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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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ICAN chief Melissa Parke in Tokyo

Melissa Parke, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, visits the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024.

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ICAN chief Melissa Parke in Tokyo

Melissa Parke (R), executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, visits the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Boxing: Higa defends title

NAHA, Japan, Feb. 4 Kyodo - Japan's Daigo Higa (R) celebrates after defending his WBC flyweight title with a first-round knockout of Mexico's Moises Fuentes in Naha, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2018.

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Important cultural property reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, are shown at Daigoji, a World Heritage temple in Kyoto City, on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection.

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Important cultural property reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, are shown at Daigoji, a World Heritage temple in Kyoto City, on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection. Shown above is the original work, a national important cultural property.

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'Daigo Hanami Tanzaku' reproduced

KYOTO, Japan - Replicas of "Daigo Hanami Tanzaku" (below), a collection of waka, Japanese traditional poems, written at a feast held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598 in Daigoji Temple in Kyoto, are shown at the World Heritage temple on June 3, 2014. Fuji Xerox Co. reproduced the collection. Shown above is the original work, a national important cultural property.

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Bikini Atoll radiation survivor continues antinuclear fight

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 19, 2014 shows Matashichi Oishi (L), a former crew member of the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, and his daughter, Yoshiko Tanaka, standing in front of the trawler preserved and displayed at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall run by the Tokyo metropolitan government in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The tuna fishing boat was exposed to nuclear fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954, while fishing about 160 kilometers east of the atoll.

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Sign language campaigner

TOTTORI, Japan - Daigo Ishibashi, secretary general of the Tottori association of organizations for deaf-mutes, gives an interview on Oct. 29, 2013 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, speaking using signs about his efforts to have a sign language promotion ordinance passed. The Tottori prefectural assembly passed Japan's first ordinance of its kind in early October 2013.

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Japan academics urge gov't not to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - A group of university professors, including Satoshi Daigo (far R), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Keio University professor Masaru Kaneko (2nd from L), hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The group urged the Japanese government not to take part in negotiations on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, saying the country may not be able to secure its national interest.

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Suicide prevention slogan dropped

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada responds to questions from Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Daigo Matsuura (bottom R), who displays a sign showing a government slogan aimed at preventing suicides, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012. The government decided to withdraw the controversial slogan GKB47, a play on the name of pop idol group AKB48.

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Frozen waterfall

MITO, Japan - Tourists take photos in front of the frozen Fukuroda Falls in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Free farmland for rent in Ibaraki

MITO, Japan - The township of Daigo, located in the northwestern corner of Ibaraki Prefecture, is offering farmland for a 20-year rent-free lease to dwellers willing to make their home there. The township has 16 lots of state-provided land, at sizes ranging from 750 square meters to 1,745 square meters. Potential renters must be under age 65 and willing to live at least 90 days a year on the farmland. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 28, and they will be screened next spring. About 600 people showed up for an on-site briefing Nov. 23, Daigo officials said, adding that the move is aimed at invigorating the local economy as the local population has been declining, from a peak of 42,000 to around 21,000 now. The photo shows a couple inspecting some of the farmland offered for free rent.

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Daigo breaks 13-year national record in high jump

KOBE, Japan - Naoyuki Daigo sets a Japanese high jump record with 2.33 meters on the final day of the national athletics championships in Kobe on July 2, breaking the previous mark of 2.32 set by Takahiro Kimino in 1993.

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Nakahiro loses decision to Thailand's Pongsaklek

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam lands a punch on Japanese challenger Daigo Nakahiro during the sixth round of their WBC flyweight title match in Bangkok on May 1. Pongsaklek defended his title for the 14th consecutive time with a unanimous decision.

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Competition of lifting heavy rice cake held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift a 90-kilogram rice cake in a competition at Kyoto's Daigo Temple on Feb. 23.

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Group backs withholding NHK fees, seeks political neutrality

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Daigo (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 8 about a campaign urging the public to withhold payment of fees to NHK. A group of academics and citizens started the campaign to make NHK stop its practice of informing politicians about the content of programs before they are broadcast.

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Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman attempts to lift huge rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms during an annual ''rice-cake lifting'' competition in the compound of Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23.

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Monument to tuna contaminated by H-bomb test

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 14, 2000 shows a stone "tuna monument" erected in the yard of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall on Yumenoshima in Tokyo's Koto Ward and Matashichi Oishi, a former crew member of the Fukuryu Maru No. 5, a tuna fishing boat exposed to contamination by the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, who created the monument in 1999 as a reminder of the dreadful effects of the test and a symbol of peace.

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Rice cake lifting at Kyoto temple

A ritual to lift up giant rice cakes weighing up to 150 kilograms in total is held at Daigo-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2022, to pray for good health.

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Rice cake lifting at Kyoto temple

A woman tries to lift up giant rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms in total at Daigo-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2022, during an annual ritual to pray for good health.

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Rice cake lifting at Kyoto temple

A ritual to lift up giant rice cakes weighing up to 150 kilograms in total is held at Daigo-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2022, to pray for good health.

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Rice cake lifting at Kyoto temple

A woman tries to lift up giant rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms in total at Daigo-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2022, during an annual ritual to pray for good health.

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Group backs withholding NHK fees, seeks political neutrality

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Daigo (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 8 about a campaign urging the public to withhold payment of fees to NHK. A group of academics and citizens started the campaign to make NHK stop its practice of informing politicians about the content of programs before they are broadcast. (Kyodo)

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Competition of lifting heavy rice cake held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman tries to lift a 90-kilogram rice cake in a competition at Kyoto's Daigo Temple on Feb. 23. (Kyodo)

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Nakahiro loses decision to Thailand's Pongsaklek

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam lands a punch on Japanese challenger Daigo Nakahiro during the sixth round of their WBC flyweight title match in Bangkok on May 1. Pongsaklek defended his title for the 14th consecutive time with a unanimous decision. (Kyodo)

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Daigo breaks 13-year national record in high jump

KOBE, Japan - Naoyuki Daigo sets a Japanese high jump record with 2.33 meters on the final day of the national athletics championships in Kobe on July 2, breaking the previous mark of 2.32 set by Takahiro Kimino in 1993. (Kyodo)

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Free farmland for rent in Ibaraki

MITO, Japan - The township of Daigo, located in the northwestern corner of Ibaraki Prefecture, is offering farmland for a 20-year rent-free lease to dwellers willing to make their home there. The township has 16 lots of state-provided land, at sizes ranging from 750 square meters to 1,745 square meters. Potential renters must be under age 65 and willing to live at least 90 days a year on the farmland. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 28, and they will be screened next spring. About 600 people showed up for an on-site briefing Nov. 23, Daigo officials said, adding that the move is aimed at invigorating the local economy as the local population has been declining, from a peak of 42,000 to around 21,000 now. The photo shows a couple inspecting some of the farmland offered for free rent. (Kyodo)

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Ryoko Hirosue Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Mika Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Tsutomu Yamazaki Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Ikuei Sasaki Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo & Masahiro Motoki Characters: Ikuei Sasaki,Yuriko Kamimura & Daigo Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Ryoko Hirosue Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Mika Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Takashi Sasano Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Shokichi Hirata Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Ryoko Hirosue & Masahiro Motoki Characters: Mika Kobayashi & Daigo Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki Characters: Daigo Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Tsutomu Yamazaki Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Ikuei Sasaki Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Tsutomu Yamazaki Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Ikuei Sasaki Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

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Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Masahiro Motoki & Ryoko Hirosue Characters: Daigo Kobayashi & Mika Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008