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Polar bear at Hokkaido zoo

A polar bear licks an ice block at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 22, 2025

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Polar bear at Hokkaido zoo

A polar bear licks an ice block at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 22, 2025.

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Premium watermelons in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows "Densuke" watermelons, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that were put up for sale in the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island. The one in the center fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800.)

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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows a "Densuke" watermelon, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800) at the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island.

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National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Visitors view craftwork sweets depicting a crane and peacocks on display at the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 30, 2025. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15.

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National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Visitors view craftwork sweets depicting a crane and peacocks on display at the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 30, 2025. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15.

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National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Visitors view craftwork sweets depicting flowers and birds on display at the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 30, 2025. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15.

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CORRECTED: National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Visitors view craftwork sweets depicting peacocks on display at the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 30, 2025. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15. (Kyodo).

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CORRECTED: National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Japanese Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, makes a speech on May 30, 2025, during the opening ceremony for the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, Dec. 11 Kyodo - Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions And Heavy Snow To Hokkaido 3

A winter storm moved through Hokkaido, the northernmost region of Japan, on Wednesday, December 11, causing blizzard conditions and bringing several inches of snow. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Gale and Snow Advisory for a widespread area.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Parade of penguins in Hokkaido

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 11, 2024. The 15 penguins walked along the 500-meter path during a rehearsal of the popular attraction, which is set to officially start the following day.

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, waves while making a stump speech in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 21, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 21, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan: Funnel Cloud Spotted In Central Hokkaido

A funnel cloud was spotted over Asahikawa City, central Hokkaido Wednesday, August 7.

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Japan defense minister Kihara

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 3, 2024.

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Japan defense minister Kihara

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara speaks to reporters at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 3, 2024.

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Penguin parade rehearsal at northern Japan zoo

ASAHIKAWA, Japan Kyodo - Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2023, as a rehearsal is held for the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction set to begin the following day and last through mid-March. (Kyodo)

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Penguin parade rehearsal at northern Japan zoo

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2023, as a rehearsal is held for the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction set to begin the following day and last through mid-March.

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Penguin parade rehearsal at northern Japan zoo

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2023, as a rehearsal is held for the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction set to begin the following day and last through mid-March.

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Penguin parade rehearsal at northern Japan zoo

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2023, as a rehearsal is held for the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction set to begin the following day and last through mid-March.

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Penguin parade rehearsal at northern Japan zoo

Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2023, as a rehearsal is held for the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction set to begin the following day and last through mid-March.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches players of Asahikawa Higashi High School's baseball club as a temporary instructor on Nov. 5, 2023, in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches players of Asahikawa Higashi High School's baseball club as a temporary instructor on Nov. 5, 2023, in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary high school team instructor

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches players of Asahikawa Higashi High School's baseball club as a temporary instructor on Nov. 5, 2023, in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

Penguins play with an ice block to cool down in hot weather at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 20, 2023.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

Polar bears are given a large ice block to beat the heat at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 20, 2023.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

Polar bears are given a large ice block to beat the heat at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 20, 2023.

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

Photo taken July 15, 2023, shows the interior of Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, reopened the same day after renovation. Established in 1916, it is Japan's oldest museum dedicated to the Ainu indigenous people.

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

"Kamuinomi," a ritual of the Ainu indigenous people, is performed in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 15, 2023, ahead of the reopening of Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum after renovation.

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

Photo taken July 15, 2023, shows Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, reopened the same day after renovation. Established in 1916, it is Japan's oldest museum dedicated to the Ainu indigenous people.

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Frost flowers on icy river in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows frosts looking like flowers on the surface of the frozen Ishikari River in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in northern Japan.

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Frost flowers on icy river in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows frosts looking like flowers on the surface of the frozen Ishikari River in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in northern Japan.

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Penguin parade at northern Japan zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 16, 2022, as the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction through March, began the same day.

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Penguin parade at northern Japan zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 16, 2022, as the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction through March, began the same day.

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Penguin parade at northern Japan zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 16, 2022, as the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction through March, began the same day.

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Penguin parade at northern Japan zoo

King penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido on Dec. 16, 2022, as the penguin parade, the zoo's popular winter attraction through March, began the same day.

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Kawasaki homer lifts Softbank over Nippon Ham

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Munenori Kawasaki hits a tiebreaking solo homer over the right-field wall in the top of the 12th inning as the Softbank Hawks edged the Nippon Ham Fighters 6-5 in Asahikawa on Sept. 1.

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SDF nurses arrive at Hokkaido hospital

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, Dec. 9 Kyodo - Nurses from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces arrive at Yoshida Hospital in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Dec. 9, 2020, due to a shortage of health care workers following a series of cluster coronavirus infections in the northern Japan city.

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"Densukesuika" watermelon

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Photo taken June 14, 2018, in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa shows a "Densukesuika" watermelon (L) that fetched the highest price of 550,000 yen (about $5,000) at the season's first auction the same day.

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Lonely death in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - File photo taken in November 2017 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, shows an apartment room where a 68-year-old man was found dead on a chair alone about a month after his death. More people in Japan are living alone but what is particularly alarming is their identity: mainly men with loose ties to their local communities.

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Writer Kawasaki wins Miura Ayako award

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Japanese novelist Akiko Kawasaki, winner of the Miura Ayako literary award, is seen in front of a picture of novelist Ayako Miura and her husband Mitsuyo. Kawasaki, a Hokkaido native also engaging in dairy farming, won the award in November 2014. The one-off literary award was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miura's debut with her best-selling novel "Hyoten."

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Penguins take walk

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - King penguins take a walk at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in northern Japan on Dec. 20, 2014.

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Penguins take walk

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - King penguins take a walk at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in northern Japan on Dec. 20, 2014.

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Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

FUKUOKA, Japan - A pack of instant noodle dubbed "Yamaneko (wildcat) Ramen," shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 21, 2014, is a product jointly developed by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan and Fujisawa Seimen Co., a noodle maker in Asahikawa on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The new product is priced at 117 yen, including 2 yen to be donated to cover feed for the endangered Tsushima Yamaneko leopard cat species raised at the zoo.

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Hokkaido farm head talks on charm of flowers, gardens

SAPPORO, Japan - Sayuki Ueno, representative of Ueno Farm in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, talks about the attractiveness of alpine flowers and gardens on Nov. 21, 2014, at an event in Sapporo to announce the outline of the Hokkaido Garden Show 2015 which will open next May.

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Penguin cam

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - An Humboldt penguin wears a small camera at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido, on Nov. 20, 2014, as an IT-related company in Tokyo begins distributing live moving images from the camera to smartphones. The camera, which is 7 centimeters in diameter and about 160 grams in weight, is worn by the penguin on a belt for two or three hours a day.