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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan successfully launched the M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite, nicknamed ''Hinode,'' from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite was successfully launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Archaeologist found hanged after findings doubted

OITA, Japan - Photo shows renowned archaeologist Mitsuo Kagawa, a professor emeritus at Beppu University in Oita Prefecture who was found hanged March 9 at his home in the town of Hinode in the prefecture. In 1962, Kagawa led excavations in Oita's Hijiridaki cave, the only grotto in Japan where the team claimed ancient human bones and stone tools from the Paleolithic era were found together. In January, a weekly magazine reported the findings were allegedly faked.

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Tokyo gov't seizes land for garbage dump site

TOKYO, Japan - Opponents are pitted against metropolitan government officers at Hinode, western Tokyo, on Oct. 10 in a bid to block the seizure of their land earmarked for expanding a garbage landfill site. It is the first forcible seizure of land by a local government in Japan for a garbage disposal site.

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7-Eleven delivery service using drone

A drone carrying a merchandise item from a 7-Eleven store flies in Tokyo's Hinode town on Dec. 2, 2021, following the receipt of a delivery order from a local customer. Seven-Eleven Japan Co. began the same day delivery service using a drone on a test basis, aiming to commercialize it within five years.

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7-Eleven delivery service using drone

A 7-Eleven employee attaches a merchandise item to a drone at a convenience store parking lot in Tokyo's Hinode town on Dec. 2, 2021, following the receipt of a delivery order from a local customer. Seven-Eleven Japan Co. began the same day delivery service using a drone on a test basis, aiming to commercialize it within five years.

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7-Eleven delivery service using drone

A drone carrying a merchandise item from a 7-Eleven store flies in Tokyo's Hinode town on Dec. 2, 2021, following the receipt of a delivery order from a local customer. Seven-Eleven Japan Co. began the same day delivery service using a drone on a test basis, aiming to commercialize it within five years.

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Lavender garden in Hokkaido

Hinode Lavender Garden in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, is lit up on July 16, 2021.

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Lavender garden in Hokkaido

Hinode Lavender Garden in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, is lit up on July 16, 2021.

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite was successfully launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said. (Kyodo)

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Japan's solar observation satellite 'Hinode' goes into orbit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan successfully launched the M-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying a solar observation satellite, nicknamed ''Hinode,'' from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 23, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said. (Kyodo)

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Thick starch syrup retains strong popularity

KOBE, Japan - Masaru Kubo, the fourth generation head of the family that founded confectionary company Kotonojo Hinode Ame Hompo displays ''mizuame,'' or ''water candy'' at his office in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 20, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Barracks at noge

Photograph carried in the September 16, 1871 issue of The Far East. These buildings were barracks called Ota-jinya at the end of the Edo Period. Today, the site is Hinode-machi 1 and 2-chome, Naka Ward. They were used as a facility of the Hyobu-sho (Ministry of the Military) and the Department of the Army even after the Meiji Restoration.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐2‐0]

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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone dies at 101

File photo taken Nov. 11, 1983, shows Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) spending time with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy at the prime minister's leisure house in Hinode, western Tokyo. Nakasone died on Nov. 29, 2019, at age 101. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone dies at 101

File photo taken in November 1983 shows Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) blowing a conch shell before U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the Japanese leader's villa in Hinode, western Tokyo. The two had a summit there. Nakasone died on Nov. 29, 2019, at age 101. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Possible Banksy artwork in Tokyo

People look at a graffito of a rat holding an umbrella, a possible artwork by anonymous street artist Banksy, on display at Tokyo's Hinode Pier on Nov. 25, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archaeologist found hanged after findings doubted

OITA, Japan - Photo shows renowned archaeologist Mitsuo Kagawa, a professor emeritus at Beppu University in Oita Prefecture who was found hanged March 9 at his home in the town of Hinode in the prefecture. In 1962, Kagawa led excavations in Oita's Hijiridaki cave, the only grotto in Japan where the team claimed ancient human bones and stone tools from the Paleolithic era were found together. In January, a weekly magazine reported the findings were allegedly faked.

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Tokyo gov't seizes land for garbage dump site

TOKYO, Japan - Opponents are pitted against metropolitan government officers at Hinode, western Tokyo, on Oct. 10 in a bid to block the seizure of their land earmarked for expanding a garbage landfill site. It is the first forcible seizure of land by a local government in Japan for a garbage disposal site.