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Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Japanese, Chinese ruling parties resume talks after 6-yr hiatus
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Yoshihisa Inoue (seated L) and Sadakazu Tanigaki (seated C), the secretaries general of Japan's Komeito party and Liberal Democratic Party, respectively, and Wang Jiarui, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2015. The Japanese ruling parties and the Communist Party resumed their regular consultative meeting for the first time in more than six years, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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788K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: JX to take over TonenGeneral in Japan refinery consolidation
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(From L) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. President Tsutomu Sugimori, JX Holdings Inc. President Yukio Uchida, Chairman Yasushi Kimura, TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. President Jun Muto and Vice President Takashi Hirose pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2015. JX Holdings, Japan's largest oil refiner, said it has agreed in principle to take over its smaller rival TonenGeneral in 2017. (Kyodo)
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1025K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Research reveals Great Buddha has only half of described hair curls
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Photo taken Dec. 3, 2015, shows the head of the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji temple in the western Japanese city of Nara. A 3-D analysis using a laser scanning method, conducted by Takeshi Oishi, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science, revealed that the Buddha in fact only has 492 spiraling curls of hair on its bronze head, instead of 966 locks as described in ancient documents, the temple said the same day. (Kyodo)
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667K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund in action against Stuttgart
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Shinji Kagawa (R) of Borussia Dortmund plays in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 29, 2015, against Stuttgart. Dortmund won 4-1. (Kyodo)
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693K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: CORRECTED: Den Haag's Havenaar in action against Groningen
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Mike Havenaar (top) of ADO Den Haag competes for the ball with FC Groningen's Etienne Reijnen in the first half of a Dutch first division game in Groningen, the Netherlands, on Nov. 29, 2015. Groningen won 2-1. (Kyodo)
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1179K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Star Wars-themed calendar made out of pure gold
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Photo taken Dec. 3, 2015, in Tokyo shows the front and back sides of a Star Wars-themed calendar created out of 10 kilograms of pure gold to be sold for 100 million yen. Created by a jewelry shop ahead of the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the front side (R) shows the 2016 calendar while the backside features Kylo Ren, the new villain introduced in the film. (Kyodo)
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206K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: 2 more FIFA executives arrested in corruption probe
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Photo taken Dec. 3, 2015, shows the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Two executives of soccer's world governing body were arrested the same day in the latest raid related to the FIFA corruption crisis. (Kyodo)
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890K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Japan, China, S. Korea discuss infectious disease measures
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South Korean Health and Welfare Minister Chung Chin Youb (L), Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki (C), and Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission Minister Li Bin pose for photos in Kyoto on Nov. 29, 2015. They agreed at their meeting to enhance trilateral cooperation on infectious disease measures. (Kyodo)
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950K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Japanese, S. Korean civic groups stage anti-nuclear rally in Paris
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Members of Japanese and South Korean civic groups display banners calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants during a rally in the Republic Square in Paris on Nov. 29, 2015. (Kyodo)
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488K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: 2 more FIFA executives arrested in corruption probe
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Reporters stand in front of the hotel in Zurich on Dec. 3, 2015, where two arrested FIFA executives were staying. Swiss authorities said the same day they arrested the executives during the second major raid related to the FIFA corruption crisis, following one in May that led to the arrest of seven officials, including Jeffrey Webb, the former vice president of soccer's world governing body. (Kyodo)
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957K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Relay race involving disabled athletes promotes 2020 Paralympics
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Disabled athletes and athletes without disabilities participate in an "ekiden" relay race in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2015, to promote the 2020 Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo)
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519K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Relay race involving disabled athletes promotes 2020 Paralympics
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Runners with and without disabilities take part in an "ekiden" relay race in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2015, to promote the 2020 Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo)
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644K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Empress Michiko attends piano recital in Tokyo
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Empress Michiko attends a piano recital by Japanese pianist Kikuo Watanabe marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius at a hall in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2015. (Pool photo by Asahi Shimbun) (Kyodo)
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1590K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Osaka main street illuminated with 850,000 LED bulbs
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Trees along the Midosuji main avenue of Osaka are lit up on Nov. 29, 2015, at the start of an annual event to illuminate a 4-kilometer stretch with some 850,000 LED bulbs. (Kyodo)
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1315K
Date: 2015-12-03
Title: Osaka main street illuminated with 850,000 LED bulbs
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People dressed as Santa Claus join many others on the Midosuji main avenue of Osaka on Nov. 29, 2015, at the start of an annual event to illuminate a 4-kilometer stretch with some 850,000 LED bulbs. (Kyodo)
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