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Steelworks fire in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 1, 2025, shows the site of a fire that broke out earlier in the day at a Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Muroran in Hokkaido, northern Japan. No injuries were reported and the fire did not spread beyond the plant, according to local authorities.

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Steelworks fire in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 1, 2025, shows the site of a fire that broke out earlier in the day at a Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Muroran in Hokkaido, northern Japan. No injuries were reported and the fire did not spread beyond the plant, according to local authorities.

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Steelworks fire in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 1, 2025, shows the site of a fire that broke out earlier in the day at a Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Muroran in Hokkaido, northern Japan. No injuries were reported and the fire did not spread beyond the plant, according to local authorities.

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Fire at Nippon Steel plant in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 1, 2025, shows the site of a fire that broke out earlier in the day at a Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Muroran in Hokkaido, northern Japan. No injuries were reported and the fire did not spread beyond the plant, according to local authorities.

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Bear sightings in northern Japan

Photo taken in October 2025 shows a signboard set up at a park in Hokuto in Hokkaido, northern Japan, announcing the cancellation of an autumn foliage illumination event amid a recent spate of bear attacks in the region.

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Trial of 2022 deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows a courtroom of the Kushiro District Court in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of the first hearing of a trial for the president of a tourist boat operator over a 2022 fatal marine accident. The Kazu I sank during a cruise around the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula in April 2022, leaving 26 people dead or missing. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess visits Sapporo

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R) visits on Sept. 24, 2025, the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where she is visiting to attend events for tuberculosis prevention week. (Pool photo)

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BOJ deputy governor in Hokkaido

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino makes a speech in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2025.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, loses control and heads groundward after lifting off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Ainu dagger and manga focusing on Ainu culture

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows a traditional Ainu knife called a "makiri" with a carved wooden sheath by craftsman Toru Kaizawa, alongside a volume of the popular Japanese manga "Golden Kamuy." The manga series, written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, focuses on the indigenous Ainu people in Hokkaido and their culture.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 30, 2025, shows shrimp caught in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, earlier in the day. The season of traditional shrimp fishing using a sailing boat began the same day.

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CORRECTED: National Confectionary Expo begins in northern Japan

Japanese Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, makes a speech on May 30, 2025, during the opening ceremony for the National Confectionary Exposition in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The event, normally held every four years, was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It runs through June 15.

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Baseball: Yu Darvish

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Yu Darvish makes his professional debut in a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp on June 15, 2005, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Rapidus plant in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 24, 2025, shows a Rapidus Corp. plant under construction in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Rapidus plant in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 24, 2025, shows a Rapidus Corp. plant under construction in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Rapidus plant in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 24, 2025, shows a Rapidus Corp. plant under construction in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players acknowledge the crowd after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure its fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2002, in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of their wedding ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka pose for photos after their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2002. (Pool photo)

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Icefall festival in Hokkaido

An icefall festival begins in Kamikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025. The annual event, featuring about 30 ice sculptures lit up in various colors, will run through March 9.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Season's first bird flu case in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 17, 2024, shows officials in protective suits working to cull birds at a poultry farm in Atsuma in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of aviation influenza in the nation was confirmed there.

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Season's first bird flu case in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 17, 2024, shows officials in protective suits working to cull birds at a poultry farm in Atsuma in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the season's first outbreak of aviation influenza in the nation was confirmed there.

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Rapidus R&D hub in northern Japan

Yasunori Ogawa (L), president of printer manufacturer Seiko Epson Corp., and Atsuyoshi Koike, his counterpart of chipmaker Rapidus Corp., pose for a photo during a press conference in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 3, 2024. The two companies have agreed to the building of a Rapidus research and development center in Seiko Epson's plant in Chitose, with the facility expected to begin operating in April 2026.

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Rapidus R&D hub in northern Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2024, shows printer manufacturer Seiko Epson Corp.'s plant in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in which a research and development center of chipmaker Rapidus Corp. will be housed. A ceremony marking the start of construction was held the same day, with the research center expected to begin operating in April 2026.

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Rapidus R&D hub in northern Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2024, shows a space earmarked for a research and development center of chipmaker Rapidus Corp. inside printer manufacturer Seiko Epson Corp.'s plant in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan. A ceremony marking the start of construction was held the same day, with the research center expected to begin operating in April 2026.

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CORRECTED: CORRECTED: PM Kishida at chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the press on July 24, 2024, at the construction site of a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., the government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: PM Kishida at chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) is pictured with Rapidus Corp. Chairman Tetsuro Higashi on July 24, 2024, as he visits the construction site of a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by a government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022. (Pool photo)

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Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

The Hiragishi Tenjin troupe performs on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The troupe won the top prize at the event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

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Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo

The Hiragishi Tenjin troupe performs on June 9, 2024, the final day of the Yosakoi Soran Festival, a five-day competitive folk dance event in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The troupe won the top prize at the event in which around 255 teams and 25,000 people from home and abroad participated.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against Masayuki Toyoshima after defending the most prestigious Meijin title by beating him in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses with a bouquet of flowers after defending the most prestigious Meijin title 4-1 in a best-of-seven series against Masayuki Toyoshima in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 27, 2024. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against Masayuki Toyoshima after defending the most prestigious Meijin title by beating him in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses with a bouquet of flowers after defending the most prestigious Meijin title 4-1 in a best-of-seven series against Masayuki Toyoshima in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 27, 2024. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Harvest of luxury melons in northern Japan

The harvest of luxury melons begins in Yubari in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 23, 2024, with peak harvesting expected in late June to early July.

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Harvest of luxury melons in northern Japan

The harvest of luxury melons begins in Yubari in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 23, 2024, with peak harvesting expected in late June to early July.

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Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2024, shows the construction site for a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., a Japanese government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022.

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Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2024, shows the construction site for a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., a Japanese government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022.

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Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2024, shows the construction site for a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., a Japanese government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022.

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Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2024, shows the construction site for a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., a Japanese government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022.