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599K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: World's 1st bioethanol plant from food, paper waste built in Kyoto
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Hitachi Zosen Corp., Kumamoto University and the Kyoto city office unveil in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015, a jointly constructed demonstration plant to produce bioethanol from raw garbage and paper waste, the first of its kind. (Kyodo)
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466K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Keio Univ. professor calls for more use of herbal medicine
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Keio University professor Kenji Watanabe, shown in this file photo taken on Dec. 29, 2014, is known for advocating greater use of herbal medicine to help prevent illness and reduce medical care costs in today's rapidly aging society. He heads a consortium comprising companies and Kanagawa, Toyama and Nara prefectural bodies set up to study ways of developing herbal medicine into a viable industry. (Kyodo)
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815K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: NAA head Natsume in interview
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Narita International Airport Corp. President Makoto Natsume speaks in an interview in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2014. (Kyodo)
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Size:
861K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Pollen-detecting robots unveiled ahead of season
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Weathernews Inc. shows to the press in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 28, 2015, the Pollen Robo that can show pollen levels by automatically changing the colors of its eyes. The firm will have some 1,000 such robot monitors installed mainly at hospitals nationwide. (Kyodo)
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1042K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Suite bathroom features decorations of animation hero Anpanman
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The bathroom of a suite decorated with a drawing of popular animation hero Anpanman is shown to the press at Hotel Okura Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015. (Kyodo)
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929K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Hotel offers suite filled with animation hero Anpanman goods
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A hotel staffer clad in the costume of popular animation hero Anpanman shows the press a suite filled with Anpanman goods and decorations at Hotel Okura Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
595K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Mitsubishi Motors inaugurates new factory in Philippines
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko (C) and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (R) attend an opening ceremony for the Japanese company's new factory in Santa Rosa, south of Manila, on Jan. 29, 2105. (Kyodo)
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315K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Turkish border town once used as hostage-exchanging place
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A Syrian region under the control of the Islamic State militant group is seen beyond a barbed-wired fence in Akcakale, southwestern Turkey, on Jan. 28 2015. Akcakale, sharing a border with Syria, was once used as a site for exchanging or releasing hostages from the Islamic group. (Kyodo)
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Size:
552K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Turkish border town once used as hostage-exchanging place
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Children play in a field in the neighborhood of Akcakale, southwestern Turkey, on Jan. 28, 2015. Akcakale, sharing a border with Syria, was once used as a site for exchanging or releasing hostages from the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo)
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Size:
633K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Japan, Philippines hold defense cooperation meeting in Tokyo
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Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (extreme R) and his Philippine counterpart Voltaire Gazmin (2nd from fore L) discuss maritime security cooperation and other issues at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2015. Both sides signed a memorandum on bilateral defense cooperation the same day. (Kyodo)
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Size:
507K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Islamic State not sincere in hostage swap talks: Jordan lawmaker
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Photo taken Feb. 1, 2015, shows Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the Arab International Affairs Committee, during an interview with Kyodo News in Amman, after a video purporting to show the killing of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto was posted online. The senior Jordanian parliamentarian said Islamic State militants could not be trusted to follow through on a possible hostage swap deal which was seen as tied to the release of Goto. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1032K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Death sentence for 2008 deadly Akihabara rampage to be finalized
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Photo taken Feb. 2, 2015, shows the intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara district where seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in a rampage on June 8, 2008. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a 32-year-old man convicted over the crime, thereby finalizing the death penalty handed down on him. (Kyodo)
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Size:
561K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Death sentence for 2008 deadly Akihabara rampage to be finalized
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Photo taken Feb. 2, 2015, shows the Supreme Court's No. 1 Petty Bench, which rejected an appeal by a 32-year-old man convicted over a 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured during the rampage. (Kyodo)
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Size:
504K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: S. Williams wins Australian Open women's singles
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Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot during the women's singles final against Maria Sharapova of Russia at the Australian Open Tennis Championships in Melbourne on Jan. 31, 2015. Williams won 6-3, 7-6. (Kyodo)
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Size:
179K
Date: 2015-02-02
Title: Nishikori beaten in Australian Open quarterfinals
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Kei Nishikori of Japan serves during an Australian Open quarterfinal against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in Melbourne on Jan. 28, 2015. Wawrinka won 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6). (Kyodo)
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