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[Breaking News]Torrential rain in central Japan

HAKUI, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Video taken Aug. 27, 2026, shows a submerged vehicle in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy machinery repairing a collapsed river embankment following torrential rain in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Heavy machinery repairs a collapsed river embankment following torrential rain in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy machinery repairing a collapsed river embankment following torrential rain in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 27, 2026, shows a submerged vehicle in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

A vehicle is towed by a truck in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, after it was submerged following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026, shows a submerged vehicle in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in central Japan

Torrential rain in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026, shows a submerged vehicle in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a collapsed road along a river in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2026, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a collapsed road along a river in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2026, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows a collapsed road along a river in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2026, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Aftermath of torrential rain in central Japan

Photo shows an abandoned vehicle on an inundated road in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2026, following torrential rain.

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Japan: Record Rainfall Triggers Flooding, Landslides in Toyama, Ishikawa 4

Record-breaking rainfall triggered river flooding and landslides in Japan's Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, along the Sea of Japan coast, on Thursday, August 27.

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Japan: Record Rainfall Triggers Flooding, Landslides in Toyama, Ishikawa 5

Record-breaking rainfall triggered river flooding and landslides in Japan's Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, along the Sea of Japan coast, on Thursday, August 27.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese crested ibises are released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Photo shows one of the eight Japanese crested ibises released into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970. (Pool photo)

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Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Crested ibises released into wild on Japan's main island

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) release Japanese crested ibises into the wild in Hakui in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 31, 2026, marking the first presence of the birds, designated as natural treasures, on the country's main island in 56 years. The number of wild crested ibises had tumbled due to overhunting, with the last one on the main island of Honshu captured in 1970.

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Japan: Waterspout Spotted off Ishikawa Coast

A waterspout was spotted off Chirihama Beach in Ishikawa’s Hakui City on Friday, August 8. According to local fire departments and the Kanazawa Coast Guard, no damage to ships or other objects has been confirmed.

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Japan: Waterspout Spotted off Ishikawa Coast 2

A waterspout was spotted off Chirihama Beach in Ishikawa’s Hakui City on Friday, August 8. According to local fire departments and the Kanazawa Coast Guard, no damage to ships or other objects has been confirmed.

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Finnish president and wife in Japan

Finnish president and wife in Japan

Finnish President Alexander Stubb (C) and his wife Suzanne pose for a photo with Hakui Mayor Hiroichi Kishi at a library in the Ishikawa Prefecture city, central Japan, on June 9, 2025, after donating 80 books from the Moomin series. Suzanne Innes-Stubb taught English to students at local schools during the early 1990s.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

High school students in quake-hit Hakui city in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture resume attending classes on Jan. 15, 2024, at a temporary facility in the city after their school was severely damaged by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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[Breaking News] Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

HAKUI, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day. (Kyodo)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240103) -- BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People line up in front of a drugstore prior to its opening on Jan. 2, 2024, in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Residents of an earthquake-affected house transfer daily supplies to a tent in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows an almost vacant food shelf at a supermarket in Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

Xinhua Headlines: Major earthquake hits central Japan on New Year's Day, causing casualties, widespread structural damage

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Residents of an earthquake-affected house transfer daily supplies to a tent in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Residents of an earthquake-affected house transfer daily supplies to a tent in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a road damaged by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a landslide caused by earthquakes in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows an almost vacant beverage shelf at a supermarket in Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows almost vacant food shelves at a supermarket in Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPERMARKET

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows an almost vacant food shelf at a supermarket in Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan. The death toll has risen to 30 after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national news agency Kyodo citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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