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Hakone tram conductor popular for his witty comments

HAKONE, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 26, 2013 at the Hakone-Yumoto Station shows Shinya Ochiai, a conductor on the Hakone Tozan Railway Co.'s mountain tram in Kanagawa Prefecture who is popular for his witty explanations.

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2013 election vote gap in state of unconstitutionality

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) meets with reporters on Nov. 26, 2014, in Tokyo, after Japan's Supreme Court ruled the disparity in the weight of votes in the 2013 House of Councillors election is in a state of unconstitutionality. Masunaga filed the lawsuit together with other lawyers.

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2013 election vote gap in state of unconstitutionality

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) meets with reporters on Nov. 26, 2014, in Tokyo, after Japan's Supreme Court ruled the disparity in the weight of votes in the 2013 House of Councillors election is in a state of unconstitutionality. Masunaga filed the lawsuit together with other lawyers.

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ATP chief praises rising Japan tennis star Nishikori

LONDON, England - Chris Kermode, executive chairman and president of the Association of Tennis Professionals, praises rising Japanese star Kei Nishikori during an interview with Kyodo News in London in November 2014. Kermode is shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 26, 2013.

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New island merges with neighbor island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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New island merges with neighbor island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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New islet merges with neighboring island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (R), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a public forum in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, demanding equal taxation of e-books and other digital contents purchased from overseas vendors such as the U.S.-based Amazon.com Inc. Overseas companies are now exempt from the consumption tax, which will be raised to 8 percent in April from 5 percent now, and to 10 percent in October 2015.

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Philippine typhoon aftermath

CEBU, Philippines - A boy mimics a member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces spraying antiseptic in an epidemic prevention operation following Typhoon Haiyan, near an evacuation center in Tacloban on Leyte Island, the Philippines, on Nov. 26, 2013. (Photo by Naoki Sakai)

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Tanaka, Balentien win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka gives a speech at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2013, after being selected as the MVP of the Pacific League.

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New nuclear test monitoring system

VIENNA, Austria - Lassina Zerbo (C), executive secretary of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and Toshiro Ozawa (R), ambassador at Japan's permanent mission to the international organizations in Vienna, attend a tape-cutting ceremony during an event marking the launch of a new system to detect radioactive substances from nuclear tests in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 26, 2013. The new system for Atmospheric Transport Modeling has been installed at the headquarters of the preparatory commission through Japan's contribution of around $737,000, according to the commission.

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Tanaka, Balentien win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka (L) and Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2013, after being selected as the MVP of the Pacific League and the Central League, respectively.

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Tanaka, Balentien win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka (L) and Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2013, after being selected as the MVP of the Pacific League and the Central League, respectively.

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Tanaka, Balentien win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka (L) and Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien smile at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2013, after being selected as the MVP of the Pacific League and the Central League, respectively.

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and members of his Cabinet applaud after the House of Representatives passes a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Tanaka, Balentien win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2013, after being selected as the MVP of the Central League.

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People demonstrate against a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets near the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R, top) and members of his Cabinet applaud after the House of Representatives passes a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with reporters at his office in Tokyo after the House of Representatives passes a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives passes a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Chinese hospital ship

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a Chinese hospital ship off Leyte Island, the Philippines, on Nov. 26, 2013, on a relief mission after Typhoon Haiyan.

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China envoy in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (C) visits Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Egypt antiquities minister

OSAKA, Japan - Mohamed Ibrahim Ali Sayed, Egypt's minister of state for antiquities affairs, speaks at Kansai University in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose presents a document saying he borrowed 50 million yen from the Tokushukai hospital and medical facilities chain as a personal loan, before running in December 2012's gubernatorial election, during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013. (Photo partially modified to conceal private information)

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose presents a document saying he borrowed 50 million yen from the Tokushukai hospital and medical facilities chain as a personal loan, before running in December 2012's gubernatorial election, during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013. (Photo partially modified to conceal private information)

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Lower house passes secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People demonstrate against a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets near the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Mumbai bombing anniversary

MUMBAI, India - A mourner offers a wreath in Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2013, during a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of deadly bombings in the western Indian city.

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Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (front R) looks up at the lone "miracle pine" that remained after the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, with Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (far L), on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) visits a facility severely damaged by the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Protests continue in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows antigovernment protesters staging a sit-in at the Finance Ministry in Bangkok on Nov. 26, 2013, amid ongoing demonstrations and the occupation of some Thai government agencies, even after the government imposed the Internal Security Act in the capital and some nearby provinces the previous evening.

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Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy makes remarks while visiting the lone "miracle pine" that remained after the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers approach Fukushiro Nukaga, chairman of a special committee in the lower house, in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, after the committee approved controversial legislation to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.

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Trilateral FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (R) speaks at the third round of free trade talks with Chinese and South Korean representatives in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) is escorted by Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (front R) after arriving at the city hall in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Trilateral FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Assistant Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine and South Korean Assistant Trade Minister Woo Tae Hee join hands prior to holding their third round of free trade talks in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose apologizes during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, over a scandal involving his borrowing of 50 million yen from the Tokushukai hospital and medical facilities chain, before running in December 2010's gubernatorial election.

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Eagles ace Tanaka

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds the certificates in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2013, that Guinness World Records issued recognizing his record-breaking season. The 25-year-old Tanaka went 24-0 this season and, coupled with his 28-game winning streak that began on Aug. 26, 2012 plus two wins in the postseason, had a 30-game winning streak.