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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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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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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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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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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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(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.