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Vehicle testing scandal at Mazda

Photo taken on June 6, 2024, shows a Mazda Motor Corp. factory in Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, following the company's decision to halt vehicle production for an indefinite period of time amid a vehicle testing scandal.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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Output at Mazda mainstay plant reaches 10 mil. units

HOFU, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. celebrates at its mainstay plant in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2013, after cumulative auto production at the plant reached 10 million units since its operation commenced in 1982.

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Bridgestone marks opening of 1st domestic tire plant in 33 years

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. holds an opening ceremony Aug. 4 for its new radial tire factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, its first domestic production facility since one was built in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 33 years ago.

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Aso offers flowers for mudslide victims at nursing home

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso offers flowers July 29 at a mudslide-hit nursing home in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where seven residents were killed amid a record downpour. (Pool photo)

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Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Photo taken July 22 shows the site of a mudslide near the national highway Route 262 in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit a nursing home for the elderly in the city in western Japan on July 21, leaving three people dead and four others missing.

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Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Rescue workers from the local police search for four people still missing inside a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on July 22, after a mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit the facility a day before, burying the first floor under mud. Three people died in the disaster.

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Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Rescue workers from the local police, firefighters and the Self-Defense forces dig in the mud in search of four people still missing at a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on July 22, after a mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit the facility a day before. Three people died in the disaster.

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6 killed, 8 missing in Yamaguchi, Tottori due to heavy rain

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Muddy water flows near a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, after it was hit by mudslides caused by heavy rain on July 21.

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6 killed, 8 missing in Yamaguchi, Tottori due to heavy rain

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Forces engage in rescue operations at a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on July 21 after it was hit by a mudslide caused by heavy rain.

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Crown prince visits kindergarten in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, now on a visit to Yamaguchi Prefecture, talks to a child playing with building blocks at Nakanoseki Kindergarten in Hofu on Nov. 4. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince visits kindergarten in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, now on a visit to Yamaguchi Prefecture, talks to children of Nakanoseki Kindergarten in Hofu on his arrival there on Nov. 4.

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2 dead in boat accident off Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Two people were found dead in an overturned fishing boat in the sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 22, the Japan Coast Guard said. Photo shows the 4-ton Kazuyoshi-Maru No. 3 (bottom), found some 20 kilometers off Hofu in the same prefecture, being towed. As the boat had damage marks on it, the coast guard is investigating the possibility of a hit-and-run incident.

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(2)Diary hinting at Japan spying on Soviet Union found

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A diary written by Mitsuo Ozaki (1902-1985), a Japanese government official sent to Afghanistan in the 1930s, has been found in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The diary suggests that the Afghan government became irritated with Japan over its espionage activities directed against the Soviet Union prior to World War II. It was found at the home of Ozaki's son, Yukinori, in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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(1)Diary hinting at Japan spying on Soviet Union found

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A diary written by Mitsuo Ozaki (1902-1985), a Japanese government official sent to Afghanistan in the 1930s, has been found in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The diary suggests that the Afghan government became irritated with Japan over its espionage activities directed against the Soviet Union prior to World War II. Ozaki's son Yukinori shows the diary, which he found at his home in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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4 killed as car collides with train in Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A wrecked car lies on the railways following a collision with a train at a JR Sanyo Line crossing in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Dec. 16. All four persons in the car, two adults and two children, were killed.

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Defense minister at air base in western Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (front R) visits the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2021. Japan will set up a second space operations unit there to monitor any threat via electromagnetic waves to its satellites within fiscal 2022, Kishi said.

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4 killed as car collides with train in Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A wrecked car lies on the railways following a collision with a train at a JR Sanyo Line crossing in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Dec. 16. All four persons in the car, two adults and two children, were killed.

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(2)Diary hinting at Japan spying on Soviet Union found

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A diary written by Mitsuo Ozaki (1902-1985), a Japanese government official sent to Afghanistan in the 1930s, has been found in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The diary suggests that the Afghan government became irritated with Japan over its espionage activities directed against the Soviet Union prior to World War II. It was found at the home of Ozaki's son, Yukinori, in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(1)Diary hinting at Japan spying on Soviet Union found

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A diary written by Mitsuo Ozaki (1902-1985), a Japanese government official sent to Afghanistan in the 1930s, has been found in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The diary suggests that the Afghan government became irritated with Japan over its espionage activities directed against the Soviet Union prior to World War II. Ozaki's son Yukinori shows the diary, which he found at his home in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Year-end laughing festival in western Japan

The Waraiko festival is held in a farming area in western Japan on Dec. 6, 2015, in which residents in formal attire let out three huge laughter -- first to thank the year's harvest, second to wish for good crops in the coming year and third to laugh off the sadness and pain of the year. The festival in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture is said to have been held for 800 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown prince visits kindergarten in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, now on a visit to Yamaguchi Prefecture, talks to children of Nakanoseki Kindergarten in Hofu on his arrival there on Nov. 4. (Kyodo)

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Crown prince visits kindergarten in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, now on a visit to Yamaguchi Prefecture, talks to a child playing with building blocks at Nakanoseki Kindergarten in Hofu on Nov. 4. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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2 dead in boat accident off Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Two people were found dead in an overturned fishing boat in the sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 22, the Japan Coast Guard said. Photo shows the 4-ton Kazuyoshi-Maru No. 3 (bottom), found some 20 kilometers off Hofu in the same prefecture, being towed. As the boat had damage marks on it, the coast guard is investigating the possibility of a hit-and-run incident. (Kyodo)

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district. (Kyodo)

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Yuki Kawauchi finishes the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in second place on Dec. 20, 2020, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Yuki Kawauchi finishes the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in second place on Dec. 20, 2020, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Tatsuya Maruyama wins the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds on Dec. 20, 2020, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Tatsuya Maruyama wins the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds on Dec. 20, 2020, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Tatsuya Maruyama wins the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds on Dec. 20, 2020, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Tatsuya Maruyama poses for a photo with the trophy on Dec. 20, 2020, after winning the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Athletics: Hofu Yomiuri Marathon

Tatsuya Maruyama poses for a photo with the trophy next to a clock displaying his time on Dec. 20, 2020, after winning the Hofu Yomiuri Marathon in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Carp streamers in river

Carp streamers, which normally flutter in the wind as a symbol of the May 5 Children's Day in Japan, "swim" in a river in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carp streamers in river

Carp streamers, which normally flutter in the wind as a symbol of the May 5 Children's Day in Japan, "swim" in a river in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carp streamers in river

Carp streamers, which normally flutter in the wind as a symbol of the May 5 Children's Day in Japan, "swim" in a river in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Combined photo taken on April 30, 2019, shows stairs at a shrine in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, decorated with flowers reading Heisei (top), Japan's current era, and new era Reiwa (bottom). The Reiwa Era will begin on May 1, following Emperor Akihito's abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mazda assembly line

Photo taken on May 28, 2018, shows a production line operated by Mazda Motor Corp. at its plant in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mazda assembly line

Photo taken on May 28, 2018, shows a production line operated by Mazda Motor Corp. at its plant in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marathon: Japanese runner sets world record

Japanese runner Misato Michishita speaks to reporters in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2017, after winning the visually impaired women's marathon championship, setting a new world record of 2:56:14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese high school cancels trip to Guam due to missile fears

Oita Hofu High School in the southwestern Japanese city of Oita, pictured Aug. 24, 2017, has canceled a school trip to Guam following North Korea's threat to fire missiles near the Pacific resort island, school officials said the same day. The trip was scheduled for October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo