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JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

SENDAI, Japan - The weed-covered Tatsuta Station in the town of Naraha on the JR Joban railway line is seen in the upper photo taken on Sept. 26, 2012, while the photograph below taken on Sept. 4, 2014, shows the station looking normal as train runs between Tatsuta and Hirono Station, south of Naraha, resumed in June this year.

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Naraha town serves as storage site for nuclear waste

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of the Maehara district in the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture is seen in two contrasting photos, with the upper image taken on Feb. 26, 2012, and the lower one taken on Sept. 3, 2014. The lower photo shows part of farmland serving as a temporary storage site for nuclear waste generated in decontamination efforts following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show a coastal area of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The upper photo was taken on Sept. 26, 2012, one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the lower photo on March 3, 2014.

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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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Palestinian refugee camp

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Photo shows Shatila camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 26, 2012. It is known as one of the sites of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre.

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Noda's speech to U.N. General Assembly

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (bottom) addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2012. Noda called in his speech for strengthening the rule of law to resolve conflicts peacefully, amid territorial rows between Japan and its neighbors.

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Clinton, Thein Sein meet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) attends a meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Morsi speaks at U.N. assembly

NEW YORK, United States - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2012, for the first time since taking office in June.

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Anti-Japan protest in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese residents stage a demonstration in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 26, 2012, in protest at Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered a speech at the U.N. General Assembly that day.

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PM Noda in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers reporters' questions during a press conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Anti-Japan protest in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A man holds a placard during a demonstration in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 26, 2012. Chinese residents protest Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivered a speech at the U.N. General Assembly the same day.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits in the chair of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party at its headquarters in Tokyo after being elected leader of the major opposition party on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Noda speaks at U.N. assembly

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Noda speaks at U.N. assembly

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits in the chair of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party at its headquarters in Tokyo after being elected leader of the major opposition party on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Sadakazu Tanigaki, the outgoing president of the Liberal Democratic Party, after being elected leader of the main opposition party at its headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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PM Noda in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers reporters' questions during a press conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Demonstration in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - People participate in a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry in Athens on Sept. 26, 2012. A general strike took place in Greece the same day for the first time since Antonis Samaras took office as the country's prime minister to form a coalition government in June.

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Osprey U.S. military aircraft

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two of the U.S. Marine Corps' Osprey military aircraft fly in formation in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2012. The Japanese Defense Ministry notified local governments concerned the same day that the Osprey military aircraft will be deployed at its base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 28 or later.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits in the chair of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party at its headquarters in Tokyo after being elected leader of the major opposition party on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Osprey U.S. military aircraft

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two of the U.S. Marine Corps' Osprey military aircraft fly in formation in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2012. The Japanese Defense Ministry notified local governments concerned the same day that the Osprey military aircraft will be deployed at its base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 28 or later.

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Osprey U.S. military aircraft

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two of the U.S. Marine Corps' Osprey military aircraft fly in formation in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2012. The Japanese Defense Ministry notified local governments concerned the same day that the Osprey military aircraft will be deployed at its base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 28 or later.

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Tesla Motors' Model S

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the chassis of Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model S, powered by lithium-ion batteries, being unveiled to the press in Osaka on Sept. 26, 2012, ahead of its display to the general public from the following day to Oct. 2. The Japanese unit of the U.S. electric car venture planned the display to show the difference between an electric car and a gasoline-powered car, as it is set to launch sales of the sedan in Japan in 2013.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks after being elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party at the headquarters of Japan's main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledges applause after being elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party at the headquarters of Japan's main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after being elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party at the headquarters of Japan's main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after being elected as president of the Liberal Democratic Party at the headquarters of Japan's main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Card-free ATM

GIFU, Japan - A customer places her palm on the censor of an automated teller machine for identification at the Hashima city branch of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 26, 2012. The regional bank based in the prefecture started the same day operating ATMs for cash withdrawals, deposits and balance inquiries that do not require plastic cards but instead identify account holders by scanning their hands.

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Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (top) is carried by junior wrestlers of his stable after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Ozawa's appeal trial

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, arrives at the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012. An appeal trial started that day in a false political funds reporting case involving Ozawa.

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Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R), with his stable master Isegahama, lifts a sea bream in celebration after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (C), flanked by his stable master Isegahama (R) and Isegahama's wife, receives a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association officials in a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (2nd from L), flanked by his stable master Isegahama (3rd from L) and Isegahama's wife, receives a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association officials in a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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Taiwan boats return home from Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo shows a Taiwanese fishing boat at Nanfangao, a fishing port in northern Taiwan, in the early hours of Sept. 26, 2012, after it returning from a trip to a cluster of Taiwan-claimed Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea to assert Taiwanese fishermen's trawling rights in the rich fishing grounds.

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Taiwan boats return home from Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Chun-sheng (C), director of the Suao Fishermen's Association, holds a press conference with other members of the association at Nanfangao, a fishing port in northern Taiwan, in the early hours of Sept. 26, 2012, after returning from a trip in fishing boats to a cluster of Taiwan-claimed Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea to assert Taiwanese fishermen's trawling rights in the rich fishing grounds.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Hayashi filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara speaks during an event for LDP leadership election candidates to make speeches at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Ishihara filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Ishiba filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Abe filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Machimura filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara and Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, attend an event to make speeches at the headquarters of the main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. The five men filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, LDP presidential election.