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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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National Defense Medical College graduation ceremony

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada delivers a speech at a graduation ceremony at the National Defense Medical College in the Saitama Prefecture city of Tokorozawa, eastern Japan, on March 4, 2023.

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Fishing ship sinks in Sea of Japan

HAMADA, Japan - A patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard searches for missing fishermen after the No. 1 Gempuku Maru, a fishing vessel, with a crew of 20 men, sank in the morning on Dec. 24, 2014, in a Sea of Japan area off the city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan. Two fishermen died and three others remain missing, the Japan Coast Guard said. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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Fishing ship sinks in Sea of Japan

HAMADA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in the Sea of Japan off the city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan, where the No. 1 Gempuku Maru, a fishing vessel, with a crew of 20 men, sank in the morning on Dec. 24, 2014, with oil coating the sea area. Two fishermen died and three others remain missing, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Naotsugu Hamada, director of the Keicho Mission Ship Museum in the city, who has studied documents pertaining to the Keicho Mission sent in 1613 by Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to Europe to negotiate direct trade with Mexico. The documents have been registered by UNESCO as valuable records in its Memory of the World documentary heritage program.

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Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Inmates bid farewell to dogs

MATSUE, Japan - Inmates at the Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center in Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, pet one of the Labrador retrievers they helped raise as guide dog candidates as they bid farewell before handing them over to the Japan Guide Dog Association on Jan. 24, 2011. The prison in western Japan introduced a program to raise puppies as guide dog candidates in 2009 with the aim of instilling inmates with a sense of responsibility and compassion for others. (Inmates' name tags are retouched to protect their privacy)

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GSDF holds flag presentation ceremony for Iraq-bound troops

SAPPORO, Japan - Defense Agency Deputy Director General Yasukazu Hamada (L) hands a flag to Col. Yuki Imaura during a Ground Self-Defense Force flag presentation ceremony May 8 for the Sapporo-based 11th Division to be deployed to Iraq as the first rotation troops since the first GSDF team arrived in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah in mid-January.

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Japan's 1st votemobile starts accepting early ballots

Photo taken July 1, 2016, in the western Japan city of Hamada shows a man casting an early vote for the July 10 House of Councillors election inside a van believed to be the nation's first mobile polling booth. The votemobile was introduced by the city to accommodate elderly voters who cannot easily travel to polling stations due to limited means of transportation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st votemobile starts accepting early ballots

Photo taken July 1, 2016, in the western Japan city of Hamada shows a person walking into a van, believed to be the nation's first mobile polling booth, to cast an early vote for the July 10 House of Councillors election. The votemobile was introduced by the city to accommodate elderly voters who cannot easily travel to polling stations due to limited means of transportation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hamada qualifies for Olympics in taekwondo

Japanese taekwondo fighter Mayu Hamada (L) competes against Sweden's Nikita Glasnovic in the first round of the women's 57-kilogram category of the WTF World Grand Prix Final in Mexico City on Dec. 6, 2015. Although Hamada lost, she met the qualifying criteria for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by placing fourth in the world rankings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Fishing ship sinks in Sea of Japan

HAMADA, Japan - A patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard searches for missing fishermen after the No. 1 Gempuku Maru, a fishing vessel, with a crew of 20 men, sank in the morning on Dec. 24, 2014, in a Sea of Japan area off the city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan. Two fishermen died and three others remain missing, the Japan Coast Guard said. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo)

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Inmates bid farewell to dogs

MATSUE, Japan - Inmates at the Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center in Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, pet one of the Labrador retrievers they helped raise as guide dog candidates as they bid farewell before handing them over to the Japan Guide Dog Association on Jan. 24, 2011. The prison in western Japan introduced a program to raise puppies as guide dog candidates in 2009 with the aim of instilling inmates with a sense of responsibility and compassion for others. (Inmates' name tags are retouched to protect their privacy) (Kyodo)

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Special warning issued over heavy rain

Photo taken July 5, 2017, shows a swollen river in the western Japan city of Hamada. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special warning over heavy rain in the area, urging residents to beware of landslides and river floods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF holds flag presentation ceremony for Iraq-bound troops

SAPPORO, Japan - Defense Agency Deputy Director General Yasukazu Hamada (L) hands a flag to Col. Yuki Imaura during a Ground Self-Defense Force flag presentation ceremony May 8 for the Sapporo-based 11th Division to be deployed to Iraq as the first rotation troops since the first GSDF team arrived in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah in mid-January. (Kyodo)