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Parent of two seeks court's permission to change registered sex

GIFU, Japan - A person (L) diagnosed with sexual identity disorder, who has fathered two children (R side), speaks at a news conference in Gifu on Dec. 24 as he filed a request with the Gifu Family Court the same day to change his registered sex to female. The 43-year-old resident of Hashima, Gifu, changed his registered name to Atsuko (a woman's name) Mizuno, after undergoing a sex-change operation abroad.

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Card-free ATM

GIFU, Japan - A customer places her palm on the censor of an automated teller machine for identification at the Hashima city branch of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 26, 2012. The regional bank based in the prefecture started the same day operating ATMs for cash withdrawals, deposits and balance inquiries that do not require plastic cards but instead identify account holders by scanning their hands.

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Snowboarding: Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase practices in the Gifu Prefecture city of Hashima, central Japan, on Nov. 25, 2021. About a month earlier, Murase won the season-opening World Cup women's big air event in Chur, Switzerland.

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Snowboarding: Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase practices in the Gifu Prefecture city of Hashima, central Japan, on Nov. 25, 2021. About a month earlier, Murase won the season-opening World Cup women's big air event in Chur, Switzerland.

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Snowboarding: Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase practices in the Gifu Prefecture city of Hashima, central Japan, on Nov. 25, 2021. About a month earlier, Murase won the season-opening World Cup women's big air event in Chur, Switzerland.

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Snowboarding: Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase practices in the Gifu Prefecture city of Hashima, central Japan, on Nov. 25, 2021. About a month earlier, Murase won the season-opening World Cup women's big air event in Chur, Switzerland.

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Parent of two seeks court's permission to change registered sex

GIFU, Japan - A person (L) diagnosed with sexual identity disorder, who has fathered two children (R side), speaks at a news conference in Gifu on Dec. 24 as he filed a request with the Gifu Family Court the same day to change his registered sex to female. The 43-year-old resident of Hashima, Gifu, changed his registered name to Atsuko (a woman's name) Mizuno, after undergoing a sex-change operation abroad. (Kyodo)

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Police arrest Ichihashi, suspect in murder of British woman

GIFU, Japan - The parents of Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder of British language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, speak to the press in front of their home in the central Japan city of Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, after Ichihashi's arrest on Nov. 10, 2009. They told reporters they have been praying for Lindsay Hawker every day and hope that their son would expiate his crime. (Kyodo)

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Great Nobi Earthquake (Kasamatsu Village)

Kasamatsu village is the present Kasamatsu-cho of Hashima-gun of Gifu prefecture. There was great disaster here, and the newspaper coverage reports the gravity of the disaster. According to the Jiji dated November 6, there were 555 totally destroyed houses, 29 half destroyed houses, 205 deaths, 382 wounded and 547 fires.==Date:unknown, Place:Gifu, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐12‐0]

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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New coronavirus

Officials in protective suits assist people with mild coronavirus symptoms as well as asymptomatic patients to a hotel in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, on April 21, 2020, in an effort to keep hospital beds available for those with severe symptoms amid the spread of the pneumonia-causing virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichihashi's parents speak to reporters

GIFU, Japan - The parents (back shot) of Tatsuya Ichihashi, who was arrested in Osaka on Nov. 10, 2009, in connection with the death of Lindsay Hawker, speak to reporters in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 11. They said they were relieved to know their son is in custody of the police but also felt betrayed by him. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)