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Ryo Ishikawa of Japan tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Ishikawa wins Fujisankei Classic in playoff
CBSSports.com wire reports | TOKYO -- Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa won his eighth career title on Sunday, defeating Shunsuke Sonoda on the fourth playoff hole at the Fujisankei Classic. | Ishikawa e... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel)
Maruti Suzuki Showroom in Pune India
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 The Times Of India 
Maruti Suzuki to build new auto plant in Manesar; to produce 2.5L vehicles a year
TOKYO: Japan's top minicar maker Suzuki Motor Corp. is to build a new auto assembly plant near New Delhi in a bid to meet growing demand in the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday. | Maruti Suzuki... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin  Money Week 
What's crimping Japan?
| Currency traders may talk of the yen soaring to a new record against the dollar, but no one is getting excited about Japanese stocks. Indeed, the Nikkei 225 index has fallen even as the yen has stre... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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Japan's Kosuke Kitajima acknowledges the crowd after winning the men's 200m breaststroke at the International Swim Meet in Narashino, east of Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.  The Guardian 
Kitajima to spearhead Japan's Asian Games team
TOKYO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Japan's multiple Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima will head his country's Asian Games swimming team at the November event, Japanese officials said on Friday. World back... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo) Philadelphia Daily News
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| JOE McDONALD | The Associated Press | BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators am... (photo: AP)
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NOVEMBER 11 , 2008 , ZAMBONAGA PROVINCE , PHILIPPINES - CARABAO AND GOATS , ANIMALS RAISED LOCALLY IN A RURAL AREA OF BARRIO MAASIN Breitbart
Nearly 1,200 cows die from summer heat in Japan+
TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nearly 1,200 cows have died nationwide due to intense heat this summer, the government said Friday, calling for measures to prevent mor... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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An investor trades online at a private securities company Friday July 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Herald Tribune
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| TOKYO - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of th... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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An aerial view of a heavy-water production plant, which went into operation despite U.N. demands that Iran roll back its nuclear program, in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. The Siasat Daily
Japan imposes additional sanctions on Iran
| Tokyo, Sep 3 (Reuters) Japan slapped additional sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme today, following the United | States in pressuring Tehran despite ... (photo: AP / ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
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A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88 The Times Of India
Asian stocks rise on improving US data
TOKYO: Asian stock markets climbed in early trading Friday as investors took heart from improving US housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the glo... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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Eurostar and Thalys TGV at Paris Gare du Nord In November 2007, various British newspapers reported that Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national train company, had applied to use the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1 rail line into St Pancras Internationa
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Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas  dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.
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Eurostar and Thalys TGV at Paris Gare du Nord In November 2007, various British newspapers reported that Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national train company, had applied to use the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1 rail line into St Pancras Internationa
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A businessman walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunges 7 percent in early trade following heavy Wall Street losse
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