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Size:
754K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Dolls floated downriver at event praying for good health
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Kimono-clad girls float "hina" paper dolls on straw plates down the Sendai River in Tottori city, western Japan, at an event called "Nagashi-bina," dispelling evil and bringing in good health on April 21, 2015. (Kyodo)
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316K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Russia's prominent environmentalist flees to Estonia
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The image of Russia's prominent environmentalist Yevgenia Chirikova is shown on the screen during a demonstration against the administration of President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 12, 2012. Chirikova, known for leading a campaign opposing the construction of a Moscow-St. Petersburg road for fear of environmental destruction, has fled to neighboring Estonia to protect her family from the Putin administration, according to her blog. (Kyodo)
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30K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Prosecutors question Obuchi over suspected political fund misuse
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Undated photo shows Yuko Obuchi, who resigned as minister of economy, trade and industry in October 2014 to take responsibility for the alleged misuse of political funds. Prosecutors have questioned the daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on a voluntary basis over the scandal, sources close to the matter said on April 27, 2015. (Kyodo)
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2271K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: River flows through film studio in Tokyo's movie town
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Visitors walk along the Sengawa River flowing through the Toho movie studio in Tokyo's upscale Seijo area on April 20, 2015. Many movie stars live in Seijo, which used to be called the Japanese version of Hollywood. (Kyodo)
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1335K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Godzilla greets visitors at film studio in Tokyo's movie town
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A Godzilla statue greets a visitor on April 12, 2015, in front of the main gate to the Toho movie studio in Tokyo's upscale Seijo area, once called the Japanese version of Hollywood. Giant wall paintings depicting director Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" movie characters are seen in the back. (Kyodo)
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Size:
686K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Yoshinoya beef rice bowl chain begins bistro service at selected shops
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A waitress at a Tokyo outlet of Yoshinoya Co. known for its low-priced "gyudon" rice bowl topped with beef serves beer on April 20, 2015, at the start of bistro service in the evening. Yoshinoya will increase the number of its restaurants offering the service, under which alcoholic beverages and snacks are provided, to about 300 by the end of June, or around 30 percent of the total. (Kyodo)
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Size:
656K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Soft-serve ice cream popular at teashop in Tokyo's movie town
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Soft-serve ice cream shown in this photo taken on April 12, 2015, is a popular item at the Seijo Fugetsudo teashop in Tokyo's upscale Seijo area, known as a movie town where many Japanese film stars live. (Kyodo)
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Size:
278K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Campaigning starts for referendum on Osaka metropolitan idea
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Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, a political ally of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, makes a stump speech in the western Japanese city on April 27, 2015, to ask citizens to vote in favor of the mayor's idea to create a metropolitan Osaka government in a referendum on May 17. Official campaigning for the referendum started that day. (Kyodo)
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Size:
860K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Campaigning starts for the referendum on Osaka metropolitan idea
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Civic group members protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's idea to create a metropolitan Osaka government in the western Japanese city on April 27, 2015, the first day of official campaigning for a referendum May 17 to decide on the matter. (Kyodo)
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818K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Campaigning starts for referendum on Osaka metropolitan idea
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A signboard in front of the Osaka city government offices on April 27, 2015, encourages some 2.1 million eligible voters in the western Japanese city to vote in a referendum May 17 on Mayor Toru Hashimoto's idea to create a metropolitan Osaka government. (Kyodo)
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Size:
861K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Turk opens hotel for Japanese tourists in Cappadocia
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Alper Kankilic stands on April 5, 2015, on the roof of a hotel he has opened for Japanese tourists in Uchisar overlooking the central part of Cappadocia, a World Heritage site in central Turkey best known for tall, corn-shaped rock formations.
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Size:
1077K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Okinawa product store opened in Shanghai
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Trading companies from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and Shanghai jointly open in the Chinese city on April 20, 2015, a store to sell Awamori spirit, Ryukyu glass and other specialty Okinawa products. The store will also provide information on tourism in Okinawa and plan cultural events in a bid to raise the recognition of Okinawa. (Kyodo)
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Size:
942K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Nuclear fusion experiment device at Naka Fusion Institute
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This is a nuclear fusion experiment device being assembled at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Naka Fusion Institute in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on April 20, 2015. A ceremony was held the same day at the institute to commemorate the delivery of main components by the European Union. (Kyodo)
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Size:
242K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Marlins extends winning streak to 5
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Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki rounds third base following a clutch hit by infielder Adeiny Hechavarria in the fourth inning in a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 26, 2015. The Marlins extended their winning streak to five. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
686K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Storyteller meets Hibakusha after recounting A-bomb blast horrors
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Keiko Aoki (R), a 62-year-old certified storyteller, meets with atomic-bomb survivor Yoshiko Kajimoto, 84, filled with tears after telling of the latter's terrible experience at a lecture meeting at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Hiroshima on April 20, 2015. Kajimoto encouraged Aoki to continue narrating A-bomb blast horrors in place of aging bomb survivors. (Kyodo)
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