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Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

A Shinto ritual is held at a beach on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2024, as the beach opens for swimming the same day.

Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

People celebrate the arrival of the first train bound for Tokyo at JR Fukui Station in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.

Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

People celebrate the arrival of the first train bound for Tokyo at JR Fukui Station in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.

[Breaking News]Bean-throwing event in quake-hit Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan, Feb. 3 Kyodo - People scatter roasted beans on Feb. 3, 2024, at a shrine in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, as they wish for early recovery from the disaster during a traditional bean-throwing ritual. (Kyodo)