Japan

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Hiroshi Yamauchi, shown in 1992 when he was president of Japan's Nintendo Co., answers questions during a news conference at company headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, after he won final approval to buy the Seattle Mariners. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

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** FILE ** Caroline Kennedy of New York looks to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a Sept. 19, 2013, hearing on Capitol Hill on her nomination for Ambassador to Japan. (Associated Press)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second from right, with a red helmet) is briefed about a chemical dam by Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (second from left) as the lawmaker inspects an area along the coast between the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors during his tour of the tsunami-crippled plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Japan Pool)

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Syria was expected to be among the topics during the bilateral meeting between President Obama and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G-20 Summit on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic reacts during a first round match against Misaki Doi, of Japan, at the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)