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Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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Photo taken in Rio de Janeiro on July 27, 2016 shows a police officer warning pedestrians of an approaching streetcar. The tram was inaugurated June 5 ahead of the Summer Olympic Games starting in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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People stand in a thin strip of shade to avoid direct sunlight at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro on July 27, 2016. The Summer Games will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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1489K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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A shop assistant holds her favorite hibiscus-patterned "havaianas" flip-flops at one of the brand's shops in Rio de Janeiro on July 26, 2016. The Summer Olympics will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
354K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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A woman in Rio de Janeiro holds a sparkler up in the night sky on July 26, 2016. The Summer Olympics will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
679K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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Children play on the letter "C" of a monument that reads "CIDADE OLIMPICA," meaning Olympic city, in Rio de Janeiro on July 18, 2016. The Summer Games will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
885K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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Photo taken July 26, 2016 in a favela district in Rio de Janeiro, shows mothers rooting for their children as they play soccer. The Summer Olympics will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
3405K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Scenes of Rio
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Two sisters who have traveled together from the southen Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, wear matching swimming suits while basking in the sun at the beach in Rio de Janeiro on July 26, 2016. The Rio Olympics will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)
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Size:
462K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: New humanoid robot "Alter" exhibited at Tokyo museum
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A humanoid robot called "Alter," jointly created by Osaka University and the University of Tokyo, is unveiled at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on July 29, 2016. While Alter's face and hands are covered with silicon, developers have left the mechanical components of the rest of the body exposed in an attempt to let people see its complex finger and hand movements and feel the robot as lifelike, rather than feeling so from its appearance. Alter will be exhibited at the museum through Aug. 6. (Kyodo)
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Size:
514K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: New Japan goalkeeping coach arrives eager to make swift impact
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New Japan national soccer team goalkeeping coach Enver Lugusic is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport after arriving on July 29, 2016. "I am certain that Japan can get to the (2018) World Cup in Russia and I want to quickly raise the level of Japan's goalkeepers," the 55-year-old Lugusic told reporters at the airport. (Kyodo)
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Size:
764K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: New humanoid robot "Alter" exhibited at Tokyo museum
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A humanoid robot called "Alter," jointly created by Osaka University and the University of Tokyo, is unveiled at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on July 29, 2016. While Alter's face and hands are covered with silicon, developers have left the mechanical components of the rest of the body exposed in an attempt to let people see its complex finger and hand movements and feel the robot as lifelike, rather than feeling so from its appearance. Alter will be exhibited at the museum through Aug. 6. (Kyodo)
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Size:
504K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Japan pension fund incurs 1st investment loss in 5 yrs
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Government Pension Investment Fund President Norihiro Takahashi attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2016. GPIF, the world's largest pension fund, said it logged a loss of 5.31 trillion yen ($51.2 billion) for fiscal 2015 ended in March, its first loss in five years, due to falling stock prices. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1135K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Japanese ex-lawyer nabbed in Thailand for stock-price manipulation
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Thai Police Chief Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda (far L) announces on July 29, 2016 at a press conference in Bangkok, the capture of Yasuo Tsubaki (C seated), a former Tokyo lawyer wanted in Japan for his role in a stock-price manipulation scheme involving electrical test equipment maker OHT Inc. The 62-year-old was detained July 27 on a Japanese warrant for securities law violations at a rental house in Samut Sakhon province near the Thai capital. (Kyodo)
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Size:
621K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Japan pension fund incurs 1st investment loss in 5 yrs
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Government Pension Investment Fund President Norihiro Takahashi attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2016. GPIF, the world's largest pension fund, said it logged a loss of 5.31 trillion yen ($51.2 billion) for fiscal 2015 ended in March, its first loss in five years, due to falling stock prices. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
605K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Bank of Japan governor again rules out "helicopter money"
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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2016, after the central bank decided to carry out additional monetary easing in a modest manner. At the press conference, Kuroda again ruled out the possibility of the BOJ introducing "helicopter money," a policy in which the central bank directly purchases government bonds. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
765K
Date: 2016-07-29
Title: Bank of Japan governor again rules out "helicopter money"
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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2016, after the central bank decided to carry out additional monetary easing in a modest manner. At the press conference, Kuroda again ruled out the possibility of the BOJ introducing "helicopter money," a policy in which the central bank directly purchases government bonds. (Kyodo)
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