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Universities urged to hoist national flag, sing anthem at ceremonies

TOKYO, June 16 Kyodo - Education minister Hakubun Shimomura urges state-run universities to hoist the national flag and sing Japan's anthem at entrance and graduation ceremonies, at a gathering of the heads of national universities in Tokyo on June 16, 2015.

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Tourists attracted to snow wall in central Japan

TOYAMA, Japan, April 16 Kyodo - Visitors shout for joy while walking along 19-meter snow walls, a part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 16, 2015. The event, called Snow Wall Walk, started the same day and will run until June 22.

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Japan Pavilion at Expo Milano

MILAN, Italy - Japanese and Italian representatives take part in a ceremony to open a sake barrel, marking the full-fledged start of construction of the Japan Pavilion at the venue for Expo Milano 2015 in Milan, Italy, on June 16, 2014.