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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, is pictured at the college in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Suzuki sends notice of breach to Volkswagen

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhito Harayama, executive vice president of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. The automaker said it sent a notice to Volkswagen claiming the latter breached their framework agreement by not giving the Japanese automaker access to technologies that it was promised under their 2009 alliance.

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Chilean opens Easter Island's 1st Japanese-style restaurant

EASTER ISLAND, Chile - Francisco Xavier sits in a tatami room at his restaurant Izakaya Kotaro on Easter Island, Chile, on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Chilean opens Easter Island's 1st Japanese-style restaurant

EASTER ISLAND, Chile - Francisco Xavier stands in front of his restaurant Izakaya Kotaro on Easter Island, Chile, on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Matsui prepares for AL c'ship

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui takes batting practice at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 14, 2009 to prepare for the American League Championship Series.

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Matsui prepares for AL c'ship

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui performs batting practice at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 14, 2009 to prepare for the American League Championship Series.

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Matsui prepares for AL c'ship

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui works out at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 14, 2009 to prepare for the American League Championship Series.

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Nagashima speaks reporters in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Parliamentary Defense Secretary Akihisa Nagashima speaks to reporters in Washington on Oct. 14, 2009. Nagashima notified the White House and Defense Department that Japan will halt its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in January.

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Putin holds talks with Hu

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) holds talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Okada inspects earthquake damage in Indonesia

PADANG, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) visits Padang in West Sumatra on Oct. 14, 2009, where a library collapsed during a powerful earthquake off Sumatra Island on Sept. 30.

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Putin holds talks with Hu

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) before their talks in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho visit PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) shakes hands with yokozuna Asashoryu (L) and Hakuho (R) at his office on Oct. 14, 2009. The top sumo wrestlers paid a call on the prime minister to express thanks for Hatoyama's attendance at an award ceremony in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September.

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Okazaki hits hat-trick as Japan hammer Togo

RIFU, Japan - Shinji Okazaki celebrates scoring Japan's fourth goal in the second half of a warm-up for next year's World Cup against Togo in Miyagi Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2009, helping himself to his second hat-trick in seven days as Japan thrashed a depleted Togo 5-0.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization hold meeting in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Participants at a prime ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization attend a signing ceremony after the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2009. At back are Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (2nd from R).

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Okazaki hits hat-trick as Japan hammer Togo

RIFU, Japan - Shinji Okazaki scores Japan's fourth goal in the second half of a warm-up for next year's World Cup against Togo in Miyagi Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2009, helping himself to his second hat-trick in seven days as Japan thrashed a depleted Togo 5-0.

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U.S. envoy holds talks with Japanese agriculture minister

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) holds talks with Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (R) at the agriculture ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009.

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U.S. envoy holds talks with Japanese agriculture minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu holds talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at the agriculture ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009.

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U.S. envoy holds talks with Japanese agriculture minister

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos holds talks with Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu at the agriculture ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009.

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U.S. envoy holds talks with Japanese agriculture minister

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) shakes hands with Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu before their talks at the agriculture ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009.

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People of Japanese descent celebrate 50th anniversary of exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) attend a gathering in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009, to mark the 50th anniversary of a convention for people of Japanese descent living abroad. The convention is aimed at strengthening their solidarity and promoting cultural and personal exchanges between their countries and Japan. (Pool photo)

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Okada inspects earthquake damage in Indonesia

WEST SUMATRA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) inspects earthquake damage in West Sumatra on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization holds meeting in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands before a prime ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho visit PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa (L in front) presents Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R in front) with a miniature of yokozuna's ropes at the prime minister's office on Oct. 14, 2009 in return for Hatoyama's attendance at an award ceremony in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September. In back are grand champions Asashoryu (L) and Hakuho (R).

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Judoka Tani gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani leaves a hospital in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009, holding her 5-day-old baby boy. The 34-year-old judoka and her husband Yoshitomo, a professional baseball player, have named their second son Komei. She said she is resolved to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill play the role of injured people in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009. The drill, based on the scenario of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island, was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies in 18 Indian Ocean Rim countries as part of World Disaster Reduction Day.

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill evacuate their houses in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009 in a drill under a simulation of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island. The drill was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies of 18 countries around the Indian Ocean Rim as part of World Disaster Reduction Day.

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Fukushima lectures in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party chief Mizuho Fukushima, who is also state minister in charge of the declining birthrate and gender equality, gives a lecture at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Kenjiro Nomura appointed Carp manager

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Hiroshima Carp infielder Kenjiro Nomura, who will become new team manager, poses at Matsuda Stadium in Hiroshima on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Okada returns to Orix organization as new manager

OSAKA, Japan - New Orix Buffaloes manager Akinobu Okada responds to questions from reporters at a news conference at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Farewell held for late former JOC chief Furuhashi

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima reads a message of condolence at a farewell gathering for the late legendary swimmer and former Japanese Olympic Committee President Hironoshin Furuhashi, at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009. Furuhashi died in Rome in Augus at age 80.

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Judoka Tani gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani leaves a hospital in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009, holding her 5-day-old baby boy. The 34-year-old judoka and her husband Yoshitomo, a professional baseball player, have named their second son Komei. She said she is resolved to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.