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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

A capybara forages along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

A capybara rests on the bank of the Pinheiros river in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

Capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

A capybara forages along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

A capybara forages along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

A capybara forages along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo

Several capybaras forage along the riverside in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 24, 2025. Capybara, the world's largest rodent, grows over 1 meter long as an adult. Despite its size, capybara is remarkably easygoing. Photo by Xu Yongzheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anticancer sake festival held at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - Women in kimono, each holding a 1-meter-long bamboo tube, serve hot sake to visitors at a festival to pray for cancer prevention at Daianji Temple in the city of Nara on Jan. 23. Sake is first poured into the bamboo tube and heated with fire before being given to visitors in the ''Sasazake Matsuri'' (bamboo leaf sake festival), which dates back to the eighth century.

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says.

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Sharp to sell light-producing solar panels from Nov.

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said July 29 it will sell light-producing solar panels with embedded light emitting diodes starting Nov. 1. The Lumiwall produces light throughout the day by using sunlight and by using LEDs at night if it is used on building windows or greenhouses. The panel, about 60 centimeters wide and 1 meter long, has a maximum power output of 35 watts, Sharp said.

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Alligator captured in Kyoto canal

KYOTO, Japan - Police captured a 1-meter-long alligator July 22 in a canal in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward. The police said they believe the reptile was a pet that either escaped or was abandoned and are searching for the owner.

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Salamander found near Kamo River

KYOTO, Japan - A giant salamander was found in a riverbed near the Kamo River in Kyoto on July 11. The 1-meter-long salamander, designated as a special natural treasure, may have been brought to the location from the upper stream due to river swelling caused by a typhoon that hit the Japanese archipelago over the past days.

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Antiracism graffiti found in Hiroshima peace park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Antiracism graffiti marks a wall outside the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan. The 1-meter long by 1-meter wide charcoal graffiti with the words ''NO MORE RACIZM'' (sic) and a large peace symbol was discovered Dec. 7 by the office of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Chuo Ward.

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Giant kingfish surprises divers

TOKYO, Japan - A giant kingfish, or lowly travally, nearly 1 meter long, suddenly appears before divers 8 meters deep in the sea off Hahajima Island in the Ogasawara Islands, southeast of Tokyo. (5th in 7-photo series).

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Salamander found near Kamo River

KYOTO, Japan - A giant salamander was found in a riverbed near the Kamo River in Kyoto on July 11. The 1-meter-long salamander, designated as a special natural treasure, may have been brought to the location from the upper stream due to river swelling caused by a typhoon that hit the Japanese archipelago over the past days.

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Anticancer sake festival held at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - Women in kimono, each holding a 1-meter-long bamboo tube, serve hot sake to visitors at a festival to pray for cancer prevention at Daianji Temple in the city of Nara on Jan. 23. Sake is first poured into the bamboo tube and heated with fire before being given to visitors in the ''Sasazake Matsuri'' (bamboo leaf sake festival), which dates back to the eighth century. (Kyodo)

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Yuichiro Oshikawa, an employee of French bakery Riviere in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, holds on May 9, 2020, what he calls a "social distancing" baguette. His store began selling the more than 1-meter-long bread stick to increase public awareness of the importance of people keeping their distance during the coronavirus crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Yuichiro Oshikawa, an employee of French bakery Riviere in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, shows on May 9, 2020, what he calls a "social distancing" baguette. His store began selling the more than 1-meter-long bread stick to increase public awareness of the importance of people keeping their distance during the coronavirus crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chubby seal in Japan

Visitors take photos of ringed seal Yuki at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in western Japan on Oct. 24, 2018. Yuki, 1 meter long and weighing 50 kilograms, an average size for the animal, has attracted attention among visitors for her roly-poly figure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chubby seal in Japan

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2018, shows ringed seal Yuki at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in western Japan. Yuki, 1 meter long and weighing 50 kilograms, an average size for the animal, has attracted attention among visitors for her roly-poly figure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sinkhole appears on Okinawa road

A sinkhole about 1 meter long and 2 meters deep appears in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2017. The wheel of a garbage truck got caught in the hole in the early hours of that day, but no injury was reported. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp to sell light-producing solar panels from Nov.

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said July 29 it will sell light-producing solar panels with embedded light emitting diodes starting Nov. 1. The Lumiwall produces light throughout the day by using sunlight and by using LEDs at night if it is used on building windows or greenhouses. The panel, about 60 centimeters wide and 1 meter long, has a maximum power output of 35 watts, Sharp said. (Kyodo)

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Alligator captured in Kyoto canal

KYOTO, Japan - Police captured a 1-meter-long alligator July 22 in a canal in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward. The police said they believe the reptile was a pet that either escaped or was abandoned and are searching for the owner.

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JR West starts probing bullet train window crack

FUKUOKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) begins investigating on the afternoon of Jan. 9 in Fukuoka the cause of a crack found Jan. 8 in the windowpane in front of the driver's seat in a bullet train. The 1-meter-long vertical crack was found in the left half of the windowscreen, which appeared to have been hit by an unknown object.

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Giant kingfish surprises divers

TOKYO, Japan - A giant kingfish, or lowly travally, nearly 1 meter long, suddenly appears before divers 8 meters deep in the sea off Hahajima Island in the Ogasawara Islands, southeast of Tokyo. (5th in 7-photo series).