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Winery in Osaka enters 101st year

OSAKA, Japan - Katashimo Wine Foods Co. President Toshihiro Takai reaches up to grapes in his vineyard in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014. The company's winemaking business entered its 101st year in 2015.

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Photographer documents life of ethnic Ainu for 30 years

KUSHIRO, Japan - Taka Maesawa, a photographer from Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, speaks in nearby Kushiro on Oct. 24, 2014, about her 110-page photo book documenting the life of the Ainu ethnic minority in the northernmost prefecture for more than 30 years since 1983.

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Japan astronomer urges galaxy observation in Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - Naomasa Nakai, a professor at Tsukuba University northeast of Tokyo and leading expert on black holes, poses in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014. He is calling for astronomical observations in Antarctica to find facts about galaxies.

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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Shintaro Tanaka (R), editor of Weekly NY Japion, a New York-based Japanese community paper, and NY Japion President Hitoshi Onishi, hold copies of Weekly NY Japion and Chopsticks NY, respectively, in New York on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Kagoshima assembly to approve Sendai plant resumption

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Sendai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito will approve the restart of two reactors at the plant on Nov. 7 to complete the process of securing local approval for the resumption.

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Resumption of Sendai reactors to be approved

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, shows the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A prefectural assembly panel will approve the resumption of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors on Nov. 6.

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Hello Kitty convention to be held in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, United States - Women pose with big Hello Kitty slippers at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2014, when guests were invited to the first-ever Hello Kitty Convention a day before the event starts for a four-day run. The convention will be held to celebrate Hello Kitty's 40th birthday.

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Volunteer helps spectator find seat at Asian Paralympics

INCHEON, South Korea - A volunteer worker (R) helps a spectator find her seat at a stadium for the Asian Paralympics in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Japanese anime exhibition in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Visitors to the "JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters" exhibition in Havana pose for photos, dressed up in the costumes of Japanese anime characters, on Oct. 24, 2014. The exhibition, organized by the Japan Foundation, began that day and will run until Nov. 15 in the Cuban capital.

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Japanese anime exhibition in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Visitors look at a model of Ultraman, a superhero from a Japanese television series, displayed at the "JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters" exhibition in Havana, on Oct. 24, 2014. The exhibition, organized by the Japan Foundation, began that day and will run until Nov. 15 in the Cuban capital.

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Japan woman conductor directs concert at Vatican church

VATICAN CITY, Vatican - Japanese conductor Tomomi Nishimoto (far R) directs the first concert by her IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vatican City-based Sistine Chapel Choir at a mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Japan woman conductor directs concert at Vatican church

VATICAN, Vatican - Japanese conductor Tomomi Nishimoto directs the first joint concert by her IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vatican City-based Sistine Chapel Choir at a mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Sony's perfume-bottle shaped 'selfie camera'

SHANGHAI, China - A woman holds Sony Corp.'s KW1, a compact digital camera that looks like a perfume bottle featuring functions to take self-portraits, at a trade show held by Sony in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Monument for WWII Nazi deserters unveiled in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - A monument for Nazi army deserters during World War II is unveiled in front of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on Oct. 24, 2014. Seen from above, the X-shaped monument is embedded with the word "alone" in the center surrounded by "all" written many times, suggesting how an individual should behave under dictatorship.

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Japanese artist Akagi gets Chevalier order from France

PARIS, France - France-based Japanese artist Kojiro Akagi (R) receives the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government on Oct. 24, 2014, in a ceremony in Paris. Akagi is known for his landscape paintings of the French capital.

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Autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji peninsula

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2014, shows autumn leaves on a boot-like peninsula on Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters occupy an area, with one of them delivering a speech, in the Mongkog shopping district of Hong Kong on Oct. 24, 2014.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Police officers stand guard in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on Oct. 24, 2014. Mongkok is one of three sites in the territory where pro-democracy students are holding nearly month-long occupation protests.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - A man yells at pro-democracy protestors in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on Oct. 24, 2014.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Police officers gather in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on Oct. 24, 2014. Mongkok is one of three sites in the territory where pro-democracy students are holding nearly month-long occupation protests.

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Preview of 'Tunnel of Light' illumination in Kuwana

NAGOYA, Japan - People walk in the 200-meter-long "Tunnel of Light" in the Nabana no Sato botanical park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, on the eve of the opening of the park's winter light show. The attraction employs light-emitting diodes.

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Proton therapy clinical trial for breast cancer to begin

FUKUI, Japan - Kazutaka Yamamoto, head of the Proton Therapy Center at the Fukui Prefectural Hospital, displays a brassiere designed for treatment of women with breast cancer and other equipment in Fukui city, Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. The center will begin the first clinical trial on the use of protons for treatment of breast cancer in Japan.

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Georgian president in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili after a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Oct. 24, 2014, shows members of the People's Liberation Army aligning at Beijing's Tiananmen Square amid a haze due to severe air pollution.

