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People view cherry blossoms, carp streamers

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Some 100 colorful carp streamers blow in the wind against the backdrop of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 19, 2014.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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2nd day of high school baseball tournament in Koshien

KOSHIEN, Japan - A player of Yugakukan High School in Ishikawa Prefecture scores from third on a squeeze bunt during the sixth inning against Ichinoseki Gakuin in Iwate Prefecture in a second-day game of the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 8, 2010. The high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium is a signature summer sports event in Japan.

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Prince Akishino encourages earthquake evacuees

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Prince Akishino (R) and his wife, Princess Kiko (next to him), visit one of the shelters for people hit by the strong June 14 earthquake in northeastern Japan on July 20 in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda visits quake-hit area, vows to restore lifelines

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) listens to earthquake evacuees at a temporary evacuation shelter in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 18. He vowed to do his best to restore lifelines. A strong earthquake hit the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi on June 14. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan.

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan.

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan.

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Resumption of bullet train services for quake-hit section

Passengers get on a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 4, 2022. East Japan Railway Co. resumed services the same day between the city in Miyagi Prefecture and Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, a section suspended following an earthquake-caused derailment.

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Fukuda visits quake-hit area, vows to restore lifelines

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) listens to earthquake evacuees at a temporary evacuation shelter in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 18. He vowed to do his best to restore lifelines. A strong earthquake hit the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi on June 14. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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The opening of the Tokyo Olympics

On October 10 1964 the Tokyo Olympics opened with the participation of 94 countries. Ichinoseki won a bronze medal and Miyake won a gold medal in weightlifting. <Caption> Olympic opening ceremony entrance of athletes Greece Cameroon United Germany United States Soviet Union Japan opening proclamation fanfare torch Yoshinori Sakai oath of athletes Day 1 Weightlifting (Shibuya Public Hall): Bantamweight Ichinoseki Bronze medal Crown Prince and Princess spectators Featherweight: Miyake Gold medal *Filming date unknown Release date: October 9 1964

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"Ex-delinquent" volunteers offering durable help to tsunami-hit areas

Tomohiro Narita, leader of the volunteer group Support the Underground, removes snow and ice from a road adjacent to temporary housing for people who lost their homes in the March 2011 killer tsunami, in Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on Jan. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ex-delinquent" volunteers offering durable help to tsunami-hit areas

Members of the volunteer group Support the Underground remove snow from a road adjacent to temporary housing for people who lost their homes in the March 2011 killer tsunami, in Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ex-delinquent" volunteers offering durable help to tsunami-hit areas

A member of the volunteer group Support the Underground receives a pin as a token of appreciation from people who received help from the group, in Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2016. Some members of the group are tattooed, a practice stigmatized in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe says no simultaneous Diet elections next summer

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in the northeastern Japan city of Ichinoseki on Dec. 5, 2015. Abe said he is not considering dissolving the House of Representatives for a general election to coincide with the triennial House of Councillors election in summer 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tohoku brewery sells ascidian ale in reconstruction effort

Wataru Sato, president of Sekinoichi brewery, holds a bottle of "Sanriku no Hoya (sea squirt) Ale" using sea squirt broth, in Ichinoseki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2015. The brewery in Iwate Prefecture developed the unique ale jointly with a fish sales company in Minamisanriku town in Miyagi Prefecture, south of Iwate, and sold it on a trial basis in 2010, but its resale plan was suspended after the northeastern Japan region was hit by the powerful earthquake and tsunami in March the following year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial resumption of bullet train services in northeastern Japan

A shinkansen bullet train is pictured near JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 22, 2021, after services between Sendai and the Iwate Prefecture city of Ichinoseki resumed the same day following disruption due to a powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Partial resumption of bullet train services in northeastern Japan

Passengers pass through a ticket gate at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 22, 2021, after shinkansen bullet train services between Sendai and the Iwate Prefecture city of Ichinoseki resumed the same day following disruption due to a powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Partial resumption of bullet train services in northeastern Japan

A shinkansen bullet train is pictured near JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 22, 2021, after services between Sendai and the Iwate Prefecture city of Ichinoseki resumed the same day following disruption due to a powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Prince Akishino encourages earthquake evacuees

ICHINOSEKI, Japan - Prince Akishino (R) and his wife, Princess Kiko (next to him), visit one of the shelters for people hit by the strong June 14 earthquake in northeastern Japan on July 20 in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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M7.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan

KITAKAMI, Japan - A road bridge on National Route 342 lies destroyed in a mountainous area in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on June 14 after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Reira Iwabuchi, a Pyeongchang Olympics snowboarder, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Iwate Prefecture city of Ichinoseki, northeastern Japan, on June 18, 2021.

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2nd day of high school baseball tournament in Koshien

KOSHIEN, Japan - A player of Yugakukan High School in Ishikawa Prefecture scores from third on a squeeze bunt during the sixth inning against Ichinoseki Gakuin in Iwate Prefecture in a second-day game of the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 8, 2010. The high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium is a signature summer sports event in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Drone in agriculture

A test is conducted for a drone to spray agrochemicals at an apple farm in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Scouts watch Ofunato high school's Roki Sasaki pitching in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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