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Japan PM Ishiba dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Oct. 27.

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Japan PM Ishiba dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Oct. 27.

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Japan PM Ishiba dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Oct. 27.

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Japan PM Ishiba dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Oct. 27.

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Giants' 1st title at Tokyo Dome stadium

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 3 Kyodo - Japan's Yomiuri Giants professional baseball players -- including Warren Cromartie (49), Koichi Ogata (44) and Tatsunori Hara (8) -- acknowledge the cheers of the fans with a banzai salute on Sept. 8, 1990, after winning their first Central League title at their new home field Tokyo Dome stadium, built in 1988, in the Japanese capital.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Sumo: Terunofuji wins summer tourney

Yokozuna Terunofuji (C, front row), poses with the Emperor's Cup after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament while his family and supporters make banzai cheers at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 28, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Utsunomiya regains Japan's No. 1 dumpling city status

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Utsunomiya city officials and "gyoza" dumpling restaurant managers shout banzai at the city hall on Jan. 31, 2014, after central government data listed the Tochigi prefectural capital as having the nation's highest average household spending on the food item in 2013.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows cenotaphs at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A local resident watches a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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JA-Zenchu chairman Banzai at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, chairman of the JA-Zenchu (Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 5, 2014.

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Keidanren, JA Zenchu align for agricultural promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura (standing) speaks during a meeting on an export promotion plan for domestic agricultural products with Akira Banzai, chairman of JA Zenchu (the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives) (2nd from R) in Tokyo, on May 13, 2014.

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Farmers' body reform plans

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of JA-Zenchu, or the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014, to release a set of reform plans for the governing body of agricultural cooperatives in Japan. Banzai said the body will appoint entrepreneurial farmers as senior officials of local agricultural cooperatives as part of efforts to rejuvenate its organization.

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Farmers call for TPP tariff exemptions

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (L), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, hands to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 1, 2013, a letter of request urging Japan not to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a U.S.-led free-trade agreement for the Asia-Pacific region, if domestic farmers would no longer enjoy tariff protection.

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Japanese hot spring of Obama celebrates Obama's reelection

OBAMA, Japan - People at Obama hot spring resort in Nagasaki Prefecture shout ''banzai'' around a statue of U.S. President Barack Obama after his reelection on Nov. 7, 2012.

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JA's national conference

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, chairman of the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu), speaks during a national conference held by the JA group, Japan's largest farm lobby, in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2012. It is set to adopt a resolution against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto (C) and his supporters shout "banzai" after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (R), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Climbing season starts at Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers welcome the sunrise at the top of Mt. Fuji in central Japan with shouts of ''banzai'' on July 1, 2011. The highest mountain in Japan opens to climbers on July 1 every year.

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Climbing season starts at Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers wearing T-shirts with words of encouragement for Tohoku shout ''banzai'' at the top of Mt. Fuji in central Japan on July 1, 2011. Tohoku is the region severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11.

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Tokyo stocks rise on 2010 1st trading day

OSAKA, Japan - Women dressed in traditional kimono and others raise hands for a set of three ''banzai'' cheers during the annual ''daihakkai'' ceremony to start the first trading day of the year at the Osaka Securities Exchange on Jan. 4, 2010.

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Supporters rejoice at Hatoyama becoming premier

MURORAN, Japan - Supporters of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in his constituency in Muroran on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido give three rousing ''banzai'' cheers in celebration of Hatoyama becoming premier.

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Japan's lower house dissolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives raise hands and shout ''banzai'' (long life), following a longtime practice, when Speaker Yohei Kono declares the lower house is dissolved at the chamber's plenary room in Tokyo on July 21.

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Mt. Fuji opened to climbers

Mt. FUJI, Japan - Mountaineers shout banzai with the sunrise behind them on the top of Mt. Fuji as Japan's highest peak (3,776 meters) is declared open to climbing on July 1.

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Man who returned to Japan from Russia after 67 years leaves for home

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa, 79, a Japanese man who remained on Sakhalin Island after World War II and returned to Japan on July 2 for the first time in 67 years, gives a banzai as he leaves New Chitose airport for his current home in Russia's southern republic of Kamlykiya on July 16.

