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Nomo as Baseball Hall of Fame candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Nomo, who became the first Japanese candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States, eligible to be inducted in 2014, shows a fork ball grip during an interview on Oct. 29, 2013 in a Tokyo hotel.

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Sign language campaigner

TOTTORI, Japan - Daigo Ishibashi, secretary general of the Tottori association of organizations for deaf-mutes, gives an interview on Oct. 29, 2013 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, speaking using signs about his efforts to have a sign language promotion ordinance passed. The Tottori prefectural assembly passed Japan's first ordinance of its kind in early October 2013.

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Foley commemoration

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial at the Capitol building in Washington on Oct. 29, 2013, for Thomas Foley, former U.S. House of Representatives speaker and ambassador to Japan.

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100 days before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A countdown ceremony is held to mark 100 days before the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Bayblade game

NEW YORK, United States - Children play videogame Beyblade Evolution in New York on Oct. 29, 2013, released in the United States the same day and featuring the Japan-originated Beyblade spinning top.

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Japan prime minister in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a joint press conference in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Japan prime minister in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a joint press conference in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Japan prime minister in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Japan prime minister in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before their meeting in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Bosporus subway

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a ceremony in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013, marking the opening of a subway system under Bosporus Strait that was partly financed by Japanese yen loans.

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N. Korean soccer kids in Spain

BARCELONA, Spain - A group of North Korean boys aged 10-11 sent by their home country for soccer training arrive at Barcelona airport in Spain on Oct. 29, 2013. At center in front is Jose Ignacio Marcet, head of their host training organization Fundacion Marcet in Barcelona.

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S. Korean foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se speaks in a meeting with Japanese and South Korean media representatives in Seoul on Oct. 29, 2013. Yun said he sees "no light at the end of the tunnel" in the strained ties between Seoul and Tokyo despite what he describes as President Park Geun Hye's efforts to improve bilateral relations.

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Bosporus subway

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (6th from R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (4th from R) attend a ribbon-cutting during a ceremony in Istanbul on Oct. 29, 2013, marking the opening of a subway system under Bosporus Strait that was partly financed by Japanese yen loans.

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IAEA, Iran

VIENNA, Austria - Reza Najafi (L), Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta hold a press conference in Vienna on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Bosporus subway

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 29, 2013, marking the opening of a subway system under Bosporus Strait that was partly financed by Japanese yen loans.

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Bosporus subway

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 29, 2013, marking the opening of a subway system under Bosporus Strait that was partly financed by Japanese yen loans.

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Mongolian president visits Panmunjom

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (2nd from R, front row) and his entourage visit the truce village Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea on Oct. 29, 2013. The president was visiting North Korea.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2013, shows the location where a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists the previous day, leaving five people dead, in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. A portrait of Mao Zedong, founder of Communist China, is seen in the background.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - Police officers patrol in rows near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, the day after a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists nearby, leaving five people dead.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2013, shows an area in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, where a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists the previous day, leaving five people dead.

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Salmon in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A salmon heads upstream for breeding on a river in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Salmon in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Salmon jump over a weir on a river in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Oct. 29, 2013, to head upstream for breeding.

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Net retailer Mikitani

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., attends a meeting of the government's Industrial Competitiveness Council in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2013.

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Tiananmen car crash

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, the day after a sport utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists nearby, leaving five people dead.

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Olympic symbol at Sochi station

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows the Olympic symbol set up at Sochi station, Russia, on Oct. 29, 2013, about 100 days before the Feb. 7 start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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Ex-PM Koizumi meets with SDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Tadatomo Yoshida, leader of the Social Democratic Party. Yoshida said Oct. 29, 2013, that Koizumi showed a cautious attitude about allying with his party in calling for Japan to phase out nuclear power generation when they held talks in Tokyo the same day.

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Ex-PM Koizumi meets with SDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tadatomo Yoshida, leader of the Social Democratic Party, speaks with reporters after holding talks with former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2013. Yoshida said Koizumi showed a cautious attitude about allying with the opposition party in calling for Japan to phase out nuclear power generation.

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Tiananmon Square

BEIJING, China - Photo shows a police vehicle near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, a day after a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists and caught fire in the square, leaving at least five people dead.

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Tiananmon Square

BEIJING, China - Potted trees are placed on the site at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, where a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists and caught fire in the square, leaving at least five people dead a day earlier.

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Tiananmon Square

BEIJING, China - Tourists visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, a day after a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists and caught fire in the square, leaving at least five people dead.

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Tiananmon Square

BEIJING, China - Tourists visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, a day after a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists and caught fire in the square, leaving at least five people dead.

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Tiananmon Square

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2013, a day after a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of tourists and caught fire in the square, leaving at least five people dead.

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Nintendo 2DS

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a new game console called the Nintendo 2DS. Nintendo Co. said on Aug. 29, 2013, it will launch the 2DS, a cheaper version of its 3DS portable game console, on Oct. 12 in the United States and Europe.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses to integrate cash markets by July 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. President Michio Yoneda attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. said the same day they will integrate their cash equity markets into the TSE by July 2013 after their merger on Jan. 1, 2013.