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Records of ancient 'Sakimori' soldiers found in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - Photo shows a wooden writing tablet which has been recovered from an excavation site in Saga Prefecture. The Saga Prefectural Board of Education said May 30 that the tablet, presumably dating back to the late 700s, has been found to contain records of ancient ''Sakimori'' soldiers who were deployed to the northern Kyushu region to guard coastal areas from foreign invasion. (Kyodo)

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Wedding ceremony on mock sumo ring

A mock wedding ceremony is held on Dec. 2, 2018, at a sumo museum in Katsuragi, a western Japan city considered the birthplace of sumo due to a reference in the Nihon Shoki, the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history, completed in the early 700s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wedding ceremony on mock sumo ring

A mock wedding ceremony is held on Dec. 2, 2018, at a sumo museum in Katsuragi, a western Japan city considered the birthplace of sumo due to a reference in the Nihon Shoki, the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history, completed in the early 700s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo