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Japan imperial couple at fishery promotion event

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako release juvenile fish at a fishery industry promotional event on Sept. 17, 2023, in Akkeshi in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan imperial couple at fishery promotion event

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako release juvenile fish at a fishery industry promotional event on Sept. 17, 2023, in Akkeshi in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

The season's first auction for sauries is held at a market in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 19, 2023, as the fishing season for sauries begins.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Sauries are unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 18, 2023, marking the first catch of the season.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023, shows sauries unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido, marking the first catch of the season.

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Buddhist priest recalls tragedy of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - Masayoshi Asahi, a Buddhist priest in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, shown in this file photo taken on June 26, 2014, remembers chanting sutras for some 2,800 victims of the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru, sunk by a U.S. submarine attack off the town in March 1944 during World War II.

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Cape looking out Pacific site of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - A young couple stands on a lookout platform on Aug. 9, 2014, at Cape Aikappu in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, overlooking the Pacific Ocean where the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru was sunk by a U.S. submarine attack in March 1944 during World War II, killing some 2,800 people aboard.

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Horses walk near Arctic iris in bloom in Hokkaido

AKKESHI, Japan - Pastured horses walk near blooming Arctic iris flowers in Akkeshi Town, Hokkaido, on July 6, 2014.

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2020, shows sauries unloaded at a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido, marking the season's first harvesting of the fish.

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Cape looking out Pacific site of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - A young couple stands on a lookout platform on Aug. 9, 2014, at Cape Aikappu in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, overlooking the Pacific Ocean where the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru was sunk by a U.S. submarine attack in March 1944 during World War II, killing some 2,800 people aboard. (Kyodo)

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Buddhist priest recalls tragedy of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - Masayoshi Asahi, a Buddhist priest in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, shown in this file photo taken on June 26, 2014, remembers chanting sutras for some 2,800 victims of the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru, sunk by a U.S. submarine attack off the town in March 1944 during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Horses walk near Arctic iris in bloom in Hokkaido

AKKESHI, Japan - Pastured horses walk near blooming Arctic iris flowers in Akkeshi Town, Hokkaido, on July 6, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Saury fishing season begins in Hokkaido

Fishermen unload boxes containing sauries from their vessel in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Aug. 23, 2020, marking the season's first harvesting of the fish.

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Saury harvesting season begins

Photo taken Aug. 12 shows a saury fishing vessel leaving a port in Akkeshi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido as this year's saury harvesting season begins amid concern that yearly catches may fall below a record low marked last year.

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Distillery in Hokkaido

Photo shows distillation equipment brought from Scotland at Akkeshi Distillery in Hokkaido on Dec. 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Distillery in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2018, shows bottles of whisky produced at Akkeshi Distillery in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Distillery in Hokkaido

A worker fills a cask with whisky at Akkeshi Distillery in Hokkaido on Dec. 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Distillery in Hokkaido

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2018, shows whisky casks stored at Akkeshi Distillery in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo