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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Japanese baseball officials mull strategy for nat'l team

NAHA, Japan - Japanese baseball officials meet in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 10, 2014, for an inaugural "Samurai Japan summit" to discuss strategy for the national team, including manager Hiroki Kokubo (2nd from L) and Yoshitaka Katori (L), chosen as technical director for the squad.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Evacuees move into temporary housing in Chiba Pref.

KATORI, Japan - People whose homes were damaged by the March 11 earthquake gather their belongings as they move into temporary housing units in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, on May 10, 2011.

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SMAP's Katori flying high as police station chief

TOKYO, Japan - Shingo Katori of the pop group SMAP poses wearing a sash saying ''One-Day Chief'' in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on July 31 after being named as the special chief of the Kameari Police Station.

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Newlyweds enjoy boat tour through botanical garden

KATORI, Japan - A newlywed couple take a tour of waterways at an aquatic plant garden in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, during a traditional boating event on June 7. In the region until the 1950s, a bride and her trousseau were carried by boat to the bridegroom's house.

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JAL's maintenance error causes fall of 2 panels from plane

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of a fiberglass panel found on a farmland in Katori, Chiba Prefecture in May. A maintenance error by Japan Airlines led to the fall of two fiberglass panels from a JALways plane during a flight from Narita International Airport to Sydney in May, JAL and the transport ministry said June 21. JALway is a subsidiary of Japan Airlines.

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Japan appoints envoys to Brunei, Greece, Denmark, Israel

TOKYO, Japan - Japan appointed new ambassadors to five countries, and to the United Nations on Aug. 1. (From L to R in top) Ambassador to Brunei Itsuo Hashimoto, Ambassador to Greece Takanori Kitamura, Ambassador to UNESCO Seiichi Kondo, (from L to R in bottom) deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Takahiro Shinyo, Ambassador to Denmark Masaki Okada and Ambassador to Israel Yoshinori Katori.

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Shanghai consular staffer killed self, Japan protests to China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken in May 2005 shows the premises of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai. The Japanese government on Dec. 28 acknowledged that a staff member at the consulate general committed suicide in May 2004, saying it has lodged protests with China over the death. ''Behind this (death) is what is believed to be regrettable action by local Chinese security authorities'' in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Yoshinori Katori, press secretary for the Japanese Foreign Ministry, said without elaborating.

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Japan appoints envoys to Brunei, Greece, Denmark, Israel

TOKYO, Japan - Japan appointed new ambassadors to five countries, and to the United Nations on Aug. 1. (From L to R in top) Ambassador to Brunei Itsuo Hashimoto, Ambassador to Greece Takanori Kitamura, Ambassador to UNESCO Seiichi Kondo, (from L to R in bottom) deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Takahiro Shinyo, Ambassador to Denmark Masaki Okada and Ambassador to Israel Yoshinori Katori. (Kyodo)

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Newlyweds enjoy boat tour through botanical garden

KATORI, Japan - A newlywed couple take a tour of waterways at an aquatic plant garden in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, during a traditional boating event on June 7. In the region until the 1950s, a bride and her trousseau were carried by boat to the bridegroom's house. (Kyodo)

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Police to arrest New York man over vandalism at Japan shrines

Oily spots are seen on a statue of a guardian dog at the gate of Katori Shrine in Chiba Prefecture in this file photo taken April 9, 2015. Police are set to arrest a Japanese man living in New York, suspecting he defaced the shrine with the oily liquid and is possibly linked to many more cases of vandalism at shrines and temples nationwide, sources said on June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police to arrest New York man over vandalism at Japan shrines

Oily spots are seen at the steps to a hall of worship at Katori Shrine in Chiba Prefecture in this file photo taken April 9, 2015. Police are set to arrest a Japanese man living in New York, suspecting he defaced the shrine with the oily liquid and is possibly linked to many more cases of vandalism at shrines and temples nationwide, sources said on June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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African receives higher education, internship in Japan

Ondiba Hesborn (C) from Kenya visits a biomass plant in Katori, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2015. He is studying for a master's degree in Japan under the African Business Education Initiative for Youth, a Japanese government-backed program to allow young Africans to receive higher education and internships in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL's maintenance error causes fall of 2 panels from plane

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of a fiberglass panel found on a farmland in Katori, Chiba Prefecture in May. A maintenance error by Japan Airlines led to the fall of two fiberglass panels from a JALways plane during a flight from Narita International Airport to Sydney in May, JAL and the transport ministry said June 21. JALway is a subsidiary of Japan Airlines. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees move into temporary housing in Chiba Pref.

KATORI, Japan - People whose homes were damaged by the March 11 earthquake gather their belongings as they move into temporary housing units in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. (Kyodo)