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10 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Lanterns are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a memorial event to mourn the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption on Sept. 27, 2024, the 10th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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10 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Bereaved family members lit candles in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, to pray for the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption on Sept. 27, 2024, the 10th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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Families remember loved ones killed in Mt. Ontake eruption

KISO, Japan, July 25 Kyodo - Bereaved families of those killed in the 2014 eruption at Mt. Ontake, central Japan, hike up the volcano to view its top on July 24, 2016 as they remembered their loved ones among the victims. The eruption killed 58 people, while five others remain unaccounted for.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, shows the early-morning view of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, caught from the Kaida Plateau in the central Japan town of Kiso.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows a waterfall against a backdrop of autumn leaves in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Michiko Mukaibara, who works at a tourist bureau on the Kaida Plateau in the central Japan town of Kiso, posts photographs of tourist spots around Mt. Ontake, including a waterfall and an equestrian center, on the bureau's official blog and Facebook social network site every day.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows a stone statue and a mountain path against a backdrop of autumn leaves in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows an equestrian center in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27. The equestrian center is one of the major tourists spots on the Kaida Plateau.

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Health of mountain trout worried after volcanic eruption

KISO, Japan - A worker feeds a rare species of mountain trout called "Kiso Iwana" in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, amid growing concern about the environmental impact of ash from the eruption of Mt. Ontake on reserves where the fish are cultivated.

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Total lunar eclipse

KISO, Japan - Photo taken 7:31 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2014, shows a total lunar eclipse observed in the town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan.

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Mt. Ontake eruption deals blow to local tourism

NAGANO, Japan - JR Kisofukushima Station in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, at the foot of Mt. Ontake appears deserted on Oct. 7, 2014. The number of visitors has plummeted following the volcano's deadly eruption on Sept. 27.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows a building in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, where the bodies of climbers, killed in the eruption four days earlier of Mt. Ontake, were temporarily placed.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows people entering a building in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, where the bodies of climbers, killed in the eruption four days earlier of Mt. Ontake, were temporarily placed.

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Family members carry belongings of eruption victims

KISO, Japan - Family members carry climbing gear and other items left behind by victims of Mt. Ontake's eruptions in Kiso in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Lights seen at facility for volcanic eruption victims

KISO, Japan - Lights are on in all rooms of a facility housing climbers killed or injured by Mt. Ontake's eruptions in Kiso in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Street almost empty at foot of erupting Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - A main street is almost empty in Kiso in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano at the foot of Mt. Ontake on Oct. 1, 2014, following the volcano's eruption that claimed the lives of more than 50 climbers.

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Volcanic activity hampers rescue efforts on Mt. Ontake

KISO, Japan - Relatives of people who remain unaccounted for following the eruption of Mt. Ontake leave their waiting area in the Kiso town office in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 30, 2014, as search operations were halted due to bad weather and volcanic earthquakes.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

KISO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows climbers getting into a bus at a parking lot on Mt. Ontake, after the volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan erupted on Sept. 27, 2014.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

KISO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows climbers who evacuated to a parking lot on Mt. Ontake, after the volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan erupted on Sept. 27, 2014. The car is covered in ash.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - (From L to R) Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu, Yamanashi Gov. Shomei Yokouchi, Seiichi Kondo, commissioner for cultural affairs, and Isao Kiso, permanent delegate of Japan to UNESCO, put their hands together in Phnom Penh on June 22, 2013, after the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List at a conference held in the Cambodian capital.

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3 teenagers die after playing in Kiso River

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers searching for four junior high school boys who were carried away by the currents in the Kiso River in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 30, 2012. Three of the four students died after being taken to hospital. The remaining student suffered minor injuries.

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Aderans to accept tender offer from Japan fund Unison Capital

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Hayakawa (L), president of Aderans Holdings Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 16 about the company's decision to accept a tender offer from Japanese investment fund Unison Capital Inc., with Unison's partner Kinichi Kiso listening.

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News helicopter crashes, 4 dead

NAGANO, Japan - A helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the banks of the Kiso River in southern Nagano Prefecture on March 7, killing all four people aboard. The helicopter, owned by Nakanihon Air Service Co. and chartered by Shinetsu Broadcasting Corp. based in the city of Nagano, was covering a traffic accident.

