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ANA to earn 11 Haneda int'l slots vs. JAL's 5

NARITA, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 at Narita airport, near Tokyo, shows the tails of a Japan Airlines plane (front) and an All Nippon Airways plane. All Nippon Airways Co. will receive 11 slots in the expanded international flight schedule from March 2014 at Tokyo's Haneda airport and Japan Airlines Co. five, following ANA's call for a "fair" allocation compared to its publicly salvaged rival, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 2, 2013.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children enjoy in-line skating in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Amusement park in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows visitors having fun at Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang during night operations on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Amusement park in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows visitors having fun at Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang during night operations on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Actor Otaki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows veteran actor Hideji Otaki, who died on Oct. 2, 2012, at age 87.

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Mariners Iwakuma

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma pitches during a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Oct. 2, 2012. Iwakuma pitched six shutout innings in a 6-1 victory to earn his ninth win and finish his season with a 2.65 ERA, the lowest ever by a Seattle rookie.

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IMF chief Lagarde

WASHINGTON, United States - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde holds a poster at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Oct. 2, 2012, promoting the IMF annual meeting to be held in Tokyo from Oct. 9 to 14.

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Mariners Iwakuma

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma pitches during a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Oct. 2, 2012. Iwakuma pitched six shutout innings in a 6-1 victory to earn his ninth win and finish his season with a 2.65 ERA, the lowest ever by a Seattle rookie.

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IMF chief Lagarde

WASHINGTON, United States - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde speaks at a press conference at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Oct. 2, 2012. Lagarde prodded Japan and China to ease tensions over their territorial dispute, saying the shaky world economy needs the two Asian economic giants to support sustainable growth.

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United Continental CEO

CHICAGO, United States - United Continental Holdings Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek speaks during a press conference in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (L) and a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows Sharp Corp.'s Cocorobo cleaning robot on display at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (middle) sandwiched by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near Kuba Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Liechtenstein premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Liechtenstein's Prime Minister Klaus Tschutscher (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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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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Fighters clinch pennant

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters infielder Sho Nakata (R) and catcher Satoshi Nakajima (27) hug each other as they celebrate the team's pennant victory in Japanese professional baseball's Pacific League at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2012. The Fighters claimed their first title in three years without even having to suit up for a game, thanks to the Seibu Lions' 5-3 defeat to the Lotte Marines.

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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a Nissan Motor Co. booth demonstrating a system to charge a home appliance product using an electric vehicle's battery, at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Fighters clinch pennant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2012, shows the moment when the Nippon Ham Fighters clinched their pennant victory in Japanese professional baseball's Pacific League. The Fighters claimed their first title in three years without even having to suit up for a game, thanks to the Seibu Lions' 5-3 defeat to the Lotte Marines.

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Fighters clinch pennant

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters rookie manager Hideki Kuriyama is tossed up in the air at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2012, after the team clinched its pennant victory in Japanese professional baseball's Pacific League. Kuriyama became the first skipper in his first year to win the pennant since Seibu Lions' Hisanobu Watanabe achieved the feat in 2008.

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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a Panasonic Corp. rice cooker (R) and microwave oven, both of which can be controlled by a smartphone, on display at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (far L) and a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (2nd from L) near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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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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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a Toyota Motor Corp. booth demonstrating a system to charge a smartphone using an electric vehicle's battery at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a Toyota Motor Corp. electric vehicle on display at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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CEATEC high-tech fair

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows electric vehicles on display at the CEATEC Japan exhibition in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Travolta supports "miracle pine" preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken at the Rikuzentakata city office in Iwate Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012, shows an autographed picture of U.S. actor John Travolta with a handwritten message, received by the municipal government of the city ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The northeastern Japan city said it has received a message of support from Travolta for its efforts to preserve the "miracle pine" that survived the massive tsunami.

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Japan tests extraction of shale oil

YURIHONJO, Japan - Photo shows the Ayukawa oil and gas field in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. has begun test extraction of shale oil at the field in the first such trial in Japan.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Prince Alois in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (L) and Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito view an exhibition titled "Masterworks from the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein" at the National Art Center in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Support for Cabinet up slightly after reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C bottom row) and members of his Cabinet line up for group photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after a Cabinet reshuffle on Oct. 1, 2012. Public support for the Cabinet after it was reshuffled rose only slightly to 29.2 percent compared with 26.3 percent in September, while its disapproval rating was at 55.3 percent, down from 59.4 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Oct. 2, 2012.

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Japan tests extraction of shale oil

YURIHONJO, Japan - Photo shows the Ayukawa oil and gas field in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. has begun test extraction of shale oil at the field in the first such trial in Japan.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft that arrived at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft landing at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A residential area is seen in the background. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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Radiation survey in Fukushima no-fly zone

FUTABA, Japan - An unmanned helicopter flies over the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency surveyed aerial radiation levels in the 3-kilometer-radius no-fly zone over the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (below).

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft landing at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A residential area is seen in the background. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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Radiation survey in Fukushima no-fly zone

FUTABA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2012, shows an unmanned helicopter in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which flew the same day to survey aerial radiation levels in the 3-kilometer-radius no-fly zone over the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The survey was conducted by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

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Prince Alois in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (R) is greeted by Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at the crown prince's residence in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012. (Pool photo)

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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More Ospreys to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (2nd from front L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (2nd from front R) meet in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Robot calligraphy

CHIBA, Japan - A team of researchers at Keio University unveils a robot that it says reproduces brush strokes of eminent master Sado Juho at the CEATEC Japan information technology exhibition at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.