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Kim Jong-il’s sushi chef was right all along

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Debris left by the 2011 tsunami is piled up in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tsunami debris is now washing up on the West Coast of the U.S. (AP/Itsuo Inouye)

Floating junkyard, straight ahead!

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World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz, center, and Philippines Secretary of Finance and Chairman of G-24 Margarito Teves, left, and Philippine Undersecretary of Finance and Chairman of Deputies Roberto Tan, right. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

IMF’s gloomy global forecast

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Disneyland: Japan’s gay pioneers

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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (Reuters/Kyodo)

New leader, same North Korea

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North Korean defectors react during a rally against Chinese government near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea’s new defectors

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Debris is seen scattered near the Unit 6 reactor building of stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 (AP/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)

Fukushima: Chaos reigns

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Japan’s surprising geisha revival

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Starting out at 64

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