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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and Viktoria Li, Sweden's Ambassador in Japan, (left) arrives to the dinner with the Governor of Kagawa on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, Viktoria Li, Sweden's Ambassador in Japan is seen to the left, at Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, (right) on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, (right) on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

NAOSHIMA, JAPAN 20251011Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and Viktoria Li, Sweden's Ambassador to Japan, (left) arrives to the dinner with the Governor of Kagawa on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel meet with the Governor of Kagawa, Mr. Toyohito Ikeda, on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 11, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako stand at a stone monument for deceased patients during a visit to a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako (R) visit a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits art festival in western Japan

Crown princess visits art festival in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from L) and her daughter Princess Kako view art installations on display at Setouchi Triennale 2025 at a port in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 2, 2025.

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Crown princess visits museum on art island

Crown princess visits museum on art island

Japanese architect Tadao Ando (far R) guides Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) and her daughter Princess Kako at Benesse House Museum, designed by Ando, on Naoshima, an island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa, known for its many contemporary installations.

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Crown princess visits museum on art island

Crown princess visits museum on art island

Japanese architect Tadao Ando guides Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako at Benesse House Museum, designed by Ando, on Naoshima, an island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa, known for its many contemporary installations.

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Crown princess visits museum on art island

Crown princess visits museum on art island

Japanese architect Tadao Ando guides Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako at Benesse House Museum, designed by Ando, on Naoshima, an island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa, known for its many contemporary installations.

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Crown princess visits museum on art island

Crown princess visits museum on art island

Japanese architect Tadao Ando guides Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako at Benesse House Museum, designed by Ando, on Naoshima, an island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa, known for its many contemporary installations.

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Crown princess visits museum on art island

Crown princess visits museum on art island

Japanese architect Tadao Ando guides Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako at Benesse House Museum, designed by Ando, on Naoshima, an island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa, known for its many contemporary installations.

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko (R) look at art works during a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 27, 2025.

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko clap their hands after a presentation by a student on natural science during a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 27, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko look at craft works during a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 27, 2025.

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Japan crown prince visits garden in Kagawa

Japan crown prince visits garden in Kagawa

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 27, 2025.

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko look at calligraphy works during a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 27, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko watch a parade during a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 26, 2025.

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 26, 2025.

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Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan crown prince at high school cultural festival

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito addresses the opening ceremony of a national high school cultural festival in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on July 26, 2025. Sitting next to him is Crown Princess Kiko.

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Strawberry Moon: Lowest Full Moon in Decades 2

June's full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, reached its peak on Wednesday, June 10, at 20 degrees of Sagittarius. This year’s Strawberry Moon was the lowest in decades due to the Major Lunar Standstill and its proximity to the summer solstice.

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Drone aerial photo service

Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Drone aerial photo service

Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Japan: Massive Blackout Hits Shikoku Region, Leaving 360,000 Homes Without Power 2

A massive power outage hit the Shikoku region in southwestern Japan on Saturday, November 9, at around 8:20 p.m., leaving more than 360,000 homes without power and halting train services. According to Shikoku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, there was an issue with some of the transmission lines connecting Honshu and Shikoku, which caused an "Under-Frequency Relay" to activate to maintain the supply-demand balance, leading to the blackout.

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Japan: Massive Blackout Hits Shikoku Region, Leaving 360,000 Homes Without Power

A massive power outage hit the Shikoku region in southwestern Japan on Saturday, November 9, at around 8:20 p.m., leaving more than 360,000 homes without power and halting train services. According to Shikoku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, there was an issue with some of the transmission lines connecting Honshu and Shikoku, which caused an "Under-Frequency Relay" to activate to maintain the supply-demand balance, leading to the blackout.

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Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to teachers at a high school in Zentsuji in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 17, 2024.

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Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to teachers at a high school in Zentsuji in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 17, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sakaide in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Jumbo ferry near Takamatsu Port

Jumbo ferry near Takamatsu Port

Jumbo ferry near Takamatsu Port. =Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Shodoshima Angel Road

Shodoshima Angel Road

Angel Road on Shodoshima Island. =Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Shodoshima Angel Road

Shodoshima Angel Road

Angel Road on Shodoshima Island. =Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name)

Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name)

Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name). =Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name)

Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name)

Exterior view of the new Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (tentative name). =May 5, 2024, Kagawa Prefecture

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Shikoku Kisen "Asahi

Shikoku Kisen "Asahi

Shikoku Kisen's "Asahi" connecting Honshu and Shikoku. =Kagawa Prefecture, May 5, 2024.

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Shodoshima route ferry Shodoshima Maru No. 2

Shodoshima route ferry Shodoshima Maru No. 2

Shodoshima ferry, Shodoshima Maru No. 2. =May 5, 2024, Kagawa Prefecture

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April’s Full Pink Moon Lights Up Night Skies 3

April's full moon, or Pink Moon shone brightly in the night skies on Tuesday, April 23. The moon appears full from Monday morning to Thursday morning in the US.

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Partial lunar eclipse seen in Japan

Partial lunar eclipse seen in Japan

Photos taken in the early hours of Oct. 29, 2023, show different stages of a partial lunar eclipse observed in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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