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Dice-K to make return to majors on Sept. 15

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka plays catch before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on Sept. 11, 2009. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Matsuzaka, who was placed on the disabled list with weakness in his right shoulder on June 20, will make his long-awaited return to the mound in a start against the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 15.

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Lantern floating event held on Hudson River for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Paper lanterns are floated down the Hudson River in a memorial event Sept. 11, 2009, for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.

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Japanese gospel singers offer concert for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a group of female Japanese gospel singers, Kokoro, who gave a memorial concert at a New York hall Sept. 11, 2009, for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.

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Orioles' Uehara shut down for season

NEW YORK, United States - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara tells reporters at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 11, 2009, that he will miss the rest of the season due to lingering soreness in his right elbow.

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Italian president hopes to see Japan's political change

ROME, Italy - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Rome on Sept. 11, 2009, prior to his four-day visit to Tokyo beginning Sept. 16. Napolitano said he will be traveling to Japan to see at first hand the recent change in Japanese politics.

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Russia's Kanayeva wins Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

ISE, Japan - Olympic champion Yevgenia Kanayeva of Russia performs with the ribbon during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships individual all-around final at Mie Prefectural Sun Arena in Ise, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2009. Kanaeva won the gold.

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Investment firm announces tender offer for Yoshimoto shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei (L), president of investment firm Quantum Entertainment and former chairman of Sony Corp., shakes hands with Hiroshi Oosaki, president of talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. They announced that Quantum Entertainment will buy at least 70% of all outstanding Yoshimoto shares in a takeover bid.

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Hatoyama's son in Moscow drawing media attention

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama, the eldest son of Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama, smiles during an interview with Kyodo News at Moscow State University in Moscow on Sept. 11, 2009. A visiting lecturer at the university, he has received numerous requests for interviews from media organizations since the DPJ's landslide victory in the Aug. 30 general election.

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Ukraine's Bessonova wins bronze at Rhythmic Gymnastics

ISE, Japan - Ukraine's Anna Bessonova performs with the ball during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships individual all-around final at Mie Prefectural Sun Arena in Ise, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2009. Bessonova won the bronze.

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Sugiyama returns from U.S. after announcing her retirement

NARITA, Japan - Japanese tennis player Ai Sugiyama speaks about her retirement announcement during a news conference at a hotel in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 11, 2009, after returning from the United States. On Sept. 9, Sugiyama said in New York that she will call time on her playing career at the end of this season.

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Russia's Kanayeva wins Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

ISE, Japan - (From L to R) Silver medalist Daria Kondakova, gold medalist Yevgenia Kanayeva, both from Russia, and bronze medalist Anna Bessonova of Ukraine pose during the medal ceremony for the individual all-around final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships at Mie Prefectural Sun Arena in Ise, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2009.

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Okada, U.S. envoy Roos agree to deepen bilateral ties

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009, before their talks. Okada has been picked for the post of foreign minister in the government of presumptive Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Ishikawa loses further ground at Korea Open

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the seventh hole in the second round of the Korea Open golf tournament at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club on Sept. 11, 2009. Ishikawa fell six strokes behind leader Michael Wright of Australia.

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Policyholders' data likely leaked by outsource employees: Alico

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyuki Takahashi (C), a representative of Insurer Alico Japan, speaks about the company's in-house probe into a large leak of its customers' credit information at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. Takahashi said it was highly likely that the leak occurred through fraudulent access by employees at a company working on behalf of Alico Japan.

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Hatoyama heads for DPJ headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan and prime minister in waiting, heads to the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009.

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Chopper crashes in Gifu during rescue attempt, 3 aboard killed

GIFU, Japan - The wreckage of a Gifu Prefecture fire department helicopter burns on Mt. Okuhotaka in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2009 after it crashed during a mission to rescue a climber. All three people on board were killed.

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Japan successfully launches new rocket

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - An H-2B rocket successfully launches from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2009. The rocket was carrying an unmanned transportation vehicle to be used to supply the International Space Station, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA.

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Dollar falls to 7-month low in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passes by an electric board at a securities company in Tokyo's Higashi-Shimbashi business district showing the U.S. dollar dropping to a seven-month low at the upper 91 yen level on the morning of Sept. 11 , 2009. Hitting a fresh seven-month low of 91.41 yen in local trading in New York on Thursday, the dollar continued to fall in Tokyo morning trading, briefly hitting 91.24 yen.