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Japan Parade in New York

NEW YORK, United States, May 11 Kyodo - People perform Japanese drum at the Japan Parade, an event showcasing Japanese culture, in New York on May 9, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Japan Parade in New York

People perform Japanese drum at the Japan Parade, an event showcasing Japanese culture, in New York on May 9, 2026.

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Japan Parade in New York

People perform Japanese drum at the Japan Parade, an event showcasing Japanese culture, in New York on May 9, 2026.

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PM Takaichi meets British rock band group Deep Purple

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from L), an avid fan of the British rock band Deep Purple, hands made-in-Japan drum sticks to Ian Paice (2nd from L), drummer of the group at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2026.

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PM Takaichi meets British rock band group Deep Purple

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from L), an avid fan of the British rock band Deep Purple, hands made-in-Japan drum sticks to Ian Paice (2nd from L), drummer of the group at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2026.

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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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World Exposition in Osaka

A Japanese drum team from Ishikawa Prefecture performs during an event marking Azerbaijan's day at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 5, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A Japanese drum team from Ishikawa Prefecture performs during an event marking Azerbaijan's day at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 5, 2025.

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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

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

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

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

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

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Japan’s PM Kishida Visits Washington

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Mrs. Yuko Kishiida watch the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps during a ceremony welcoming Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida and Mrs. Kishida to the White House for a state visit, Washington, DC, April 10, 2024. Prime Minister Kishida will address a joint of session of Congress the following day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan’s PM Kishida Visits Washington

The US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps passes First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Mrs. Yuko Kishida during a ceremony welcoming the Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida to the White House for a state visit, Washington, DC, April 10, 2024. Prime Minister will address a joint of session of Congress the following day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TAO performs to mark 60th anniv. of Japan-Myanmar ties

YANGON, Myanmar - Members of the Japanese drum group TAO perform during an exchange event in Yangon, Myanmar, on Dec. 6, 2014, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Myanmar.

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People from tsunami-hit city perform drumming in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of Japanese drum players performs a "Hikamidaiko" style of drumming originating in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city hard hit by the 2011 tsunami, during this year's Japan-South Korea cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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Happy memorial service with Ultraman-shaped wooden drum

NAGOYA, Japan - Kazuaki Tsuzuki, owner of a Buddhist altar fittings store, holds a wooden drum shaped as Ultraman, the Japanese sci-fi superhero, in Kota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 16, 2014.

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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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Taiko, flute concert in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese American musicians Kenny Endo (L) and Kaoru Watanabe perform in a Japanese drum and flute concert at the Music From Japan Festival in New York on Feb. 23, 2013. The event paid tribute to residents of areas struck by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters.

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Memorial event in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Members of a drumming group comprised of people of Japanese descent perform at a museum in Rio de Janeiro on March 11, 2012. Eighty groups presented drum performances across Brazil at 2:46 p.m., the time the deadly quake hit Japan on March 11, 2012.

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Sendai-based drum group performs in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Sendai-based Japanese drumming group Kamo Tsunamura Daiko performs on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Berlin Philharmonie in the German capital as part of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Japan-Germany friendship, impressing a 650-strong audience with the powerful sounds of ''taiko'' drums as well as traditional dances.

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'Club Kanazawa' launched in N.Y. to promote city as new destination

NEW YORK, United States - New Yorkers try out sake from Kanazawa at a promotional event on Feb. 1, 2011 in Manhattan to drum up tourism to the Japanese city, which is rich in arts and crafts.

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Kan celebrates New Year's Day

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan takes part in a New Year drum-beating ceremony at a Shinto-shrine in Tokyo at midnight on Dec. 31, 2010.

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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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Noodles in drumbeats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Customers eat ramen noodles in a restaurant which plays Japanese drumbeats and is decorated with the image of the Japanese drum combo TAO in Fukuoka on April 23, 2010. Rods seen on a table on the right in the Hakata Ippudo COLLECTION.TAO restaurant are sticks for Japanese drums.

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Hatoyama hits the stump for by-elections

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shields his eyes from the light during a stump stop near JR Yokohama Station in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2009. Hatoyama, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, visited the area to drum up support for his party prior to an upcoming House of Councillors by-election in the prefecture.

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Hatoyama hits the stump for by-elections

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama delivers a speech during a stump stop near JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture. Hatoyama, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, visited the area to drum up support for his party prior to an upcoming House of Councillors by-election in the prefecture.

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Aso seeks support from business groups

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso enters the headquarters of the Automobile Business Association in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 23. The embattled premier visited several industry groups the same day trying to drum up support for his ruling bloc prior to the Aug. 30 general election.

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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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Japanese drum unit Kodo, Italian orchestra play concert in Rome

ROME, Italy - The Japanese drum unit Kodo (in front) and Italy's prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra (in back) play in a joint concert in Rome on May 23 with an audience of about 2,500.

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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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Japanese drum group performs in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - A Japanese drum group from Osaka performs in front of the Mohammad Ali Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 10, attracting more than 1,000 people. The group, assisted by the Japan Foundation, will also perform in Lebanon, Syria and other Middle East countries.

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(3)Brazil players leave Narita airport for home

NARITA, Japan - Brazil's Ronaldinho (C) beats a drum and Ronaldo (R) wears a Japanese samurai topknot cap as they leave Narita airport July 1 for a flight home after winning the 2002 World Cup the previous day. (World Cup 2002)

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McCartney, Japan's Kodo drummers play at Nobel award concert

OSLO, Norway - Japanese drum outfit Kodo perform at a concert in Oslo on Dec. 11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Among some 200 musicians from nine countries was ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who played the Beatles classic ''Let It Be'' before an audience of about 6,000 that included U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

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"Eisa" drum dance resumes on Okinawa street

Members of an Okinawan drum dance group perform the southern Japanese prefecture's traditional "Eisa" fork dance on a street in the prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 7, 2022, following a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"Eisa" drum dance resumes on Okinawa street

Members of an Okinawan drum dance group perform the southern Japanese prefecture's traditional "Eisa" fork dance on a street in the prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 7, 2022, following a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"Eisa" drum dance resumes on Okinawa street

Members of an Okinawan drum dance group perform the southern Japanese prefecture's traditional "Eisa" fork dance on a street in the prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 7, 2022, following a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming presidential election, sits at a drum set in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2021.

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McCartney, Japan's Kodo drummers play at Nobel award concert

OSLO, Norway - Japanese drum outfit Kodo perform at a concert in Oslo on Dec. 11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Among some 200 musicians from nine countries was ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who played the Beatles classic ''Let It Be'' before an audience of about 6,000 that included U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

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Japanese drum group performs in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - A Japanese drum group from Osaka performs in front of the Mohammad Ali Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 10, attracting more than 1,000 people. The group, assisted by the Japan Foundation, will also perform in Lebanon, Syria and other Middle East countries. (Kyodo)

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Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige print of Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro from the 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' series. Date: 1857

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Drum bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine

Utagawa Hiroshige print of Drum bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine. Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine. Part of the 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' series.

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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.

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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Minamisanriku drum group dedicates performance at Mt. Koya

A Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, performs at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drum performance of Minamisanriku dedicated to Mt. Koya

Members of a Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, perform at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo