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Hawks clinch 18th league title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama (C) and team players celebrate after defeating the Orix Buffaloes 2-1 to clinch the Pacific League championship at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 2, 2014. It was the Hawks' 18th league championship and the first since 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are carried into the spent fuel pool after being removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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Beauty salon at KidZania Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Girls play the role of beauty consultants and customers in a mock cosmetics store of Clinique Laboratories LLC at KidZania Tokyo, a job role-playing theme park for children, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. The beauty salon opened on Oct. 5, the fifth anniversary of the theme park's opening.

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Steve Jobs at iPad 2 unveiling event

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - File photo shows Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs speaking during an event to unveil the iPad 2 tablet computer in San Francisco on March 2, 2011. Jobs died Oct. 5, 2011, aged 56.

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Charity events in Libya to support civil-war soldiers

TRIPOLI, Libya - Goods including handmade T-shirts are sold during a charity event at a university in Tripoli on Oct. 2, 2011. Charity events have been held frequently in the Libyan capital to support soldiers who were injured and people who lost relatives in a civil war against forces loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Brewers take 2-0 lead over D-backs

MILWAUKEE, United States - Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy hits a squeeze bunt in the sixth inning of an MLB National League Division Series game at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 2, 2011. The Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 9-4 victory.

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Standard beat Lierse 2-0

LIERSE, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of Lierse in the Belgian first division dives for the ball in a soccer game against Standard in Lierse, Belgium, on Oct. 2, 2011. Standard won 2-0.

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Brewers' Saito earns 1st playoff win

MILWAUKEE, United States - Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Takashi Saito strikes out Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Gerardo Parra in the sixth inning of an MLB National League Division Series game at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 2, 2011. Saito entered the game for the sixth inning and earned his first MLB postseason win in a 9-4 victory. The Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series over the D-backs.

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Brewers' Saito earns 1st playoff win

MILWAUKEE, United States - Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks in MLB's National League Division Series game at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 2, 2011. Saito entered the game in the top of the sixth inning and earned his first MLB postseason win in a 9-4 victory. The Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series over the D-backs.

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Sameshima at French women's soccer

BONDOUFLE, France - Japan national team defender Aya Sameshima of Montpellier Herault SC plays the ball in a game against FCF Juvisy Essonne in division 1 of French women's soccer in Bondoufle, France, on Oct. 2, 2011. Montpellier lost the game 1-2.

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Sameshima at French women's soccer

BONDOUFLE, France - Japan national team defender Aya Sameshima (R) of Montpellier Herault SC competes for the ball against Emilie Trimoreau of FCF Juvisy Essonne in a game in division 1 of French women's soccer in Bondoufle, France, on Oct. 2, 2011. Montpellier lost the game 1-2.

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Pantu festival in Okinawa

MIYAKO, Japan - A man disguised as a demon slaps mud on residents to bring them good health during the Pantu festival on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 2, 2011.

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Electric car-share scheme in Paris

PARIS, France - Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2011 in Paris shows one of the stations involved in a test run of an electric car-share scheme called Autolib. The scheme is based on the Velib self-service rental bicycle system introduced earlier in the city as an environmentally friendly transport measure. The share scheme for EVs is the world's first, the city claims, and is scheduled to go into full-scale operation in the larger area of Ile-de-France in December.

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Pronuclear incumbent wins in Hokkaido mayoral election

IWANAI, Japan - Yuji Kamioka, the mayor of Iwanai town, Hokkaido, known as an advocate of restarting idled reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant, celebrates his reelection on Oct. 2, 2011, after seeing off the challenge of antinuclear candidate Miyuki Oishi. Kamioka secured a third four-year term after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant.

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AZ Alkmaar 3-1 VVV Venlo

VENLO, Netherlands - Maya Yoshida of Dutch first division side VVV Venlo plays in the first half of a soccer game against AZ Alkmaar in Venlo, the Netherlands, on Oct. 2, 2011. AZ Alkmaar won 3-1.

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Spain's Pedrosa wins Japan MotoGP

MOTEGI, Japan - Spain's Dani Pedrosa (L) celebrates after his MotoGP victory in the Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2011. To the right is Australia's Casey Stoner who came third.

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Baba wins 1st major at Japan Women's Open

NAGOYA, Japan - Yukari Baba celebrates after putting on the 18th hole of the final round of the Japan Women's Open at Nagoya Golf Club's famed Wago Course in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2011. Baba managed a par on the last hole to win by one stroke for her first major title.

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VVV Venlo's Cullen scores 1st goal of season

VENLO, Netherlands - Robert Cullen (L) of Dutch first division side VVV Venlo is seen in action during the first half of a soccer game against AZ Alkmaar in Venlo, the Netherlands, on Oct. 2, 2011. Cullen scored his first goal of the season in a 3-1 loss by Venlo.

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S. Korea's Bae wins Tokai Classic

MIYOSHI, Japan - South Korea's Bae Sang Moon holds the winner's trophy after picking up his second title on the JGTO Tour on Oct. 2, 2011, with a one-shot victory over Tadahiro Takayama at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture.

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Children's art show to encourage Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows pictures drawn by children from various countries and created to encourage disaster-hit Japan. The drawings are among 2,000 pictures and letters from children living in developing countries to be exhibited at an art show in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, 2011. Paintings of children in quake- and tsunami-hit Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures will be on display too.