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Wheelchair-bound Japanese woman to cross Australia desert

OITA, Japan - A 28-year-old disabled Japanese woman will attempt to cross Australia's Simpson Desert in a specially designed solar car in September to publicize environmental protection and social inclusion of disabled people. Erina Kawakami (2nd from right) from Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, plans to travel about 350 kilometers across the central Australian desert in six days.

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4th anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

The Hiji River is pictured in the Ehime Prefecture city of Seiyo, western Japan, on July 7, 2022, the fourth anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, leaving 33 people dead in Ehime.

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4th anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

People commemorate the victims of the 2018 torrential rain on a bridge over the Hiji River in the Ehime Prefecture city of Seiyo, western Japan, on July 7, 2022, the fourth anniversary of the flooding and mudslide disaster that left 33 people dead in Ehime.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A volunteer (L) holds a sign urging spectators of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay to maintain social distancing in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021.

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New coronavirus

Harmonyland amusement park in Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is closed on Feb. 22, 2020, amid coronavirus fears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Harmonyland amusement park in Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is closed on Feb. 22, 2020, amid coronavirus fears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torrential rains in western Japan

Photo taken on July 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a bridge on the Hiji River in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, destroyed following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wheelchair-bound Japanese woman to cross Australia desert

OITA, Japan - A 28-year-old disabled Japanese woman will attempt to cross Australia's Simpson Desert in a specially designed solar car in September to publicize environmental protection and social inclusion of disabled people. Erina Kawakami (2nd from right) from Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, plans to travel about 350 kilometers across the central Australian desert in six days.