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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Actor, stage director Yonekura dies at 80
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TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows actor and stage director Masakane Yonekura, who died on Aug. 26, 2014, at 80. While playing lead roles and serving as stage director for theater company Gekidan Mingei until leaving the group in 2000, Yonekura also appeared in television dramas and films. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Dragons' Tanishige donates bat to museum
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TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons player-manager Motonobu Tanishige on Aug. 23, 2014, donates to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo the bat and ball used to extend his home run streak to a record 26 consecutive years in a game against DeNA the previous month. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Boy tries sports wheelchair with Paralympics in mind
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TOKYO, Japan - A boy, one of about 70 participants of an event to find athletes deemed capable of shining particularly in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, rides a sports wheelchair while former Olympian Dai Tamesue (3rd from R) and others look on at a sports center for disabled people in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Goldfish scooping competition in Nara Pref.
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NARA, Japan - Participants try to catch goldfish using a thin paper scoop in the 20th Japan goldfish scooping competition held in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, known for its goldfish cultivation, on Aug. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: BOJ Gov. Kuroda in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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JACKSON HOLE, United States - Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda responds to reporters on Aug. 22, 2014, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he was attending an annual conference of economists and central bankers. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Ishikawa in 2nd round of Barclays
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PARAMUS, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa hits a bunker shot on the 2nd hole during the second round of the Barclays, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, on Aug. 22, 2014. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Rescue efforts continue in Hiroshima
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HIROSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel continue searching for missing people using heavy equipment in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Aug. 27, 2014, one week after the city was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 70. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Rescue efforts continue in Hiroshima
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HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 27, 2014, shows a residential area in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, where search and rescue operations still continue one week after the city was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 70. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Riken to halve its size following STAP cell scandal
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TOKYO, Japan - Riken President Ryoji Noyori meets with reporters on Aug. 27, 2014, at the science ministry in Tokyo, Japan, after reporting to science minister Hakubun Shimomura that the government-affiliated research institute will halve its size in the wake of the STAP cell scandal. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record
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SENDAI, Japan - A project to produce the world's largest blanket, about 20 meters square, by putting together handmade fabrics collected from all over the world is under way in quest of a Guinness World Record in Sendai, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. The project is led by German knitter Bernd Kestler of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to encourage people in the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: 'Police Box Day' observed on 140th anniversary of launch
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TOKYO, Japan - Former police sergeant Takeshi Nakamura salutes in front of what was once Tokyo's oldest "koban" or police box on Aug. 11, 2014. The Metropolitan Police Department designated Aug. 25 as "Police Box Day" to commemorate the 140-year history of the koban system launched in 1874. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record
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SENDAI, Japan - A project to produce the world's largest blanket, about 20 meters square, by putting together handmade fabrics collected from all over the world is under way in quest of a Guinness World Record in Sendai, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. The project is led by German knitter Bernd Kestler of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to encourage people in the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)
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900K
Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Mainz striker Okazaki scores opening goal
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PADERBORN, Germany - Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (L) of FSV Mainz scores the opening goal despite an attempt by SC Paderborn defender Uwe Huenemeier to block him in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Paderborn, Germany, on Aug. 24, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: River floodgate blamed for sagging eel population
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TSUKUBA, Japan - A floodgate at the mouth of the Hitachi-Tonegawa River flowing from Lake Kasumigaura in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, is shown on Aug. 19, 2014. The floodgate reportedly blocks eel fry from entering the lake, contributing to a decline in the eel population. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2014-08-27
Title: Letter from famed novelist to 'haiku' master found
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TOKYO, Japan - Part of a letter addressed to prominent "haiku" writer Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902) from renowned novelist Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) is shown on Aug. 22, 2014. The letter, which contained Natsume's unpublished haiku or 17-syllable poems, indicates a firm friendship between the two. (Kyodo)
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