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Size:
1028K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Japan crown prince turns 57, expresses readiness to ascend throne
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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito goes to see Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2017, his 57th birthday. With the 83-year-old emperor expected to abdicate, possibly in 2018, the crown prince expressed his readiness to ascend the throne during a recent press conference. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1236K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Freight train derails in Hokkaido, disrupts passenger transportation
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A freight train seen in this photo taken Feb. 23, 2017, derailed in Hokkaido in the early morning of that day, disrupting passenger train services connecting Sapporo and Hakodate. The driver of the train found one of its locomotives had derailed between two stations on the JR Muroran Line after noticing an unusual noise. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1371K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit
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Photo taken in February 2014 shows the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. About 22,000 residents near the base were awarded about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) in a court ruling on Feb. 23, 2017, marking the largest damages payment levied against the Japanese government in a suit over noise from a military installation. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1200K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit
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People in Okinawa stage a rally near the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court (back) on Feb. 23, 2017, before the court's ruling on a damages suit filed by about 22,000 local residents near the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture against the Japanese government over noise from the military installation. The court ordered the government later in the day to pay about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) but turned down a request from the residents to ban nighttime and early morning flights at the air base. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
711K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit
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Photo taken Feb. 23, 2017, shows the bench of the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court handing down a ruling on a damages suit filed by about 22,000 residents near the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture against the Japanese government over noise from the military installation. The court ordered the government to pay about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) but turned down a request from the residents to ban nighttime and early morning flights at the air base. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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Size:
849K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Baseball: Ichiro skips team workout after collision
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Ichiro Suzuki works out on weight training equipment set up in a trailer at the Miami Marlins' spring training site in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2017, a day after he suffered minor injuries in an outfield collision with a teammate. (Kyodo)
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Size:
251K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Asian Games: Kobayashi wins 5-km classical for 2nd cross country gold
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Japanese cross-country skier Yuki Kobayashi crosses the finish line to win the women's 5-kilometer classical at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo on Feb. 23, 2017, capturing her second gold medal of the meet. (Kyodo)
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Size:
450K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Baseball: Ichiro skips team workout after collision
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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly speaks to reporters at the club's spring training site in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2017, about Ichiro Suzuki, who suffered minor injuries in an outfield collision with a teammate a day earlier. Suzuki trained separately from his teammates. (Kyodo)
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Size:
643K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Baseball: Japan kicks off WBC training in Miyazaki
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Members of Japan's World Baseball Classic team stretch at Sun Marine Stadium in Miyazaki on Feb. 23, 2017, as a training camp began for the tournament in March. (Kyodo)
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Size:
550K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Baseball: Japan kicks off WBC training in Miyazaki
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Members of Japan's World Baseball Classic team run at Sun Marine Stadium in Miyazaki on Feb. 23, 2017, as a training camp began for the tournament in March. (Kyodo)
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Size:
494K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Baseball: Japan kicks off WBC training in Miyazaki
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Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki (C) gives pep talk to members of Japan's World Baseball Classic team at Sun Marine Stadium in Miyazaki on Feb. 23, 2017, as a training camp began for the tournament in March. (Kyodo)
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Size:
624K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: N. Korean media reports death of leader's half-brother for 1st time
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An attache at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur responds to media personnel from the premises on Feb. 23, 2017. North Korea's official media the same day reported for the first time the death in Malaysia of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, without naming him. (Kyodo)
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Size:
480K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Artificial intelligence-programmed "Astro Boy" robot kit to debut
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Makoto Tezuka, a director at Tezuka Productions, poses in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2017, with an artificial intelligence-programmed robot based on "Astro Boy," an iconic work by his late father and manga artist Osamu Tezuka. A kit to gradually assemble the robot will be put on sale, publisher Kodansha Ltd. and its partner technology firms said the same day.
(Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
663K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Paralympics: IPC head Craven meets with PM Abe
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International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2017, after a meeting with Shinzo Abe. Craven said, "We are a sports organization, but our aspiration is to engender a more inclusive society for people with an impairment through Para sport." (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
582K
Date: 2017-02-23
Title: Tokyo governor, IPC chief meet over 2020 Paralympics
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International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven (L) and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (R) hold talks at the metropolitan government building in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2017, on the Japanese capital's preparations for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo)
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