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PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) Dial up warning

Residents of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, are seen performing a traditional sprint while pulling a decorated float, or "danjiri" as part of the annual "Kishiwada Danjiri Festival," in this photo taken on Sept. 17. The festival, which has a history of 300 years, is expected to attract nearly 500,000 visitors for its two-day period from Sept. 17 to Sept. 18. (Mainichi)

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Ramen Museum: Visitors can design cups, put dried noodles in them and pick toppings for their own version.

Fishermen from the Miyakojima Fisheries Cooperative Association are seen catching salmon in the Tsugaru Ishikawa river in Iwate Prefecture during their first post-quake fishing operations on Sept. 15, 2011. The March 11 disaster wreaked havoc on the town's fishing industry, but the fishing season was successfully re-launched on Sept. 13 after much of the rubble brought by the tsunami was removed from the river. (Mainichi)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Japanese pop group SMAP members, from left, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Takuya Kimura, Shingo Katori and Masahiro Nakai perform on stage at their first-ever overseas concert in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Liangkuai)

Visitors and staff fill the area near the PlayStation Vita exhibit at the Tokyo Game Show, one of the largest game shows in the world, in Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Sept. 15, 2011. Along with the first domestic unveiling of Sony's new portable system PlayStation Vita, new software for the Nintendo 3DS was on display, as were new games for smartphones and social networking services. (Mainichi)

Heaps of furniture and other items, rendered unusable by flood damage caused by Typhoon No. 12, are seen in a temporary storage site on the grounds of a closed school in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011. Many more junked items are still expected to be brought to such sites. Local municipalities don't believe they will be able to dispose of all the items any time soon, and the prefectural government is moving to assist. (Mainichi)

Nobuyuki Tsujii, front, a blind pianist from Japan, and Yeol Eum-son of South Korea perform on the same piano at a concert in Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall on Sept. 14, 2011. The concert was themed around boosting friendship between the two countries. A full house of 1,600 watched the concert, including Princess Takamado and the South Korean ambassador to Japan, Shin Kak-soo. (Mainichi)

Panasonic’s Evolta robot swims during a triathlon demonstration in Tokyo. Three of the robots will take part in the Ironman triathlon event in Hawaii from Oct 24. The robots, powered by three AA-size rechargeable Evolta batteries, will swim, bike and run a total of about 230 km within one week.

A visitor, right, assisted by a booth girl, demonstrates Microsoft’s Kinect for the Xbox 360 home console at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, on Thursday.

A Japanese fan waits for the start of her team's Rugby World Cup Pool A match against the New Zealand All Blacks at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. The All Blacks won the match 83-7. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

"Booth babes" pose at the Tokyo Game Show which opened at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday. More than 190 companies and organizations, including 34 exhibitors from overseas, are taking part in the show that runs through Sunday. The major drawcards are expected to be Sony’s new portable game console and numerous game titles for Android-based smartphones. Mobile game site operator Gree Inc is taking part for the first time, while Nintendo is absent. Saturday and Sunday are open to the public.

PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) Dial up warning

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