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Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2024, shows wreckage piled up at a temporary site for waste and debris in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, created after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Tsunami observation device in quake-hit city

Workers install a tsunami observation device at a new monitoring point in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024, as a nearby fishing port is now unusable for tsunami observation after the seabed there was elevated as a result of a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Czech foreign minister

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky gives an interview in Prague on Feb. 8, 2024.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

The interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media in the central Japan city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2024, a day before people displaced by a strong earthquake that hit the region on Jan. 1 begin moving in.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

The interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media in the central Japan city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2024, a day before people displaced by a strong earthquake that hit the region on Jan. 1 begin moving in.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024, shows temporary housing set up in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, for people displaced by a strong earthquake that hit central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2024, shows temporary housing set up in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, for people displaced by a strong earthquake that hit central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

The interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media on Feb. 8, 2024, in the central Japan city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

The interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media on Feb. 8, 2024, in the central Japan city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu meets the press at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as he announces he will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Japanese children wish for peace in Gaza

A child flies a kite in Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, with a message wishing for peace in Gaza written on it. About 30 children took part in the event in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, launched after people in Gaza flew kites in 2012 to wish for Japan's early recovery from the disaster.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A search and rescue operation continues on the site of a landslide in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Japan foreign minister in Warsaw

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L) shakes hands with her Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski prior to their talks in Warsaw on Jan. 8, 2024.

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Sake festival at western Japan temple

A sake festival is held at Shoryaku-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2024. The brewing techniques that form the foundation of modern sake are believed to have been established at the temple nearly 600 years ago.

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Sake festival at western Japan temple

A sake festival is held at Shoryaku-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2024. The brewing techniques that form the foundation of modern sake are believed to have been established at the temple nearly 600 years ago.

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Marital ritual to splash grooms with water

Three newly married men get splashed with cold water in an annual ritual, dating back about 400 years, that serves as a prayer for the family's good health and safety, in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2024.

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Sony Honda Mobility unveils Afeela EV

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows a prototype of an Afeela electric vehicle developed by Sony Honda Mobility Inc., unveiled during a media preview of the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo shows a departure lobby at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 8, 2024, when Runway C was fully reopened six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Snow-covered Kinkaku-ji temple

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows snow dusting Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion temple, in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Snow-covered Kinkaku-ji temple

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 8, 2024, shows snow dusting Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion temple, in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Snow-covered Kinkaku-ji temple

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows snow dusting Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion temple, in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Snow-covered Kinkaku-ji temple

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 8, 2024, shows snow dusting Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion temple, in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Western Japan shrine ritual to expel evil

A ritual to ward off evil is held at World Heritage-listed Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2024.

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Western Japan shrine ritual to expel evil

A ritual to ward off evil is held at World Heritage-listed Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2024.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo shows Runway C (top) at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Runway C (bottom) at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo shows Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Affected runway reopens at Haneda airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo after it was fully reopened on Jan. 8, 2024, six days after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing.

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Princess Kako at Noh theater

Japanese Princess Kako (R) watches a Kyogen traditional Japanese farce performed in sign language at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako at Noh theater

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2024, to watch a Kyogen traditional Japanese farce performed in sign language. (Pool photo)

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Finnish foreign minister

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen gives an interview in Helsinki on Jan. 8, 2024.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows a damaged drugstore in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Temporary beds are set up at an evacuation center in Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows a collapsed candle shop in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People walk by a snow-covered collapsed building in Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A man (L) receives a water bottle from a Self-Defense Force member at an evacuation center in Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows a snow-covered site of a famous market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture after it burned down in a fire that broke out following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, shows a snow-covered site of a famous market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture after it burned down in a fire that broke out following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A man reads newspaper at an evacuation center in Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A man collects water from a spring in Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Firefighters conduct a search operation on Jan. 8, 2024, at a snow-covered site of a famous market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture after it burned down in a fire that broke out following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Police officers walk on a snow-covered site of a landslide in Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 8, 2024, following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Firefighters conduct a search operation on Jan. 8, 2024, at a site of a famous market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture after it burned down in a fire that broke out following a strong earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas on Jan. 1.