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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 5

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 6

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 7

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 4

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 2

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall 3

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country, with Obihiro receiving 120 centimeters of snow in just 12 hours on Tuesday.

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Panasonic's tablet computers for corporate users

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the 7.0-inch (L) and 10.1-inch display models of Panasonic Corp.'s new BizPad tablet computers for corporate users to be sold from late December 2011. The consumer electronics giant said on Oct. 12, 2011, that the new tablet computers will run on Google Inc.'s Android 3.2 operating system and will not break even if the 7.0-inch model is dropped from a height of 120 centimeters and the 10.1-inch model from a height of 80 centimeters because of their shockproof structures.

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Coelacanth dissected for research

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A coelacanth, which has features of an ancient fish, is anatomized at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Dec. 22 for scientific research on a evolution process of fishes moving up to land from the sea. The coelacanth, 120 centimeters long and weighing 45 kilograms, has been presented to institute professor Norihiro Okada from a Tanzanian institute. Prince Akishino (C, in back) is watching the event.

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(3)Toyota Motor unveils human-assisting partner robots

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses with two humanoid robots which his company unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. One of the two is a ''walking'' type, 120 centimeters in height and 35 kilograms in weight. The other is a ''rolling'' type 1 meter in height and 35 kg in weight.

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Endangered wild horses on comeback in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Przewalski horses, the last surviving wild ancestors of the domestic horse, graze on pasture in Mongolia's Hustain Nuruu National Park 100 kilometers west of Ulan Bator. Once nearly extinct in the wild, Przewalski horses have been kept in zoos and private parks around the world. Under international projects to reintroduce them in the wild, however, the herd in the national park grew to 84 in 2000, and is now about 140. The horse, known as the Takh in Mongolian, is roughly 120 centimeters high and has a short, erect mane.

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(1)30,000 Naha residents evacuated for disposal of WWII bomb

NAHA, Japan - Some 30,000 Naha residents were evacuated March 24 for the disposal of an unexploded 250-kilogram shell (photo) used by the United States during World War II. The Ground Self-Defense Force disposed of the shell, which was found in a park. The shell measured 120 centimeters long and 36 cm in diameter.

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Robot balances pole in its palm

OSAKA, Japan - A robot called DB, developed by a project team of Japan Science and Technology Corp., demonstrates in Kyoto on Aug. 30 its ability to balance a pole in its palm. The human-shaped robot, which is 190 centimeters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, balanced the pole for four minutes. The pole, made of vinyl chloride, is 4 centimeters in diameter and 120 centimeters in length.

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Honda to rent out ASIMO humanoid robots

TOKYO, Japan - New ASIMO humanoid robots which Honda Motor Co. plans to begin renting out next fall are on display at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 21. Honda said the robots, 120 centimeters tall and weighing 43 kilograms, can walk 1.6 kilometers per hour.

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Coelacanth dissected for research

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A coelacanth, which has features of an ancient fish, is anatomized at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Dec. 22 for scientific research on a evolution process of fishes moving up to land from the sea. The coelacanth, 120 centimeters long and weighing 45 kilograms, has been presented to institute professor Norihiro Okada from a Tanzanian institute. Prince Akishino (C, in back) is watching the event. (Kyodo)

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Model of Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Photo taken June 17, 2016, in Tokyo, shows a model of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. The 120 centimeters by 120 cm model was made for display at Japan House during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Model of Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (R) and education minister Hiroshi Hase (C) look at a model of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium in the Japanese capital on June 17, 2016. The 120 centimeters by 120 cm model was made for display at Japan House during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic's tablet computers for corporate users

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the 7.0-inch (L) and 10.1-inch display models of Panasonic Corp.'s new BizPad tablet computers for corporate users to be sold from late December 2011. The consumer electronics giant said on Oct. 12, 2011, that the new tablet computers will run on Google Inc.'s Android 3.2 operating system and will not break even if the 7.0-inch model is dropped from a height of 120 centimeters and the 10.1-inch model from a height of 80 centimeters because of their shockproof structures. (Kyodo)

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(1)30,000 Naha residents evacuated for disposal of WWII bomb

NAHA, Japan - Some 30,000 Naha residents were evacuated March 24 for the disposal of an unexploded 250-kilogram shell (photo) used by the United States during World War II. The Ground Self-Defense Force disposed of the shell, which was found in a park. The shell measured 120 centimeters long and 36 cm in diameter.

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(3)Toyota Motor unveils human-assisting partner robots

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses with two humanoid robots which his company unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. One of the two is a ''walking'' type, 120 centimeters in height and 35 kilograms in weight. The other is a ''rolling'' type 1 meter in height and 35 kg in weight. (Kyodo)

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NGK develops world's 1st ceramic displays+

NAGOYA, Japan - NGK Insulators Ltd. said Oct. 16 it has developed displays of up to 120 inches (300 centimeters) that are made from ceramics and have resolution nine times those of conventional light-emitting diode (LED) displays. NGK said its Ceram Vision -- a large display ranging in size from 60 inches (150 cm) to 120 inches for such public spaces as railway stations and airports -- and the 121 cm by 29 cm Ceram Board are slated for launch next spring and will be the world's first commercial application of ceramic displays. Unlike LED displays, ceramic displays can reproduce the color white.

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Robot balances pole in its palm

OSAKA, Japan - A robot called DB, developed by a project team of Japan Science and Technology Corp., demonstrates in Kyoto on Aug. 30 its ability to balance a pole in its palm. The human-shaped robot, which is 190 centimeters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, balanced the pole for four minutes. The pole, made of vinyl chloride, is 4 centimeters in diameter and 120 centimeters in length.

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Honda to rent out ASIMO humanoid robots

TOKYO, Japan - New ASIMO humanoid robots which Honda Motor Co. plans to begin renting out next fall are on display at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 21. Honda said the robots, 120 centimeters tall and weighing 43 kilograms, can walk 1.6 kilometers per hour.

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Sony unveils PDA

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a personal digital assistant (PDA), a palm-held computer, unveiled July 13 by Sony Corp. The company said the device using an OS developed by Palm Inc. of the U.S. will be released in September. Measuring 11.5 by 7.1 by 1.5 centimeters and weighing 120 grams, it features a ''jog dial'' that allows users to scroll and open applications. Sony will offer two models -- one with a color screen and the other with a black-and-white screen -- and expects them to retail for 60,000 yen and 55,000 yen, respectively.