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Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo enters final day

SAPPORO, Japan - A group of dancers participates in a performance on the last day of the 23rd Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo on June 8, 2014. Around 27,000 people from some 270 groups took part in the five-day festival this year.

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Uchimura wins 6th straight NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Four-time world champion Kohei Uchimura cruises to a sixth consecutive men's individual all-around title at the NHK Cup on June 8, 2014, at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Uchimura was nearly flawless as he collected 181.050 points in the tournament.

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Hakuho, Harumafuji perform dohyo-iri at Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (R) performs the dohyo-iri ring-entering ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2014, before the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting Jan. 12. Around 2,800 people watched Hakuho and his fellow yokozuna Harumafuji perform the ritual in the drizzle.

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Two-tone pond

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, shows Mortar Pond, located at a height of around 1,600 meters, in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Local residents attribute the two-tone color of the pond to snow and sunlight.

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Two-tone pond

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, shows Mortar Pond, located at a height of around 1,600 meters, in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Local residents attribute the two-tone color of the pond to snow and sunlight.

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Olympus to cut 2,700 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Hiroyuki Sasa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Olympus announced a five-year business plan to cut around 2,700 jobs by March 2014 and scrap about 40 percent of its 30 plants worldwide by March 2015 to improve its financial standing following the revelation of its investment loss coverup.

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Uchimura wins 5th national title

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura performs his floor routine in the men's final at the national all-around gymnastics championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 8, 2012. The three-time all-around world champion captured his fifth consecutive national title.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.

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Dumping spoiled seafood

KESENNUMA, Japan - A truck transports spoiled seafood from food processing companies to dump into the sea in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 8, 2011. Some 32,000 tons of fish and seafood have been left in inactive refrigerators and freezers at around 50 local seafood companies due to power outages caused by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima children attend Saitama school

KAZO, Japan - Elementary school students from Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, who have evacuated from their homes due to radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, walk to their new school in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, for the first time on April 8, 2011. Around 170 elementary and middle school students attended the first day of school from their evacuation centers.

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Locals protest against Futemma transfer within Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Around 21,000 people gather to protest against the planned relocation of a U.S. military airfield within Okinawa Prefecture in Ginowan in the prefecture on Nov. 8, 2009, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Japan.