Island

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2011, shows a site around the Shirahosaonetabaru cave ruins on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. A team of Japanese researchers led by Minoru Yoneda, an anthropologist and associate professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school, said the same day that a human bone fragment from about 24,000 years ago was found in the cave. It would be the oldest human fragment among those identified through analysis of such remains in Japan, according to the researchers.

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Osaka gubernatorial election

OSAKA, Japan - People listen to a street speech on Nov. 10, 2011, by a candidate running in the Osaka gubernatorial election in the city of Osaka, western Japan. Seven new faces launched campaigns the same day as they filed as candidates in the election on Nov. 27.

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1st airplane of Peach Aviation arrives at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - The first aircraft of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2011, prior to the launch of its services in March 2012.

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Japan stocks tumble on Italy debt woes

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard shows Japan's Nikkei Stock Average trading at 8,524.55, down 230.89 points, at one point on the morning of Nov. 10, 2011, in Tokyo's Yaesu business district. The Nikkei tumbled more than 2 percent to a five-week intraday low in the morning, as the spike in the yield on Italy's government bonds underlined the worsening eurozone debt crisis.

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AirAsia X to offer Osaka-Kuala Lumpur flight

OSAKA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (C), chief executive officer of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X, attends an event in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2011, to promote a flight between Osaka and Kuala Lumpur to be launched on Nov. 30. In the promotional period through June 20, the lowest fare available on the new route from Kansai International Airport is set at 3,931 yen one way. The total ticket cost, including airport taxes, rises to 8,081 yen. The flight will be the airline's second service linking Malaysia and Japan after the inauguration in 2010 of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.