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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Olympic judo champion Uchishiba arrested

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Masato Uchishiba, a two-time Olympic judo champion, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his arrest earlier in the day on suspicion of raping a female member of the judo team of the university where he had served as a coach. Uchishiba, 33, allegedly raped the teenager at a Tokyo hotel in late September after drinking alcohol with her, police said.

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Charity events in Libya to support civil-war soldiers

TRIPOLI, Libya - Children sing during a charity event at an elementary school in Tripoli in late September in 2011. Charity events have been held frequently in the Libyan capital to support soldiers who were injured and people who lost relatives in a civil war against forces loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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WFP official Oshidari

BEIJING, China - Kenro Oshidari, the U.N. World Food Program's regional director for Asia, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Sept. 3, 2011, in Beijing. Oshidari visited hospitals, orphanages and other facilities in North Korea from late August to early September to study the food situation in the country.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (2nd from R), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (2nd from L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R), during a parade near Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (C), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses for photos with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R) in front of the Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, before parading to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Yahoo! Phone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Yahoo! Phone, a new smartphone to be put on sale by Softbank Mobile Corp. in Japan in late September 2011. The phone is made especially convenient for online services by Yahoo Japan Corp. Both Softbank Mobile and Yahoo Japan are group firms of Softbank Corp.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.

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Paddy art of Himeji Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 4, 2011, shows an image of Himeji Castle made with six rice varieties having different colors on a 90-meter by 180-meter field at the foot of Mt. Shosha in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan. The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens who created it.

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010. The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011.

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Onishi, president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010, together with Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R). The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011.

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WFP official Oshidari

BEIJING, China - Kenro Oshidari, the U.N. World Food Program's regional director for Asia, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Sept. 3, 2011, in Beijing. Oshidari visited hospitals, orphanages and other facilities in North Korea from late August to early September to study the food situation in the country. (Kyodo)

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Paddy art of Himeji Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 4, 2011, shows an image of Himeji Castle made with six rice varieties having different colors on a 90-meter by 180-meter field at the foot of Mt. Shosha in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan. The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens who created it. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (2nd from R), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (2nd from L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R), during a parade near Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (C), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses for photos with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R) in front of the Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, before parading to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September. (Kyodo)

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Yahoo! Phone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Yahoo! Phone, a new smartphone to be put on sale by Softbank Mobile Corp. in Japan in late September 2011. The phone is made especially convenient for online services by Yahoo Japan Corp. Both Softbank Mobile and Yahoo Japan are group firms of Softbank Corp. (Kyodo)

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens. (Kyodo)

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010. The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011. (Kyodo)

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Onishi, president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010, together with Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R). The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. (Kyodo)

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Olympic judo champion Uchishiba arrested

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Masato Uchishiba, a two-time Olympic judo champion, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his arrest earlier in the day on suspicion of raping a female member of the judo team of the university where he had served as a coach. Uchishiba, 33, allegedly raped the teenager at a Tokyo hotel in late September after drinking alcohol with her, police said. (Kyodo)

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Charity events in Libya to support civil-war soldiers

TRIPOLI, Libya - Children sing during a charity event at an elementary school in Tripoli in late September in 2011. Charity events have been held frequently in the Libyan capital to support soldiers who were injured and people who lost relatives in a civil war against forces loyal to former leader Muammar Gaddafi. (Kyodo)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Exhibition of photographs and documents entitled Winton trains was opened on May 21, 2011, London, United Kingdom. The exhibition documents how Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 children mainly of the jewish origin before Nazis in 1939 and helped to evacuate them from Prague to Britain. Sir Winton (pictured left) with organiser of the exhibition Olga Menzlova and director Jiri Menzel. Sir Winton celebrated his 102nd birthdays on May 19. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Mundil)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Czech film director Jiri Menzel presents his new book I don't know in Prague, Czech Republic on December 15, 2011. Former Czech professional tennis player Helena Sukova is seen at the right. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Czech film director Jiri Menzel, left, presents his new book I don't know in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2011. Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova is seen at the right. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Czech film director Jiri Menzel, left, presents his new book I don't know in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2011. Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova is seen at the right. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Czech film director Jiri Menzel, left, presents his new book I don't know in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2011. Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova is seen at the right. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Czech film director Jiri Menzel, left, presents his new book I don't know in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2011. Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova is seen at the right. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)