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Dance festival in Tottori

Dancers holding colorful umbrellas with bells attached perform during the Shan-Shan festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. The annual summer festival was held on a public road for the first time in four years as COVID-related restrictions were fully lifted earlier in the year.

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"Awaodori" dance festival in Tokushima

The four-day "Awaodori" dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2023, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

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Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2023, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded the following day as part of the five-day harvest festival, which dates back around 300 years and was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.

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Cannes film festival

Japanese screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto (R) poses with director Hirokazu Koreeda at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, after Sakamoto received this year's best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 27 for "Kaibutsu" (Monster), directed by Koreeda.

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Cannes film festival

Japanese screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto (R) poses with director Hirokazu Koreeda at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, after Sakamoto received this year's best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 27 for "Kaibutsu" (Monster), directed by Koreeda.

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Cannes film festival

Japanese screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto meets the press at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, after receiving this year's best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 27 for "Kaibutsu" (Monster), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda.

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Japan's Koji Yakusho wins best actor at Cannes

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho speaks at a press conference at the Cannes film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 26, 2023. Yakusho was named the Best Actor at this year's festival for his role in German director Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days."

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Japan's Sakamoto wins best screenplay award at Cannes

Japanese playwright Yuji Sakamoto (L) and director Hirokazu Koreeda attend a press conference at the Cannes film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2023. Sakamoto won this year's best screenplay award for the film "Monster" (Kaibutsu), directed by Koreeda.

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Wim Wenders' film at Cannes Film Festival

"Perfect Days," a film by German director Wim Wenders (front 4th from L), starring Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (front, 3rd from R), receives standing ovation following its premier at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France on May 25, 2023.

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Wim Wenders' film at Cannes Film Festival

German director Wim Wenders (C), Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (2nd from R) and other cast members of "Perfect Days" pose for photo before its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2023.

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Director Kitano at Cannes Film Festival

Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano (3rd from L) and cast members receive a standing ovation for "Kubi," Kitano's first work in six years, following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2023.

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Japanese director Koreeda's film at Cannes

(From L) Palme d'Or winner and internationally acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, actress Sakura Ando, actor Eita Nagayama and playwright Yuji Sakamoto speak to the press after the official screening of their film "Kaibutsu" (Monster) at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2023.

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Japanese director Koreeda's film at Cannes

The Japanese film "Kaibutsu" (Monster), by Palme d'Or winner and internationally acclaimed director Hirokazu Koreeda (C), receives a standing ovation after its official screening at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2023.

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Damage done by U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows a tree uprooted by the blast of the U.S. atomic bombing. Behind the tree is a truck left just with its burnt frame. The photo was taken sometime between Aug. 10 and Aug 11, 1945.

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Hiroshima in ruins after U.S. atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows a store, Odamasa Shoten, whose frame was twisted by the blast from the U.S. atomic bombing. Standing next to it is the exterior of the Chugoku Shimbun newspaper building. The photo was taken in Ebisu, Hiroshima City, sometime between Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, 1945.

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Emperor, empress at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow before a cenotaph for atomic-bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014.

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Director Kawase at Cannes Int'l Film Festival

CANNES, France - Japanese film director Naomi Kawase (3rd from L) and actors in her film attend a press conference at a venue for the Cannes International Film Festival in France on May 20, 2014. Her film ''Still the Water'' is competing in the festival.

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Film director Koreeda returns from Cannes

NARITA, Japan - Film director Hirokazu Koreeda holds a certificate of the Prix du Jury of the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival during a press conference at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 28, 2013. Koreeda returned from the event in France where his film "Like Father, Like Son" received the prize.

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Kitano's 'Outrage' screened at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano receives a standing ovation after his ''Outrage'' was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 17, 2010. Kitano is vying for the Palme d'Or with the gangster movie.

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Nagasaki on 64th anniv. of A-bomb attack

NAGASAKI, Japan - Doves fly past the Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9 after being released during a ceremony commemorating the 64th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.

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Kawase's 'The Mourning Forest' wins Grand Prix at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese film director Naomi Kawase shows the second-place Grand Prix prize for her film ''Mogari no Mori'' (The Mourning Forest) at the 60th Cannes Film Festival on May 27.

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Best actor at Cannes Yagira back in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Teenage actor Yuya Yagira (R) on May 26 in Tokyo shows the trophy he received as the best actor award at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. Yagira, 14, the youngest winner of the award in the festival, performed in the Hirokazu Koreeda (L) film ''Nobody Knows.''

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A-bomb film by director Yoshida shown at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese director Kiju Yoshida (C) attends the premiere of his film ''Women in the Mirror'' May 23 at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. The film, starring Yoshida's wife, actress Mariko Okada (R), aims to show the psychological impact of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima and the war through telling the story of the life of a woman exposed to radiation.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Taiyo, a river otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, predicts Japan's win against Germany by putting a miniature ball inside the blue bucket with a Japanese flag, snubbing the red one with a German flag and yellow one labeled "draw," on Nov. 22, 2022, a day before their World Cup group stage football match.

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Total lunar and planetary eclipse at the same time

Photo taken on Nov. 8, 2022 shows the moon during a total lunar eclipse and autumn gingko leaves in Osaka, western Japan. People in many parts of Japan were able to witness a total lunar eclipse that occurred at the same time as a lunar occultation of Uranus, a celestial event that has not occurred in 442 years.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans flying over Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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Autumn trees lit up at Fukushima temple

Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13.

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Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim

Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim

Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Atomic Bomb Hospital

Atomic Bomb Hospital==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima,Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Atomic Bomb Hospital

Atomic Bomb Hospital==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima,Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

Atomic Bomb Dome,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

Atomic Bomb Dome,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Children of Atomic Bomb Victims: Hiromi-chan

Children of Atomic Bomb Victims: Hiromi-chan==Date:unknown, Place:Hiroshima,Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Hiroshima ABCC

Hiroshima ABCC,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb,Atomic Bomb Hospital,Atomic Bomb Victims carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Jidai Matsuri festival in Kyoto

A group of people in ancient costumes carry a portable shrine from Heian Jingu shrine during the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Autumn leaves in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 30, 2022, shows fall foliage on the Daisetsu mountain range in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ritual ahead of Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

A ritual is held at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 10, 2022, to pray for the safety of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting the following day.

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PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha

PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha,Sugimatsu Nakamura,Nakamura Family==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha

PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha,Sugimatsu Nakamura,Nakamura Family==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha

PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha,Sugimatsu Nakamura,Nakamura Family==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha

PIKADON-Records of Hibakusha,Sugimatsu Nakamura,Nakamura Family==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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A-Bomb and Human Records

A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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A-Bomb and Human Records

A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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A-Bomb and Human Records

A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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A-Bomb and Human Records

A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima