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Whaling tradition in Japan communities

TOKYO, Japan - Whaling boats set off to sea at dawn as the whaling season begins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Mariners' Ichiro in loss to Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki catches a foul fly during the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Mariners lost 4-2.

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Ichiro 2-for-5

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single to second during the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-2.

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Ichiro 2-for-5

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single to second during the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-2.

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Ichiro 2-for-5

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single to second during the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-2.

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Angels' Matsui vs. Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) high-fives his teammate Mike Napoli after hitting a two-run homer against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Angels won 4-2.

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Angels' Matsui homers against Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run homer during the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Angels won 4-2.

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Angels' Matsui homers against Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run homer during the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Angels won 4-2.

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Angels' Matsui homers against Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run homer during the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Angels won 4-2.

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Angels' Matsui homers against Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run homer during the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Angels won 4-2.

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Ichiro 2-for-5

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center during the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-2.

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Mariners' Ichiro in loss to Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single during the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 1, 2010. The Mariners lost 4-2.

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Murofushi wins World Challenge

ZAGREB, Croatia - Koji Murofushi smiles as he wins the men's hammer throw for the second meet in a row at the IAAF World Challenge Zagreb on Sept. 1, 2010. The 2004 Olympic champion prevailed with an effort of 79.71 meters.

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Iraqi Vice President Hashimi in interview

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi poses during an interview in Baghdad on Sept. 1, 2010. Hashimi said it is hard to predict the time frame for founding a new government of Iraq.

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Kan-Ozawa face-off

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), Japanese prime minister, and Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight of Kan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, exchange pleasantries prior to a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sep. 1, 2010, after filing their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - The original former grand champion Wakanohana (C), whose nickname in the ring was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' is seen holding a trophy after winning the spring tournament in 1960. Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, died of kidney cancer Sept. 1, 2010 at the age of 82.

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Iraqi Vice President Hashimi in interview

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi poses during an interview in Baghdad on Sept. 1, 2010. Hashimi said it is hard to predict the time frame for founding a new government of Iraq.

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PM Kan to face Ozawa's challenge in DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (R), a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, walks past Naoto Kan, Japanese prime minister and DPJ president, prior to a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sep. 1, 2010. Ozawa and Kan filed their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Kan-Ozawa face-off

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan raises his fist at a gathering with his supporters in Tokyo on Sep. 1, 2010, after filing his candidacy for the Sept. 14 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, running against party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa.

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Kan vies against Ozawa in DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L) and his supporters raise their fists at a gathering in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after Kan filed his candidacy for the Sept. 14 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, running against party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa.

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Kan vies against Ozawa in DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and his supporters raise their fists at a gathering in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after Kan filed his candidacy for the Sept. 14 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, running against party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa shake hands after a joint news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after filing their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa take part in a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after filing their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

Tokyo, Japan - File photo taken in March 1992 shows the original former grand champion Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, who died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 1, 2010, at 82. Hanada, whose nickname was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' also served as a JSA chairman.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in race for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) makes way for Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa after a joint news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010. Kan and Ozawa filed their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa take part in a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after filing their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Spain PM vows reforms to allay concerns over fiscal health

TOKYO, Japan - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010. Zapatero said his government has been implementing austerity measures and various structural reforms to allay investors' concerns over his country's fiscal health.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a joint news conference with former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after they filed their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa vies in leadership race against Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sept. 1, 2010, after they filed their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Visitors view an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Children climb on top of an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa shake hands after a joint news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, after filing their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks to reporters after attending a nationwide disaster drill in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his supporters raise their fists during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his supporters raise their fists during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his supporters raise their fists during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Oil spill from aquarium

OTARU, Japan - Coast Guard members set up a fence to contain the spread of fuel oil spilled into the sea from Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Oil spill from aquarium

OTARU, Japan - Workers collect fuel oil spilled into the sea from Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Oil spill from aquarium

OTARU, Japan - Coast Guard members set up a fence to contain the spread of fuel oil spilled into the sea from Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Oil spill from aquarium

OTARU, Japan - Workers collect fuel oil spilled into the sea from Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2010.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads to a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Kan, Ozawa vie in leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads to a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, to launch his campaign in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ozawa filed candidacy the same day.

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - Firefighting volunteers explain to junior high school students how tools are used at disaster sites in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - High school students stack up flood prevention sandbags under instruction from ground troops in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers hold a meeting at Prime Minister Naoto Kan's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Disaster awareness

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads to a meeting with Cabinet ministers in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.