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Coastal breakwater rebuilding in progress in north Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The severed coastal breakwater (L) in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2011, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region. Rebuilding of the breakwater in the same area (R) is in progress on Sept. 3, 2014.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Harvest moon over "miracle pine"

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 19, 2013, shows a harvest moon above the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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Australian swimmer Palfrey

HAKODATE, Japan - Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey (L) and her husband Chris pose for photos in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19, 2011, a day before their challenge to swim across the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's largest main island Honshu and northernmost main island Hokkaido. Palfrey, who is trying to achieve solo-swimming across the seven major channels in the world, conquered the Japanese channel, her sixth, on the following day, leaving only one more to go to accomplish the feat called the ''Ocean's Seven.'' Chris Palfrey attempted to cross the Tsugaru Strait via a different route but failed to complete the swim.

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Internet cafe in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - A man looks at the website of the Democratic Voice of Burma, managed by exiled Myanmar activists, at an Internet cafe in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 19, 2011. The government of Myanmar has eased Internet regulations, allowing users to visit previously banned sites such as those of the DVB, CNN and YouTube.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki rounds first base after hitting a run-scoring double down the left-field line in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Japanese antinuclear citizens groups on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, United States - Sachiko Sato (R), a member of the Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation, speaks at a briefing session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 19, 2011. Members of Japanese antinuclear citizens groups including the network staged a rally there the same day, urging U.S. citizens to learn lessons from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring double down the left-field line in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles to right in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Japan business delegation in India

NEW DELHI, India - Tadashi Okamura (R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, shakes hands with Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of DMIC Development Corp., in New Delhi on Sept. 19, 2011. A Japanese business delegation led by Okamura met with top executives of DMIC Development the same day and expressed interest in participating in an Indian government project to build an industrial zone extending from New Delhi to Mumbai.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Baruto defeats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) beats sekiwake Kisenosato with an overarm throw at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011, on the ninth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Hosono at IAEA confab

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear accident, delivers a speech at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference in Vienna on Sept. 19, 2011. Hosono said at the annual conference of the international nuclear watchdog that Japan aims to bring the crisis-hit Fukushima plant to a ''cold shutdown'' by year-end, moving up the deadline from mid-January 2012.

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Antinuclear power protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People attend an antinuclear power protest rally held at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011. The rally was the largest in the country since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Novelist Oe speaks at antinuclear power event

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe delivers a speech at an antinuclear power plant protest gathering at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011.

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Academic seminar in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo shows an academic seminar held in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2011. The event, organized by the China Institute of International Studies, was held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the adoption of a landmark 2005 agreement among six nations over the denuclearization of North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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PM Noda visits Nissan plant

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) listens to an explanation about the motor for electric vehicles at the Yokohama plant of Nissan Motor Co. in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2011. Nissan President Carlos Ghosn (C) accompanied Noda. The prime minister told reporters afterwards that in the third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011, he plans to substantially increase the subsidy for building plants in the country. (Pool Photo)

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Hakuho beats Tochinoshin

TOKYO, Japan - Lone grand champion Hakuho (R) of Mongolia pushes Georgian Tochinoshin out of the ring at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011, on the ninth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Academic seminar in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R), Wu Dawei (C), China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, and Ri Yong Ho (L), a North Korean vice foreign minister, attend an academic seminar in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2011. The event, organized by the China Institute of International Studies, was held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the adoption of a landmark 2005 agreement among six nations over the denuclearization of North Korea.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps) including Kazuya Suzuki (3rd from R, front row) arrive at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.