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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns. (Pool photo)

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and his female mate Shin Shin. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns. (Pool photo)

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People look at male giant panda Ri Ri (L) and his female mate Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin (R) and her male mate Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and his female mate Shin Shin. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin (R) and her male mate Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Oma nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a nuclear power plant under construction in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, in October 2011. Electric Power Development Co. plans to resume construction of the plant by the end of 2012 in what would be the first such move since the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, sources said on Sept. 28, 2012.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area stretching from the town of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture (front), to the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture (back), on March 28, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 28, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Taiwan presidential candidate

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen speaks to Japanese media in Taipei on Sept. 28, 2011. Tsai, ahead of her trip to Japan, called for the issue of the disputed Senkaku Islands to be resolved peacefully and rationally, but she ruled out aligning with China over the matter.

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Tourists visit Gaddafi's former residence

TRIPOLI, Libya - Tourists visit a former residence of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli on Sept. 28, 2011. Anti-Gaddafi forces took over the area in late August.

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Ichiro fails to mark 11th straight season of 200 hits

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows batting by Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners in (from upper L to R) 2001 to 2005 and (from bottom L to R) 2006 to 2010, when Suzuki had 200 hits for 10 consecutive seasons, a major league record. Suzuki ended the season with 184 hits on Sept. 28, 2011, snapping the streak at 10.

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Ichiro goes hitless in last game of season

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki strikes out in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 28, 2011. Suzuki went 0-for-3 in a 2-0 loss by the Mariners, ending the season with 184 hits and a .272 batting average -- both career lows.

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke.

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Amazon's tablet computer

NEW YORK, United States - Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., introduces its tablet computer Kindle Fire in New York on Sept. 28, 2011. Amazon said the same day it will start shipping the new product in November in the United States.

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Sixth lake at foot of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows ''Lake Aka'' has reappeared for the first time in seven years in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. An area at the northern foot of Mt. Fuji famous for its five lakes has gained a sixth following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke.

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Amazon's tablet computer

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 in New York shows the Kindle Fire, a tablet computer of Amazon.com Inc. Amazon said the same day it will start shipping the new product in November in the United States.

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Residential area inundated a day after March 11 tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011 shows a residential area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated a day after the March 11 tsunami. A panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council compiled a final report on Sept. 28, 2011 on measures to cope with earthquakes and tsunami based on lessons learned from the tragedy.

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Myanmar refugees in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A married couple who are refugees from Myanmar attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Five families, including the couple's, arrived in Japan in 2010 as the first batch of 90 refugees from Myanmar that the Japanese government plans to accept from the Mera refugee camp in northwestern Thailand over a three-year period. The couple's family and another family have refused to work for a farm in Chiba Prefecture where they settled due to the working conditions.

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Operations of subway line resumed in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers wait for a subway train running on Line 10 at a station in Shanghai on Sept. 28, 2011, as the subway line operations resumed in the evening following a major accident on Sept. 27. A collision between two subway trains has left hundreds of people injured.

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ANA plane flew almost belly up after co-pilot error

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. Senior Executive Vice President Shin Nagase (R) bows in apology during a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. An ANA jetliner briefly flew almost belly up at a height of 10,000 meters off Shizuoka Prefecture due to co-pilot error on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Cockpit of Boeing 787

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the cockpit of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011. The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft arrived at the airport from the United States earlier in the day. All Nippon Airways Co. plans to deploy the Dreamliner from Oct. 26 between Narita airport outside Tokyo and Hong Kong in what will be its first commercial flights.

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Russia's Denisov in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Andrei Denisov (L), Russian first deputy foreign minister, arrives at Pyongyang international airport in North Korea on Sept. 28, 2011. Denisov is expected to hold talks with North Korea's first vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan and others.

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Wozniacki loses in 3rd round at Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns a shot against Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. The top seed Wozniacki lost to unseeded Kanepi 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.

