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Tokyo stocks end 2004 higher on hopes of brighter outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Officials at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and stocks brokerage employees applaud during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the TSE in central Tokyo on Dec. 30. The key Nikkei stock index closed at a five-and-a-half-month high, with investors showing a strong appetite almost across the board on expectations that the outlook for the stock market will be brighter next year.

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Astronaut Furukawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2012. He returned to Earth in November 2011 aboard a Soyuz space capsule after completing a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from the reentry capsule of a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, after the spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is seen smiling at 8:56 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, while being carried from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Ground support vehicles stand by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R) is carried by compatriot astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L) and others from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, with the reentry capsule of the spacecraft shown in the background. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 9 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, to receive medical checkups. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A ground support vehicle stands by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 6, 2011, shows Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Furukawa -- returned to Earth on Nov. 22, 2011, landing on a plain in Kazakhstan after the three completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Message of support from Houston

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks in a teleconference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, on a television screen at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on March 22, 2011. Furukawa, who is slated to launch a five-and-a-half-month-long mission at the International Space Station in May, sent a message of support for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, saying, ''I want children in Tohoku (northeastern Japan) to know that if you make efforts little by little, things will be better tomorrow than today, and better the day after tomorrow than tomorrow, and those efforts will accumulate and become a big power.''

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Tokyo stocks end 2004 higher on hopes of brighter outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Officials at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and stocks brokerage employees applaud during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the TSE in central Tokyo on Dec. 30. The key Nikkei stock index closed at a five-and-a-half-month high, with investors showing a strong appetite almost across the board on expectations that the outlook for the stock market will be brighter next year. (Kyodo)

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Message of support from Houston

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks in a teleconference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, on a television screen at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on March 22, 2011. Furukawa, who is slated to launch a five-and-a-half-month-long mission at the International Space Station in May, sent a message of support for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, saying, ''I want children in Tohoku (northeastern Japan) to know that if you make efforts little by little, things will be better tomorrow than today, and better the day after tomorrow than tomorrow, and those efforts will accumulate and become a big power.'' (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R) is carried by compatriot astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L) and others from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, with the reentry capsule of the spacecraft shown in the background. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is seen smiling at 8:56 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, while being carried from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 9 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, to receive medical checkups. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from the reentry capsule of a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, after the spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Ground support vehicles stand by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - A ground support vehicle stands by at 6:40 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, for a Soyuz spacecraft to land, which was carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 6, 2011, shows Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts -- American Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov of Russia and Furukawa -- returned to Earth on Nov. 22, 2011, landing on a plain in Kazakhstan after the three completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronaut Furukawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2012. He returned to Earth in November 2011 aboard a Soyuz space capsule after completing a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronaut Norishige Kanai

Astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at an event with children in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2018, about his experiences during his five-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Norishige Kanai

Astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at an event with children in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2018, about his experiences during his five-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at a debrief session in Tokyo on July 26, 2018. Kanai returned to Earth in early June after completing a five-and-a-half month mission at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks at a debrief session in Tokyo on July 26, 2018. Kanai returned to Earth in early June after completing a five-and-a-half month mission at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronauts' return to Earth

Photo taken June 3, 2018, in the Kazakhstan countryside shows a Soyuz spacecraft being inspected after returning from the International Space Station with three crew members who completed a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Photo taken June 3, 2018, in the Kazakhstan countryside shows a Soyuz spacecraft that returned to Earth carrying three crew members from the International Space Station who completed a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Photo taken June 3, 2018, in the Kazakhstan countryside shows a Soyuz spacecraft parachuting down to Earth carrying three crew members from the International Space Station who completed a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles after returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft on June 3, 2018, following a five-and-a-half month mission in the International Space Station. The spacecraft landed in the Kazakhstan countryside, carrying him and two other ISS crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai waves his hand after landing in the Kazakhstan countryside with two other crew members from the International Space Station on June 3, 2018, after completing a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles after returning to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft on June 3, 2018, following a five-and-a-half month mission in the International Space Station. The spacecraft landed in the Kazakhstan countryside, carrying him and two other ISS crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 astronauts return from ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai waves his hand after landing in the Kazakhstan countryside with two other crew members from the International Space Station on June 3, 2018, after completing a five-and-a-half month mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo