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Dollar rises above 106 yen line in early Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 106 yen line, its first rise above the line since October 2008, in the early morning on Sept. 9, 2014. Finance Minister Taro Aso and economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari expressed concern later that day about the recent sharp jump by the dollar to a nearly six-year high against the yen.

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Japan's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in May

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers are seen at the counter of a public job center in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in May. The Japanese government announced June 30 that the country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached a nearly six-year high of 5.2 percent in May.

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Japan defense minister orders pullout of vessels from Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda responds to questions from reporters at his office on Nov. 1 after Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba ordered the Maritime Self-Defense Force earlier in the day to withdraw from the Indian Ocean to mark the end of Japan's nearly six-year refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan.

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Japan defense minister orders pullout of vessels from Indian Oce

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda responds to questions from reporters at his office on Nov. 1 after Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba ordered the Maritime Self-Defense Force earlier in the day to withdraw from the Indian Ocean to mark the end of Japan's nearly six-year refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Japan defense minister orders pullout of vessels from Indian Oce

TOKYO, Japan - This video image released by Japan's Defense Ministry on Nov. 1 shows Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba giving instructions to a Maritime Self-Defense Force squad operating in the Indian Ocean. Ishiba ordered the MSDF to withdraw from the Indian Ocean to mark the end of Japan's nearly six-year refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Dollar rises above 106 yen line in early Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 106 yen line, its first rise above the line since October 2008, in the early morning on Sept. 9, 2014. Finance Minister Taro Aso and economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari expressed concern later that day about the recent sharp jump by the dollar to a nearly six-year high against the yen. (Kyodo)

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Japan's unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in May

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers are seen at the counter of a public job center in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in May. The Japanese government announced June 30 that the country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached a nearly six-year high of 5.2 percent in May. (Kyodo)