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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued

A powerful Magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore at 11:15 PM in Japan, leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. Warnings for waves up to 3 meters (10 ft) were issued for the north-eastern coast, specifically the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate. Tsunamis between 20 and 50 cm (7-18 inches) high were subsequently observed at several ports in the region. Furthermore, authorities are cautioning the public that "there is a possibility of even more powerful tremors." They also urged attention be paid to the potential for a larger subsequent earthquake.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky 3

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Vehicles Covered in Ash as Shinmoedake Eruption Persists

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky 2

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Mt. Fuji

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Japan, on Aug. 11, 2023.

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Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows climbers walking on a route leading up to the summit of the 3,776 meter Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a route leading up to the summit of the 3,776 meter Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows climbers walking on a route leading up to the summit of the 3,776 meter Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Anti-terror drill in Kanazawa

Firefighters practice attending to victims during a simulated sarin gas attack at Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven education ministers meeting in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures in May.

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Anti-terror drill in Kanazawa

Police officers practice subduing a suspect during an anti-terrorism drill at Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven education ministers meeting in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures in May.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

TOKYO, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Mt. Fuji, a World Cultural Heritage site which stands between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, is covered with a thin layer of snow for the first time this season on Oct. 11, 2015. The first snowcap on the 3,776-meter mountain is 11 days later than average but five days earlier than last year.

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Fukushima police comb debris in coastal areas

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers comb through debris in the town of Namie on Nov. 11, 2014, 44 months after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in search of missing victims' remains. As of Nov. 10, 2,593 people were unaccounted for in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, according to the National Police Agency.

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Volunteers join search for people missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteers comb a coastline in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014, in search of human remains, personal belongings and other items related to missing victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. As of Oct. 10, 2,594 people remain missing in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as a result of the disaster.

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Police continue search for people missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers comb a coastal area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014, in search of human remains, personal belongings and other items related to missing victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. As of Oct. 10, 2,549 people remain missing in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures as a result of the disaster.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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Comedian Hazama starts marathon across quake-hit Tohoku

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama strikes a pose Aug. 11, 2014, at the starting point in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, of a 508-kilometer marathon through three prefectures -- Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the region in March 2011.

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Comedian Hazama jogs ahead of marathon in Tohoku

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama jogs on Aug. 11, 2014,with elementary school children in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, ahead of a 508-kilometer marathon across three prefectures -- Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the region in March 2011.

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Tohoku students to participate in Paris event

TOKYO, Japan - Students including Yurika Kishi (R), a sophomore at Fukushima National College of Technology, give a press conference on an promotional event in Paris for the 2011 disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Some 100 junior and senior high school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures will take part in the Aug. 30-31 event.

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Over 80 die unattended in temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing in Miyagi Prefecture for people affected by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. At least 81 people have died unattended in such housing since the disaster in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, the three hardest-hit prefectures in northeastern Japan, a Kyodo News survey found Sept. 11, 2013.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, during a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, during a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

SENDAI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers offer silent prayers facing the sea in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, ahead of conducting a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

SENDAI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers prepare aboard a patrol vessel off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, to search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (from R) King Liu, chairman of Taiwan's Giant Manufacturing Co., and Tatsumi Tanaka, the mayor of Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, take part in a cycling event in Etajima on May 11, 2012. The event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and the major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer started that day in Etajima to promote cycling routes for foreign tourists in the two prefectures around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.

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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd.

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Japanese quake-hit youths visit Moscow school

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian students (back) cheer as Japanese students (front) sing ''The One and Only Flower in the World'' at a school in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost their relatives in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster visited the school to meet Russian youths. The Japanese from four high schools and two universities in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures were invited to Moscow's school No. 1535 by Russia's educational authorities on a goodwill program.

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Japanese prefectures promote school trips from China

BEIJING, China - Personnel associated with Japanese prefectures and cities promote school trips to Japan to Chinese travel agencies at a hotel in Beijing on Dec. 1, 2011. Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the number of Chinese school trippers to Japan has significantly dropped.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas leave for Wembley

NARITA, Japan - Sixteen high school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, pose for photos at Narita airport near Tokyo ahead of their departure for London on Nov. 22, 2011, to play matches at the famous Wembley Stadium. The trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for the reconstruction efforts.

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'One-and-only' chair for babies in disaster-hit areas

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriyuki Nakao (L), associate professor of Tokai University, looks at chairs, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2011, which are to be given to babies born on March 11, 2011, in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, severely hit by the quake and tsunami disasters. A Hokkaido-based team announced the same day the project to present the ''one-and-only'' chairs, which bear each baby's name, their birthday ''March 11, 2011'' and a message ''Be tough toward the future.'' Nakao designed the chair.

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'One-and-only' chair for babies in disaster-hit areas

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2011, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, shows chairs which are to be given to babies born on March 11, 2011, in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, severely hit by the quake and tsunami disasters. A Hokkaido-based team announced the same day the project to present the ''one-and-only'' chairs, which bear each baby's name, their birthday ''March 11, 2011'' and a message ''Be tough toward the future.''

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Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - Professional golfers (from L) Shinobu Moromizato, Tiger Woods, Miho Koga and Rui Kitada pose for photos at the Masters Golf Club in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, before taking part in a charity golf event for the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The event organizer will donate 15 million yen each to the most-severely-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima out of revenues from the event.

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Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

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Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Disaster-hit Japanese teenagers in Russian Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Junior and senior high school students from the disaster-hit Japanese prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi pose for group photos after arriving at Vladivostok airport in the Russian Far East on Aug. 18, 2011. Their trip was made possible after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, proposed that children from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami be invited to Russia.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Major leaguers coach students from Japan disaster areas

BALTIMORE, United States - Junior and senior high school baseball club members from the disaster-hit northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima get coaching from players of the Baltimore Orioles at the team's home stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 11, 2011.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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Shiki troupe performs in Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - Members of Shiki Theatre Co. perform at Kirikiri Junior High School in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 25, 2011, for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The troupe is scheduled to tour 13 municipalities in disaster-hit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through Aug. 26, 2011.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - People perform ''Suzume Odori'' (sparrow dance) of the Sendai area during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers of the Hanagasa Festival of Yamagata Prefecture leave an area at Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival, as they were not able to finish their scheduled performance because of the overflowing crowd. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Drummers and dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.