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Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Japan to bid for UNESCO listing of remote islands, Christian sites
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Photo taken in June 2016 shows a forest area called Yambaru, the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture's main island. The Japanese government said on Jan. 19, 2017, that it will submit a proposal to UNESCO to add a number of islands in the country's southwest, including the area, to the natural sites on the World Heritage list, along with a number of sites linked to the history of Japan's persecuted Christians to the cultural sites. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Japan decides to ask UNESCO to list remote islands, Christian sites
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Photo taken in August 2016 shows Oura Church in Nagasaki, a national treasure and Japan's oldest existing church. The Japanese government said on Jan. 19, 2017, that it will submit a proposal to UNESCO to add a number of sites linked to the history of Japan's persecuted Christians, including the church, to the cultural sites on the World Heritage list, along with a number of islands in the country's southwest to the natural sites. (Kyodo)
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75K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Dentsu to promote Senior Vice President Yamamoto to president
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Dentsu Inc. Senior Vice President Toshihiro Yamamoto, 58, seen in this photo, will be promoted to president, the Japanese advertising company decided on Jan. 19, 2017. Yamamoto will replace Tadashi Ishii, who will step down on Jan. 23 to take responsibility for the overwork-related suicide of a young employee. (Kyodo)
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218K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Baseball: Kawasaki says he will play with Cubs again this season
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File photo taken Sept. 16, 2016, shows Munenori Kawasaki hitting an infield single in the fifth inning of the Chicago Cubs' 5-4, 10-inning win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Kawasaki posted on his official blog on Jan. 19, 2017, that he will play with the Chicago Cubs again in the upcoming season. (Kyodo)
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314K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: High-tech Japanese toilets to become more foreigner friendly
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Photo taken Jan. 17, 2017 shows eight standardized pictograms for multifunction toilet seats adopted by the Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association. The icons represent (clockwise from top L) full-flush, half-flush, lid open or close, seat up or down, dry, bidet, wash and stop. (Kyodo)
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812K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: High-tech Japanese toilets to become more foreigner friendly
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Madoka Kitamura, head of the Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association, unveils eight standardized pictograms for multifunction toilet seats adopted by the association in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2017. Kitamura is also president of major toilet manufacturer Toto Ltd. (Kyodo)
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351K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Mitsubishi Electric president vows to stop excessive overtime
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp. President Masaki Sakuyama speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 19, 2017. Sakuyama pledged to never allow employees to be forced to work excessive overtime, after the labor ministry referred the company to prosecutors the previous week in connection with an overwork case. (Kyodo)
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75K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Commerce pick urges Toyota, others to build more plants in U.S.
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Undated photo shows U.S. Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross, who urged Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers on Jan. 18, 2017, to build more plants in the United States as part of efforts to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and increase employment. (Kyodo)
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778K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Japan coach Joseph stresses need to look forward, change structures
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Photo taken in September 2016 shows Jamie Joseph, head coach of Japan's national rugby team the Brave Blossoms. Joseph told a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2017, that Japan needs to leave its exploits at Rugby World Cup 2015 behind and start building for the future. (Kyodo)
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717K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Tennis: Japan's Nishioka loses in Australian Open 2nd round
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Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan reacts after losing a point during an Australian Open second-round match against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in Melbourne on Jan. 19, 2017. Bautista Agut won 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. (Kyodo)
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437K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Tennis: Japan's Nishioka loses in Australian Open 2nd round
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Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan faces off against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in an Australian Open second-round match in Melbourne on Jan. 19, 2017. Bautista Agut won 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. (Kyodo)
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232K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: ANA plane overruns at New Chitose Airport
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An All Nippon Airways plane overruns and stops outside a runway at New Chitose Airport near Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 19, 2017. Passengers traveling on the flight from Akita were not injured. (Kyodo)
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574K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: ANA plane overruns at New Chitose Airport
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An All Nippon Airways plane overruns and stops outside a runway at New Chitose Airport near Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 19, 2017. Passengers traveling on the flight from Akita were not injured. (Kyodo)
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274K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Toshiba share price plunges
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An electric board in Tokyo shows the share price of Toshiba Corp. plunging 50.4 yen, or 17.5 percent, to 238.0 yen on the morning of Jan. 19, 2017, on news reports that the company expects an impairment loss of up to 700 billion yen ($6.17 billion) from its U.S. nuclear business. (Kyodo)
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448K
Date: 2017-01-19
Title: Japanese lawmaker talks with ex-U.S. official Armitage
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Toshimitsu Motegi (front L), a lawmaker and policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, talks with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (front R) in Washington on Jan. 18, 2017. Motegi and Armitage shared concerns on North Korea's nuclear and missile development and affirmed the importance of cooperation between Japan and the United States in dealing with the matter, they said. (Kyodo)
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