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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Parliament debates start in Japan
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Yoshihiko Noda, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party, questions Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27, 2016, during the lower house plenary session about his policy speech. Noda showed opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, signed by Japan and 11 other Pacific Rim countries. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: New Imperial Household Agency chief Yamamoto at press conference
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Shinichiro Yamamoto, the Imperial Household Agency's new Grand Steward, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. The former vice grand steward assumed the post at a time when full-fledged discussions on possible abdication by Emperor Akihito are expected to start. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: New Imperial Household Agency chief Yamamoto at press conference
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Shinichiro Yamamoto, the Imperial Household Agency's new Grand Steward, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. The former vice grand steward assumed the post at a time when full-fledged discussions on possible abdication by Emperor Akihito are expected to start. (Kyodo)
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173K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Japan, Mongolia agree to cooperate on N. Korean nuke issue
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Mongolian Foreign Minister Tsend Munkh-Orgil (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands as they hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. The foreign ministers agreed not to allow missile and nuclear development by North Korea and to cooperate in dealing with the issue. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Japan's HAKUTO makes test run on Tottori Sand Dunes
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A prototype model of a lightweight moon rover developed by Japan's Team HAKUTO makes a test run on Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori along the Sea of Japan on Sept. 27, 2016, to prepare for the Google Lunar XPrize competition. The moon rover, weighing 4 kilograms and measuring 58 centimeters long, 54 cm wide and 36 cm high, will be completed by the beginning of 2017. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Japan's HAKUTO makes test run on Tottori Sand Dunes
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A prototype model of a lightweight moon rover developed by Japan's Team HAKUTO makes a test run on Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori along the Sea of Japan on Sept. 27, 2016, to prepare for the Google Lunar XPrize competition. The moon rover, weighing 4 kilograms and measuring 58 centimeters long, 54 cm wide and 36 cm high, will be completed by the beginning of 2017. (Kyodo)
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690K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: China's Tang meets with Democratic Party leader Renho
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Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese state councilor and foreign minister who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Renho, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, shake hands as they meet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo)
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732K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: China's Tang meets with LDP Secretary General Nikai
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Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese state councilor and foreign minister who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016, ahead of their talks. (Kyodo)
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314K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Poison may have been injected into drip bags at Yokohama hospital
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A notice is posted at the entrance of Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama on Sept. 27, 2016, saying the hospital will temporarily suspend outpatient consultations. Two male patients at the hospital, both 88, died of poisoning on Sept. 18 and 20. Police suspect that a surfactant compound may have been added to intravenous drips administered to them. (Kyodo)
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838K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Gov't panel begins discussion on reforming working practices
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of a panel of Cabinet ministers and experts from the private sector, tasked with formulating recommendations for reforming Japan's working practices, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo)
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711K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Gov't panel begins discussion on reforming working practices
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of a panel of Cabinet ministers and experts from the private sector, tasked with formulating recommendations for reforming Japan's working practices, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo)
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404K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Court orders far-right group to pay damages for defamation
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Lee Sin Hae, a Korean freelance writer, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 27, 2016, after the Osaka District Court ordered anti-Korean group Zaitokukai and its former chairman Makoto Sakurai to pay her 770,000 yen in damages for defamation. The court ruled the group repeatedly insulted her in online postings and during street campaigns in Kobe from 2013 to 2014. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Baseball: Kishi denies Fighters easy road to pennant
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Seibu Lions ace Takayuki Kishi (R) exchanges high-fives with teammates after a 3-0 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters at Seibu Prince Dome in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo)
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499K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Seibu Lions manager Tanabe to retire
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Seibu Lions manager Norio Tanabe holds a press conference at Seibu Prince Dome in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 27, 2016, to announce he will step down after the season. The fourth-place Lions have missed the postseason three straight years under Tanabe. (Kyodo)
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539K
Date: 2016-09-27
Title: Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 500-day countdown event in Seoul
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The 500-day countdown event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games is held in Seoul on Sept. 27, 2016. The organizing committee for South Korea's first-ever Winter Olympics said preparations are on track for the event. (Kyodo)
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