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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket ascends in the air at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012, after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite.

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Water observation satellite Shizuku

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the Shizuku, a water observation satellite under the Global Change Observation Mission, shown to reporters at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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Yukie Chiri memorial hall founded

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of the Ainu indigenous group perform a ceremony at a newly built hall to commemorate the work of Yukie Chiri, a pioneer in making written records of Ainu oral tradition, in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Sept. 17, 2010. The hall named ''Chiri Yukie Gin no Shizuku'' is scheduled to open from Sept. 19.

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Fruit tart using strawberries from Ehime Pref.

A fruit tart using "Akai Shizuku," a variety of strawberries produced in Ehime Prefecture, is shown in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015. Prefectural governments in Japan are aggressively promoting locally produced high-quality strawberries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yukie Chiri memorial hall founded

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of the Ainu indigenous group perform a ceremony at a newly built hall to commemorate the work of Yukie Chiri, a pioneer in making written records of Ainu oral tradition, in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Sept. 17, 2010. The hall named ''Chiri Yukie Gin no Shizuku'' is scheduled to open from Sept. 19. (Kyodo)

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket ascends in the air at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012, after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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Japan successfully launches satellites into orbit

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said they successfully launched into space the H-2A rocket carrying four satellites, including the agency's Shizuku climate change observation satellite and a South Korean multipurpose observation satellite. (Kyodo)

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Water observation satellite Shizuku

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the Shizuku, a water observation satellite under the Global Change Observation Mission, shown to reporters at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.(Kyodo)