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Panel calls for legal revisions for disaster prevention

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata (R), a professor at Kansai University who heads a panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council, hands a report to Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. In the report, the panel calls for reviewing disaster-related laws to maintain the functions of local governments and smooth long-distance evacuations if a massive natural disaster occurs.

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Kotoshogiku promoted to ozeki

MATSUDO, Japan - Kotoshogiku (2nd from L) bows as he is officially notified by the Japan Sumo Association of his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki at Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 28, 2011. He is the first Japanese wrestler to assume the ozeki rank in four years.

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Collective relocation proposed in tsunami-hit city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2011 shows a downtown area of the Ogatsucho district in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami. The hill seen in the background is a candidate site for proposed collective relocation for Ogatsucho residents. The district has lost more than 60 percent of its population since the disaster as many residents have moved out.

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PM Noda meets PNP leader Kamei

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Shizuka Kamei, leader of ruling coalition partner the People's New Party, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Noda and Kamei agreed on a third extra budget bill for fiscal 2011 and a tax hike plan to finance reconstruction following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sharapova advances to final 8 in Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Julia Goerges of Germany in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Shrapova advanced to the last 8 after beating Goerges 7-6(4), 7-6(4).

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1st of ANA's Boeing 787 at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s first all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, from the United States. The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft will make its world's first commercial chartered flight between Narita airport outside Tokyo and Hong Kong on Oct. 26.

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Sharapova advances to final 8 in Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Julia Goerges of Germany in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Shrapova advanced to the last 8 after beating Goerges 7-6(4), 7-6(4).

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1st of ANA's Boeing 787 at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s first all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, from the United States. In the background is the Tokyo Sky Tree telecommunications tower. The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft will make its world's first commercial charter flight between Narita airport outside Tokyo and Hong Kong on Oct. 26.

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Nuclear plant feasibility in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan Atomic Power Co. President Yasuo Hamada (R front) signs a contract with Vietnam Electricity Holding Co. at the head office of the Vietnamese company in Hanoi on Sept. 28, 2011, to conduct a feasibility study of the construction of two nuclear reactors in southern Vietnam.

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1st of ANA's Boeing 787 at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s first all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is about to land at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, after flying in from the United States. The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft will make its world's first commercial charter flight between Narita airport outside Tokyo and Hong Kong on Oct. 26.

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Emperor Akihito, Philippine President Aquino meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) head into a meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. (Pool Photo)

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Ceremony to mark 1st Boeing 787 delivery

EVERETT, United States - Employees of Boeing Co. attend a ceremony to celebrate the first delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. with the new aircraft (behind them) which was held adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled in Everett in the state of Washington on Sept. 26, 2011. The airplane is scheduled to arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, Japan time, as ANA plans to fly it on domestic routes from November.

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Ceremony to mark 1st Boeing 787 delivery

EVERETT, United States - Employees of Boeing Co. attend a ceremony to celebrate the first delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. with the new aircraft (behind them) which was held adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled in Everett in the state of Washington on Sept. 26, 2011. The airplane is scheduled to arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, Japan time, as ANA plans to fly it on domestic routes from November.

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Boeing 787 'Dreamliner'

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken Aug. 6, 2011, shows Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft called the ''Dreamliner'' in Everett in the state of Washington. All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to receive contractual delivery of the first 787 at the Boeing plant in the U.S. city on Sept. 25, 2011, Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a commemoration ceremony the next day. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sept. 28, Japan time. ANA plans to launch domestic flight services with the Dreamliner from November.

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Toyota to enter minivehicle market in cooperation with Daihatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Ichimaru (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and Koichi Ina, president of Daihatsu Motor Co., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2010. Toyota will start selling three types of minivehicles produced by its Daihatsu subsidiary in Japan under its own brand after the fall of 2011.

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Toyota to enter minivehicle market in cooperation with Daihatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Ichimaru (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and Koichi Ina, president of Daihatsu Motor Co., shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2010. Toyota will start selling three types of minivehicles produced by its Daihatsu subsidiary in Japan under its own brand after the fall of 2011.