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[Breaking News]Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town. (Kyodo)

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A tailor designs the sample garment in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member makes customized embroidery designs based on customers' preferences at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An embroidery machine stitches customized designs at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tailors work in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A shoemaker of Laomeihua selects shoe design samples in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2011 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) playing the piano at a poetry reading event for Fukushima Prefecture after it was hit by the huge March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Hyogo policeman works for Miyagi police at his request

SENDAI, Japan - Police officer Kensaku Iwase is on permanent assignment with the Miyagi prefectural police in northeastern Japan from the Hyogo prefectural police at his request so he can fully commit to the recovery of the 2011 tsunami-hit region. The photo was taken on Aug. 15, 2014, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japanese police arrested on Aug. 15, 2012, activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands after they landed on Uotsuri Island.

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Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Oakland Athletics left fielder Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run double in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 26, 2011, in a 15-5 victory. It was the 487th double in his career in Japan and the United States, tying the record of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan for the most doubles held by Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, a former player of the Chunichi Dragons.

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Sharp's lightweight, ultra-thin TV

TOKYO, Japan - Models carry Sharp Corp.'s lightweight, ultra-slim ''Freestyle Aquos'' liquid crystal display televisions during a promotional event in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011. Sharp plans to release eight types of the new model from Sept. 15 which allows consumers greater choice in where to place them, such as hanging them on a wall.

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Sharp's lightweight, ultra-thin TV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011, shows Sharp Corp.'s lightweight, ultra-slim ''Freestyle Aquos'' liquid crystal display televisions. Sharp plans to release eight types of the new model from Sept. 15, which allows consumers greater choice in where to place them, such as hanging them on a wall.

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Matsui slaps hit

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics singles to right in the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Aug. 15, 2011.

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Remnants of March tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People on Aug. 15, 2011, visit to see a pine tree which survived the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The landmark tree has been attracting visitors during the summer holiday season.

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Japanese student missing in Niagara Falls

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2003 shows the Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Police said on Aug. 15, 2011, that a 19-year-old female Japanese student is missing after falling into the Niagara Falls on the U.S.-Canadian border.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of relatives of the war dead bow after offering flowers during an annual war memorial ceremony, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Sachiko Kasai, a representative of relatives of the war dead, gives a memorial address at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads for a stage to read an address at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Heavy snow in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A residential area is covered by snow in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 15, 2011, after the heaviest snow in 50 years fell in the area.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer a moment of silence during an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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S. Korea president calls on Japan to teach 'correct history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak speaks in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2011, as the South marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule. Lee called on Japan to teach ''correct history'' to future generations about checkered bilateral relations.

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Yomiuri Shimbun owner Shoriki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on December 1992 shows Toru Shoriki, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun group, who died of blood poisoning on Aug. 15, 2011, at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 92. Shoriki was also honorary owner of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow after the emperor's speech during an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People offer flowers at a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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S. Korea president calls on Japan to teach 'correct history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) celebrates in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2011, as the South marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese lawmakers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of Japan's 1941-1945 war. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and all of his Cabinet members did not go to the shrine.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito delivers a speech at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers offer flowers at a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows an area of Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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Japan marks war anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People head for the annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks war anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People head for the annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011.

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Japanese Badminton pair secure medal at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Satoko Suetsuna (L) and Miyuki Maeda play against Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia in their women's doubles quarterfinal match at the world badminton championships in London on Aug. 12, 2011. The Japanese pair defeated the Indonesian pair 21-15, 21-17 to become the first Japanese medalists at the worlds since 2007.

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Markdown of Nintendo 3DS

OSAKA, Japan - People form a line to buy Nintendo 3DS portable game consoles at a branch of Yodobashi Camera Co. in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 11, 2011. Nintendo Co. started selling the consoles the same day at stores across Japan for 15,000 yen, 10,000 yen cheaper than the original price.

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Suetsuna, Maeda advance to top 16

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Satoko Suetsuna (front) and Miyuki Maeda play in the second round of the women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships in London on Aug. 9, 2011. The pair beat the Indonesian pair of Andini Suci Rizky and Della Destiara Haris 21-14, 21-15 to advance to the third round.

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Suetsuna, Maeda advance to top 16

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Miyuki Maeda (R) and Satoko Suetsuna play in the second round of the women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships in London on Aug. 9, 2011. The pair beat the Indonesian pair of Andini Suci Rizky and Della Destiara Haris 21-14, 21-15 to advance to the third round.

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Ishikawa finishes 4th at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa squats on his heels after missing a par putt on hole No. 15 in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. The 19-year-old finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth, his highest place outside of Japan.

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Dusting off Great Buddha

NARA, Japan - Monks at Todaiji temple in Nara dust off the 15-meter-tall Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2011, in the annual summertime ''body wiping'' event.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offers a prayer at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R, front) and other people participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offer prayers at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Exhibition to experience Doraemon world

OSAKA, Japan - One of the world's smallest single-seat helicopters is demonstrated in Osaka on July 15, 2011. The helicopter and other experiments using the latest technologies to simulate Doraemon's secret tools opened July 16 to run through Aug. 31

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Paralympics event in tsunami-hit city

A flame-lighting event for the Tokyo Paralympics is held on Aug. 15, 2021, at a park in Ishinomaki, a Miyagi Prefecture city hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese city commemorates Pearl Harbor victims with fireworks

Fireworks resembling white chrysanthemum flowers, which are often presented at memorial services in Japan to honor the dead, explode over Japan's Nagaoka city on Dec. 8, 2015, the 74th anniversary of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, to commemorate the victims of the air raids and other victims of World War II. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack in Hawaii, was heavily damaged in air raids by the United States in August 1945. Overcoming the painful pasts, Nagaoka and Honolulu became sister cities, and the Japanese city famous for its fireworks has been conducting a memorial firework event every Dec. 8 since 2011. Nagaoka's fireworks were also displayed over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo