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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

The icebreaker Soya's logo is painted over as a ceremony to decommission the ship, the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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Exhibition on popular comic themed on human cells

Photo taken on July 27, 2022, shows an exhibition featuring popular Japanese comic series "Cells at Work" at Space LABO at Kitakyushu City Science Museum in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan.

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Exhibition on popular comic themed on human cells

Photo taken on July 27, 2022, shows an exhibition featuring popular Japanese comic series "Cells at Work" at Space LABO at Kitakyushu City Science Museum in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan captain Michael Leitch acknowledges the crowd after beating Wales in a rugby test match in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan's Ichigo Nakakusu (L) scores a try in the second half of a rugby test match against Wales in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan's Ichigo Nakakusu (R) scores a try in the second half of a rugby test match against Wales in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan's Ichigo Nakakusu (R) scores a try in the second half of a rugby test match against Wales in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members pose for a photo after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan's Takuro Matsunaga (R) scores a try in the first half of a rugby test match against Wales in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan's Takuro Matsunaga (R) scores a try in the first half of a rugby test match against Wales in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members pose for a photo after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members celebrate after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members celebrate after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

A child heads to an elementary school escorted by a guardian in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Dec. 16, 2024, with a man believed responsible for stabbing two junior high school students in a local McDonald's restaurant two days earlier remaining at large. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died. ==Kyodo

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man earlier in the day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man earlier in the day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Alexis Lebrun serves the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong serves the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Alexis Lebrun serves the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong celebrates during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong returns the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Alexis Lebrun reacts during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong (L) returns the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong celebrates during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Shidong returns the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Table Tennis-WTT Finals-Men's Singles

Alexis Lebrun returns the ball during the men's singles round of 16 between Lin Shidong of China and Alexis Lebrun of France at World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan on November 21, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Liang Jingkun serves during the men's singles round of 16 match between Liang Jingkun of China and Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Liang Jingkun reacts during the men's singles round of 16 match between Liang Jingkun of China and Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Harimoto Tomokazu celebrates scoring during the men's singles round of 16 match between Liang Jingkun of China and Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Table Tennis WTT Finals - Japan

Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan at World Table Tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, on November 20, 2024. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A shopping arcade is quiet in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Aug. 30, 2024, as torrential rain continued due to Typhoon Shanshan.

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Japan crown prince watches high school keirin race

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko watch a high school girls' keirin race in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on July 26, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince visits national rugby team's base in southwestern Japan

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Japan men's rugby team training base, Japan Base, in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on July 26, 2024.

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Hydrogen-powered sightseeing boat

A hydrogen-powered sightseeing boat conducts trials off Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 4, 2024, without emitting CO2.

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Direct air route linking China's Dalian, Japan's Kitakyushu resumed

STORY: Direct air route linking China's Dalian, Japan's Kitakyushu resumed SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:36 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flight GS7967 2. various of Dalian international airport 3. various of passengers in the terminal 4. various of flight GS7967 STORYLINE: A direct air route linking Dalian, a city in northeast China, and Japan's Kitakyushu was resumed on Monday, after a hiatus of almost four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tianjin Airlines, the operator of the air route, is scheduled to carry out flights on Mondays and Fridays, starting from Monday. The air route was launched in August 2019 and was suspended in February 2020. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of a sister city relationship between Dalian and Kitakyushu. The resumption of the air route will help strengthen personnel, economic and trade exchanges between northeast China and Kitakyushu, according to sources with the

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[Breaking News]Cargo airplane operated by Yamato

KITAKYUSHU, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Video taken at Kitakyushu airport in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a Japan Airlines cargo airplane set to be operated exclusively by transport giant Yamato Holdings Co. from April 2024. (Kyodo)

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Cargo airplane operated by Yamato

Photo taken at Kitakyushu airport in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a Japan Airlines cargo airplane set to be operated exclusively by transport giant Yamato Holdings Co. from April 2024.