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Size:
1068K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Asakusa Samba Carnival
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The annual Asakusa Samba Carnival is held near the Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Aug. 29, 2015, with some 5,000 dancers taking part. (Kyodo)
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Size:
56K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: U.N. chief cites wartime lessons as reason to attend China event
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Undated photo shows U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who is scheduled to attend a major ceremony in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015, to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ban believes that it is "important to reflect on the past, look at the lessons we have learned and how we can move ahead to a brighter future based on these lessons," the office of his spokesperson said on Aug. 28, 2015, in response to questions posed by Kyodo News in relation to concerns from Japan about his attendance. (Kyodo)
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Size:
599K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Japan vows efforts to end human rights violations against women
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Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida makes a speech on the final day of the two-day World Assembly for Women, hosted by the Japanese government as a "women's Davos forum,"
in Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2015. Kishida said Japan will "do its utmost to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women." (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
950K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Japan vows efforts to end human rights violations against women
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Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2015, in Tokyo shows an international symposium on the empowerment of women. Some 140 female political and business leaders from over 40 countries and international organizations attended the World Assembly for Women, where the Japanese government pledged efforts the same day to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1019K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: 2,700 locals rally against possible radioactive waste disposal
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Residents of Shioya, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, stage a march on Aug. 29, 2015, to oppose the central government's choice of the town as a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1393K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Japanese march to support security bills
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People march in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Aug. 29, 2015, to express endorsement to government legislation allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role internationally. The civic group that organized the march said about 500 people participated. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
889K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: 2,700 locals rally against possible radioactive waste disposal
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Residents of Shioya, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, hold up placards during a rally on Aug. 29, 2015, to oppose the central government's choice of the town as a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
609K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Judo: Nomura knocked out in 3rd round of career finale
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Retiring three-time Olympic men's 60-kilogram judo champion Tadahiro Nomura (top) is defeated in the third round of the All-Japan Corporate Individual Championship in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2015. The 40-year-old announced Aug. 24 he is retiring after the championship. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
583K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Judo: Nomura knocked out in 3rd round of career finale
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Retiring three-time Olympic men's 60-kilogram judo champion Tadahiro Nomura reacts after being defeated in the third round of the All-Japan Corporate Individual Championship in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2015. The 40-year-old announced Aug. 24 he is retiring after the championship. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
113K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Baseball: Yankees' Tanaka goes 7 innings to earn 10th win
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New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta on Aug. 28, 2015. The team's 15-4 win against the Braves made Tanaka the fourth Japanese pitcher to earn 10-plus wins in each of his first two seasons. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
595K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Baseball: Yankees' Tanaka goes 7 innings to earn 10th win
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New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta on Aug. 28, 2015. The team's 15-4 win against the Braves made Tanaka the fourth Japanese pitcher to earn 10-plus wins in each of his first two seasons. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
506K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Toth captures gold in men's 50-kilometer walk
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Matej Toth of Slovakia celebrates after winning the men's 50-kilometer race walk in 3 hours, 40 minutes, 32 seconds on the eighth day of the 15th world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2015. (Kyodo)
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Size:
189K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Tanii wins bronze in men's 50-kilometer walk
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Japan's Takayuki Tanii pumps his fist while crossing the finish line as he captured the men's 50-kilometer race walk bronze medal on the eighth day of the 15th world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2015. Tanii, champion of the 2014 Asian Games, finished in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds to book his spot in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
637K
Date: 2015-08-29
Title: Tanii wins bronze in men's 50-kilometer walk
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Japan's Takayuki Tanii poses for a photo with his bronze medal during the awards ceremony for the men's 50-kilometer race walk on the eighth day of the 15th world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2015. Tanii, champion of the 2014 Asian Games champion, finished in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds to book his spot in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
849K
Date: 2015-08-28
Title: Judo: Umeki seizes gold in worlds debut
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Japan's Mami Umeki (top) competes with Slovene Anamari Velensek in the women's 78-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Astana on Aug. 28, 2015. The 20-year-old Umeki, who is making her world championships debut, defeated Velensek by ippon. (Kyodo)
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