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Size:
655K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Japan continues diplomatic efforts to release hostage
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Photo taken Jan. 25, 2015, in Amman, Jordan, shows the Japanese Embassy, where the Japanese government has set up a local task force to tackle a hostage crisis. An image purporting to show that one of two Japanese hostages being held by a group believed to be Islamic State has been killed was posted online. The other hostage was believed to be still alive. (Kyodo)
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Size:
926K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Murray beats Dimitrov in Australian Open
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Andy Murray of Britain lets loose a roar as he scored a point during an Australian Open fourth round match in Melbourne, Australia against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria on Jan. 25, 2015. Murray beat Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
730K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Greek anti-austerity Syriza party set for election victory
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends a press conference on Jan. 25, 2015, in Athens, after a leftwing anti-austerity party was poised for a comfortable victory in the general election. (Kyodo)
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Size:
515K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Japan to convene 150-day Diet session amid hostage crisis
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office on Jan. 26, 2015, as the Japanese Diet convened a 150-day regular session. Abe is faced with a hostage crisis, in which one of two Japanese hostages being held by a group thought to be Islamic State is believed to have been killed. (Kyodo)
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Size:
378K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Japan continues diplomatic efforts to release hostage
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference on Jan. 26, 2015, in Tokyo. On the hostage crisis, in which one of two Japanese hostages being held by a group thought to be Islamic State is believed to have been killed, Suga said the government is seeking the release of the remaining hostage through every possible diplomatic channel.
(Kyodo)
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Size:
996K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Kyrgios advances to quarterfinal
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Nick Kyrgios of Australia returns a shot during an Australian Open fourth round match against Andreas Seppi of Italy on Jan. 25, 2015, in Melbourne. Kyrgios beat Seppi 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 8-6. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
357K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Kyrgios advances to quarterfinal
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Nick Kyrgios of Australia expresses joy after beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 8-6 in an Australian Open fourth round match on Jan. 25, 2015, in Melbourne. (Kyodo)
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Size:
299K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Keidanren chief asks firms to raise wages to fight deflation
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Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara addresses at a meeting of labor and management of major companies on Jan. 26, 2015, in Tokyo. He called on the management to raise wages to fight deflation. (Kyodo)
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Size:
342K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Female zookeeper takes care of 3 koala bears at Tokyo zoo
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Noriko Nagata poses by one of three koala bears she takes care of at Tama Zoological Park in suburban Tokyo in this file photo taken on Dec. 12, 2014. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
821K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Chalk maker to go out of business due to drop in classroom use
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Takayasu Watanabe, president of chalk maker Hagoromo Bungu Co., holds a box of "Full Touch" chalks in this file photo taken in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The company decided to terminate its business in March 2015 due to a decrease in the use of chalks in school classrooms in Japan. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1040K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Steamer-led train runs in snow-covered northern Japan wetland
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A steam locomotive-led train runs in the snow-covered Kushiro Shitsugen wetland on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 17, 2015. Hokkaido Railway Co. began operating the steam train service the same day for a run until March to attract tourists. (Kyodo)
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Size:
299K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Keidanren chief asks firms to raise wages to fight deflation
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Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara addresses at a meeting of labor and management of major companies on Jan. 26, 2015, in Tokyo. He called on the management to raise wages to fight deflation. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1430K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Cartoon characters to dedicate crabs to 'specter shrine'
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GeGeGe no Kitaro (2nd from L), a lead character in the popular namesake "yokai" (specter) cartoon series, and others hold a plate of crabs before dedicating them to Yokai Shrine during a ceremony of gratitude for crabs in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015. The shrine is on the Shigeru Mizuki Road, a street named after its author and lined with many yokai statues. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1596K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Crabs displayed on cart drawn by specter cartoon characters
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GeGeGe no Kitaro (center L) and other characters in the popular namesake "yokai" (specter) cartoon series show a pile of crabs on a cart during a ceremony of gratitude for crabs in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1080K
Date: 2015-01-26
Title: Boar meat promoted to lure tourists on launch of new Shinkansen line
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Keisuke Takagi (R) and Ryota Segawa introduce dishes using wild boar meat in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015. The two are leaders of a campaign to create specialties to help attract tourists on the occasion of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line's inauguration in March linking the nearby prefectural capital of Kanazawa on the Seat of Japan and Tokyo. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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