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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

A man offers a prayer in front of a monument at a fixed observation point used by the media during coverage of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, the 35th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members offer prayers in front of a monument at a fixed observation point used by the media during coverage of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, the 35th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Firefighters offer flowers and silent prayers at a monument in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, marking the 35th anniversary of a deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Police officers from the Shimabara police station in Nagasaki Prefecture offer silent prayers at the former site of a volunteer fire brigade station in Shimabara in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki on June 3, 2026, marking the 35th anniversary of the deadly pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and members of the press.

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35th anniversary of mountain disaster in Nagasaki

Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa lays flowers at a monument on June 3, 2026, as the city in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki marked the 35th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and reporters.

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35th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa (front row, far L) lays flowers at a monument on June 3, 2026, as the city in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki marked the 35th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed the lives of 43 people, including firefighters, police officers and reporters.

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Long hours of service among town officials in Nagano Pref.

OBUSE, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - An arrow on a map indicates the town of Obuse in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, where three municipal officials took their own lives in fiscal 2021 and 2022. A third-party panel established by the town government released a report in November 2023, finding that "abnormally" long working hours had become common among officials after staff numbers were reduced.(Kyodo)

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Japan-style disaster drill in Pakistan

Students take part in a Japanese-style anti-disaster drill hosted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Islamabad on Oct. 8, 2025, the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake that claimed more than 74,000 lives.

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Japan-style disaster drill in Pakistan

Students take part in a Japanese-style anti-disaster drill hosted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Islamabad on Oct. 8, 2025, the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake that claimed more than 74,000 lives.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki prays at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

People light candles on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prepares to lay flowers on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prays on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako (far L) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Photos featuring Nepal's reconstruction efforts are on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Equipment used for rescue operations after a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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11th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

South Korean presidential candidates -- Lee Jae Myung (front, 2nd from R), former head of the main opposition Democratic Party, and Gyeonggi Gov. Kim Dong Yeon (3rd from R) -- attend a memorial ceremony in Ansan, near Seoul, on April 16, 2025, to mark the 11th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the Jindo island claimed 304 lives, including 250 students on a school trip from a high school in Ansan.

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11th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

A memorial ceremony is held in Ansan, near Seoul, on April 16, 2025, to mark the 11th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 students on a school trip from a high school in Ansan.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2025, shows a cenotaph built in Hawaii's Honolulu in memory of those killed in a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Japan's Ehime Prefecture and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members exactly 24 years earlier.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Fumiaki Okahara, mayor of Uwajima, a western Japan city, prays at a memorial ceremony held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2025, to mark the 24th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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20th anniv. of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo shows a mosque in Banda Aceh and the cityscape on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, on Dec. 25, 2024, a day ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami disaster that claimed around 230,000 lives.

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20th anniv. of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo shows a mosque in Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, on Dec. 25, 2024, a day ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami disaster that claimed around 230,000 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Lanterns are lit at the venue of a memorial service in Hiroshima on Aug. 20, 2024, the 10th anniversary of the 2014 mudslides in the western Japan city that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Lanterns are lit at the venue of a memorial service in Hiroshima on Aug. 20, 2024, the 10th anniversary of the 2014 mudslides in the western Japan city that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui offers flowers on Aug. 20, 2024, at a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui speaks on Aug. 20, 2024, in front of a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Lanterns are placed in the early hours of Aug. 20, 2024, in front of a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Lanterns are placed in the early hours of Aug. 20, 2024, in front of a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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10th anniversary of deadly Hiroshima mudslides

Flowers are placed on Aug. 20, 2024, at a monument dedicated to victims of 2014 mudslides in Hiroshima, as the western Japan city marks the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 77 lives.

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39th anniversary of 1985 JAL plane crash

A memorial ceremony is held at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash near the accident site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, for the 39th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12, 2024. The crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prays on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prepares to offer flowers on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A relative of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash prays in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A nephew of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash prays in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Flowers and paper cranes are seen placed at the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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Cenotaph honoring Okinawa mass suicide victims during WWII

Photo taken on Tokashiki Island in Tokashiki in Okinawa, southern Japan, on March 28, 2024, shows a cenotaph dedicated to local villagers who took their own lives in a mass suicide following the landing of U.S. soldiers in March 1945 during World War II.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo shows the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo shows the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo shows the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo shows flowers placed in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo taken on June 22, 2024, shows flowers placed in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Photo taken on June 22, 2024, shows flowers placed in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument, on which the names of those who lost their lives in the Battle of Okinawa in World War II are inscribed, in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the end of the battle.