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Anti-Japan protesters march Sunday in China. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China. (Associated Press)
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Japanese coast guard officers patrol in a rubber boat as Japanese activists hang their national flag on a small lighthouse and its perimeter on Uotsuri, the largest island in a small archipelago known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as the Diaoyu Islands, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon speaking to followers in suburban Tokyo Japan in 1969. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.
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Protesters hold anti-Japan placards outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Wednesday. A dispute with China and South Korea over islands has long been a source of tension in the region and have threatened to boil over in recent weeks. The placards read: “Overturn Japanese militarism.” (Associated Press)
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Uotsuri Island, one of the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, is claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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United States' Abby Wambach, right, and teammate Hope Solo celebrate winning the gold medal during in the women's soccer final against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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United States players celebrates winning the women's soccer gold medal match against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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United States' Abby Wambach celebrates after winning the women's soccer gold medal match against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. The United States won 2-1. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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United States' Carli Lloyd (10) celebrates her goal with teammate Tobin Heath (17) during the women's soccer gold medal match against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Paper lanterns float Aug. 6, 2012, along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima marks the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug 6. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Smoke rises March 15, 2011, from the badly damaged Unit 3 reactor (left), next to the Unit 4 reactor covered by an outer wall at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okuma, Japan. The emergency command center at Japan's stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at Unit 3 and the plant chief reacted by shouting, "This is serious, this is serious," reveal videos of the crisis as it happened. (Associated Press/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File)
