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Size:
1170K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai
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People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the Tanabata star festival on Aug. 6, 2017, the opening day of the three-day event. About 2.15 million people are expected to visit the city to see the largest and most famous Tanabata celebrations in Japan. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1140K
Date: 2017-08-06
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About 400 people in yukata, a casual summer version of kimono, splash water on a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district during an "uchimizu" event on Aug. 6, 2017. Uchimizu is an old Japanese custom of using a bucket and ladle to splash streets and gardens with water to counter the summer heat and dust in the air. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1567K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: "Uchimizu" event in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district
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About 400 people in yukata, a casual summer version of kimono, splash water on a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district during an "uchimizu" event on Aug. 6, 2017. Uchimizu is an old Japanese custom of using a bucket and ladle to splash streets and gardens with water to counter the summer heat and dust in the air. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
898K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japan's new foreign minister to tackle N. Korea on int'l debut
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono (C) join hands with the foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017, ahead of their talks. Kono assumed his post on Aug. 3 in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1835K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japan's new foreign minister to tackle N. Korea on int'l debut
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono (4th from L) is welcomed by the foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017, ahead of their talks. Kono assumed his post on Aug. 3 in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
763K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japan's new foreign minister to tackle N. Korea on int'l debut
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono addresses a meeting with foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017. Kono assumed his post on Aug. 3 in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1307K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japan's new foreign minister to tackle N. Korea on int'l debut
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono (6th from L) join hands with the foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017, ahead of their talks. Kono assumed his post on Aug. 3 in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)
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Size:
727K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Dragons' Iwase sets games-pitched record, earns save
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Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hitoki Iwase throws in the ninth inning of a game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 6, 2017. Pitching in his 950th career game, Iwase surpassed the Nippon Professional Baseball record held by former Hankyu Braves ace and Hall of Famer Tetsuya Yoneda. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
414K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Dragons' Iwase sets games-pitched record, earns save
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Chunichi Dragons' pitcher Hitoki Iwase holds up a board showing his 950th appearance in games after pitching against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 6, 2017. Pitching in his 950th career game, Iwase surpassed the Nippon Professional Baseball record held by former Hankyu Braves ace and Hall of Famer Tetsuya Yoneda. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1421K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on nuke ban treaty
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Candle-lit lanterns are floated on the Motoyasu River in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2017, after the city held a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The Atomic Dome in the Peace Memorial Park can be seen in the background. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
781K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Hiroshima marks 72nd A-bomb anniversary with eyes on nuke ban treaty
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Children pray after floating candle-lit lanterns on the Motoyasu River in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2017, following the city's ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. The Atomic Dome in the Peace Memorial Park can be seen in the background. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
819K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: N. Korea repeats stance on nuclear issue in talks with China
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A North Korean spokesman speaks to reporters about a meeting between North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017. The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a series of meetings involving foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and nearly 20 other countries. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
76K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Uehara, 1st minister from Okinawa constituency, dies at 84
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File photo taken in 2000 shows Kosuke Uehara, a former House of Representatives member who became the first Cabinet minister elected from a constituency in Okinawa Prefecture. Uehara died at a hospital in Okinawa on Aug. 6, 2017. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
1421K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japanese, Mekong foreign ministers meet in Manila
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono (3rd from L) join hands for group photos with the foreign ministers of five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations situated along the Mekong River -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017, ahead of their talks. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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Size:
685K
Date: 2017-08-06
Title: Japanese, Mekong foreign ministers meet in Manila
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Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting with the foreign ministers of five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations situated along the Mekong River -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- in Manila on Aug. 6, 2017. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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