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Children touch whale on shore of Tottori Pref.

Children touch whale on shore of Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Children touch a whale that washed ashore in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. The 4.5-meter whale died after being found on the beach earlier in the day.

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Pre-spring fire festival takes place in western Japan

Pre-spring fire festival takes place in western Japan

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Men carry a 120-kilogram, 4.5-meter-high torch at a fire festival called "Dadaoshi" at the snow-covered Hasedera temple in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, in a traditional rite praying for the early advent of spring.

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'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

KYOTO, Japan - Children look at an 11-meter-wide, 4.5-meter-tall wooden sculpture of a bird inspired by the comic story ''Hi no Tori'' (Phoenix) by renowned Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka at the Kyoto International Manga Museum in Kyoto on Sept. 22, 2009. It took half a year for the atelier of local Buddhism artist Kosho Sudo to complete the creation.

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'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

KYOTO, Japan - Children look at an 11-meter-wide, 4.5-meter-tall wooden sculpture of a bird inspired by the comic story ''Hi no Tori'' (Phoenix) by renowned Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka at the Kyoto International Manga Museum in Kyoto on Sept. 22, 2009. It took half a year for the atelier of local Buddhism artist Kosho Sudo to complete the creation.

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Victims of stabbing incident remembered in Osaka

Victims of stabbing incident remembered in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Students at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka ring eight bells during a memorial service June 8 in memory of eight children who were stabbed to death three years ago when a man went on a stabbing rampage at the school. About 700 people attended the ceremony at which a 4.5-meter monument, with eight bells and inscribed with the names of the victims, was unveiled.

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Guinness recognizes largest candy wrapper mosaic in Japan

Guinness recognizes largest candy wrapper mosaic in Japan

Photo taken March 21, 2016, shows a 2.64 meter by 4.5 meter mosaic made of candy wrappers, recognized by the Guinness World Records the same day as the world's largest mosaic of its kind, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Making of the mosaic, depicting a train and bus about to depart, involved 1,177 people and 5,172 candy wrappers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guinness recognizes largest candy wrapper mosaic in Japan

Guinness recognizes largest candy wrapper mosaic in Japan

Photo taken March 21, 2016, shows a 2.64 meter by 4.5 meter mosaic made of candy wrappers, recognized by the Guinness World Records the same day as the world's largest mosaic of its kind, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Making of the mosaic, depicting a train and bus about to depart, involved 1,177 people and 5,172 candy wrappers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

KYOTO, Japan - Children look at an 11-meter-wide, 4.5-meter-tall wooden sculpture of a bird inspired by the comic story ''Hi no Tori'' (Phoenix) by renowned Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka at the Kyoto International Manga Museum in Kyoto on Sept. 22, 2009. It took half a year for the atelier of local Buddhism artist Kosho Sudo to complete the creation. (Kyodo)

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'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

'Phoenix' flies down to Kyoto manga museum

KYOTO, Japan - Children look at an 11-meter-wide, 4.5-meter-tall wooden sculpture of a bird inspired by the comic story ''Hi no Tori'' (Phoenix) by renowned Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka at the Kyoto International Manga Museum in Kyoto on Sept. 22, 2009. It took half a year for the atelier of local Buddhism artist Kosho Sudo to complete the creation. (Kyodo)

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Victims of stabbing incident remembered in Osaka

Victims of stabbing incident remembered in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Students at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka ring eight bells during a memorial service June 8 in memory of eight children who were stabbed to death three years ago when a man went on a stabbing rampage at the school. About 700 people attended the ceremony at which a 4.5-meter monument, with eight bells and inscribed with the names of the victims, was unveiled. (Kyodo)

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