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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Fukushima

HIRONO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Japan's northeastern town of Hirono, damaged by the March 2011 disaster, on Sept. 17, 2014. After inspecting the disaster-hit area, Abe reiterated his willingness to promote its rehabilitation. (Pool photo)

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Court order over death of children in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Sendai District Court in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the court ordered a kindergarten in the prefecture, hit hard by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, to pay 177 million yen in damages over the deaths of four children in a school bus that was swamped by high waves. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Quake-tsunami debris incinerated in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows waste including debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at an incineration plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2012. Incineration of the debris began at the facility that day.

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Mongolian wrestling competition

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Wrestlers participate in the opening ceremony of a Mongolian national wrestling competition in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Sept. 17, 2011. The Guinness Book of World Records is expected to certify the 6,002 wrestlers who took part in the nine-day event through Sept. 25 as being the largest ever number for a wrestling competition.

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Novara's Morimoto scores 1st goal of season

CAGLIARI, Italy - Novara's Japanese forward Takayuki Morimoto (R) competes for the ball against defender Francesco Pisano in a Serie A match against Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy, on Sept. 17, 2011. Morimoto scored his first goal since transferring to the team in a 2-1 loss by Novara.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, raises his hand as he arrives at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Students burn Gaddafi's books

TRIPOLI, Libya - University students in Tripoli throw away and burn books by ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi on Sept. 17, 2011.

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North Korea's nuclear envoy

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, chief nuclear envoy of North Korea, arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 17, 2011.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Dutch East India Company warehouse rebuilt

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows a rebuilt 17th-century Dutch East India Company warehouse in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2011. A ceremony was held that day to mark the completion of the rebuilding project, and the facility was opened three days later as a tourist attraction.

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006.

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2011, shows the inside of Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, which opened the same day.

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors at Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, try making instant noodles on Sept. 17, 2011. The museum opened the same day.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Sony begins selling tablet computers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Customers (two people in the center) who bought Sony Corp.'s tablet computer in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2011, the date of its launch, are given prizes in a promotional event. Sony aims to become the leader in Android-based tablets and chase Apple Inc., maker of the popular iPad, in the broader tablet market.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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PlayStation Vita

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PlayStation Vita, a new video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the game unit of Sony Corp. SCE said Sept. 14, 2011, that it plans to release the game console in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011.

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Somalia appeals for urgent donor support amid severe drought

STORY: Somalia appeals for urgent donor support amid severe drought DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia 2. various of drylands in Somalia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia STORYLINE: "If the humanitarian response plan is not met, people will die as they died in 2011 when we lost almost 280,000 people," the Somali president's special envoy for drought relief said on Thursday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABDIRAHMAN ABDISHAKUR WARSAME, Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response of Somalia "The situation in Somalia is very critical and we are facing a dire situation. People who are affected by the drought are 7.7 million. They don't have homes. One million of them are displaced by the drought. The majority of them are children, women, and elderly peop

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Takeshita vows to set environment for return of Fukushima evacuees

Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita speaks in an interview at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015. He vowed to develop an environment that will enable evacuees to return to their hometowns hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA chief Amano speaks at discussion on Fukushima report

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, delivers a speech on Sept. 17, 2015, at a meeting in Vienna to discuss the IAEA's final report on the 2011 disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He expressed his belief that the report will be useful for all countries to improve the safety of nuclear power plants and stressed the importance of international cooperation to ensure nuclear power safety. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dutch East India Company warehouse rebuilt

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows a rebuilt 17th-century Dutch East India Company warehouse in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2011. A ceremony was held that day to mark the completion of the rebuilding project, and the facility was opened three days later as a tourist attraction. (Kyodo)

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Mongolian wrestling competition

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Wrestlers participate in the opening ceremony of a Mongolian national wrestling competition in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Sept. 17, 2011. The Guinness Book of World Records is expected to certify the 6,002 wrestlers who took part in the nine-day event through Sept. 25 as being the largest ever number for a wrestling competition. (Kyodo)

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Novara's Morimoto scores 1st goal of season

CAGLIARI, Italy - Novara's Japanese forward Takayuki Morimoto (R) competes for the ball against defender Francesco Pisano in a Serie A match against Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy, on Sept. 17, 2011. Morimoto scored his first goal since transferring to the team in a 2-1 loss by Novara. (Kyodo)

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Students burn Gaddafi's books

TRIPOLI, Libya - University students in Tripoli throw away and burn books by ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi on Sept. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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North Korea's nuclear envoy

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, chief nuclear envoy of North Korea, arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors at Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, try making instant noodles on Sept. 17, 2011. The museum opened the same day. (Kyodo)

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Sony begins selling tablet computers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Customers (two people in the center) who bought Sony Corp.'s tablet computer in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2011, the date of its launch, are given prizes in a promotional event. Sony aims to become the leader in Android-based tablets and chase Apple Inc., maker of the popular iPad, in the broader tablet market. (Kyodo)

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2011, shows the inside of Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, which opened the same day. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, raises his hand as he arrives at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions. (Kyodo)

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PlayStation Vita

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PlayStation Vita, a new video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the game unit of Sony Corp. SCE said Sept. 14, 2011, that it plans to release the game console in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Fukushima

HIRONO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Japan's northeastern town of Hirono, damaged by the March 2011 disaster, on Sept. 17, 2014. After inspecting the disaster-hit area, Abe reiterated his willingness to promote its rehabilitation. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Former U.N. reporter writes play, eyes Broadway

NEW YORK, United States - Abigail Somma (R), a first-time playwright and former reporter for Japanese dailies Yomiuri Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun, in discussion with Tom Herman on the set of her play, ''Beneath the Hush, a Whisper,'' at the WorkShop Theater Company in Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 17, 2011. Herman directed the play, which is about the United Nations. (Kyodo)

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Disaster-hit clock in northeastern Japan

Photo taken Sept. 17, 2020, inside a now-closed junior high school building in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city severely hit by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, shows a wall-hanging clock that has stopped since 2:46 p.m. that day.

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Rugby World Cup

Rui Horaguchi, a 17-year-old high school student in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan city severely damaged by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, is pictured on Sept. 13, 2019, at Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium, built on the former site of her elementary school, destroyed by the disaster. The stadium will host two Rugby World Cup matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup

Rui Horaguchi, a 17-year-old high school student in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan city severely damaged by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, is pictured on Sept. 13, 2019, at Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium, built on the former site of her elementary school, destroyed by the disaster. The stadium will host two Rugby World Cup matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup

Rui Horaguchi, a 17-year-old high school student in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan city severely damaged by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, is pictured on Sept. 13, 2019, at Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium, built on the former site of her elementary school, destroyed by the disaster. The stadium will host two Rugby World Cup matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire truck damaged in 2011 tsunami in Japan

A damaged fire truck is displayed at a facility called Iwate Tsunami Memorial in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2019. The fire truck was found in rubble after the March 11, 2011, natural disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo