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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 30, 2025, shows shrimp caught in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, earlier in the day. The season of traditional shrimp fishing using a sailing boat began the same day.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailing boats fish for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailing boats fish for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

A sailing boat fishes for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Geminid meteor shower

A shooting star is seen in the night sky over Lake Furen in Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2024, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks.

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Geminid meteor shower

A shooting star in the night sky is reflected on the partially frozen surface of Lake Furen in Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2024, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks.

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Geminid meteor shower

A shooting star is seen under bright moonlight over Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2024, as the annual Geminid meteor shower peaks through the early hours of the following day.

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Boats for traditional Hokkai shrimp fishing sail in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 26, 2024, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Peasant writer

BETSUKAI, Japan - Photo taken May 15, 2014 shows novelist Hiroshi Tamai walking on grassland at a dairy farm he ran until he gave up farming in Betsukai, Hokkaido. Seen at the back are a private library for local people (R), converted from his home, and a former cattle shed. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Peasant writer

BETSUKAI, Japan - Photo taken May 15, 2014 shows one of the cattle farmers in Betsukai, Hokkaido who had a close relationship with novelist Hiroshi Tamai. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Shrimp fishing boat

BETSUKAI, Japan - Traditional sailboats called Utasebune catch Hokkai shrimps as the season begins in the town of Betsukai, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 21, 2013.

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(1)M7.1 quake hits Hokkaido

HOKKAIDO, Japan - A stationery shop operator in Betsukai, eastern Hokkaido, fixes a shelf in his shop Nov. 29. The shelf fell over after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Japan's northernmost main island earlier in the day.

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Biogas generating facility opened to media

Betsukai Biogas Power Generation chief Satoshi Ogura shows reporters the company's biogas generating facility, which uses the bodily waste of dairy cows, in Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan, on July 9, 2015. The company expects the electric power its sells from the facility, one of the largest in Japan, to yield 400 million yen of revenue annually. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)M7.1 quake hits Hokkaido

HOKKAIDO, Japan - A stationery shop operator in Betsukai, eastern Hokkaido, fixes a shelf in his shop Nov. 29. The shelf fell over after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Japan's northernmost main island earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

A fisherman sorts out Hokkai shrimps aboard a sailboat in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as the fishing season for the shrimp starts on June 30, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailboats for traditional Hokkai shrimp fishing sail in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as the fishing season for the shrimp starts on June 30, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Putin to launch talks on joint activities on disputed isles

Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held, Japan-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, is seen on Dec. 16, 2016, from a port at Betsukai in Hokkaido. Japan and Russia agreed the same day to launch talks on joint economic activities on the islands, as Japan seeks to resolve the territorial row and sign a post-World War II peace treaty with Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo