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Size:
327K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japan hit with unseasonably hot weather
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Photo shows pedestrians wearing light clothing on April 27, 2015 in Sapporo, where the temperature rose to 24 C. Temperatures topped 30 C in several locations in Japan, with a high of 32 C in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, and 31.9 C in Toyokoro, Hokkaido Prefecture. (Kyodo)
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Size:
575K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Kashima beat W. Sydney 2-1 in Group H in ACL
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Kashima Antlers keeper Hitoshi Sogahata jumps for the ball in the second half of an Asian Champions League Group H match against Western Sydney Wanderers on April 21, 2015, in Sydney. Kashima won 2-1, keeping alive their hopes of advancing to the knockout stage. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1170K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japan hit with unseasonably hot weather
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Children play in the fountains at Odori Park in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on April 27, 2015. On an unseasonably hot April day, temperatures topped 30 C in several locations Japan, with a high of 32 C in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, and 31.9 C in Toyokoro, Hokkaido Prefecture. (Kyodo)
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Size:
165K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Urawa lose to Suwon, eliminated from ACL
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Urawa Reds' goalie Shusaku Nishikawa (R) stops a Suwon Bluewings player in the first half of an Asian Champions League match at home in Saitama, Japan, on April 21, 2015. The Reds lost 2-1 to the South Korean side, ending their quest for ACL glory. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1215K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Italian writer talks about hardships in Japan during WWII
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Italian author Dacia Maraini gives an interview in Pescasseroli, Italy, on April 3, 2015, recalling hardships she experienced as a child at a concentration camp near Nagoya, central Japan, during World War II, after Italy's surrender to the Allied forces in 1943. She spent her early childhood in Japan while her father Fosco Maraini, a renowned ethnologist, was conducting his research. The family was confined to the camp due to the parents' antifascist views. (Kyodo)
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Size:
403K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Kyoto Univ. grad Tanaka set for top flight debut
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Lotte Marines pitcher Eisuke Tanaka chats with pitching coach Eiji Ochiai during practice at QVC Marine Field on April 27, 2015. The first pro baseball player from the elite academic world of Kyoto University is scheduled to make his top flight debut on April 29 against the Seibu Lions. (Kyodo)
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Size:
753K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: SKE48 named goodwill ambassadors for railway museum
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Reina Matsui (R), a member of the idol girl group SKE48, and Toshiharu Kaneko, head of Central Japan Railway Co.'s SCMAGLEV and Railway Park museum in Nagoya, hold a certificate for SKE48's appointment as special goodwill ambassadors for the museum in the central Japanese city on April 21, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
985K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Kyoto temple defaced with oily liquid
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Investigators examine oily liquid found at Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple, in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on April 27, 2015. The UNESCO World Heritage site was one of the several properties which have recently been found defaced with oily liquid across the nation. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1035K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Nippon Ham to hold part of 2016 spring camp in Arizona
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Photo taken in February 2015 shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' spring camp stadium in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The team said on April 27 that it will hold part of its spring training in Peoria, the U.S. state of Arizona, from Feb. 1 to mid-Febraury. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1213K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Toyota Boshoku, ANA develop new economy class seats
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Ski jumper Sara Takanashi (C) sits on a new economy class seat amenable to a wide range of body sizes and types developed jointly by Toyota Boshoku Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. for ANA's domestic flights in Tokyo on April 21, 2015. Toyota Boshoku President Shuhei Toyoda (2nd from L)) and Osamu Shinobe (2nd from R), president of All Nippon Airways Co., stand behind Takanashi. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1615K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Tokyo's Seijo, location of many movies in Showa era
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People visit an area known as Seijo in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, once dubbed "Japan's Hollywood" as a location for many movies during the Showa era, on April 16, 2015. The famous battle scene in the rain in "Seven Samurai" (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa was filmed there. An apartment building stands beside the site now. (Kyodo)
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Size:
162K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: S. African deputy president stresses need for closer Asia-Africa ties
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South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasizes the importance of strengthened Asia-Africa ties at a business summit in Jakarta on April 21, 2015, held as part of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference that gathered Afro-Asian leaders for the first time. (Kyodo)
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Size:
375K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Sharp to sell new photovoltaic modules for residential use
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Sharp Corp. unveils a new photovoltaic module for residential use in Osaka, western Japan, on April 21, 2015. Dubbed "Blacksolar," the module features improved thermal conversion efficiency and comes in four types. It will go on sale on June 30. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1110K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Univ. of Washington professor Torii gets Japan award for female scientists
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University of Washington professor Keiko Torii, concurrently visiting professor at Nagoya University, meets the press after winning the 2015 "Saruhashi Award" in Tokyo on April 21, 2015, for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of stomatal development on a plant leaf. The award, named after the late Japanese geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi, is given to a female scientist every year. (Kyodo)
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Size:
470K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Ceremony held to give thanks for rich hot water at spa resort in central Japan
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A monk at Shuzenji temple in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, puts hot water into a wooden pail held by a woman at a traditional ceremony to thank renowned Buddhist monk Kukai who is said to have discovered hot springs in the central Japanese city some 1,200 years ago. (Photo by Izu Shimbun) (Kyodo)
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