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Japan outfielder Lars Nootbaar's grandfather, Tatsuji Enokida (front row, 3rd from L), and grandmother, Kazuko (front row, 2nd from L), watch the Japan-U.S. World Baseball Classic final on television in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 22, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan outfielder Lars Nootbaar's grandfather, Tatsuji Enokida (front R), and grandmother, Kazuko (front C), watch the Japan-U.S. World Baseball Classic final on television in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 22, 2023.

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Pallas's cat

Undated file photo shows a Pallas's cat at Saitama Children's Zoo Park in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Pallas's cat

Undated file photo shows a Pallas's cat at Saitama Children's Zoo Park in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo.

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Retired rugby player

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 20, 2013 shows Sinali Latu (R), a retired rugby player for the Japan national team from Tonga, and Yasuyuki Kagami, a former coach of the Daito Bunka University rugby club, at the university playing field in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture.

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Heavy rain in eastern Japan

The swollen Tsukumo River is pictured in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on July 13, 2022, after heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in eastern Japan

A swollen river is pictured in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on July 13, 2022, after heavy rain.

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Restoration of artworks depicting tragedy of Hiroshima

The first part of a series of artworks known as the "Atomic Bomb Diagram" is temporarily leaving Maruki Gallery for the Atomic Bomb in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2021, for restoration work about 70 years after its release. The 15-part works were drawn by ink painter Iri Maruki and his wife and oil painter Toshi soon after Hiroshima was hit by the U.S. atomic bombing but they have been damaged severely due to worm eating and exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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Restoration of artworks depicting tragedy of Hiroshima

The first part of a series of artworks known as the "Atomic Bomb Diagram" is temporarily leaving Maruki Gallery for the Atomic Bomb in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2021, for restoration work about 70 years after its release. The 15-part works were drawn by ink painter Iri Maruki and his wife and oil painter Toshi soon after Hiroshima was hit by the U.S. atomic bombing but they have been damaged severely due to worm eating and exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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Campaigning for Japanese general election

People listen to a politician making a stump speech in Higashimatsuyama in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 30, 2021, a day before a general election.

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Campaigning for Japanese general election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Higashimatsuyama in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 30, 2021, a day before a general election.

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Japan's Kajita shares Nobel Prize in Physics with Canada's McDonald

Photo taken Oct. 6, 2015, shows Masao Kajita (R) and his wife Tomoko, parents of a Japanese scientist Takaaki Kajita who won the Nobel Prize in Physics. At their home in the city of Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo, Masao said, "My son could receive the prize as he has met great teachers." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curator of A-bomb painting gallery speaks before U.S. exhibit

Yukinori Okamura, a curator at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, northwest of Tokyo, speaks at the museum on June 3, 2015, in front of one of paintings depicting the misery of atomic bombings. A deceased Japanese couple, Iri and Toshi Maruki, jointly painted a series of pictures to depict the aftermath of the 1945 A-bombing of Hiroshima and some of the works are exhibited at American University in Washington from June 13 through Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special exhibition of A-bomb paintings held at Maruki Gallery

A visitor looks at one of the nine paintings by Japanese artists Iri Maruki and his wife Toshi at a special exhibition at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on June 3, 2015. The nine paintings are on loan from other places in Japan and are less commonly known than the deceased couple's 15-panel Hiroshima Panels depicting the consequences of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as nuclear-related mishaps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special exhibition of A-bomb paintings held at Maruki Gallery

A visitor looks at some of the nine paintings by Japanese artists Iri Maruki and his wife Toshi at a special exhibition at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on June 3, 2015. The nine paintings are on loan from other places in Japan and are less commonly known than the deceased couple's 15-panel Hiroshima Panels depicting the consequences of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as nuclear-related mishaps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting depicting Urakami Cathedral after the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, created by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953, is exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki created in the motif of an arms factory after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953 is seen exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japanese city on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 koalas donated by Queensland to Saitama zoo

Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda (front L) holds a koala at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2015. Three koalas donated by Australia's Queensland made their public debut the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 koalas from Queensland debut at Saitama zoo

Koalas donated by the State of Queensland in Australia are seen at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2015. Three koalas made their public debut the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gallery of Hiroshima Panels raising funds for new facility

Yukinori Okamura, a curator for the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, points at a damaged part of the Hiroshima Panels on April 27, 2017, at the gallery in Higashimatsuyama, north of Tokyo. The gallery has launched a fund-raising campaign to preserve the panels depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as they have been damaged by insects, ultraviolet rays, as well as grit and dust. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Renowned A-bomb paintings head to U.S. to spark nuke rethink

A visitor looks at one of 15 large folding-screen panels on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, drawn by Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo, on May 31, 2015. The panel, called "Death of American Prisoners of War," and five other five panels from the collection will be showcased as part of the Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington from June 13 to Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Renowned A-bomb paintings head to U.S. to spark nuke rethink

Visitors look at one of 15 large folding-screen panels on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, drawn by Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo, on May 31, 2015. The panel, called "Fire," and five other panels from the collection will be showcased as part of the Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington from June 13 to Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panels on A-bombings to be exhibited in U.S. capital

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - A mother and son view a painting on a folding screen depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels on Aug. 14, 2014. The painting, entitled "Fire," is part of a series of 15 panels. The gallery plans to exhibit six of the panels in the United States next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attacks. (Kyodo)

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - People view original drawings from the comic book "Barefoot Gen" at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo on July 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Peace museum near Tokyo

Photo taken July 9, 2020, shows a replica of a school classroom in wartime Japan at the Peace Museum of Saitama in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. The museum, featuring people's lives during World War II, reopened on June 2 after a coronavirus-related hiatus.

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Peace museum near Tokyo

Photo taken July 9, 2020, shows the Peace Museum of Saitama in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. The museum, featuring people's lives during World War II, reopened on June 2 after a coronavirus-related hiatus.

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Quokkas at Japan zoo

Photo taken June 29, 2020, shows a quokka, a marsupial from the same family as the kangaroo, shown to the press at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo. Presented from an Australian zoo, two male and two female quokkas will go on public display from July 1, making it the first time the animal can be seen at a zoo outside of Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quokkas at Japan zoo

Photo taken June 29, 2020, shows a quokka, a marsupial from the same family as the kangaroo, shown to the press at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo. Presented from an Australian zoo, two male and two female quokkas will go on public display from July 1, making it the first time the animal can be seen at a zoo outside of Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quokkas at Japan zoo

Photo taken June 29, 2020, shows quokkas, marsupials from the same family as the kangaroo, shown to the press at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo. Presented from an Australian zoo, two male and two female quokkas will go on public display from July 1, making it the first time the animal can be seen at a zoo outside of Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopening of school in Japan

Photo taken on May 31, 2020, shows Akari Osawa, a fourth grader of an elementary school in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the school's scheduled reopening on June 2, following the May 25 lifting of Japan's coronavirus state of emergency. Her school has been closed since the end of February due to the virus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo