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Princess visits school for Brazilians in Shizuoka Pref.

Princess visits school for Brazilians in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Kako chats with students after their drum performance at a school for Brazilian children living in Japan in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on March 24, 2026. (Pool photo)

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New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards. (Kyodo)

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Japanese drum, Turkish dance performance

Japanese drum, Turkish dance performance

A show featuring Japanese drummers and Turkish ethnic dancers is performed in Istanbul on Dec. 5, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Japan Festival in Mongolia

Japan Festival in Mongolia

A Japanese drum performance is held during the Japan Festival in Ulaanbaatar on Aug. 17, 2024.

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Drum performance at Sharp's promotional event in Indonesia

Drum performance at Sharp's promotional event in Indonesia

CILEGON, Indonesia - A drum performance is held during Sharp Corp.'s promotional event at the electronics quarter of Cilegon, Indonesia, on Feb. 13, 2014. The event, aimed at selling the Japanese electronics maker's products to local consumers, runs from Feb. 8 to 15.

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Shanghai World Expo

Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Elementary school students from Japan give a Japanese ''taiko'' drum performance at the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site on May 14, 2010.

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Emperor, empress welcomed by Japanese drum performance

Emperor, empress welcomed by Japanese drum performance

OTTAWA, Canada - Japanese Empress Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko listen to a Japanese drum performance welcoming the couple at the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Canada in Ottawa on July 5. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Guinea national day marked at Aichi Expo

Guinea national day marked at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese junior high school students from Kagoshima Prefecture give a Guinean drum performance airing an event held to mark the African country's national day at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 26.

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Fukushima youth drum group to give performance in U.S.

Fukushima youth drum group to give performance in U.S.

Members of the Yamakiya Drum group practice in the northeastern Japan town of Kawamata on Jan. 14, 2016, ahead of a planned performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 22. Comprised of youth from the town's Yamakiya district, an evacuation zone from the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant, the group sees the upcoming performance as an opportunity to promote the art of Japanese drums while reporting the current situation in Fukushima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima youth drum group to give performance in U.S.

Fukushima youth drum group to give performance in U.S.

Members of the Yamakiya Drum group practice in the northeastern Japan town of Kawamata on Jan. 14, 2016, ahead of a planned performance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 22. Comprised of youth from the town's Yamakiya district, an evacuation zone from the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant, the group sees the upcoming performance as an opportunity to promote the art of Japanese drums while reporting the current situation in Fukushima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama leaves Japan for Cambodia

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama leaves Japan for Cambodia

Michelle Obama (C) poses for a photo with high school students who gave a traditional Japanese drum performance during her visit to Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 20, 2015. She left for Cambodia later in the day after completing her first trip to Japan as U.S. first lady. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Japanese drum performance is held at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2021, before the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

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Guinea national day marked at Aichi Expo

Guinea national day marked at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese junior high school students from Kagoshima Prefecture give a Guinean drum performance airing an event held to mark the African country's national day at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 26. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress welcomed by Japanese drum performance

Emperor, empress welcomed by Japanese drum performance

OTTAWA, Canada - Japanese Empress Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko listen to a Japanese drum performance welcoming the couple at the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Canada in Ottawa on July 5. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Shanghai World Expo

Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Elementary school students from Japan give a Japanese ''taiko'' drum performance at the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site on May 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's crown prince in Poland

Japan's crown prince in Poland

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from R) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko watch a drum performance during a reception held in Warsaw, Poland, on July 1, 2019, to mark the centenary of Japan's ties with Poland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's crown prince in Poland

Japan's crown prince in Poland

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko chat with children after a drum performance during a reception in Warsaw, Poland, on July 1, 2019, held to mark the centenary of Japan's ties with Poland. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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