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3rd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

A memorial service is held in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2024, the third anniversary of a deadly landslide caused by heavy rain.

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3rd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

Relatives of victims pray in an area hit by a deadly landside three years ago in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2024, around the time the tragedy occurred.

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Heavy rain in central Japan

A pedestrian walks past Atami Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, in heavy rain on June 28, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura holds a press conference after she was endorsed as the first woman to head the party on the final day of a four-day party meeting in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 18, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura holds a press conference after she was endorsed as the first woman to head the party on the final day of a four-day party meeting in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 18, 2024.

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2nd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

A memorial service is held in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2023, the second anniversary of a deadly landslide caused by heavy rain.

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2nd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

A memorial service is held in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2023, the second anniversary of a deadly landslide caused by heavy rain.

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2nd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

Relatives of victims pray in an area hit by a deadly landside two years earlier in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2023, around the time the tragedy occurred.

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2nd anniversary of deadly Atami landslide

Relatives of victims pray in an area hit by a deadly landside two years earlier in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2023, around the time the tragedy occurred.

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Atami hot spring source reopens

Photo taken on June 30, 2023, shows hot water gushing out of a pipe in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. A ceremony was held the same day to celebrate the completion of work to restore one of Japan's three oldest hot spring sources after damage caused by a landslide disaster in 2021.

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-ATAMI-CHERRY BLOSSOMS

(230215) -- SHIZUOKA, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy the scenery of cherry blossoms in Atami of Shizuoka, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-ATAMI-CHERRY BLOSSOMS

(230215) -- SHIZUOKA, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy the scenery of cherry blossoms in Atami of Shizuoka, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-ATAMI-CHERRY BLOSSOMS

(230215) -- SHIZUOKA, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy the scenery of cherry blossoms in Atami of Shizuoka, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-ATAMI-CHERRY BLOSSOMS

(230215) -- SHIZUOKA, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy the scenery of cherry blossoms in Atami of Shizuoka, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Iyama 1st Go player to achieve title sweep twice in Japan

ATAMI, Japan, Oct. 17 Kyodo - Yuta Iyama (R) becomes the first player of the Go board game to have held all seven titles in Japan for a second time with a win over Shinji Takao (L) in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2017.

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"Digital detox" trips gain traction in Japan

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 25, 2014, shows an offer of free dessert at Cafe Lydian in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, for customers who can turn off their mobile phones while eating.

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"Digital detox" trips gain traction in Japan

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2014, shows participants in a "digital detox" program in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, taking part in early morning exercises at sunrise near the beach.

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Female sushi chef

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken April 30, 2014 shows Chie Inamoto, manager at an outlet of the Isomaru sushi restaurant chain in the Atami hot spring resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where all the three chefs, including herself, are women.

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Shimokobe comments on TEPCO post

ATAMI, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe, head of the decision-making board of the Japanese state-backed entity providing financial aid to Tokyo Electric Power Co., answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. Shimokobe said he will consider whether to serve as the next chairman of the struggling utility if and when he is asked by the government.

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Ex-exec of hotel operator held over fraud

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2011, shows Atami Okamoto Hotel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. A former chairman of the hotel operator, Okamoto Hotel Systems, and two others were arrested the previous day on suspicion of defrauding elderly investors of their deposits by promising high returns on their resort club membership.

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Boom returns to Atami, thanks to rising fuel prices

ATAMI, Japan - Sun Beach at Atami spa town in the Izu Peninsula is crowded with holidaymakers in a photo taken Aug. 5. According to travel agent JTB, the occupancy rate at inns and hotels in Atami rose 19 percent in July from a year earlier. Travel analysts believe high fuel costs have prompted many Japanese to give up overseas summer vacations or long-distance domestic travel. Atami, an hour or so by express train from Tokyo, is the nearest spa summer resort for Tokyoites.

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Fuwa quits as JCP's Central Committee chairman

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, the opposition Japanese Communist Party's top executive, says he will quit as chairman of the Central Committee due to old age at the close of the party's 24th convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 14.

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Fuwa quits as JCP's Central Committee chairman

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa (R, front), 75, the opposition Japanese Communist Party's top executive, says Jan. 14 he will quit as chairman of the Central Committee due to old age. His withdrawal was approved at the close of the party's four-day convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, the same day.

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Japanese Communist Party holds convention

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii speaks during the opening session of a four-day party convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 11.

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Japanese Communist Party holds convention

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa addresses the delegates at the opening session of a four-day party convention that began at Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 11.

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Japanese Communist Party holds convention

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa addresses the opening session of a four-day party convention held at Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 11.

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Typhoon to land on eastern or central Japan on Tuesday evening

ATAMI, Japan - High waves wash the seaside motorway in the hot spa resort town of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, as a powerful Typhoon Banyan approaches Japan's main island of Honshu on July 26.

