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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Noel Watanabe (R), a Japan-based Filipino man, and his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui, teach construction skills to Filipino workers on Nov. 7, 2014 in the central Philippine province Leyte. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Filipino welders (in yellow shirts) who are constructing a new school building (seen behind them) watch Noel Watanabe (front), a Japan-based Filipino man, demonstrate proper welding technique on Nov. 7, 2014, at a high school compound in the central Philippine province Leyte. At second from the right in the back is his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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"Dr. Turtle" has studied the creatures for decades

NAGOYA, Japan - Takashi Yabe, a professor at Aichi Gakusen University nicknamed "Dr. Turtle," shows an alligator snapping turtle at his laboratory at the university in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Kyoto cook

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 7, 2013 shows Kenji Miura, head chef at the Beaux Sejours French restaurant at Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, cooking steaks at the restaurant in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward.

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77-yr-old performs lion dance in tsunami-hit Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Shinichiro Tsuda, the oldest member of the Omagarihama Shishimai (lion dance) preservation group, explains the lion's movements during an interview on Nov. 7, 2013 in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japanese lawmaker returns from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (L) answers reporters' questions at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after returning from North Korea, where he met the previous day with Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top aide.

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya). (Kyodo)

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3 arrested for kidnapping girl

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an area in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013, where a kidnapped junior high school girl was rescued by the police earlier in the day. The police arrested three men on suspicion of kidnapping her for a ransom of 20 million yen.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Police officers stand guard outside a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building. (Kyodo)

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata (5th from L), voice actors and other people involved are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya).

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Senior diplomats of Japan, China and South Korea meet to discuss ways to promote cooperative ties in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Railway museum conference

SAITAMA, Japan - Directors and other officials of 10 railway museums from seven countries hold a conference on railway exhibitions at the Railway Museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Blood stains are pictured near a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building.

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Railway museum conference

SAITAMA, Japan - Participants visit the Railway Museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013, as directors and other officials of 10 railway museums from seven countries hold a conference on railway exhibitions at the Japanese museum. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Public security and other officials are pictured outside a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building.

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Honda plant

SAITAMA, Japan - Honda Motor Co. shows reporters a plant to assemble its Fit and other compact cars in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013.

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IAEA observation off Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - David Osborn (R), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Environment Laboratories in Monaco, answers reporters' questions after he and Hartmut Nies (L), head of the IAEA Radiometrics Laboratory, got off a ship in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013. The IAEA experts observed Japan's marine radiation monitoring activities off the coast of the prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki

BEIJING, China - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki is pictured at Beijing's international airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after arriving there en route to Tokyo from his six-day visit to North Korea.

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Japan's lower house passes bill to set up U.S.-style NSC

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) claps at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, as the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a U.S.-style National Security Council in Japan.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki

BEIJING, China - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki answers a reporter's question at Beijing's international airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after arriving there en route to Tokyo from his six-day visit to North Korea.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse parade at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse parade at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks with his family using a microphone through a glass screen at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the space center later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Photo shows a rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut lifted off later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata talks with his family using a microphone at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the space center later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Chinese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands prior to holding talks in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and friends wave to visitors at Tokyo DisneySea Park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013 at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse wave to visitors at Tokyo DisneySea Park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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IAEA observation off Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A ship carrying two experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency leaves Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, as they began observing Japan's marine radiation monitoring activities off the coast of the prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata smiles from a bus to people seeing him off in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.