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United States' Carli Lloyd, left, and United States goalkeeper Hope Solo celebrate 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/Julie Jacobson)

London Olympics 2012: Carli Lloyd scores twice as U.S. wins women’s soccer gold

By Joseph White - Associated Press

AP Interview: Artist Kusama sees the world in dots

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

**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)

Nuke plant chief after tsunami: ‘This is serious’

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, on Monday. The 67th anniversary of the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II was observed. A second bomb dropped on Nagasaki led to Japan’s surrender. (Associated Press)

Truman kin joins Hiroshima ceremony

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

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)

Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of A-bomb attack

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

Doctors: Japan nuclear plant workers face stigma

By MALCOLM FOSTER - Associated Press

A protester displays a placard that reads: “No to restart of nuclear reactors and Prime Minister Noda” during a march near the parliament complex in Tokyo earlier this week. The government is hearing demands to abandon nuclear power in the wake of the meltdown last year. The question of nuclear weapons is also being brought up. (Associated Press)

Japan revisits nuclear weapons ban

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Nissan Note launched, a new global hatchback

By NISSAN MOTOR CO. and LTD.

Olympics 2012: U.S. gymnast John Orozco botches his dismount on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastic men's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

London 2012 gymnastics: U.S. falls flat, finishes fifth

By Nancy Armour - Associated Press

U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton gestures after a performance during the Artistic Gymnastics men's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

London Olympics 2012: U.S. cruises to lead in men’s gymnastics qualifying

By Nancy Armour - Associated Press

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Japan’s Yuki Otsu celebrates after scoring the opening goal Thursday during the group D men’s soccer match against Spain at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Spain is the reigning World Cup and Euro champion.

London Olympics 2012: Japan shows its mettle against medal-favorite Spain in soccer

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Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges cheers from Mariners fans Monday night during his first game as a New York Yankee after 11-plus seasons in Seattle.

Ichiro’s trade proves to be hit in homeland

By Jim Armstrong - Associated Press

Astronaut trio docks with space station

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Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station

By DMITRY LOVETSKY - Associated Press

A Soyuz-FG rocket booster with a Soyuz TMA-05M spaceship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station

By Dmitry Lovetsky - Associated Press

Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station

By DMITRY LOVETSKY - Associated Press

Pipeline starting to fill with Korean men

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Briefly: Heavy rains drench south Japan, leaving 15 dead, 11 missing

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Happy Science Pastor Tomohiko Nakagawa (left), leads prayers with the faithful in Kampala, Uganda. The religion, with origins in Japan, is quickly amassing a following in Uganda with a campaign that has attracted the attention of Christian clerics offended by its beliefs. (Associated Press)

Religion with roots in Japan growing in Uganda

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Attendants feed a newly born male giant panda inside an incubator at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Saturday, July 7, 2012. The baby panda died of pneumonia on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ueno Zoological Park Society)

6-day-old panda dies of pneumonia at Tokyo zoo

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press