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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Asakusa, Hokkaido mascots at Tokyo event

TOKYO, Japan - Mascot character "Shin-Nyaka" (R), representing the Shin-Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa, Tokyo, and "Zushi Hokki" from the city of Hokuto, Hokkaido, pose on the street as tourists photograph them on April 17, 2014, during a tourism promotion event.

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1st 5 major cherry trees summit in Japan

KITAMOTO, Japan - Representatives of five Japanese municipalities known for their ancient cherry trees - (from L) Fujinomiya City of Shizuoka Prefecture, Hokuto City of Yamanashi Prefecture, Kitamoto City of Saitama Prefecture, Motosu City of Gifu Prefecture, and the town of Miharu of Fukushima Prefecture - join hands to pose for photos during their first summit meeting to discuss preservation methods and tourism promotion plans on March 23, 2014, in Kitamoto. Designated as natural treasures in 1922, the venerable trees are known as the "five major cherry trees of Japan" and range from 800 to 2,000 years of age.

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Butoh gains international recognition as avant-garde dancing

HOKUTO, Japan - Min Tanaka, 61, performs at an outdoor summer festival ''Dance Hakushu'' held in the Hokuto city's Hakushu area in August 2006.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows the lobby of a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a room of a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken April 3, 2022, in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, shows cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train that will be utilized as a guest house from late April.

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Hokkaido governor goes on Shinkansen test ride

Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi reacts at a train station in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto on Jan. 30, 2016, after going on a test ride for a new bullet train service to open in March between Hokkaido and Japan's main island of Honshu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuto city in north Japan brings "Hokuto no Ken" horse statue at festa

Participants haul the 4-meter-high statue of "Kokuoh-go" (Black King), the black horse for Raoh, a main adversary character in the popular Japanese comic and animation series "Hokuto no Ken" ("Fist of the North Star"), at a festival parade in Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2015. A group of local residents is seeking to revitalize the city with fictional characters from the namesake manga series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima panel denies correlation between cancer, radiation

Hokuto Hoshi, head of a Fukushima prefectural committee studying the health impact of the 2011 nuclear power plant accident, denies any correlation between the disaster and the recent confirmation of a single thyroid cancer case at a press conference in Fukushima city on Feb. 12, 2015. The results of the committee's second round of surveys on all Fukushima children showed that one child suffered thyroid cancer, but denied a view that they were affected by radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo