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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a well-known luxury brand store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 20, 2010. China said the following day that its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Award-winning writer Harada dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Award-winning writer Yasuko Harada (in this August 2002 file photo) dies at a Sapporo hospital Oct. 20, 2009. She was 81.

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Hatoyama hits the stump for by-elections

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shields his eyes from the light during a stump stop near JR Yokohama Station in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2009. Hatoyama, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, visited the area to drum up support for his party prior to an upcoming House of Councillors by-election in the prefecture.

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Japan to issue more bonds in FY 2009 to cover tax revenue drop

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii gestures during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Fujii said that issuance of Japanese government bonds will likely rise from the 44 trillion yen initially projected in fiscal 2009 amid a sharp fall in tax revenues.

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Japan Post head Nishikawa announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa looks glum during a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Nishikawa announced his intention to step down amid calls for his resignation from the new government, which has adopted a policy to overhaul Japan's postal privatization.

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Japan Post head Nishikawa announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Nishikawa announced his intention to step down amid calls for his resignation from the new government, which has adopted a policy to overhaul Japan's postal privatization.

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Crown Price Naruhito on empress' birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and his daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009, to attend a birthday ceremony for Empress Michiko, who turned 75 the same day. (Pool photo)

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China 'strongly dissatisfied' with Uyghur activist's Japan visit

NARITA, Japan - Exiled Uyghur rights activist Rebiya Kadeer speaks to reporters at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 20, 2009. China said the same day it is ''strongly dissatisfied'' with Japan's decision to allow the activist, who it has accused of separatist activities, to visit the country.

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Gates, Okada meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates before their talks at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Gates called on Japan to implement the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan as agreed under a 2006 bilateral accord. (Pool photo)

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Suntory to put 'world's first' blue roses on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows off the world's first ''blue'' roses produced by a unit of beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. The roses, named ''blue rose applause,'' will be put on sale in eight major Japanese prefectures including Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi on Nov. 3.

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Suntory to put 'world's first' blue roses on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows off the world's first ''blue'' roses produced by a unit of beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. The roses, named ''blue rose applause,'' will be put on sale in eight major Japanese prefectures including Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi on Nov. 3.

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Hatoyama visits factory helping the disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visits a chalk factory of Nihon Rikagaku Industry Co. in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2009. Hatoyama's aide said the premier wished to visit the factory in which 32 of the 45 workers have mental disabilities. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama visits factory helping the disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) visits a chalk factory of Nihon Rikagaku Industry Co. in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2009. Hatoyama's aide said the premier wished to visit the factory in which 32 of the 45 workers have mental disabilities. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Toyota to launch hybrid-only Sai sedan in December

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils a new hybrid-only compact sedan, the Sai, in Nagoya on Oct. 20, 2009, which the Japanese automaker will launch in Japan on Dec. 7.

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Actress Tokiwa, director Nagatsuka to marry

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Japanese popular actress Takako Tokiwa, 37, and director and actor Keishi Nagatsuka, 34, who are engaged, sources familiar with them said Oct. 20, 2009.