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JCP drops 'revolutionary' platform

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's (JCP) Executive Committee, speaks Jan. 17 at a party convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. The JCP adopted a new platform, dropping its aim to bring about a ''socialist revolution'' in Japan.

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JCP starts 'historic' convention to revise platform

ATAMI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), addresses a party convention held in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 13. What JCP calls a ''historic'' convention is aimed to revise its 43-year-old platform to formally transform itself from a revolutionary party.

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Wind knocks over helicopter, 1 dead, 2 injured

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Side winds are believed to have caused a helicopter chartered by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to flip over on landing in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 19, killing one crew member and injuring two others.

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2 die after high waves wash people off breakwater

ATAMI, Japan - Divers search for victims after high waves swept away anglers and bystanders from a breakwater Oct. 13 at Atami port in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. Fishing boats rescued 17 people but two of them have died so far.

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Political critic Daizo Kusayanagi dies at 78

TOKYO, Japan - Daizo Kusayanagi, a political and social affairs critic, died of pneumonia July 22 at his house in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, his family said July 26. He was 78. Kusayanagi wrote numerous profiles of people, essays on art and books that earned him several awards.

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Hot-spring hotel frequented by prime ministers to close

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuruya Hotel, a posh hot-spring resort frequented by Japanese prime ministers and based in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is reported to close on Nov. 1. Known for its beautiful natural surroundings on the Pacific coast, the resort has drawn dignitaries such as Shigeru Yoshida, a five-time prime minister between 1946 and 1954 as well as Takeo Fukuda, who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1978.

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(3)Two mil. Japanese take part in disaster-relief drills

ATAMI, Japan - A helicopter lifts a guest stranded atop the roof of a hotel in the seaside resort town of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a disaster simulation drill Sept. 1.

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Kono, Lee hold talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (far L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn (far R) hold a breakfast meeting in the hot-sprint resort city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 24 on the sidelines of summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Mori, Kim take walk through plum orchard in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori chat Sept. 24 while taking a walk through a nearby plum orchard in the Japanese hot-spa resort of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, following a breakfast meeting earlier in the day.

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N. Korea hoping to improve ties with Japan, U.S.: Kim

ATAMI, Japan - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) tells a press conference on Sept. 23 at a hotel in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hopes to improve with Japan and the United States. The press conference, held after a Japan-South Korea summit in the hot spring resort, was attended by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R).

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Wives of Mori, Kim attend tea ceremony

ATAMI, Japan - Chieko Mori (R), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, and Lee Hee Ho, wife of South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, enjoy drinking green tea in a traditional Japanese-style ceremony in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 23 while their husbands hold summit talks in the hot-spring resort city.

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Mori, Kim hold summit talks in Atami

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R center) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (2nd from far L) hold summit talks in the hot-spring resort of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 23.

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Mori, Kim shake hands ahead of summit talks

ATAMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung shake hands ahead of their summit talks held in the hot-spring resort city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on the afternoon of Sept. 23.

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More Ho-no-Hana facilities raided over fraud charges

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators enter Atami Ningen Yuin (Atami hospital to cure human beings), a hotel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, used mainly by people traveling tours organized by the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious sect, for evidence of fraud charges no Dec. 4. The Atami hotel is one of 32 facilities in 12 prefectures linked to the religious sect, searched by police in the day.

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Deadly mudslide in Atami, Japan

The site of a deadly mudslide is pictured in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Atami, central Japan, on July 3, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the disaster that left 27 people dead and one person missing.

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Deadly mudslide in Atami, Japan

People pray in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Atami, central Japan, on July 3, 2022, the one-year anniversary of a huge mudslide that left 27 people dead and one person missing.

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Rainy season ends in some parts of Japan

People wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus walk in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Atami, central Japan, on June 27, 2022. The rainy season appears to have ended in some parts of the country, including Tokyo and neighboring areas as well as the Tokai region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the same day.

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Search operation after huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Search operations are carried out in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021, five months after a deadly mudslide.

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Search operation after huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Search operations are carried out in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021, five months after a deadly mudslide.

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Search operation after huge mudslide in Atami, Japan

Search operations are carried out in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2021, five months after a deadly mudslide.

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100th day since Atami deadly mudslide

A memorial ceremony is held in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 10, 2021, to mark the 100th day since a mudslide that killed 26 people in the hot spring resort city.

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1 month after huge mudslide in Atami

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2021, shows the site of a huge mudslide that occurred a month earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, following heavy rainfall.

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1 month after huge mudslide in Atami

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 3, 2021, shows the site of a huge mudslide that occurred a month earlier in the Shizuoka Prefecture hot spring resort city of Atami, central Japan, following heavy rainfall.