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978K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japanese Emperor, Empress
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File photo taken in April 2017 of the Japanese imperial family including Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) at a garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
287K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Japanese Emperor, Empress
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Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave in a photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, at Tokyo's Inokashira Park. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo)
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1091K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Toshikazu Kangyuu from Iwate Prefecture shreds kombu (dried kelp) at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1088K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Mai Kato (C), head of the Tsuchiyu Onsen Tourism Association in Fukushima, and Maki Watanabe (far R), a member of the Happy Fukushima Troupe, and other troupe members pose for a photo at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
976K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei
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Organizers pose for the media at the opening ceremony of the Daisuki Tohoku promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)
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Size:
582K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Wine poisoner's appeal rejected
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Miyoko Oka heads to a press conference on Dec. 8, 2017, after the Nagoya High Court in Aichi Prefecture rejected a 10th appeal for a retrial of her late brother Masaru Okunishi in a 1961 wine-poisoning case. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1269K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Wine poisoner's appeal rejected
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A 10th appeal for a retrial of the late death row inmate Masaru Okunishi in a 1961 wine-poisoning case was rejected on Dec. 8, 2017, by the Nagoya High Court (pictured) in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1075K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Wine poisoner's appeal rejected
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A lawyer holds a banner that reads "Unjust ruling" outside the Nagoya High Court in Aichi Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2017, after the court rejected late death row inmate Masaru Okunishi's 10th appeal for a retrial in a 1961 wine-poisoning case. (Kyodo)
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Size:
90K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: N. Koreans caused "several mil. yen" in damage, theft on islet
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A North Korean man who had been hospitalized in Hakodate, Hokkaido, for a stomach ulcer is carried on a stretcher aboard a plane at Hakodate airport on Dec. 8, 2017, before being transported to a hospital in Sapporo. The man and nine other North Koreans aboard a recently impounded fishing vessel caused damage and stole property amounting to several million yen when they took refuge on an uninhabited island off northern Japan, sources familiar with the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1031K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: U.S.-Japan joint military drill begins
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Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force attend the opening ceremony of their joint drill at a JGSDF exercise area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2017. The joint exercises will be held through Dec. 20. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1224K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: U.S.-Japan joint military drill begins
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Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force attend the opening ceremony of their joint drill at a JGSDF exercise area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2017. The joint exercises will be held through Dec. 20. (Kyodo)
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Size:
2907K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Figure skating: Japan's Kihira at Junior GP Final
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Rika Kihira of Japan acknowledges the crowd after performing in the women's short program at the Junior Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
808K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Figure skating: Japan's Kihira at Junior GP Final
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Rika Kihira of Japan acknowledges the crowd after performing in the women's short program at the Junior Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
2108K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Figure skating: Japan's Kihira at Junior GP Final
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Rika Kihira of Japan holds flowers after performing in the women's short program at the Junior Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
1441K
Date: 2017-12-08
Title: Figure skating: Japan's Kihira at Junior GP Final
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Rika Kihira of Japan performs in the women's short program at the Junior Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2017. Kihira placed first. (Kyodo)
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