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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks walk along the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026, after pouring holy water into the river during a ritual. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026. The water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Heavy snow in Fukui

A dinosaur statue is pictured in front of Fukui Station in the central Japan city of Fukui on Jan. 25, 2026, following heavy snowfall.

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Heavy snow in Fukui

A dinosaur statue is pictured in front of Fukui Station in the central Japan city of Fukui on Jan. 25, 2026, following heavy snowfall.

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Japan: Hundreds of Vehicles Stranded on Hokuriku Expressway Amid Record Snowfall in Fukui

Heavy snowfall in Fukui Prefecture prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a weather warning on Friday, January 23. As rapid accumulation caused severe traffic disruptions, approximately 360 vehicles were left stranded on the Hokuriku Expressway near Tsuruga City.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 5

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture.

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Heavy snow in Japan

Snow accumulates on a dinosaur monument in front of JR Fukui Station in the central Japan city of Fukui on Jan. 9, 2025, with heavy snowfall expected in Sea of Japan coastal areas.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology

Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture.=October 22,2024,Fukui,Japan

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Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology

Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture.=October 22,2024,Fukui,Japan

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Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology

Demonstration test of buses using automated driving technology in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture.=October 22,2024,Fukui,Japan

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XR bus

Photo taken on May 31, 2024, shows a so-called XR or cross reality bus in front of JR Fukui Station in Fukui city in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui ahead of the start of its commercial service the following day. The bus, operated by West Japan Railway Co., is intended to promote sightseeing spots in Fukui Prefecture by having tourists visiting the prefecture experience virtual reality and augmented reality worlds while riding the bus.

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XR bus

Photo taken on May 31, 2024, shows the interior of a so-called XR or cross reality bus ridden by journalists in Fukui city in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on May 31, 2024, ahead of the start of its commercial service the following day. The bus, operated by West Japan Railway Co., is intended to promote sightseeing spots in Fukui Prefecture by having tourists visiting the prefecture experience virtual reality and augmented reality worlds while riding the bus.

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XR bus

A Tyrannosaurus image is projected on the ceiling of a so-called XR or cross reality bus ridden by journalists in Fukui city in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on May 31, 2024, ahead of the start of its commercial service the following day. The bus, operated by West Japan Railway Co., is intended to promote sightseeing spots in Fukui Prefecture, which is known for its dinosaur fossils, by having tourists visiting the prefecture experience virtual reality and augmented reality worlds while riding the bus.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto

Hayato Sakamoto of the Yomiuri Giants drives in a run in the first inning of a baseball game against the DeNA BayStars in the central Japan city of Fukui on May 15, 2024.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken in the small hours of Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken in the small hours of Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Full-size Tyrannosaurus rex statue in dinosaur prefecture Fukui

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024, shows a full-size statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex being installed adjacent to JR Fukui Station in Fukui. The central Japan prefecture, known for the largest discovery of dinosaur fossils in Japan, will display the statue that roars and moves its neck to promote tourism ahead of the March 16 start of a shinkansen bullet train service through the city of Fukui.

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Death toll rises to 64 in strong Japan quakes as aftershocks hinder rescue

STORY: Death toll rises to 64 in strong Japan quakes as aftershocks hinder rescue SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 3, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: ISHIKAWA, Japan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of commercial street in Japan's Ishikawa STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "I'm Xinhua correspondent Zhang Xiaoyu, now in Nanao city, central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa. This is a commercial street with a long history. We can see many houses were damaged here. Some even collapsed. We can see the rubbles on the ground. Some locals say many residents have sought shelter in the local communication center." A series of strong earthquakes, with a major one of preliminary 7.6 magnitude, occurred on Monday in Ishikawa prefecture of Japan. The death toll has risen to 64 in Ishikawa as of Wednesday noon. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu. The Japan Meteorol

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Snowfall in Japan

People walk with shovels in the snow in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Snowfall in Japan

A resident shovels snow in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Ex-Japan PM Suga

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Sept. 19, 2023.

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Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Photo taken July 11, 2023, shows the interior of the renovated Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama, known as the country's dinosaur fossil epicenter.

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Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Photo taken July 11, 2023, shows the interior of the renovated Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama, known as the country's dinosaur fossil epicenter.

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Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows the interior of the renovated Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama, known as the country's dinosaur fossil epicenter.

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Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows the interior of the renovated Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama, known as the country's dinosaur fossil epicenter.

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Dinosaur museum in central Japan

Photo taken July 14, 2023, shows the interior of the renovated Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama, known as the country's dinosaur fossil epicenter.

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Dinosaur train in central Japan

Photo taken on July 15, 2023, shows the interior of a just-launched dinosaur-themed train running from the Fukui Prefecture capital of Fukui to Katsuyama city in the prefecture, home to a famous dinosaur museum. Echizen Railway operates the sightseeing train to promote tourism to the central Japan prefecture known for dinosaur fossils.

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Dinosaur train in central Japan

Photo taken on July 15, 2023, shows the interior of a just-launched dinosaur-themed train running from the Fukui Prefecture capital of Fukui to Katsuyama city in the prefecture, home to a famous dinosaur museum. Echizen Railway operates the sightseeing train to promote tourism to the central Japan prefecture known for dinosaur fossils.

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Obama city to present pen to Obama

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Matsuzaki (L), mayor of Obama city in Fukui Prefecture, hands a lacquered pen to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Abe will deliver the red lacquered pen, a local specialty, to U.S. President Barack Obama as a gift for his inauguration for a second four-year term as president, from the city with the same name.

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Workplaces for disabled people develop original products

TOKYO, Japan - Selp Fukui, a nonprofit organization in Fukui City promoting the welfare of the disabled, sells coffee free of beans damaged by worms or fungi.

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Top court rejects petition to reopen 1986 murder case

FUKUI, Japan - Shoji Maekawa meets with reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 12, 2014, after the Supreme Court turned down his petition for a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, for which he served a seven-year prison term. He said he will continue appealing his innocence.

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Proton therapy clinical trial for breast cancer to begin

FUKUI, Japan - Kazutaka Yamamoto, head of the Proton Therapy Center at the Fukui Prefectural Hospital, displays a brassiere designed for treatment of women with breast cancer and other equipment in Fukui city, Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. The center will begin the first clinical trial on the use of protons for treatment of breast cancer in Japan.

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Ceremony held to send holy water to temple in Nara, Japan

TSURUGA, Japan - A Buddhist priest pours holy water into the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2014, as part of a ceremony to send water to the Todai-ji temple in the ancient capital city of Nara. It is believed that the water arrives in a well in the temple's premises 10 days later.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013 shows a set of bee samples collected by five former teachers from Fukui Prefecture now in their 70s to 90s and donated by them to the Fukui City Museum of Natural History in the prefecture.

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Solar cell cloth

FUKUI, Japan - Photo shows cloth inweaved with fibers of a solar cell battery in Fukui City on Nov. 29, 2012. The product was developed by institutes including the Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture.

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Bhutan museum

FUKUI, Japan - A museum featuring Bhutan cultures opens in the city of Fukui on the Sea of Japan on Nov. 17, 2012.

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Rally against reactor restart

FUKUI, Japan - Around 2,200 people gather in the city of Fukui on June 17, 2012, to rally against the central government's plan to restart two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture.

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Fukui gov. calls on gov't to clarify nation's nuclear policy

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa gives a press conference at the prefectural government building in the city of Fukui on May 15, 2012, after holding talks with senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino. Nishikawa told Makino that the central government should clearly outline the nation's nuclear policy as it seeks to restart two offline reactors in the prefecture.

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Whistling proficiency test

FUKUI, Japan - Mikio Mori, associate professor of the graduate school at University of Fukui, demonstrates a whistling proficiency test that he developed in the city of Fukui, on the Sea of Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011.

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Fukui governor resists resuming nuclear plant operations

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa speaks during a prefectural assembly session in the city of Fukui on June 22, 2011. The governor reiterated his intention to reject the Japanese central government's request to resume operations of suspended nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture.

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Japanese cheerleaders in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Members of the Japanese cheerleading team Jets perform at Walt Whitman High School in a Washington suburb of Maryland on Feb. 24, 2011. The team from Fukui Commercial High School in Fukui City was in the United States to take part in a cheerleading competition.