TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26: Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) listens as his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks during a joint press conference at the latter's official residence October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Balkenende is on a four-day visit to Japan as the the year 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the trade relationship between the two countries. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26: Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) listens as his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks during a joint press conference at the latter's official residence October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Balkenende is on a four-day visit to Japan as the the year 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the trade relationship between the two countries.

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  1. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 30: Director Michael Moore (R) poses with Japanese idol and model Yuko Ogura after the 'Capitalism: A Love Story' press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on November 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The film will open at a limited number of theaters in Tokyo and Osaka on December 5, and throughout the rest of Japan on January 9, 2010.
  2. A man looks at an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, showing Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 217.41 points to 9298. 93 in the morning. Asian stock markets have rebounded from their steep fall last week after the United Arab Emirates moved to contain the fallout from Dubai's debt crisis.
  3. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 29: Santa School participants march in Omotesando area on November 29, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. More than 60 Santa Clauses participated in the walk heading to one of Tokyo's most popular toy shops 'Kiddy Land'.
  4. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 29: Jockey Christophe Lemaire of France celebrates after winning the 29th Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on November 29, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
  5. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 27: Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) at Defense Ministry on November 27, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Liang is in Japan until December 1 to discuess issues on North East Asia.

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  2. Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 21, 2009.
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  13. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, accompanied by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, center, is greeted by a Diet guard upon arriving for a ceremonial opening of the extraordinary Diet session by Emperor Akihito at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Japan's new, largely untested Cabinet is starting out with high public approval ratings amid hopes that Hatoyama's government will reinvigorate the world's second-largest economy, polls showed Friday.
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  15. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Longtime opposition leader Hatoyama was elected prime minister Wednesday, promising to reinvigorate Japan's economy and shake up government with his left-of-center party after more than 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by conservatives.
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