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Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of April 12, 2013

<p>Japan&#8217;s Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (L) shakes hand with Taiwan&#8217;s Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liao-yi during the fishery agreement signing ceremony in Taipei on April 10, 2013.</p>
Japan’s Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (L) shakes hand with Taiwan’s Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liao-yi during the fishery agreement signing ceremony in Taipei on April 10, 2013.

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Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week.

Bonus: ’Django’ rechained in China. The Hollywood hit Django Unchained was mysteriously pulled from theaters in China on opening day. Officials in Beijing claimed the film was pulled for unspecified technical reasons; some speculate that censors were offended by nudity and excessive violence in the film.