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Crown prince meets ex-exchange program participants

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito shakes hands with a Swiss man who took part in a Japan-Switzerland bilateral project promoting exchanges of young people at a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 22, 2014.

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Japanese scientist eyes 'creature-like' robot in Switzerland

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese scientist Fumiya Iida shows a new "creature-like" robot he is developing at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, on Feb. 3, 2014. Iida is seeking to come up with a robot with kangaroo-like leaping powers, bee-like visual abilities and other functions of living things.

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Japan scientist working on "creature-like" robot

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese scientist Fumiya Iida talks about his robotics research during an interview on Feb. 3, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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PM Abe in Switzerland

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at a hotel in Zurich on Jan. 21, 2014. Abe was visiting Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Racing cyclist-turned-mechanic

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Koichi Nakano racing at the final of the 1983 world track cycling championships in Zurich, Switzerland. Nakano won an unprecedented seventh consecutive professional sprint gold medal at the event.

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Blatter wins 4th term as FIFA head

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sepp Blatter, who was reelected unopposed to his fourth straight term as FIFA president during the Congress of soccer's international governing body in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 1, 2011.

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Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

ZURICH, Switzerland - Three Zurich-based orchestras -- Tonhalle Orchestra, the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra -- hold a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The event attracted some 1,700 people in the audience and raised more than $110,000.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japan's 2022 World Cup bidding committee chief and FIFA board member Junji Ogura speaks to reporters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Dec. 2, 2010, after Japan lost the bid. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Japan pitches technology in bid to host soccer World Cup

ZURICH, Switzerland - Members of Japan's 2022 World Cup bid committee pose for photos as they make their final presentation, pitching the use of cutting-edge technology to host the tournament, in Zurich, Switzerland, on Dec. 1, 2010. They are (From L to R) Japan Football Association general secretary Kozo Tashima, 8-year-old actress Rio Sasaki, senior vice sports minister Kan Suzuki, bid committee chief and FIFA board member Junji Ogura and Sony Corp. Chairman and President Howard Stringer.

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Aso arrives in Switzerland for Davos economic forum

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrives at Zurich international airport Jan. 30 to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in the mountain resort of Davos.

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Fukuda arrives in Switzerland to attend forum

ZURICH, Switzerland - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 25 to attend an international forum in Davos and unveil Japan's new climate change initiatives as well as seek closer coordination with other economies on addressing financial market turbulence from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis.

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Japan's empress arrives in Zurich

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese Empress Michiko smiles at people on arrival at Zurich airport Sept. 28 to attend a jubilee congress in Basel commemorating the 50th anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).