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Ekiden road relay in India

Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono runs in ekiden road relay in Gurugram, India, on April 5, 2026, with about 1,000 runners. The relay was organized into teams of four, each including at least one Japanese and one Indian runner.

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Ekiden road relay in India

Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono runs in ekiden road relay in Gurugram, India, on April 5, 2026, with about 1,000 runners. The relay was organized into teams of four, each including at least one Japanese and one Indian runner.

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Long-range missile launcher to be put into service in Japan

Photo taken on March 17, 2026, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, unveiled to local politicians and the media. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capabilities, will be put into service at the camp on March 31, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be put into service in Japan

Photo taken on March 17, 2026, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, unveiled to local politicians and the media. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capabilities, will be put into service at the camp on March 31, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be put into service in Japan

Photo taken on March 17, 2026, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, unveiled to local politicians and the media. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capabilities, will be put into service at the camp on March 31, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be put into service in Japan

Photo taken on March 17, 2026, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, unveiled to local politicians and the media. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capabilities, will be put into service at the camp on March 31, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be deployed in Japan

People protest near Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on the evening of March 8, 2026, ahead of the scheduled arrival of a GSDF vehicle carrying a long-range missile launcher. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capability, will be deployed at the camp by the end of March, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be deployed in Japan

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle carrying a long-range missile launcher arrives at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 9, 2026. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capability, will be deployed at the camp by the end of March, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be deployed in Japan

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle carrying a long-range missile launcher arrives at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 9, 2026. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capability, will be deployed at the camp by the end of March, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be deployed in Japan

Police officers stand guard near Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on the evening of March 8, 2026, ahead of the scheduled arrival of a GSDF vehicle carrying a long-range missile launcher. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capability, will be deployed at the camp by the end of March, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Long-range missile launcher to be deployed in Japan

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle carrying a long-range missile launcher arrives at GSDF Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 9, 2026. The Type 12 surface-to-ship missile, which can fly about 1,000 kilometers and is deemed to have counterattack capability, will be deployed at the camp by the end of March, marking a turning point in Japan's exclusively defense-oriented postwar security policy.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

Rabbits are seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

Rabbits are seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

A rabbit is seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Samurai warriors festival

Actress Jun Shibuki (top), dressed as Takeda Shingen, a 16th century feudal lord, poses before the start of a march during the 51st Lord Shingen festival in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 5, 2025. About 1,000 people clad as feudal-era samurai warriors started marching along a road when the actress shouted a word of command.

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Samurai warriors festival

Actress Jun Shibuki (top), dressed as Takeda Shingen, a 16th century feudal lord, poses before the start of a march during the 51st Lord Shingen festival in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 5, 2025. About 1,000 people clad as feudal-era samurai warriors started marching along a road when the actress shouted a word of command.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Photo taken on the opening day of the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition on Dec. 11, 2024, at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo shows 1,000 wooden slats representing 1,000 testimonies from survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, created by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The exhibition, running through November 2025, has about 100 items on display including some related to Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, whose award ceremony was held on Dec. 10.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Giant ginkgo tree in northeastern Japan

A giant ginkgo tree is lit up in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024. The tree, over 1,000 years old, is 31 meters tall with a girth of about 22 meters.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company's plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack.

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Dolls for girls' happiness

NAGANO, Japan - Lanterns are lit in the shape of a heart as about 1,000 "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls used to pray for girls' happiness, are displayed in an event in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014.

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Religious leaders pray for world peace and release of S. Koreans

OTSU, Japan - Religious leaders from around the world and about 1,000 participants attending a world peace ceremony at the Hieizan Enryakuji Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 4, pray for world peace and the release of South Korean hostages being held in Afghanistan.

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N. Korea's marathon attracts 1,000 foreigners

PYONGYANG, April 10 Kyodo - About 1,000 foreigners from around 40 countries enter the May Day Stadium, the world's largest soccer stadium with a seating capacity of 150,000, in Pyongyang on April 10, 2016, to run in the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon. The marathon was part of events celebrating the birthday of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

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Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A police officer grabs the arm of a man wearing a mask and holding a metal tool, who is against protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014. About 1,000 people who support mainland China and are opposed to pro-democracy protests gathered in Admiralty, where the government headquarters is located, the same day.

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1,000 women dance in Kumamoto festival

KUMAMOTO, Japan - About 1,000 women clad in cotton summer kimono with paper lanterns on their heads dance at the traditional "Sennin Toro Odori" in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2014.

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Antinuclear advocates fly balloons

TOKAI, Japan - Antinuclear advocates release about 1,000 balloons near Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 27, 2014, in an event to gauge the direction in which radioactive substances will spread in the event of accident at the plant.

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U.S. base relocation opponents to set up new council

NAHA, Japan - Opponents against the planned relocation of U.S. Marines Corps Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture in Japan meet on March 22, 2014, in the city of Naha. Spanning the political spectrum and social sectors they agreed to set up a new council and aim to hold a launching event with about 1,000 participants in mid-June.

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Children in Gaza fly kites for 2011 disaster survivors

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Authority - About 1,000 children in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza of the Palestine autonomous region fly kites on March 11, 2014, to show their support for survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster on the third anniversary of the catastrophe.

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Fukuoka preserves 500 Asian films

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 8, 2014, shows Yoshiyuki Yahiro, a curator at the Fukuoka City Public Library in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, standing inside the library's film archive which possesses a total of about 1,000 films from around the world.

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Thai farmers protest around Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - About 1,000 Thai farmers demonstrate in front of a Defense Ministry facility on the outskirts of Bangkok on Feb. 10, 2014, in protest against the government over its rice purchase policy.

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Nagasaki peace ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - The bust of Mother Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is taken to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki as about 1,000 people marched with torches on Aug. 9, 2013. A ceremony was held earlier in the day to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the southwest Japan city.

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Nagasaki peace ceremony

NAGASAKI, Japan - The bust of Mother Mary, the only portion of the statue that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is taken to Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki as about 1,000 people marched with torches on Aug. 9, 2013. A ceremony was held earlier in the day to mark the 68th anniversary of the bombing of the southwest Japan city.

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Goldfish in bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Some 20 children invited from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, view about 1,000 goldfish in a large goldfish bowl at the Art Aquarium exhibition in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Aug. 18, 2012.

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Queen's diamond jubilee pageant on Thames

LONDON, Britain - A boat carrying Queen Elizabeth II travels down the River Thames in London on June 3, 2012, in a pageant celebrating 60 years since her coronation. The pageant of about 1,000 boats was the highlight of a sequence of events celebrating the 86-year-old queen's diamond jubilee.

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Queen's diamond jubilee pageant on Thames

LONDON, Britain - Boats travel down the River Thames in London on June 3, 2012, in a pageant celebrating 60 years since the coronation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The pageant of about 1,000 boats was the highlight of a sequence of events celebrating the 86-year-old queen's diamond jubilee.

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Earth Day antinuclear march in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants of the Earth Day Parade in Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district on April 22, 2012. The event's organizer said about 1,000 people took part to express opposition to reactivating a nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Disaster prayer in France

PARIS, France - About 1,000 people offer prayers during a memorial event at Trocadero Square in Paris on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the quake and tsunami in Japan.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.

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S. Korean Army's water crossing exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Army conducts a large-scale water crossing exercise in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Feb. 8, 2012. Around 1,000 soldiers and about 120 tanks and vehicles took part in the exercise, according to the army.