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In this Wednesday, July 23, 2014 photo, U.N. Development Program Administrator Helen Clark of New Zealand speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo. The U.N. Development Program reached similar conclusions in a report issued in July that urged governments to make providing employment and countering rising inequality top priorities. The inequality debate is raging, says UNDP head Clark, because people are questioning the longstanding premise that in societies like the United States, opportunities are equal for all. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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UN human development report faults inequality

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Japan trade deficit at record $75B in first half
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Japan trade deficit at record $75B in first half

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Japan wary as US, Europe up sanctions on Russia
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Japan wary as US, Europe up sanctions on Russia

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FILE - In Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, shoppers ride on escalators at an electronics retailer in Tokyo. Japan's industrial output has recovered slightly in May from a decline following an April sales tax, stabilizing as factories produced more machinery, vehicles and electronic devices. Factory output in the world's third-largest economy climbed 0.8 percent in May from a year earlier, and was up 0.5 percent from the month before, the economy ministry reported Monday, June 30, 2014. Output fell 2.8 percent in April. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
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Japan May data show economy slowing but resilient

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Abe’s grand plan to revive Japan’s economic might

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Japan unveils strategy to restore cutting edge

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Taiwan art exhibit in Japan salvaged by name fix

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Japanese farmer Masami Yoshizawa, right, shows a black bull with speckles to the media as police officers block him from leading the bull off a truck he drove from Fukushima, northeastern Japan, in front of Agriculture Ministry in Tokyo Friday, June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa and fellow farmer Naoto Matsumura whose livelihoods were wrecked by the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have staged a protest briefly at the ministry to appeal for help with the livestock, some of which have developed unexplained white spots on their hides. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Fukushima farmers appeal to Tokyo with live bull

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FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a visitor to the Tokyo International Anime Fair looks at cartoon figures on display in Tokyo. Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics. The upper house voted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 to approve the law, which was passed by the lower house earlier this month. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
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Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime

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Japan lawmakers begin debate on casino resort law
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Japan lawmakers begin debate on casino resort law

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