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Japanese actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2013 shows renowned Japanese actor, Bunta Sugawara, who died of liver cancer at 81 at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 28, 2014. Sugawara starred in a number of films and TV dramas, including the 1973 film "Battle Without Honor and Humanity" (Jingi naki tatakai) depicting a gangster conflict. He also engaged in agriculture in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in his later years.

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Yearend shopping season in NYC

NEW YORK, United States - A department store in New York is crowded with shoppers on Nov. 28, 2013, Thanksgiving Day.

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Yearend shopping season

NEW YORK, United States - A Toys"R"Us store in central New York is crowded with shoppers on Nov. 28, 2013, Thanksgiving Day.

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IAEA meeting

VIENNA, Austria - Reza Najafi (R), Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta talk during an IAEA board meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Fan club for Osunaarashi

CAIRO, Egypt - The father of Egyptian sumo wrestler Osunaarashi speaks at an event to mark the foundation of the 21-year-old rikishi's fan club at the Japanese Embassy in Cairo on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Fan club for Osunaarashi

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian sumo wrestler Osunaarashi (shown on screen) speaks in a video message during an event to mark the foundation of his fan club at the Japanese Embassy in Cairo on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga meet in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Mandela movie

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The screening of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," about the life of anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela, begins at a theater in Soweto, near Johannesburg, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga shake hands before talks in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Muslim prayer corner

NARITA, Japan - A Nov. 28, 2013, photo shows a prayer corner for Muslim travelers at Narita airport near Tokyo.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 28, 2013, shows a restroom on the new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, when it was unveiled to the press by East Japan Railway Co. at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 28, 2013, shows the inside of the new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, when it was unveiled to the press by East Japan Railway Co. at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 28, 2013, shows the inside of the new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, when it was unveiled to the press by East Japan Railway Co. at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Court voids poll in western Japan constituency

OKAYAMA, Japan - Lawyers smile outside the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court on Nov. 28, 2013, after the court ruled that the result in the Okayama constituency in July's House of Councillors election should be invalidated due to an unconstitutional disparity in the weight of votes. The decision is the first ruling among 14 similar lawsuits filed with high courts across Japan by groups of lawyers, who have argued the disparity up to 4.77-fold in the July 21 upper house election is against the equal-protection clause under the Constitution.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. unveils to the press its new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. unveils to the press its new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. unveils to the press its new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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New E7 shinkansen bullet train

RIFU, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. unveils to the press its new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train, due to debut on the Tokyo-Nagano route in the spring of 2014, at the company's development base in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2013.

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Sharp 90-inch display

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Sharp Corp.'s 90-inch liquid crystal display for digital signage. Sharp said on Nov. 22, 2012, it will release the display that is capable of showing a person at full height. The display, measuring 2 meters by 1.2 meters, is the first of its kind for use mainly by businesses and will go on sale on Jan. 28, 2013, for a price of around 2.6 million yen.