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Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel search for missing residents in a mud-ridden residential area following a massive landslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris Wednesday on the outskirts of Hiroshima city, killing more than 30 people and leaving a several missing, Japanese police said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

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39 dead, dozens missing after Japan landslides

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August 21, 2014 11:55 am

In this aerial photo, a rescue helicopter hovers over an area devastated by a massive landslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. A several people died and at least a dozen are missing after rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early Wednesday in several landslides. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

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36 dead, 7 missing in Hiroshima landslide

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August 20, 2014 1:46 pm

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111-year-old from Japan recognized as oldest man

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August 20, 2014 9:11 am

A cargo is unloaded from a truck to load onto a freight vessel at the pier of a container terminal in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Japan's trade deficit rose in July from the month before to a wider than expected 964 billion yen ($9.4 billion), though exports were higher for the first time in three months, the government said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Japan trade deficit widens, exports up slightly

Elaine Kurtenbach -

August 20, 2014 8:49 am

China fines 12 Japanese firms in auto price probe

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China fines 12 Japanese firms in auto price probe

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August 20, 2014 4:16 am

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-89 armored combat vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Japan military holds drill as its role expands

Mari Yamaguchi -

August 19, 2014 10:34 am

Japanese men clad in outdated military costume march in to pay respects to the country's war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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China, S. Korea blast Japan’s war shrine visits

Yuri Kageyama -

August 16, 2014 1:04 am

Japanese men clad in outdated military costume march in to pay respects to the country's war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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Japan criticized as 2 ministers visit war shrine

Yuri Kageyama -

August 15, 2014 5:04 am

Anti US base protesters in canoe are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard speed boat in Nago, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Japanese officials said buoys are being floated off the southernmost island of Okinawa in one of the first steps in the relocation of an American military base. The buoys define the area where the construction will begin on a facility in coastal Henoko that will house the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which will be relocated from a crowded residential area of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

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US military takes 1st step in relocation in Japan

Yuri Kageyama -

August 15, 2014 3:21 am

A shopper examines clothes at a store in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. The Japanese economy shrank at an annual pace of 6.8 percent in the second quarter after spending got slammed by a sales tax hike that kicked in from April, government figures showed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Japan’s economy shrinks as tax hike hits spending

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August 13, 2014 5:00 am

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