Japan

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Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, rear, watches as infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka, of Japan, works on the infield during the first full squad spring training baseball workout at the Hammond Stadium complex in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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Japan's highest peak, Mount Fuji, looms over high-rise buildings of Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Jan. 16, 2009. Japan confirmed Monday Feb. 14, 2011, that China's economy surpassed its own as the world's second largest in 2010 and said a late-year downturn was Japan's first quarterly contraction in more than a year. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

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In this photo provided by World Press Photo, the 2nd Prize Nature Stories of the 2011 World Press Photo Contest by Stefano Unterthiner, Italy, for National Geographic magazine shows Whooper Swans at dawn, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 2010. (AP Photo/Stefano Unterthiner/National Geographic Magazine)

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Pedestrians hold their ears as firecrackers explode in a Chinatown street in Yokohama, Japan, during the Lunar New Year celebrations Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

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Books written by Tatsuya Ichihashi who was indicted in the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker in Japan are arranged for sales in a bookstore in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Ichihashi charged in the 2007 slaying of a British woman said he traveled across the country as a fugitive for 2 1/2 years and repeatedly attempted cosmetic surgery, including on himself, to change his appearance, according to a book released Wednesday that he wrote from jail.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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**FILE** In this file photo made March 18, 2009, the AIG logo is seen on the side of building in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

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A guard at Onomichi Prison in Onomichi, Japan, near Hiroshima, watches elderly inmates work during their six-hour labor shift. Japan's population is aging faster than any other nation's, and that means increased numbers of elderly prisoners. (Associated Press)

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Anti-Japan protesters march in Wuhan, China, on Oct. 18. Beijing-Tokyo relations soured over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain accused of ramming two Japanese patrol boats in September near a string of islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries. (Associated Press)

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Borussia Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa from Japan, left, reacts after scoring against Sevilla during their Europa League group J soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, on Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Angel Fernandez)

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Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (left), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan observe a moment of silence for the victims of the latest attacks in South Korea by North Korea before the start of their trilateral meeting at the State Department on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga introduces the company's zero-emission electric car, Leaf, during a news conference at its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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Japan Football Association officials react as live TV broadcast announced that Qatar will host the 2022 Soccer World Cup at Japan Football Association headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, clinks glasses with officials during a signing of trilateral agreement before the opening of the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Russia, Japan and China signed an agreement to build a chemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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A copy of the latest Japanese edition of the Michelin Guide featuring selected restaurants in Japanese cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kamakura is on display during a news conference in Yokohama, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Japan's capital retained the top spot in the world of gastronomy , earning more three-star restaurants than Paris in the guide for the second year in a row. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Nozomi Iwakiri) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA

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A TV screen shows a map of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island, center, in a news program at an electronics store in downtown Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto a South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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A TV shows image of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in a news program at an electronics store in downtown Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto a South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)