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Size:
873K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Local officials inspect safety measures at Sendai nuclear plant
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Officials in charge of disaster prevention from municipalities within a distance of 30 kilometers from Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, inspect emergency preparation measures at the plant in southwestern Japan on Jan. 29, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1563K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: J-Village to partially reopen as soccer facility in 2018
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A sports field at the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, currently serving as Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s forward base in dealing with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's accident, is used as a parking lot for workers on Jan. 29, 2015. A committee including the prefectural government and the Japan Football Association on the same day formulated a plan to partially reopen J-Village as a soccer facility in July 2018, with full reopening eyed for April 2019. (Kyodo)
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Size:
624K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: N. Korea factory makes foodstuff for athletes
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A machine churns out individually wrapped, nutrient-fortified rice cakes at the Kumkop General Foodstuff Factory for Sportspersons in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 21, 2015. Kyodo News became the first foreign media outlet to enter the plant, which places its main emphasis on the production of nutritional foodstuff for North Korean athletes. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
896K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Japanese, Mongolian prefectures, provinces promote exchanges
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Governors from seven Japanese prefectures and 19 Mongolian provinces take part in a meeting in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015, to promote exchanges. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
606K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: N. Korea factory makes foodstuff for athletes
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Bottled drinks are manufactured at the Kumkop General Foodstuff Factory for Sportspersons in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 21, 2015. Kyodo News became the first foreign media outlet to enter the plant, which places its main emphasis on the production of nutritional foodstuff for North Korean athletes. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
639K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Stationmaster cat 'promotes' chocolates for St. Valentine's Day
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Female calico cat Tama sits as if to serve chocolates bearing the images of her and other animal faces for St. Valentine's Day at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Wakayama, western Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015. Tama has gained fame for acting as a stationmaster. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
561K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: M. Miyazato hits tee shot in U.S. women's golf tournament in Florida
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Mika Miyazato of Japan hits her tee shot on the ninth hole in the opening round of the Coates Golf Championship at Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala in the U.S. state of Florida on Jan. 28, 2015. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
736K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: A. Miyazato makes bunker shot in U.S. women's golf tourney in Florida
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Ai Miyazato of Japan makes a bunker shot on the sixth hole in the opening round of the Coates Golf Championship at Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala in the U.S. state of Florida on Jan. 28, 2015. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
429K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Matsuyama, Griffey play together in pro-am tournament in Arizona
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Japanese professional golfer Hideki Matsuyama (L) and Ken Griffey, Jr., a former Major League baseball star, pose during a pro-am tournament on Jan. 28, 2015, before the West Management Phoenix Open at the TPC of Scottsdale golf club in Scottsdale in the U.S. state of Arizona. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
774K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Ex-lawmaker brokers resale of N. Korean 'embassy' building in Tokyo
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Former upper house member Toshio Yamauchi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 29, 2015, about a real estate company's resale of the Tokyo headquarters building of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents to another firm. A realty company operated by Yamauchi acted as a go-between for the deal, enabling the association to use the building again as North Korea's de facto embassy in Japan in the absence of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
235K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Female Auschwitz survivor attends U.N. ceremony
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Yona Lux (C), a female survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, poses with other people concerned at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Jan. 28, 2015. She attended a ceremony held by the world body to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
465K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Japan zoo makes lucky charm for exam takers using elephant feces
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A lucky charm produced by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, for young people taking entrance examinations, as seen in this photo taken on Jan. 27, 2015, is made by mixing feces from popular Asian elephant Hanako with paper. Part of a Japanese word for animal droppings is pronounced "un" meaning "luck." (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1310K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: N. Korea's auctioned 'embassy' building likely used again
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A building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, seen in this file photo taken in October 2014, is likely to be used again as North Korea's de facto embassy in Japan under a resale agreement between two Japanese real estate firms, including the one that bought it in a court-arranged auction. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
680K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Fukui textile firms supply carbon fiber for Airbus engine fan casing
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Tadashi Shindo (L), chief executive officer of Shindo Co., and Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa pose by an aircraft engine fan casing made from a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material developed by the company and another local textile firm in Fukui, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2015. The fan casing, manufactured by a major Tokyo machinery company, is supplied to European aircraft maker Airbus SAS for the engines of new aircraft set to begin flying soon. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
155K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Sea lions spotted off Hokkaido, northern Japan
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Sea lions swim off Rausu on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2015. Fishermen say they suffered a revenue loss of about 150 million yen last year due to fish eaten by an increasing number of sea lions. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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