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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2025.

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The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

The "flame of peace" burns on top of an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Hiroshima flower festival

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui transfers the "flame of peace" to an 8-meter tower decorated with some 8,000 flower pots at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, during the opening of a three-day flower festival on May 3, 2024.

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Mayors for Peace event in N.Y.

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki speaks at an event organized by Mayors for Peace, a nongovernmental organization comprising more than 8,000 cities in 166 countries and regions, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023, on the sidelines of the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Mayors for Peace event in N.Y.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front) speaks at an event organized by Mayors for Peace, a nongovernmental organization comprising more than 8,000 cities in 166 countries and regions, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023, on the sidelines of the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Mayors for Peace event in N.Y.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, an 81-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at an event organized by Mayors for Peace, a nongovernmental organization comprising more than 8,000 cities in 166 countries and regions, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023, on the sidelines of the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Universiade 2007 Bangkok opens

BANGKOK, Thailand - About 8,000 athletes from 135 nations gather at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok during the opening ceremony of the 24th Universiade in Bangkok on Aug. 8.

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"Sento-kuyo" ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 23 Kyodo - More than 1,000 candles are lit around 8,000 roughly carved stone Buddhas at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Aug. 23, 2016, during the Buddhist ceremony called "Sento-kuyo" in honor of the spirits of the dead.

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Woman champions ban on 'maternity harassment'

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, seen in this photo taken on Sept. 29, 2014, is an organizer of the "Matahara Net" campaign to counter "maternity harassment" in male-dominated workplaces. She says she has collected over 8,000 signatures on her petition to include a ban on such harassment in a bill pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to encourage the employment of more women and their promotion to managerial posts.

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Ehime, Hiroshima eye to draw 8,000 people in cycling event

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura speaks during a press conference on March 19, 2014, at the Ehime prefectural government building about an Oct. 26 international cycling event to be held along the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido, linking Ehime Prefecture's Imabari and Onomichi of Hiroshima Prefecture. The two western Japan prefectures aim to attract 8,000 participants.

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Largest Uniqlo store in the world to open in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Senior officials of Japan's Fast Retailing Co. pose for photos during a press conference in Shanghai on Aug. 28, 2013. The company said the same day it will open Uniqlo Shanghai, the largest flagship store of the casual clothing chain in the world with a sales floor of around 8,000 square meters, on Sept. 30.

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Japan defense minister in Guam

GUAM, Guam - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (2nd from L) on May 29, 2013, visits Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific where around 8,000 Okinawa-based U.S. Marines are to be moved.

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London Olympic torch relay starts at Land's End

LAND'S END, Britain - British Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie carries a torch for the London Olympics as the starter of about 8,000 torchbearers at Land's End, Britain, on May 19, 2012.

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Okinawa aims to draw advanced IT businesses

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Okinawa IT Shinryo Park in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. The Okinawa prefectural government opened the IT complex in 2009 on more than 10 hectares, a major project aimed at creating 8,000 new jobs and building an information technology hub in Asia.

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Pencil with sculpted tip

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in central Japan, shows a pencil with its graphite tip sculptured into the word ''gokaku,'' meaning passing the exam or selection process. Toshiyuki Yamazaki, a local pencil sculptor, creates and sells the pencil for 8,000 yen (about $104) as a gift for students taking entrance exams or going for job interviews.

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Pencil sculptor in Kofu

KOFU, Japan - Toshiyuki Yamazaki, a pencil sculptor in Kofu, central Japan, is pictured Jan. 15, 2012, in the Yamanashi Prefecture city with one of his works, a pencil with its graphite tip sculptured into the word ''gokaku,'' meaning passing the exam or selection process. The pencil sells for 8,000 yen (about $104) as a gift for students taking entrance exams or going for job interviews.

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Thousands march ahead of 20th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - People march in Hong Kong on May 31 ahead of the 20th anniversary of Beijing's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, and call for greater democracy in China. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China said about 8,000 people participated this time in the annual march, the most since 1991 when 10,000 marched.

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Nikkei falls below 8,000 on Wall St. tumble, firmer yen

TOKYO, Japan - A digital stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index falling below the 8,000 line Dec. 2. The index dropped below the line for the first time since Nov. 21 at the outset of the trading on mounting concerns about the global economy that sent Wall Street tumbling overnight and the yen strengthening versus the U.S. dollar.

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Nikkei falls 9.6%, ends below 8,000 for 1st time since May 2003

TOKYO, Japan - An electric signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average down 811.90 points, or 9.60 percent, from Oct. 23 to 7,649.08, marking the first time the Nikkei index closed below the 8,000 mark since May 2, 2003, when it finished at 7,907.19.

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Nikkei drops below 8,000, 1st since May 2003

TOKYO, Japan - An electric stock board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange sinking below the 8,000 line for the first time since May 2003 on Oct. 24.

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Amateur bicycle races growing in popularity in Japan

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The ''Super Mama Chari Grand Prix'' at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture is held Jan. 12, with about 8,000 cyclists in about 450 teams participating.

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8,000 chickens culled at Miyazaki farm hit by bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective wear work at a poultry farm hit by avian influenza to cull 12,000 chickens there. About 8,000 chickens were culled on Jan. 14.

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Japan's defense chief heads to U.S. for troop realignment talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (C) leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on April 21 for Washington to talk with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about Japan's share of the cost of relocating 8,000 U.S. Marines to Guam.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours.

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Hiroshima residents complete monthlong peace relay

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A torch relay for peace and the eradication of nuclear weapons ends in Hiroshima on July 25 after some 8,000 residents of the city participated in the monthlong event. Forty-two final runners carrying two torches arrived at the city窶冱 Peace Memorial Park.

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Official World Cup goods displayed at Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - Cheer robots are among the officially licensed World Cup goods displayed in an exhibition at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 4. The exhibition features some 8,000 official items, including T-shirts and neckties, from 75 domestic companies for the 2002 soccer event to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

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Mt. Oyama erupts again

TOKYO, Japan - Mt. Oyama on the island of Miyakejima, south of Tokyo, is seen erupting again Aug. 29, sending smoke about 8,000 meters into the air. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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Eruption of Mt. Oyama forces Miyakejima residents to evacuates

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Following the Aug. 18 eruption of Mt. Oyama on Miyakejima Island south of Tokyo, islanders take shelter at a gymnasium in Miyake Junior High School in the Izu district Aug. 19. The 813-meter volcano belched smoke as high as 8,000 meters. Experts said the Aug. 18 eruption was the largest in the past six weeks.

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Volcanic ash piled up on Miyakejima Island

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 6:47 a.m. on Aug. 19, shows a motor vehicle stirring up volcanic ash on Miyakejima Island in the Izu islands chain south of Tokyo following Mt. Oyama's eruption on the evening of Aug. 18. The 813-meter volcano sent smoke more than 8,000 meters into the air, the highest altitude for any of its recent eruptions.

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Mt. Oyama on Miyakejima erupts again

TOKYO, Japan - Mt. Oyama on the island of Miyakejima, some 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, erupts Aug. 18, sending smoke more than 8,000 meters into the air. The 55-square-kilometer island and other islands in the Izu island chain have been hit by a series of quakes triggered by magma activity in the past few months.

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Funeral held for Suntory Chairman Saji

TOKYO, Japan - Some 8,000 people from the business, art and music communities pay final respect to the late Keizo Saji, chairman of Suntory Ltd., at a funeral service sponsored by the top Japanese whiskey distiller at a concert hall in Tokyo on Dec. 2.