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Higashimatsushima to launch tsunami tracking system

SENDAI, Japan - Hideo Abe, mayor of Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, explains on Feb. 10, 2014, a new system to keep track of tsunami in real-time through surveillance cameras set up along the city's coastline and on top of the city hall. The northeastern Japan city, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, plans to start operating the system in April.

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PM Abe meets with 2016 Japan Prize winners

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with two 2016 Japan Prize winners -- Hideo Hosono (R), professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Steven Tanksley (L), professor emeritus at Cornell University -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2016. Hosono won the award for his development of a transparent semiconductor used in smartphone displays, while Tanksley was recognized for utilizing genetic analysis to improve crop breeds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets with 2016 Japan Prize winners

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Steven Tanksley, professor emeritus at Cornell University, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 19, 2016. Tanksley, who was recognized for utilizing genetic analysis to improve crop breeds, won the 2016 Japan Prize with Hideo Hosono, a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, who won for his development of a transparent semiconductor used in smartphone displays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo