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New sumo rankings for autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Endo holds a list of new sumo rankings at Oitekaze stable in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2013, as the Japan Sumo Association announced the rankings for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Endo, amateur champion in 2012, entered the makuuchi division after just three tournaments since making his debut, the fastest rise to the top flight since the start of the Showa Era.

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New sumo rankings for autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Endo points to his name on a new sumo rankings list at Oitekaze stable in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2013, as the Japan Sumo Association the announced the rankings for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Endo, amateur champion in 2012, entered the makuuchi division after just three tournaments since making his debut, the fastest rise to the top flight since the start of the Showa Era.

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Sakai blade forgers exploring export opportunities

OSAKA, Japan - Tadashi Enami, a craftsman of Sakai forged blades, hammers a hot steel sheet taken from a kiln at his factory in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Sakai blade forgers exploring export opportunities

OSAKA, Japan - Tadashi Enami, a craftsman of Sakai forged blades, works at his factory in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 2, 2012, shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are known in China as Diaoyu and in Taiwan as Tiaoyutai. It is one of the three uninhabited islands that the Japanese government purchased on Sept. 11. Dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters early on Sept. 25 off the island.

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Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows Kuba Island, one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese surveillance vessels entered Japan's territorial waters near the disputed islands in the early hours of Sept. 24, 2012, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are known in China as Diaoyu and in Taiwan as Tiaoyutai.

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Japan to bring Senkakus under state control

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of a group of Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan. The Japanese government has agreed with the family that owns the three islands in the Senkaku Islands group on its plan to bring them under state control, government sources said on Sept. 5.

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Japan to bring Senkakus under state control

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan. The Japanese government has agreed with the family that owns the Senkaku Islands on its plan to bring the three islands under state control, government sources said on Sept. 5.

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Sharapova advances to quarterfinals at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Russia's Maria Sharapova plays a return shot against her compatriot Nadia Petrova during a fourth round women's singles match at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York on Sept. 2, 2012. Sharapova won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Sharapova advances to quarterfinals at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Russia's Maria Sharapova plays a return shot against her compatriot Nadia Petrova during a fourth round women's singles match at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York on Sept. 2, 2012. Sharapova won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Sharapova advances to quarterfinals at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates her victory over compatriot Nadia Petrova in a fourth round women's singles match at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York on Sept. 2, 2012. Sharapova won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Takakura at Montreal film festival

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran Japanese actor Ken Takakura (C) receives applause from the audience after the screening of "Anata e" (Dearest), the movie in which he stars, in the World Competition category of the World Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducted an offshore inspection of the islands the same day as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Sharapova advances to quarterfinals at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Russia's Maria Sharapova sits out the rain during a fourth round women's singles match against her compatriot Nadia Petrova at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York on Sept. 2, 2012. The game was briefly suspended due to the rain. Sharapova won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Visit to burial site for Japanese in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Members of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, leave a corn field in Bupyong, a site believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea, on Sept. 2, 2012.

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People excited at Paralympics

LONDON, Britain - Family members smile with a British flag as they visit the Olympic Stadium in London on Sept. 2, 2012, for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.

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Russia commemorates victory over Napoleon

BORODINO, Russia - Russia's 1812 battle against French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is reenacted in Borodino, west of Moscow, on Sept. 2, 2012, in an event to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Russian victory.

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Japanese coin found at burial site in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows what appears to be a Japanese coin that North Korea said was discovered in a survey in March 2011 of a site in Bupyong, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea. A bag containing the coin was excavated there on Sept. 2, 2012. Characters such as "Dai-Nippon," loosely translated as great Japan, "Showa 16 nen," referring to a Japanese era and year equivalent to the year 1941, and "Issen," a small currency unit, are inscribed on the coin.

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Visit to burial site for Japanese in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (L), the head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer facing what are believed to be the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, excavated at a site in Bupyong, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea, on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Takakura at Montreal film festival

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran Japanese actor Ken Takakura answers reporters' questions at a press conference during the World Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 2, 2012, prior to the screening of "Anata e" (Dearest), the movie in which he stars, in the World Competition category.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team shortly after conducting an offshore inspection of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, with Kitakojima (L) and Minamikojima (R), part of the island group, shown in the background. The inspection was part of the metropolitan government's plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Buttons found at burial site for Japanese in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows buttons contained in a bag that was excavated the same day at a site in Bupyong, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Kitakojima, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The inspection was part of the metropolitan government's plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Minamikojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows birds on Kitakojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a small waterfall on Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard vessel patrols near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducts an offshore inspection near a cave on Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Kitakojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2012. He is considered a possible candidate in the main opposition party's presidential election.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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LDP presidential race

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara gives a speech in the city of Kagoshima on Sept. 2, 2012. Ishihara indicated that he intends to run in the main opposition party's presidential election.

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APEC meetings begin in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Senior officials from Pacific Rim economies attend a gathering on Sept. 2, 2012, on Russky Island off Vladivostok, to prepare for a two-day ministerial meeting from Sept. 5 of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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LDP presidential race

MORIOKA, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, the head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2012. Tanigaki said in an NHK program the same day that he will decide by the end of the ongoing Diet session on Sept. 8 whether to seek reelection.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of the its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.