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Bear sighting in Iwate Pref.

A white-chested bear climbs a persimmon tree near a house in Iwaizumi in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 18, 2025, amid frequent bear sightings in Japan.

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Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan

The Omoto River in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, is swollen on Aug. 12, 2024, as Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan.

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Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan

Construction vehicles are submerged in the swollen Omoto River in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2024, as Typhoon Maria hits northeastern Japan.

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Japan quake aftermath

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A quake survivor searches through the rubble for usable household goods on March 17, 2011, in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 11.

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Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop.

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LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

Shunsuke Mutai, parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister, inspects the Typhoon Lionrock-hit northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 1, 2016. Opposition parties have lambasted the Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker after he admitted crossing a puddle on the back of a staffer as he did not wear appropriate boots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Iwate Prefecture town of Iwaizumi, northeastern Japan, on June 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Iwate Prefecture town of Iwaizumi, northeastern Japan, on June 17, 2021.

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CORRECTED Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop. (Kyodo)

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Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A train on the JR Iwaizumi Line is covered by a mudslide that occurred on the morning of July 31, 2010, in Iwaizumi City in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. Three passengers and one of the operators of the train were slightly injured when the one-car train was forced to make an emergency stop. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees use bathing facility

IWAIZUMI, Japan - Children from the tsunami-hit village of Tanohata come out from a bathing area of a hotel in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan quake aftermath

IWAIZUMI, Japan - A quake survivor searches through the rubble for usable household goods on March 17, 2011, in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Japanese sake carried out of calcareous cave

Photo taken Sept. 29, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi shows sake brewers carrying Japanese sake out of Ryusendo calcareous cave, where the bottles were stored. The town was heavily damaged by a recent powerful typhoon, but the products escaped damage and will soon hit the shelves. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese sake carried out of calcareous cave

Photo taken Sept. 29, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi shows sake brewers carrying Japanese sake out of Ryusendo calcareous cave, where the bottles were stored. The town was heavily damaged by a recent powerful typhoon, but the products escaped damage and will soon hit the shelves. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese sake carried out of calcareous cave

Photo taken Sept. 29, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi shows sake brewers carrying Japanese sake out of Ryusendo calcareous cave, where the bottles were stored. The town was heavily damaged by a recent powerful typhoon, but the products escaped damage and will soon hit the shelves. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016, that he has cautioned a parliamentary vice minister for taking a piggyback ride over a puddle left after deadly flooding triggered by Typhoon Lionrock during his Sept. 1 visit to the town of Iwaizumi. Suga said he had told Shunsuke Mutai of the Cabinet Office to perform his duties with sensitivity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Several still remain unaccounted for in typhoon-hit town

A woman checks on her valuable items on Sept. 7, 2016, in the backyard of her home in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, which was flooded as a result of a powerful typhoon. Some people still remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi fall silent in honor of those killed in the meteorological disaster on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. Some residents of the town still remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi fall silent in honor of those killed in the meteorological disaster on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. Some residents of the town still remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi fall silent in honor of those killed in the meteorological disaster on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. Some residents of the town still remain unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi walk to school on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi walk to school on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi walk to school on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools in typhoon-hit town resumed

Elementary school children in the typhoon-damaged northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi walk to school on Sept. 6, 2016, when some schools there resumed classes for the first time in a week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students volunteer to clean typhoon-hit homes

High school students volunteer to clean homes severely damaged by a powerful typhoon in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 3, 2016. Several people still remain unaccounted for in the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students volunteer to clean typhoon-hit homes

High school students volunteer to clean homes severely damaged by a powerful typhoon in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 3, 2016. Several people still remain unaccounted for in the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students volunteer to clean typhoon-hit homes

High school students volunteer to clean homes severely damaged by a powerful typhoon in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 3, 2016. Several people still remain unaccounted for in the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students volunteer to clean typhoon-hit homes

High school students volunteer to clean homes severely damaged by a powerful typhoon in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi on Sept. 3, 2016. Several people still remain unaccounted for in the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in typhoon-hit areas

Rescue workers search for any people trapped in debris along a river on Sept. 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, which was heavily damaged by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in typhoon-hit areas

Rescue workers search for any people trapped in debris along a river on Sept. 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, which was heavily damaged by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search for missing persons continues in typhoon-hit areas

Rescue workers search for any people trapped in debris along a river on Sept. 2, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, which was heavily damaged by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Interior portion of typhoon-hit nursing home

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2016, shows the interior portion of a nursing home in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, at which nine bodies were found in the wake of heavy rain caused by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Interior portion of typhoon-hit nursing home

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2016, shows the interior portion of a nursing home in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, at which nine bodies were found in the wake of heavy rain caused by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,600 stranded, 17 unaccounted for in typhoon-hit Iwate

Work continues in Iwaizumi, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2016, to repair roads devastated by Typhoon Lionrock. About 1,600 people are stranded and 17 are unaccounted for in Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,600 stranded, 17 unaccounted for in typhoon-hit Iwate

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2016, shows a house devastated by Typhoon Lionrock in Iwaizumi, northeastern Japan. About 1,600 people are stranded and 17 are unaccounted for in Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Debris removal going on in typhoon-hit town

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi shows people working to remove debris after the town was hit by a powerful typhoon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of typhoon in northeastern Japan

A road in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen covered with soil and debris on Sept. 1, 2016, after flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock devastated the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of typhoon in northeastern Japan

A woman (C) lays down flowers in front of a nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2016, where nine senior citizens were found dead the previous day after the facility was inundated from flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of typhoon in northeastern Japan

A woman offers prayers in front of a nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2016, where nine senior citizens were found dead the previous day after the facility was inundated from flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of typhoon in northeastern Japan

A woman offers prayers in front of a nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2016, where nine senior citizens were found dead the previous day after the facility was inundated from flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Lionrock

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows a nursing home for the elderly in the northeastern Japan town of Iwaizumi, where the bodies of nine people were found after powerful Typhoon Lionrock battered northern and northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Lionrock

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows Self-Defense Forces personnel rescuing elderly people stranded atop an inundated nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by a helicopter following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. The bodies of nine people were found at a nearby facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Lionrock

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Self-Defense Forces personnel rescuing elderly people stranded atop an inundated nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. The bodies of nine people were found at a nearby facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Lionrock

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Self-Defense Forces personnel rescuing elderly people stranded atop an inundated nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. The bodies of nine people were found at a nearby facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Lionrock

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Self-Defense Forces personnel rescuing elderly people stranded atop an inundated nursing home in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. The bodies of nine people were found at a nearby facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 dead, 3 missing in northern Japan after typhoon

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows a nursing home for the elderly, where the bodies of nine people were found the same day, in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11 dead, 3 missing in northern Japan after typhoon

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 31, 2016, shows an inundated nursing home for the elderly, where the bodies of nine people were found the same day, in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. Iwate was one of the hardest-hit areas in the devastating March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11 dead, 3 missing in northern Japan after typhoon

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 31, 2016, shows an inundated nursing home (C) for the elderly, where the bodies of nine people were found the same day, in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. Iwate was one of the hardest-hit areas in the devastating March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 dead, 3 missing in northern Japan after typhoon

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 31, 2016, shows an inundated nursing home for the elderly, where the bodies of nine people were found the same day, in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, following flooding triggered by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Lionrock. Iwate was one of the hardest-hit areas in the devastating March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 dead, 3 missing in northern Japan after typhoon

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 31, 2016, shows a destroyed bridge in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, following heavy rains brought by typhoon Lionrock. Iwate was one of the hardest-hit areas in the devastating March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo