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Japan: Sakurajima Volcano Erupts Twice in Two Days for First Time This Year 2

Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima, southern Japan, erupted explosively on consecutive days for the first time this year. The blasts from the Minamidake summit crater on April 11 and 12 sent ash plumes up to 3,400 meters high and scattered volcanic rocks up to 1,000 meters from the crater. No pyroclastic flows were observed. The eruptions are the first and second of the year, following the previous event on December 13 last year. Volcanic alert level 3 — prohibiting entry into the mountain — remains in effect, with authorities warning of large projectiles and pyroclastic flows within 2 kilometers of the crater.

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Japan: Sakurajima Volcano Erupts Twice in Two Days for First Time This Year

Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima, southern Japan, erupted explosively on consecutive days for the first time this year. The blasts from the Minamidake summit crater on April 11 and 12 sent ash plumes up to 3,400 meters high and scattered volcanic rocks up to 1,000 meters from the crater. No pyroclastic flows were observed. The eruptions are the first and second of the year, following the previous event on December 13 last year. Volcanic alert level 3 — prohibiting entry into the mountain — remains in effect, with authorities warning of large projectiles and pyroclastic flows within 2 kilometers of the crater.

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LDP's party convention

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds an annual party convention in Tokyo on April 12, 2026. It was the first annual event for the party since Sanae Takaichi became LDP leader and prime minister in October last year.

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LDP's party convention

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds an annual party convention in Tokyo on April 12, 2026. It was the first annual event for the party since Sanae Takaichi became LDP leader and prime minister in October last year.

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LDP's party convention

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party holds an annual party convention in Tokyo on April 12, 2026. It was the first annual event for the party since Sanae Takaichi became LDP leader and prime minister in October last year.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (C) is greeted by teammates in the dugout after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (C) is greeted by teammates in the dugout after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a leadoff home run, his first of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 11, 2026.

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Film director Oshima's 1977 trial

TOKYO, Japan, April 10 Kyodo - Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima enters the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 21, 1977, for the first hearing of his trial related to a book on his erotic art film "In the Realm of the Senses." Oshima, along with Kazui Takemura, president of San-Ichi Shobo Publishing Inc., was charged with distributing obscene materials contained in the book, including photographs of sexually explicit scenes from the 1976 film and its script.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Photo shows a miniature replica of a bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, that was unveiled at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The replica was a stadium giveaway at the Seatle Mariners' game against the Houston Astros the same day.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Photo shows a miniature replica of a bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, that was unveiled at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The replica was a stadium giveaway at the Seatle Mariners' game against the Houston Astros the same day.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Photo shows a miniature replica of a bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, that was unveiled at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The replica was a stadium giveaway at the Seatle Mariners' game against the Houston Astros the same day.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

The Seattle Mariners unveil a bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the unveiling ceremony.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Photo shows a bronze statue of Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, unveiled at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue was restored after snapping as the tarp was pulled away during the unveiling ceremony.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki (front, R), the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, smiles in front of his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026, alongside fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (L) and Edgar Martinez. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the unveiling ceremony.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, meets the press after attending an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, meets the press after attending an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Football: friendly between Japan and U.S.

Yui Hasegawa (front, L) of Japan passes the ball in the first half of a women's football international friendly against the United States in San Jose, California, on April 11, 2026.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, meets the press after attending an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, attends an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, attends an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Baseball: Mariners unveil statue of Hall of Famer Ichiro

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese inducted into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, attends an unveiling ceremony for his bronze statue at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 10, 2026. The bat on the statue snapped when the tarp was pulled away during the ceremony.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani high-fives manager Dave Roberts (2nd from R) after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds bases after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Golf: Masters Tournament

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits off the first tee during the final round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds bases after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.

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Baseball: Rangers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds bases after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 12, 2026.