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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish, octopus and squid that have been unloaded at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. They were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish that have been unloaded at Hisanohama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. The fish were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish that have been unloaded at Hisanohama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. The fish were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fishermen load ice on a fishing boat before leaving Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013. A fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fishing boats leave Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A fishing boat leaves Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Shizuoka to dispose of debris from quake-hit Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Employees of the Shizuoka city government and local residents, in Shizuoka city on Oct. 18, 2012, measure levels of airborne radiation from incinerated debris generated in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Four Shizuoka municipalities the same day started receiving shipments of debris from Iwate Prefecture for disposal.

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Shizuoka to dispose of quake debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo shows combustible debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, arriving for disposal at an incineration plant in Shizuoka city on Oct. 18, 2012. Four Shizuoka municipalities the same day started receiving debris from Iwate Prefecture for disposal.

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Inter 1-0 Lille

LILLE, France - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) of Inter Milan competes for the ball against midfielder Florent Balmont of Lille in a Champions League game in Lille, France, on Oct. 18, 2011. Inter won 1-0.

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Japan industry minister Edano in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano speaks during a news conference in Paris on Oct. 18, 2011. Edano met with Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz and separately with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in the French capital the same day.

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Inter 1-0 Lille

LILLE, France - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan plays in a Champions League game against Lille in Lille, France, on Oct. 18, 2011. Inter won 1-0.

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Dragons win CL title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Players toss manager Hiromitsu Ochiai into the air after a 10-inning, 3-3 tie with the Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 18, 2011, as the Dragons took their second consecutive Central League baseball title.

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Japan Prime Minister Noda in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) arrives at Seoul air force base in the evening on Oct. 18, 2011. Noda plans to hold talks the following day with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, during which he will hand over five volumes of ancient Korean archives seized by Japan early last century in an attempt to boost bilateral relations.

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Dragons manager, wife celebrate CL title clinch

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (L front) and his wife Nobuko (R front) pose for photographs after jumping into the swimming pool of a Tokyo hotel where the Central League baseball club held a party from past midnight of Oct. 18, 2011, to celebrate their clinching of their second consecutive CL title.

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Japan industry minister Edano in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (R) shakes hands with Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz in Paris on Oct. 18, 2011, prior to their talks held on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency. In his conversation with the Turkish minister, Edano asked for Ankara to continue talks with Tokyo on a nuclear power plant deal in Turkey.

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - People hold on to a rope as they evacuate through floodwater in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 18, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Photo shows a flooded area in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 18, 2011.

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Sumo stablemaster suspected of assaulting wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows sumo stablemaster Kasugano, who was known as Tochinowaka during his wrestling days. Kasugano is being investigated over alleged physical abuse of three of his wrestlers, police sources said on Oct. 18, 2011. His stable is located in the Ryogoku district in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.

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NTT Docomo to boost smartphone lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold NTT Docomo Inc.'s Android-based smartphone models capable of using the company's high-speed data communication service called Xi in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011. NTT Docomo said it will expand its lineup of smartphones to counter competition with rivals selling the new Apple iPhone.

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Japan Prime Minister Noda in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) arrives at Seoul air force base in the evening on Oct. 18, 2011. Noda plans to hold talks the following day with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, during which he will hand over five volumes of ancient Korean archives seized by Japan early last century in an attempt to boost bilateral relations.

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Michelin gives top rating to 15 restaurants in western Japan

NARA, Japan - Chefs or owners of 15 restaurants hold oversized mock-ups of the 2012 Michelin guide for western Japan that covers Nara for the first time along with Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, during an event in Nara on Oct. 18, 2011. The 2012 guide awarded the highest three-star rating to the 15 restaurants.

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Michelin gives top rating to 15 restaurants in western Japan

NARA, Japan - Nobuharu Yamamura (L), owner of Japanese restaurant Wa Yamamura in Nara, holds an oversized mock-up of the 2012 Michelin guide for western Japan that covers Nara for the first time along with Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, during an event in Nara on Oct. 18, 2011. The 2012 guide awarded the highest three-star rating to 15 restaurants including Wa Yamamura. On the right is Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire.

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Emperor, empress thank defense force members back from U.N. missions

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C, facing forward) meets, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011, Self-Defense Forces and other personnel who have returned from U.N. peacekeeping missions overseas. Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko conveyed their appreciation to them. (Pool photo)

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - People hold on to a rope as they evacuate through floodwater in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 18, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - People hold on to a rope as they evacuate through floodwater in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 18, 2011.

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Pele in Japan, promotes World Cup in Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian football legend Pele (L) shakes hands with Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011. Pele, who is visiting Japan to promote the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil, handed Fujimura an ''invitation'' from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the people in Japan to come to the World Cup.

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China's economy grows 9.1% in July-Sept.

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces on Oct. 18, 2011, in Beijing that the Chinese economy grew 9.1 percent in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, down from 9.5 percent growth the preceding quarter. The growth rate has slowed for three consecutive quarters.

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Emperor, empress thank defense force members back from U.N. missions

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) meet, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011, Self-Defense Forces members and other personnel who have returned from U.N. peacekeeping missions overseas. The imperial couple conveyed their appreciation to them. (Pool photo)

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Japan quake-hit city desires pandas to be leased

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (L) and Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama shake hands at the Sendai city offices in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2011. The mayor of the city, which was hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, reiterated in a meeting with the ambassador the city's request for China to lease giant pandas to the city-run Yagiyama Zoological Park to cheer up local children affected by the disaster. The city made the request to the Chinese government earlier.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A worker removes radioactive substances, leaked from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, from the garden of a house in the Onami district in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 18, 2011. The city, which is situated about 60 kilometers from the nuclear plant, began implementing a major decontamination project the same day.

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PM Noda inspects decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) looks at a radiation dosimeter placed in the garden of a house in the Onami district in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 18, 2011. The prime minister the same day made his second visit to Fukushima Prefecture since taking office the previous month, to observe work to remove radioactive substances leaked from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers use water to remove radioactive substances, leaked from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, from the tiled roof of a house in the Onami district in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 18, 2011. The city, which is situated about 60 kilometers from the nuclear plant, began implementing a major decontamination project the same day.

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British MOX plant to be closed

LONDON, Britain - File photo taken in March 2011 shows facilities related to nuclear power in Sellafield, Britain. Ten Japanese electric power companies that operate nuclear power plants jointly covered the cost of renovating a Sellafield-based plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel. Now the British government-affiliated Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which runs the facility, has determined Japan will no longer need MOX fuel in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and has decided to close the reprocessing plant, industry sources said Oct. 18, 2011.

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Group of lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a suprapartisan group of lawmakers who make a point of visiting Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead as well as war criminals, follow a Shinto priest (front) to offer prayers at the shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2011, during its autumn festival. Sixty-eight member lawmakers of the group visited the shrine, according to the group. None of the participants hold Cabinet or other government posts.

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Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands at the ministry of foreign affairs and trade in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2011. Kim and Gemba agreed on the schedule for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's two-day visit to Seoul from Oct. 18, 2011, during which he will meet with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak.