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Japan: Heavy Downpour Continues In Wide Areas

Localized downpours and flooding continued to hit wide areas of Japan from Monday, September 2 through Tuesday, September 3, after Typhoon Shanshan brought record rainfall last week. Weather officials called on high alert for landslides, flooding, and swollen and overflowing rivers.

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-VOLLEYBALL

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (R) of Japan competes during the women's preliminary round pool B match of volleyball between Brazil and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ju Huanzong)

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE 2024-CHN VS JPN (CN)

(240531) -- MACAO, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (L) and Araki Ayaka (R) of Japan try to block the ball during the preliminary match between China and Japan at the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 31, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lui Sui Wai)

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE 2024-CHN VS JPN (CN)

(240531) -- MACAO, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (L) and Araki Ayaka (R) of Japan try to block the ball during the preliminary match between China and Japan at the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Lui Sui Wai)

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE 2024-JPN VS FRA (CN)

(240530) -- MACAO, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (top) of Japan competes during the preliminary match between Japan and France at the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 30, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cheong Kam Ka)

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(SP)CHINA-MACAO-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE 2024-JPN VS FRA (CN)

(240530) -- MACAO, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (top) of Japan competes during the preliminary match between Japan and France at the Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao in Macao, south China, May 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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Golf: Japan Open

Aguri Iwasaki hits off the second tee during the final round of the Japan Open golf championship at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Golf: Japan Open

Aguri Iwasaki hits a shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the Japan Open golf championship at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Golf: Japan Open

Aguri Iwasaki celebrates with the trophy after winning the Japan Open golf championship at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Golf: Japan Open

Aguri Iwasaki celebrates with the trophy after winning the Japan Open golf championship at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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Golf: Japan Open

Aguri Iwasaki squats down to read the green on the 18th hole during the final round of the Japan Open golf championship at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(231005) -- HUZHOU, Oct. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (front) of Japan gestures during the Women's Classification Pool F of Volleyball between Japan and Thailand at the 19th Asian Games in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Koyomi (R) of Japan passes the ball during Women's Preliminary Round Pool D of Volleyball between Japan and Kazakhstan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Actor Takakura chats with PM Abe at award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura (R) talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) before a photo session after receiving the prestigious Order of Culture in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in November 2013. Takakura died of illness at 83 on Nov. 10, 2014. Sitting between Takakura and Abe is Shunichi Iwasaki, a scholar of electrical engineering.

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Russian woman holds letter to Japanese pen pal

KUSHIRO, Japan - Galina Burisovna Danilinichuk holds a letter to her Japanese pen pal Tadaaki Iwasaki, a resident of Sapporo in northern Japan, in this file photo taken Sept. 14, 2014, on Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido. She has been attending the grave of the Iwasaki family since they met around 10 years ago during her visa-free visit to Sapporo.

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Man reads pen pal's letter from Russian-held island

KUSHIRO, Japan - Tadaaki Iwasaki, a former resident of Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan, reads a letter in this file photo taken on Sept. 20, 2014, from his Russian pen pal Galina Burisovna Danilinichuk whom he met around 10 years earlier during her visa-free visit to Sapporo. She attends the Iwasaki family's grave on the island.

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India, U.S., Japan start joint naval exercise

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hidetoshi Iwasaki (R) joins Indian and U.S. naval officers at a press conference before the start of a weeklong joint exercise in the Pacific Ocean at the U.S. Navy's base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014.

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Scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square' displayed

TOKYO, Japan - A scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" is displayed in Tokyo on May 22, 2014, ahead of its planned construction at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Actress, director show scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square'

TOKYO, Japan - Actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (2nd from R) and movie director Yoji Yamada (2nd from L) stand before a scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. The square is to be built at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Kamaishi women named disaster panel members in Settsu

KAMAISHI, Japan - Akiko Iwasaki (C) and Kazue Konta (R ), both residents of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, stand with Yoshitaka Ono, deputy mayor of Settsu in Osaka Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after they were named as members of a disaster prevention committee set up by the Settsu city government.

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Angelella, Iwasaki talk

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella (C), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (R), chief of the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff, talk outside the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012, in front of a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Iwasaki, Dempsey meet in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Chief of Joint Staff Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (L) and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey answer reporters' questions after their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on Aug. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japanese author translates Chinese novel by Liu Liu

BEIJING, China - Chinese writer Liu Liu (L) and Japanese writer Akiko Aoki stand on a street in Shanghai on May 28, 2012. Aoki's Japanese translation "Shanghai: Katatsumuri no Ie" (Snail House) of the Chinese novel written by Liu Liu was published in August 2012. The book is a comedy depicting the rollercoaster life of a young couple striving to leave their tiny "snail shell" house to buy a bigger home during a time of soaring house prices. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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Disaster anniv. concert in Paris

PARIS, France - Akiko Iwasaki (C), landlady of the Horaikan inn in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, makes a speech during a concert at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris held on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami, to offer condolences to the disaster victims and encourage those affected by it. To the right is Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado.

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NTT Docomo service disruption

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Iwasaki (L), executive vice president of NTT Docomo Inc., bows with others at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012, in apology for the previous day's disruption of the company's texting and mobile phone services. The mobile phone service operator said the trouble was due to data traffic through packet-switching equipment exceeding processing capability.

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NTT Docomo service disruption

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Iwasaki (L), executive vice president of NTT Docomo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2012, on the previous day's disruption of the company's texting and mobile phone services. The mobile phone service operator said the trouble was due to data traffic through packet-switching equipment exceeding processing capability.

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Toilet-themed restaurant in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A waitress at Beijing's popular toilet-themed restaurant holds ice cream served in a bowl resembling a toilet on Jan. 27, 2011. The owner of the eatery said he wants young people to come to the restaurant to relieve their stress and relax by sitting on toilet-shaped seats. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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Tokyo to launch annual pass for 9 historical Japanese gardens

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association will introduce an annual pass for nine historical gardens in Tokyo beginning Feb. 1. The price is 4,000 yen for adults and 2,000 yen for people over 65. The nine Japanese gardens are: Hamarikyu Onshi Teien (photo), Kiyosumi Teien, Koishikawa-Korakuen, Kyu-Furukawa Teien, Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Kyu-Shibarikyu Onshi Teien, Mukojima Hyakka-en, Tonogayato Teien and Rikugi-en. The current annual pass is valid for one garden only.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects.

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Pilot dies after plane crashes during acrobatic flight practice

KOBE, Japan - A light plane crashed in a field near Tajima airport in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 21, killing its pilot, police said. Takahiro Iwasaki is believed to have been conducting acrobatic flight training, they said.

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Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Iwasaki (2nd from L), chief of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation Bureau, inspects a pre-flight meeting of crew members of a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 28. A special ministry team, headed by Iwasaki, began inspecting airlines across Japan on their implementation of safety checks.

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(5)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - With the Tokyo Tower in the background, Barcelona Olympic swimming gold medallist Kyoko Iwasaki runs in the Olympic torch relay in Tokyo on June 6.

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(3)Chinese sailor probably not infected with SARS

HACHINOHE, Japan - Mieko Iwasaki (C), chief of a local public health center, speaks to reporters after checking a Chinese sailor who had cough and fever aboard the Singapore-flagged ASEAN Express off the port of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture on May 22. She said the sailor was probably not suffering from SARS and that he office has no plan to send him to a hospital.

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Emperor, empress visit Elizabeth Saunders Home

OISO, Japan - A child hugs Emperor Akihito (C) as he and Empress Michiko (L, background) visit the Elizabeth Saunders Home, an orphanage in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6. The home was established in 1948 for orphans born to Japanese women and U.S. soldiers after World War II by the late Miki Sawada, a granddaughter of Yataro Iwasaki, who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate.

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Knife attack in Oita leaves 3 dead, 3 injured

OITA, Japan - Photo shows the residence of Kazumasa Iwasaki in the town of Notsu, Oita Prefecture, where police said a knife-wielding youth stabbed to death three family members and injured three others, one critically, in the early hours of Aug. 14. A 15-year-old boy reportedly admitted to the stabbing, saying family members accused him of peeping into their bathroom.

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(SP)COSTA RICA-SAN JOSE-SOCCER-FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-FINAL-ESP VS JPN

(220829) -- SAN JOSE, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Kokona (R) of Japan vies with Esther Laborde of Spain during the final match of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in San Jose, Costa Rica on Aug. 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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(SP)COSTA RICA-SAN JOSE-SOCCER-FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-FINAL-ESP VS JPN

(220829) -- SAN JOSE, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Iwasaki Kokona (R) of Japan vies with Esther Laborde of Spain during the final match of 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in San Jose, Costa Rica on Aug. 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Iwasaki (2nd from L), chief of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation Bureau, inspects a pre-flight meeting of crew members of a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 28. A special ministry team, headed by Iwasaki, began inspecting airlines across Japan on their implementation of safety checks. (Kyodo)

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Pilot dies after plane crashes during acrobatic flight practice

KOBE, Japan - A light plane crashed in a field near Tajima airport in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 21, killing its pilot, police said. Takahiro Iwasaki is believed to have been conducting acrobatic flight training, they said. (Kyodo)

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects. (Kyodo)

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Elizabeth Saunders Home

OISO, Japan - A child hugs Emperor Akihito (C) as he and Empress Michiko (L, background) visit the Elizabeth Saunders Home, an orphanage in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6. The home was established in 1948 for orphans born to Japanese women and U.S. soldiers after World War II by the late Miki Sawada, a granddaughter of Yataro Iwasaki, who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate. (Kyodo)

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(2) Imperial couple visit Elizabeth Saunders Home

OISO, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) talks with a child at the Elizabeth Saunders Home, an orphanage in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6. The facility was established in 1948 for orphans born to Japanese women and U.S. soldiers. It was founded by the late Miki Sawada, a granddaughter of Yataro Iwasaki, who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate. (Kyodo)

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(4) Imperial couple visit Elizabeth Saunders Home

OISO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (L, background) listen to a chorus singing during a visit to the Elizabeth Saunders Home, an orphanage in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6. The facility was established in 1948 for orphans born to Japanese women and U.S. soldiers. It was founded by the late Miki Sawada, a granddaughter of Yataro Iwasaki, who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate. (Kyodo)

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(3) Imperial couple visit Elizabeth Saunders Home

OISO, Japan - Empress Michiko (C) talks with a child at the Elizabeth Saunders Home, an orphanage in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6. The facility was established in 1948 for orphans born to Japanese women and U.S. soldiers. It was founded by the late Miki Sawada, a granddaughter of Yataro Iwasaki, who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo begins hospitality blitz to help foreign tourists

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (3rd from R, front row) and 1992 Barcelona Olympics swimming champion Kyoko Iwasaki (4th) pose with members of the volunteer group "Omotenashi (Hospitality) Tokyo" during a kickoff event for voluntary activities to support foreign tourists at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on June 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barcelona Olympic swimming champion Iwasaki views her poster

Retired Japanese swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki looks at a poster showing her photo, taken when she won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamaishi hotel owner Iwasaki

Akiko Iwasaki, owner of Houraikan, a hotel in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, poses in front of a rugby poster at her hotel on Aug. 17, 2018, two days before the nearby Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium opens. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwasaki finds happiness again after post-Barcelona trauma

TOKYO, Japan - Preschoolers exercise before swimming at the Numazu Sports Center in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 1, 2010. (Kyodo)