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'Love jays' bring food to the brood on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A pair of Amami jays take turns bringing feed to their nestlings in a tree hole in the nature park of Amami Shizen Kansatsu no Mori (Amami natural observation park) on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10.

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Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Wildlife center in south Japan eyes World Heritage listing

AMAMI, Japan - The renovated Amami Wildlife Conservation Center in Yamato on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is one of the prefecture's candidate sites for UNESCO's World Natural Heritage designation. The picture of the Environment Ministry-owned center was taken in April 2014.

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'Hidden beach' on Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A white sand beach appears off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on May 6, 2012. The beach, known as ''kakurehama'' (hidden beach), appears at low tide in spring and summer.

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Downpour on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A road in the city of Amami on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is flooded on Nov. 2, 2011, after the area was hit by a downpour.

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Downpour hits Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A man walks on a road turned to mud by a downpour in the town of Tatsugo on Amami Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2011.

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Heavy rain in Amami, Kagoshima Pref.

AMAMI, Japan - A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain blocks a road in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture on Oct. 24, 2010.

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Power generating vehicle airlifted by SDF chopper

AMAMI, Japan - A vehicle generating high voltage electricity is transported to an area without power supply following heavy rain in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture on Oct. 24, 2010, by a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter.

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Aftermath of rain and mudslides in Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A man walks on Oct. 23, 2010, near fallen trees, debris and mud that have been dumped onto a road by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the city of Amami in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Aftermath of rain and mudslides in Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A man on Oct. 23, 2010, looks at a car, trees and mud that have been dumped onto a road by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the city of Amami in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Heavy rain in Amami region

AMAMI, Japan - A woman walks in front of a building partially covered by debris from a mudslide triggered by heavy rain falls in Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 2010.

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Disaster relief in storm-hit Amami

AMAMI, Japan - People carry relief goods to a shelter from a truck of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 2010. The heavy rain caused mudslides on the island in southern Japan, killing three people.

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Heavy rain on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A road is partially blocked by a mudslide and floodwater runs through a tunnel following heavy rain falls in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2010.

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Heavy rain on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A massive landslide is seen following heavy rainfall in the town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2010.

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Heavy rain on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A man stands in front of a car and house damaged by a mudslide triggered by heavy rain in the town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2010. Three women were killed as a result of the heavy rain on the island in southern Japan.

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Heavy rain lashes Japan's Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A road is blocked by trees and mud following a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Amami in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Oct. 20, 2010. At least two people were killed and one was missing on Amami-Oshima Island due to the heavy rain.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Solar eclipse in Japan

AMAMI, Japan - The moon passes between the sun and the Earth during a total solar eclipse in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan on July 22, 2009.

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Solar eclipse in Japan

AMAMI, Japan - The moon passes between the sun and the Earth during a solar eclipse in Hiroshima City in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima at 11:03 a.m. July 22, 2009 (Japan time).