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7 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Candles are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2021, in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption. The disaster left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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7 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Candles are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2021, in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption. The disaster left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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Aderans to accept tender offer from Japan fund Union Capital

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Hayakawa (L), president of Aderans Holdings Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 16 about the company's decision to accept a tender offer from Japanese investment fund Unison Capital Inc., with Unison's partner Kinichi Kiso listening. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 43

43 Kuwana - Two large junks moored at the mouth of the Kiso River, and others sailing away to sea. To avoid crossing the numerous rivers flowing inland between Miya and Kuwana, travellers made their journey by boat. The boat trip was reputed to have been enjoyable. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Volcanic expert speaks at symposium in central Japan

Toshitsugu Fujii, chairman of the Japan Meteorological Agency's advisory panel on ways of predicting volcanic eruptions, speaks at a symposium in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 20, 2015. A number of volcanoes in Japan have erupted recently, including Mt. Asama straddling the border between Nagano and Gunma prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saruhashi

Sarubashi (Monkey Bridge) spans Katsura River in Sarubashi-cho, Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. This bridge is considered one of the three most unusual bridges in Japan, together with Kiso-no-Kakehashi (Gifu Prefecture) and Kintai-kyo of Suo (Yamaguchi Prefecture). It was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1932. Sarubashi is designed in hijikiketa style, which is characterized by a lack of vertical supports. This is a view of the bridge from upstream. Many people are on the bridge. The date is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐47‐0]

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Gorge over Kiso River near Nakasendo Uematsu?

The Hon Bridge which is built over the Kiso River, one of the three fastest rivers in Japan, is seen small to the center of the photo. It is probably near Agematsu juku, on the Nakasendo. The villages of Agematsu juku were hit by numerous fires, but the shukuba was rebuilt every time.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐15‐0]

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, shows the early-morning view of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, caught from the Kaida Plateau in the central Japan town of Kiso. (Kyodo)

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows an equestrian center in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27. The equestrian center is one of the major tourists spots on the Kaida Plateau. (Kyodo)

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Health of mountain trout worried after volcanic eruption

KISO, Japan - A worker feeds a rare species of mountain trout called "Kiso Iwana" in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, amid growing concern about the environmental impact of ash from the eruption of Mt. Ontake on reserves where the fish are cultivated. (Kyodo)

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Total lunar eclipse

KISO, Japan - Photo taken 7:31 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2014, shows a total lunar eclipse observed in the town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Ontake eruption deals blow to local tourism

NAGANO, Japan - JR Kisofukushima Station in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, at the foot of Mt. Ontake appears deserted on Oct. 7, 2014. The number of visitors has plummeted following the volcano's deadly eruption on Sept. 27. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows people entering a building in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, where the bodies of climbers, killed in the eruption four days earlier of Mt. Ontake, were temporarily placed. (Kyodo)

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Family members carry belongings of eruption victims

KISO, Japan - Family members carry climbing gear and other items left behind by victims of Mt. Ontake's eruptions in Kiso in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Oct. 1, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Street almost empty at foot of erupting Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - A main street is almost empty in Kiso in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano at the foot of Mt. Ontake on Oct. 1, 2014, following the volcano's eruption that claimed the lives of more than 50 climbers. (Kyodo)

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

KISO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows climbers getting into a bus at a parking lot on Mt. Ontake, after the volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan erupted on Sept. 27, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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6 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Candles are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2020, in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption. The disaster killed 58 people, with another five people never found.

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6 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Candles are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2020, in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption. The disaster killed 58 people, with another five people never found.

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6 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Candles are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2020, in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Mt. Ontake eruption. The disaster killed 58 people, with another five people never found.

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4 yrs after Mt. Ontake eruption

Officials of Kiso, a town in Nagano Prefecture, remove signs restricting entry to a path to the summit of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Sept. 26, 2018. Families of people killed in the 2014 eruption hiked up the volcano the same day, a day before the fourth anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster, which claimed 58 lives and left five other people unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.6 quake rocks central Japan

Stone Buddha statues are overturned following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in the central Japan town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture on June 25, 2017. The quake slightly injured two people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.6 quake rocks central Japan

Photo taken June 25, 2017, shows broken windows at a car dealership in the town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck the area earlier that day. Two people were slightly injured in the quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.6 quake rocks central Japan

Photo taken June 25, 2017, shows broken windows at a car dealership in the town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck the area earlier that day. Two people were slightly injured in the quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M5.6 quake rocks central Japan

Photo taken June 25, 2017, shows broken windows at a car dealership in the town of Kiso, Nagano Prefecture in central Japan following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck the area earlier that day. Two people were slightly injured in the quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held to mourn victims on 2nd anniv. of Mt. Ontake eruption

Bereaved families and local officials attend a ceremony in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2016 to mark the second anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Ontake, which claimed 58 lives and left five people unaccounted for in the deadliest postwar volcanic disaster in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo