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Actor Hirosue arrested over alleged assault in hospital

Journalists gather near a police station in Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on April 8, 2025, after Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in a neighboring city by kicking her following a car accident on the Shin-Tomei Expressway on April 7.

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Self-driving truck test

Photo taken on March 3, 2025, at a Tomei Expressway service area in Numazu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka shows a truck that was used the same day for a self-driving test. The truck ran for about 115 kilometers between Numazu and Hamamatsu, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, using a special priority lane earmarked for the test conducted by the transport ministry amid a serious truck driver shortage in Japan.

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Suzuki Motor's former leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94

Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and President Osamu Suzuki (far L) poses for a photo during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Alto commercial vehicle in Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka in May 2009. Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at age 94 on Dec. 25, 2024.

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Suzuki Motor's former leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2020, shows Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki during an interview in Hamamatsu, the central Japan city where his company is based. Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at age 94 on Dec. 25, 2024.

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Saturn eclipse

Photo taken from Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Dec. 8, 2024, shows the Moon just before the start of its occultation of Saturn.

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideko Hakamata speaks to the media after Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, apologized in person to her 88-year-old brother Iwao at their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Iwao Hakamata (R), 88, is pictured at his home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, visited and apologized the same day to Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamata (2nd from R) and his sister Hideko (far R) during a visit to their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata, 88, was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamata (2nd from R) and his sister Hideko (far R) during a visit to their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata, 88, was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

Iwao Hakamata leaves home for his daily stroll on Sept. 26, 2024, in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. The Shizuoka District Court acquitted the 88-year-old former professional boxer the same day in a retrial decades after he was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder case.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japan

People walk in front of JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 31, 2024, as torrential rain continued due to Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A signboard at a JR Hamamatsu station ticket gate in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, shows Tokaido bullet train services suspended between Mishima in the prefecture and Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2024, due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

GAMAGORI, Japan, July 22 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2024, shows two maintenance vehicles that derailed in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, after colliding with each other earlier in the day on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train tracks between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo stations in the central Japan prefecture, resulting in the suspension of trains from the day's first services. (Kyodo)

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Summer heat in Japan

Dogs cool off in a fountain at a park in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, amid scorching summer heat on July 29, 2024.

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Summer heat in Japan

Dogs cool off in a fountain at a park in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, amid scorching summer heat on July 29, 2024.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 9

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along the Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Tokyo-Osaka bullet train service resumes after halt

A train service information board at JR Hamamatsu Station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, shows the resumption of services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines on the morning of July 23, 2024. An accident involving railway maintenance vehicles caused an all-day suspension on part of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line a day earlier, while the Sanyo Shinkansen Line was also disrupted by the accident.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 5

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 6

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 3

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 4

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident 2

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Japan: Travel Chaos Erupts After Bullet Trains Suspended Due To Maintenance Train Accident

Travel chaos erupted at railway stations across Japan on Monday, July 22 after bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were partially suspended due to a collision of maintenance vehicles on tracks. Videos posted on social media show major stations along Tokaido Shinkansen Line packed with stranded travelers.

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Suzuki Motor HQ inspected over improper vehicle testing

Japanese transport ministry officials head to Suzuki Motor Corp.'s headquarters in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on June 6, 2024, to conduct an inspection after the automaker admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications.

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Suzuki Motor HQ inspected over improper vehicle testing

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry head to Suzuki Motor Corp.'s headquarters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, to conduct an inspection on June 6, 2024, after the automobile maker admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications.

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Large thermometer in one of Japan's hottest cities

KUMAGAYA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - A 4-meter thermometer is set up in front of a department store on May 14, 2024, in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, known as one of the hottest cities in Japan. In July 2018, the mercury hit 41.1 C in the eastern Japan city, which was the country's highest-ever temperature but was also recorded in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in August 2020. (Kyodo)

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Large thermometer in one of Japan's hottest cities

A 4-meter thermometer is set up in front of a department store on May 14, 2024, in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, known as one of the hottest cities in Japan. In July 2018, the mercury hit 41.1 C in the eastern Japan city, which was the country's highest-ever temperature but was also recorded in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in August 2020.

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Large thermometer in one of Japan's hottest cities

A 4-meter thermometer is set up in front of a department store on May 14, 2024, in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, known as one of the hottest cities in Japan. In July 2018, the mercury hit 41.1 C in the eastern Japan city, which was the country's highest-ever temperature but was also recorded in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in August 2020.

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Basketball: Japan vs. Taiwan

Josh Hawkinson (24) of the Japanese men's national basketball team plays during the first quarter of a pre-World Cup tuneup game against Taiwan at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, on July 8, 2023.

