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Size:
801K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Pilgrimage route developed in 2011 disaster-hit Sanriku area
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Yukio Koma, a "shamisen" Japanese three-string musical instrument player, poses for a photo in March 2015. Koma, hailing from Iwate Prefecture, came up with the idea of creating a pilgrimage road along the 2011 disaster-hit Sanriku coast area, northeastern Japan, covering dozens of temples on a route of about 330 kilometers. (Kyodo)
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Size:
440K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Head of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party speaks in Hong Kong
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Zhu Lilun, chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, speaks in Hong Kong on March 9, 2015. Touted as one of Kuomintang's leading candidates for the 2016 presidential election, he has so far showed reluctance to run. (Kyodo)
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Size:
249K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Master Japanese painter's newly discovered drawings shown to press
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The Kyoto University of Art and Design shows the press a pair of newly discovered folding-screen drawings by master Japanese painter Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610) in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
510K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Master Japanese painter's newly discovered bamboo drawing displayed
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The Kyoto University of Art and Design shows the press one of two newly discovered folding-screen drawings depicting bamboo and a pine tree by master Japanese painter Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610) in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1267K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Anti-nuke book of contributions from celebrities published
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Students of Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Fukushima universities meet the press in the city of Nagasaki, Japan, on April 20, 2015, to talk about their involvement in a project of publishing an anti-nuclear book, titled "No Nukes: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima" published the same day. Some 50 people including celebrities, such as musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, as well as "hibakusha" (survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and university students contributed their pieces of writing and photos. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1492K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japan's Ishikawa hits sand shot in final round of RBC Heritage
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Japanese professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa hits a sand shot on the ninth hole in the final round of the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head in the U.S. state of South Carolina on April 19, 2015. He finished in a tie for 75th place with a total of 7-over 291. (Kyodo)
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Size:
712K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Top Filipino military officer warns China over South China Sea reclamation
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Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang, chief of staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, warns China over its reclamation work on reefs around one of disputed islands in the South China Sea at a press conference in Manila on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1298K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japan, other nations join Philippines-U.S. military drill as observers
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Military officers from 12 Asian countries, including Japan, pose in Manila on April 20, 2015, before their observation of an annual joint military exercise between the Philippines and the United States. (Kyodo)
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Size:
611K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japan's Ishikawa looks wry after final round of RBC Heritage
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Japanese professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa shows a sour face after the final round of the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head in the U.S. state of South Carolina on April 19, 2015. He finished in a tie for 75th place with a total of 7-over 291. (Kyodo)
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Size:
967K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Japanese footballers Nagatomo, Honda warm up for Milan derby
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Japanese footballers Keisuke Honda (R) of AC Milan and Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan warm up in the second half of a Serie A derby game between the Italian city's two rival clubs on April 19, 2015. The match ended in a scoreless draw. (Kyodo)
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Size:
506K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Research center for scrapping Fukushima nuke plant starts operating
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Science minister Hakubun Shimomura (R) and other officials pose by a signboard reading the "Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science" during its opening ceremony at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 20, 2015. The research center is aimed at promoting the decommissioning process of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)
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Size:
785K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Civil group collecting remains of Japanese WWII dead in Myanmar
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Katsuyuki Imoto (R) listens to an elderly ethnic-minority man near Tedium in western Myanmar in this photo taken on Dec. 3, 2014. Imoto, who has engaged in the transfer of farming skills to minority people in Myanmar, leads activities by a Japanese civilian group to collect and bring back to Japan the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in the Southeast Asian nation during World War II. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
238K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Wheelchair-bound woman joins experimental tour aided by coordinators
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Saya Kuramoto, shown in a wheelchair, is among participants in an experimental tour aided by coordinators held as part of the so-called "universal tourism" initiative on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 17, 2015. Universal tourism is an attempt to make tours enjoyable to anyone including people with physical difficulties as well as the elderly. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
785K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Civil group collecting remains of Japanese WWII dead in Myanmar
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Katsuyuki Imoto (R) listens to an elderly ethnic-minority man near Tedium in western Myanmar in this photo taken on Dec. 3, 2015. Imoto, who has engaged in the transfer of farming skills to minority people in Myanmar, leads activities by a Japanese civilian group to collect and bring back to Japan the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in the Southeast Asian nation during World War II. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
792K
Date: 2015-04-27
Title: Ethnic people in Myanmar help Japan group recover remains of WWII dead
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Katsuyuki Imoto (R) listens on Dec. 2, 2014, to a man of the Zomi ethnic minority in Myanmar talk about the discovery of the remains of Japanese soldiers who died in Tedium in the western part of the Southeast Asian nation during World War II. Imoto leads a Japanese civilian group recovering such remains in Myanmar in cooperation with local people. (Kyodo)
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