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Size:
1269K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Wine poisoner's appeal rejected
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A 10th appeal for a retrial of the late death row inmate Masaru Okunishi in a 1961 wine-poisoning case was rejected on Dec. 8, 2017, by the Nagoya High Court (pictured) in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)
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Size:
582K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Wine poisoner's appeal rejected
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Miyoko Oka heads to a press conference on Dec. 8, 2017, after the Nagoya High Court in Aichi Prefecture rejected a 10th appeal for a retrial of her late brother Masaru Okunishi in a 1961 wine-poisoning case. (Kyodo)
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Size:
976K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Organizers pose for the media at the opening ceremony of the Daisuki Tohoku promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1088K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Mai Kato (C), head of the Tsuchiyu Onsen Tourism Association in Fukushima, and Maki Watanabe (far R), a member of the Happy Fukushima Troupe, and other troupe members pose for a photo at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1091K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Toshikazu Kangyuu from Iwate Prefecture shreds kombu (dried kelp) at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
287K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japanese Emperor, Empress
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Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave in a photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, at Tokyo's Inokashira Park. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
978K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japanese Emperor, Empress
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File photo taken in April 2017 of the Japanese imperial family including Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) at a garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
932K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Hiroshima Atomic Dome
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People offer flowers in front of the Atomic Dome at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Dec. 7, 2017, to mark the 21st anniversary since it was added to the World Heritage List. (Kyodo)
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Size:
577K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japanese First Lady at Belgium Embassy
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Japanese First Lady Akie Abe (C) poses with Belgian Ambassador to Japan Gunther Sleeuwagen (L) and his wife in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
865K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Hiroshima Atomic Dome
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People observe a moment of silence in front of the Atomic Dome at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Dec. 7, 2017, to mark the 21st anniversary since it was added to the World Heritage List. (Kyodo)
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Size:
939K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Koike, Abe
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a ceremony for the opening of a new square at Tokyo Station on Dec. 7, 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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Size:
1154K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: H.K. activists urge China to free wife of Nobel prize laureate Liu
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Activist groups in Hong Kong rally at the Central Government Liaison Office, Beijing's representative in the former British colony, on Dec. 8, 2017 to urge China to release from house arrest Liu Xia, wife of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. The protesters mourned Liu's death and commemorated the ninth anniversary of the release of his democratic reform initiative, Charter 08. (Kyodo)
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Size:
651K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Scotland rugby coach Townsend
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Scotland coach Gregor Townsend speaks to reporters on Dec. 8, 2017, after scouting Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, where his team will play Japan at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1107K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japan Cabinet OKs 2 tril. yen package for child-care support, education
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) and economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2017. The Cabinet approved a 2 trillion yen ($17.7 billion) package to expand the scope of free child-care services and education as part of Abe's push to foster human resources. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
434K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Figure skating: Miyahara 3rd after GP Final short program
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Satoko Miyahara of Japan performs a jump in the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Nagoya on Dec. 8, 2017. Miyahara placed third. (Kyodo)
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