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Universities active in development of new foodstuffs

SAGA, Japan - Takahiro Ogawa of venture firm Nokendo grows the salty vegetable Barafu in Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2009.

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Hatoyama speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Sept. 10, 2009. Hatoyama, who is set to become prime minister next week, said his administration will look into a purported secret Japan-U.S. pact on U.S. nuclear weapons.

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Hatoyama speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Sept. 10, 2009. Hatoyama, who is set to become prime minister next week, said his administration will look into a purported secret Japan-U.S. pact on U.S. nuclear weapons.

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Hatoyama speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Sept. 10, 2009. Hatoyama, who is set to become prime minister next week, said his administration will look into a purported secret Japan-U.S. pact on U.S. nuclear weapons.

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H-2B rocket on launch pad

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - An H-2B rocket, the first of its kind, is set at its launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2009. The rocket is scheduled to lift off 2:01 a.m. on Sept. 11 to carry Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle, the domestically made HTV single-use vehicle, to the International Space Station.

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Chinese soldiers practice for parade

BEIJING, China - Chinese soldiers practice marching in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2009, for the Oct. 1 military parade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

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Chinese soldiers practice for parade

BEIJING, China - Chinese soldiers practice marching in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2009, near a countdown board for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1.

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H-2B rocket on launch pad

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - An H-2B rocket, the first of its kind, is set at its launch pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2009. The rocket is scheduled to lift off 2:01 a.m. on Sept. 11 to carry Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle, the domestically made HTV single-use vehicle, to the International Space Station.

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Japan's Ishikawa in Korea Open golf

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the 11th hole in the first round of the Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on Sept. 10, 2009.

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Japan's Ishikawa in Korea Open golf

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa hits out of a bunker on the seventh hole in the first round of the Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on Sept. 10, 2009.

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DPJ's Okada, eco activists

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada (back row, C), secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Mizuho Fukushima (back row, 2nd from R), chief of the Social Democratic Party, pose for photographers in a House of Representatives building in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2009. Environmentalists in the group Make the Rule Campaign urged Okada and other DPJ lawmakers to follow up on a pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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DPJ's Hatoyama, Okada in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the party, head to a meeting with Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii in parliament on Sept. 10, 2009.

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Japan's Ishikawa in Korea Open golf

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa reacts after hitting his approach shot on the fifth hole in the first round of the Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on Sept. 10, 2009.

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N. Korea seeks 'fruitful ties' with Hatoyama gov't: Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2009.

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N. Korea No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2009.

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N. Korea No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2009.

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N. Korea seeks 'fruitful ties' with Hatoyama gov't: Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2009.

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H-2B rocket carrying cargo vehicle moved to launch pad

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - An H-2B rocket, the first of its kind, is set at its launch pad from an assembly building at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2009. The rocket is scheduled to lift off 2:01 a.m. on Sept. 11 to carry Japan's first unmanned cargo vehicle, the domestically made HTV single-use vehicle, to the International Space Station.

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Ishikawa at 1 under after 1st round of Korea Open

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the first hole in the first round of the Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on Sept. 10, 2009.