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Heavy rain in Japan

Photo taken on June 3, 2023, shows a partially collapsed house in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Hamamatsu, central Japan, following a landslide behind the house caused by heavy rain from the approaching Typhoon Mawar.

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Shinkansen self-driving system

Screenshot from a video monitor set up in a new N700S shinkansen bullet train for the media shows a driver starting an automatic train operation system during a trial self-driving run on May 11, 2023, at JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, ahead of possible commercial use around 2028.

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Unidentified metal sphere on Japan beach

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 21, 2023, shows a metal ball, measuring about 1.5 meters in diameter, that washed up on a local beach in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.

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Unidentified metal sphere on Japan beach

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 21, 2023, shows a metal ball, measuring about 1.5 meters in diameter, that washed up on a local beach in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.

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Support facility for Brazilians opens in Hamamatsu

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Carlos Eduardo Gabas (L), Brazilian social security minister, and Carlos Lupi (2nd from L), Brazilian labor and employment minister, cut a tape at the opening ceremony of the new support facility for Brazilian residents in Japan in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 31, 2010. There are about 270,000 Brazilian residents in Japan.

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N700S series bullet train

NAGOYA, Japan, June 5 Kyodo - Photo taken on June 5, 2018, shows a new N700s Tokaido shinkansen bullet train stopping at Mikawa-Anjo station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, during a test run between Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Osaka.

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N700S series bullet train

NAGOYA, Japan, June 5 Kyodo - Photo taken on June 5, 2018, shows a new N700s Tokaido shinkansen bullet train departing Mikawa-Anjo station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after a brief stop during a test run between Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Osaka.

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N700S series bullet train

NAGOYA, Japan, June 5 Kyodo - Photo taken on June 5, 2018, shows a new N700s Tokaido shinkansen bullet train stopping at Mikawa-Anjo station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, during a test run between Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Osaka.

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Hamamatsu to host mascot character contest in 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Mascot character Shusse Daimyo Ieyasu-kun of Hamamatsu (L) in Shizuoka Prefecture poses with Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki at a press conference held in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2015, to announce the selection of the central Japan city as host of the 2015 national contest for mascot characters in November.

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Hamamatsu to host 2015 national mascot character contest

TOKYO, Japan - Shusse Daimyo Ieyasu-kun (2nd from R), a mascot character of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, likened to feudal warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, poses in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2015, with the winners of the previous year's national mascot contest. Hamamatsu was selected the same day to host the 2015 contest.

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Japan's lunar explorer robot successfully runs on dunes

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A lunar explorer robot developed by Hakuto, the only Japanese team competing for the Google Luna XPrize that is led by Tohoku University Professor Kazuya Yoshida, makes a successful test run on the Nakatajima Sand Dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. A total of 18 teams are competing in the contest, with a grand prize of 20 million dollars for the first team to land safely on the lunar surface, move 500 meters, and transmit high-definition images and video back to Earth.

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Leader of Komeito in stump speech

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech at JR Hamamatsu Station in central Shizuoka Prefecture on Nov. 22, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 14 general election.

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Hamamatsu Photonics wins IEEE Milestone prize

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Akira Hiruma, president of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., meets reporters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 15, 2014, following a decision by the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to award the IEEE Milestone prize to the Japanese optical sensor manufacturer for its development of a 20-inch photomultiplier tube, placed next to him.

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation.

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Myanmar commander-in-chief visits Japan

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defense Services, pays a floral tribute at a monument in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2014. The monument was erected to commemorate the stay of General Aung San in the Japanese city 74 years ago.

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Former death-row inmate Hakamada hospitalized

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Iwao Hakamada, a 78-year-old former death-row inmate who was released following a court decision in March 2014 to reopen the 1966 murder case that led to his conviction. Hakamada, a former professional boxer, has been hospitalized for pneumonia in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, his lawyers said Aug. 29, 2014.

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People see 'Dr. Yellow' inspection train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Children pose for a photo in front of an inspection train for Shinkansen lines nick-named "Dr. Yellow" in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 26, 2014, at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line operation.

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People see inside of 'Dr. Yellow' inspection train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Children tour the inside of an inspection train for Shinkansen lines nick-named "Dr. Yellow" in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 26, 2014, during an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkanen bullet train line operation.

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides.

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Man once on death row returns to hometown

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Iwao Hakamada (C), 78, a former professional boxer, arrives at JR Hamamatsu Station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 27, 2014. Hakamada, sentenced to death, returned to his hometown for the first time since his release from nearly half a century of detention following a court decision to reopen a 1966 murder case.

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Man once on death row returns to hometown

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Iwao Hakamada (C), 78, a former professional boxer, holds a press conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 27, 2014. Hakamada, sentenced to death, returned to his hometown that day for the first time since his release from nearly half a century of detention following a court decision to reopen a 1966 murder case.