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Baseball: Japan's WBC pitcher Roki Sasaki

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki (R), a member of Japan's World Baseball Classic team, responds to autograph requests from fans at the team's spring training base in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2023.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 46 (back) prevents a Japanese fishing boat (front) from sailing ahead on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News airplane show (from top) the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 15, 23, 46, 49, 50, 51, 66 and 137 in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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New Ishigaki Airport

ISHIGAKI, Japan - One of the first flights departs a new airport with a longer runway as it opened on the remote island of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture on March 7, 2013.

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New Ishigaki airport

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ceremony is held at the terminal building of the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 2, 2013, to celebrate the upcoming opening of the airport on March 7. It took 37 years from planning to completion due to environmental concerns over local coral reefs.

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New Ishigaki airport

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ceremony is held at the terminal building of the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 2, 2013, to celebrate the upcoming opening of the airport on March 7. It took 37 years from planning to completion due to environmental concerns over local coral reefs.

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N. Korea launches rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The muzzle of a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 battery is lowered to the deck of a vehicle on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2012, after North Korea launched a rocket. The rocket flew over the island prefecture in southwestern Japan. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 10, 2012, shows Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptors deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor (L back) deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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Tokyo survey ship to Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ship chartered by the Tokyo metropolitan government for a planned survey of the Senkaku Islands from nearby waters enters a port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2012. The metropolitan government plans to buy the islets controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Tsunami alerts issued after Philippine quake

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A fire engine alerts residents not to approach coastal areas in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2012, after a tsunami warning was issued covering extensive areas of Japan following a major earthquake in the Pacific off the eastern Philippines.

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Police question Japanese for landing on Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A group of people leave a police station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2012. The local police questioned 10 Japanese including local assembly members for landing without authorization on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a chain of Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea at the center of a territorial row with China.

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Police question 10 Japanese for landing on disputed Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A group of people enter a police station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2012. The local police questioned 10 Japanese including local assembly members for landing without authorization on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a chain of Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea at the center of a territorial row with China.

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Police question 10 Japanese for landing on disputed Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A group of people head to a police station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2012. The local police questioned 10 Japanese including local assembly members for landing without authorization on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a chain of Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea at the center of a territorial row with China.

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10 Japanese land on disputed Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - By swimming from nearby fishing boats, people reach Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on the morning of Aug. 19, 2012. Ten Japanese landed on the island in the uninhabited chain, which is at the center of a territorial row with China.

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Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor launcher is loaded on the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Kunisaki at a port on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 17, 2012. Japan withdrew PAC-3 missiles deployed on the island to intercept a North Korean rocket, after the failure of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

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Interceptors withdrawn from Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor launcher is loaded on the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Kunisaki at a port on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 17, 2012. Japan withdrew PAC-3 missiles deployed on the island to intercept a North Korean rocket, after the failure of Pyongyang's rocket launch.

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Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is on standby on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in the morning of April 7, 2012, as part of Japan's preparations for North Korea's planned rocket launch. North Korea says it will launch a rocket carrying a satellite into space in five days from that day.

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week.

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor (in the back) deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week.

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at Ishigaki port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime in the following week.

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A vehicle carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor heads for its deployment site on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime following week.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Japanese rally over Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Participants raise their fists during a rally on the island of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 18, 2011. About 550 citizens and fishermen of the island urged the central government in the rally to ensure the territorial integrity of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the prefecture and beef up safety measures in the sea area.

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Released Chinese captain returns home

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A chartered plane carrying Chinese fishing boat captain Zhan Qixiong leaves the airport on Ishigaki Island in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture for China early in the morning of Sept. 25, 2010. Zhan was released after being detained over maritime collisions in disputed waters.

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Released Chinese captain returns home

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A chartered plane carrying Chinese fishing boat captain Zhan Qixiong leaves the airport on Ishigaki Island in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture for China early in the morning of Sept. 25, 2010. Zhan was released after being detained over maritime collisions in disputed waters.

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Japan-China boat collision in island row

ISHIGAKI, Japan - This photo shows the Japan Coast Guard boat Mizuki docked at a pier in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2010, after a minor collision with a Chinese trawler near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day.

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Partial solar eclipse over Japan

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The sun is partially eclipsed by the moon near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010.

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Partial solar eclipse over Japan

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The sun is partially eclipsed by the moon near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010.

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(2)Typhoon Maemi hits Miyakojima Island

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The port of Ishigaki is swamped by waves as Typhoon Maemi hits Miyakojima Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 11.

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(1)Typhoon Maemi hits Miyakojima Island

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The town of Ishigaki is deserted on Sept. 11 as Typhoon Maemi sweeps through Miyakojima Island in Okinawa Prefecture, bringing extremely strong winds and rain to the region.