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Georgian president in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from front, R) holds talks with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (3rd from front, L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Georgian president in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili at a signing ceremony at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Preview of 'Niagara Falls' illumination in Kuwana

NAGOYA, Japan - People gather in front of the "Niagara Falls" attraction at the Nabana no Sato botanical park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, on the eve of the opening of the park's winter illumination event. The display consists of light-emitting diodes and is more than 100 meters wide.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A central part of Beijing is hazy due to severe air pollution on Oct. 24, 2014.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters carry lumber for use in reinforcing their barricades in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong before dawn on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Tokyo 2020 President Mori unveils cost estimate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, delivers a speech in the Japanese capital on Oct. 24, 2014, saying that nearly 1 trillion yen will be needed to implement the initial construction plan for the event.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters reinforce their barricades in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong before dawn on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Heads of local governments with World Heritage sites gather in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Heads of 26 municipalities, which have UNESCO-designated World Heritage sites, from 17 Japanese prefectures gather in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, to discuss how to preserve and utilize the sites.

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Japanese activists fighting against "maternity harassment"

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, the head of Matahara Net, a group supporting victims of "maternity harassment," or pregnancy discrimination, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014, the day after a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in favor of a woman demoted due to pregnancy.

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Road blocked due to volcano eruption alert

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A road is blocked in Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, due to a volcanic warning for Mt. Iwo.

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Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Shoji Takeuchi holds a bottle containing an artificial joint at the university's Institute of Industrial Science in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Oct. 24, 2014. A team led by Takeuchi has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells. The team attached two artificial muscle tissues to either side of a 2-centimeter-long artificial joint and was able to contract and stretch them smoothly by applying an electric stimulus.

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Autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji peninsula

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2014, shows autumn leaves on a boot-like peninsula on Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. Mt. Nantai is seen in the back.

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Warning issued against possible eruption of Mt. Iwo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mt. Iwo in southern Kyushu is photographed from a helicopter flying over Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. The city imposed a 1-kilometer exclusion zone in the area the same day, following a volcanic warning issued by the meteorological authority. The nearby Fudo pond is seen in the background.

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Toji temple shows 'mandala' symbols to press

KYOTO, Japan - "Kongokai" of the Ryogai Mandala-zu portraying the Buddhist universe is shown to the press at the Kanjoin hall of the World Heritage Toji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Japan strengthens border control over Ebola

NARITA, Japan - An immigration officer (L) asks a man seeking to enter Japan whether he has stayed in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone or the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days, at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014. Japan strengthened its airport quarantine system the same day to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.

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Toji temple shows 'mandala' symbols to press

KYOTO, Japan - "Taizokai" of the Ryogai Mandala-zu portraying the Buddhist universe is shown to the press at the Kanjoin hall of the World Heritage Toji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji peninsula

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2014, shows autumn leaves on a boot-like peninsula on Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Newly built patrol boat 'Matsushima' displayed to press

SENDAI, Japan - The Miyagi office of the Japan Coast Guard displays to the press the newly built patrol vessel "Matsushima" with enhanced disaster-response equipment at the Port of Sendai-Shiogama in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Photo of Xi holding umbrella wins grand prize in China

BEIJING, China - A picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping holding an umbrella, seen at left in this photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, wins the first prize in the photo division of the news coverage awards in China. The photo was taken by Xinhua News Agency in July 2013 in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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Large pillar from Yayoi era at Karako-Kagi site shown for 1st time

NARA, Japan - A woman on Oct. 24, 2014, points at a reconstructed model of a building from the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300) to show part of a large pillar excavated at the Karako-Kagi site in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture in western Japan. The first public exhibition of the pillar, one of the largest found from that era, began on Oct. 25.

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Quake-sensitive circuit breakers tested for effectiveness

SOKA, Japan - Circuit breakers equipped with earthquake sensors are tested by the Cabinet Office in a simulation of a temblor to ensure their effectiveness on Oct. 24, 2014, in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. All eight breakers were activated properly.

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Georgian president in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) meets with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Quake-sensitive circuit breakers tested for effectiveness

SOKA, Japan - Circuit breakers equipped with earthquake sensors are tested by the Cabinet Office in a simulation of a quake to ensure their effectiveness on Oct. 24, 2014, in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. All eight types of breakers were activated properly.

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Georgian president meets Japan's imperial couple

TOKYO, Japan - Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (3rd from L) and his wife Maka Chichua (3rd from R) meet with Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Infants in ancient costumes parade at west Japan temple

YONAGO, Japan - Many infants clad in ancient costumes walk with their parents in a procession on the approach to the Daisen-ji Buddhist temple on the slopes of the Daisen mountain in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, as part of the temple's autumn festival on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Circuit breaker with quake sensor activates to prevent fires

SOKA, Japan - A circuit breaker that can detect earthquakes and cuts the flow of electricity to help prevent fire is shown in this photo. The breaker properly worked during a test on Oct. 24, 2014.