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10,000 people rally to preserve male-line imperial succession

TOKYO, Japan - Some 10,000 people, including 86 lawmakers and academics, shout ''banzai'' at the end of a rally held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on March 7 to oppose a proposal to allow women and their descendants to ascend to Japan's imperial throne. They cited the importance to preserve the tradition of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.

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Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives members clap hands and shout ''banzai'' during a plenary session on Aug. 8 after the lower house was dissolved for a general election.

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LDP's Aramaki wins Fukuoka Pref. lower house by-election

KURUME, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Ryuzo Aramaki, 30, shouts ''banzai'' in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27 as he emerges the winner of a House of Representatives by-election in the Fukuoka No. 6 constituency.

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Honda's humanoid robot sounds NYSE opening bell

NEW YORK, United States - Asimo, a humanoid robot created by Japan's Honda Motor Co., along with Honda President Hiroyuki Yoshino (L) and Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, raises its hands in a gesture of ''banzai'' on the balcony of the exchange on Feb. 14 after sounding the opening bell.

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Takanohana holds Emperor's Cup after 21st championship

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana holds the Emperor's Cup after winning his 21st career championship Jan. 21 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as supporters of the Futagoyama stable exult with a cheer of ''Banzai.'' Takanohana defeated rival grand champion Musashimaru in a playoff at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan for his first tourney triumph since September 1998.

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Mt. Fuji climbers greet sunrise with shouts of 'banzai'

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers on Mt. Fuji shout ''banzai'' as they catch their first glimpse of the sunrise on July 1, which marks the first day of this year's climbing season on Japan's highest peak. They greeted the sunrise at 4:40 a.m. near the mountain's eighth station in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Obuchi's daughter shouts 'banzai'

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, shouts ''banzai'' at her election office in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on June 25 after it appeared certain she would win her father's former seat in the House of Representatives general election.

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Lower house dissolved for general election

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives shout ''banzai (hurrah)'' the moment the lower chamber was dissolved for a June 25 general election. Standing on the rostrum is Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and members of his cabinet.

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Obuchi cheered at LDP convention

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, (2nd from R) gets ''banzai'' cheers after being formally approved as president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at an extraordinary convention at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22. Obuchi won reelection in the LDP presidential election the previous day.

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Wartime letter made public

LOS ANGELES, United States - Banzai Derango, 74, of Oakland, Calif., holds the envelop and letter sent to a Japanese soldier by her sister-in-law in 1943. Derango has kept the unopened letter since finding it among the wreckage of a destroyed building on the Pacific island of Saipan in 1944.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (top R) and other lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (5th from L in back row) and other lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air in a customary "banzai" as the House of Representatives is dissolved in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021, for a general election.

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1972 ceremony to celebrate Okinawa's return to Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - File photo taken on May 15, 1972, shows people raising banzai cheers at a Japanese government-sponsored ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo celebrating Okinawa's reversion from the United States to Japan on the day.

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1972 ceremony to celebrate Okinawa's return to Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - File photo taken on May 15, 1972, shows people raising banzai cheers at a Japanese government-sponsored ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo celebrating Okinawa's reversion from the United States to Japan on the day.

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10,000 people rally to preserve male-line imperial succession

TOKYO, Japan - Some 10,000 people, including 86 lawmakers and academics, shout ''banzai'' at the end of a rally held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on March 7 to oppose a proposal to allow women and their descendants to ascend to Japan's imperial throne. They cited the importance to preserve the tradition of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy. (Kyodo)

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Lower house dissolved for general election

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives shout ''banzai (hurrah)'' the moment the lower chamber was dissolved for a June 25 general election. Standing on the rostrum is Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and members of his cabinet.

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Mt. Fuji climbers greet sunrise with shouts of 'banzai'

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers on Mt. Fuji shout ''banzai'' as they catch their first glimpse of the sunrise on July 1, which marks the first day of this year's climbing season on Japan's highest peak. They greeted the sunrise at 4:40 a.m. near the mountain's eighth station in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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The Lion King (1994)

Ed, Shenzi, Banzai, Scar, Mafusa, Simba, Timon & Pumbaa Characters: ,,,Scar,,, & Film: The Lion King (USA 1994) Director: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff 06 May 1994 Date: 06 May 1994