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Denso unveils system using electric vehicles as part of power grid

NAGOYA, June 4 Kyodo - A Denso Corp. official explains the use of an electric vehicle as a storage battery for connection to the power grid during a press preview at its plant in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 28, 2015. Under the Pico Grid System for Light Electric Vehicles, they can also serve as power sources in blackouts during disasters and other contingencies, such as for lighting, computers and mobile phones.

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ASEAN-plus-3 nations sign emergency rice reserve pact

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano (C) signs the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve accord in Jakarta on Oct. 7, 2011. The 10 agriculture ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea signed the agreement to stockpile rice with the aim of aiding the signatories in the event of disasters or other contingencies.

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PM Kan speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2010. Kan said he instructed Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa to gather information and brace for contingencies, referring to North Korea's attack on South Korean waters and a populated island near the tense western sea border the same day.

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49 Athens shelters set for possible Olympics terror attacks

ATHENS, Greece - The Koridalos Prison in Piraeus, near Athens, one of the 49 places Greek security authorities have designated as shelters for athletes and other people in case of terror attacks or other contingencies related to the Aug. 13-29 Athens Olympics, is seen in photo taken July 19. Security sources said July 20 the shelters will be set up in hotels, hospitals, police stations and prisons.

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5 New Year revelers arrested in Tokyo's Shibuya

Police officers are deployed at the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on the night of Dec. 31, 2015 to provide for contingencies as thousands of youth gather there every New Year's Eve to count down the seconds to the new year. Police arrested two teens and three in their 20s on suspicion of assaulting riot police and mounting the roof of a police vehicle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 30, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, with the presence of a boat (front) of the Maritime Safety Agency to provide for contingencies involving people opposed to the relocation. Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended the same day an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 30, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, with the presence of boats (front) of the Maritime Safety Agency to provide for contingencies involving people opposed to the relocation. Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended the same day an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guam makes pitch for Japanese tourists despite N. Korea missile threat

Guam's lieutenant governor Raymond Tenorio speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2017. Tenorio asked Japanese people to visit the Pacific resort island despite North Korea's threat to fire missiles near the U.S. territory, saying Washington has completed preparations for any contingencies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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49 Athens shelters set for possible Olympics terror attacks

ATHENS, Greece - The Koridalos Prison in Piraeus, near Athens, one of the 49 places Greek security authorities have designated as shelters for athletes and other people in case of terror attacks or other contingencies related to the Aug. 13-29 Athens Olympics, is seen in photo taken July 19. Security sources said July 20 the shelters will be set up in hotels, hospitals, police stations and prisons. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2010. Kan said he instructed Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa to gather information and brace for contingencies, referring to North Korea's attack on South Korean waters and a populated island near the tense western sea border the same day. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN-plus-3 nations sign emergency rice reserve pact

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano (C) signs the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve accord in Jakarta on Oct. 7, 2011. The 10 agriculture ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea signed the agreement to stockpile rice with the aim of aiding the signatories in the event of disasters or other contingencies. (Kyodo)

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U.S.-Japan ties at "highest point" amid N. Korea woes

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty gives an interview to Kyodo News on Sept. 12, 2017, in Tokyo. Hagerty emphasized that relations between the two countries are "at the highest point," pledging Washington would protect Japan against any contingencies involving North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Japan ties at "highest point" amid N. Korea woes

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty gives an interview to Kyodo News on Sept. 12, 2017, in Tokyo. Hagerty emphasized that relations between the two countries are "at the highest point," pledging Washington would protect Japan against any contingencies involving North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Japan ties at "highest point" amid N. Korea woes

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty gives an interview to Kyodo News on Sept. 12, 2017, in Tokyo. Hagerty emphasized that relations between the two countries are "at the highest point," pledging Washington would protect Japan against any contingencies involving North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo