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Geiko, maiko entertainers photo shoot

Japanese traditional female entertainers geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, pose in bright colored kimonos for photos for pamphlets for the November Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, Japanese traditional female entertainers, in bright colored kimonos pose for photos for pamphlets for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performances at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Exterior view, logo and signage of Warehouse Hall (Japan Warehouse Association)

Exterior view, logo, and signboard of the Soko kaikan (Japan Warehousing Association). ＝April 17, 2024, Tokyo

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Soko kaikan (Japan Warehousing Association) Exterior, logo, and signage

Exterior view, logo, and signboard of the Soko kaikan (Japan Warehousing Association). ＝April 17, 2024, Tokyo

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Soko kaikan (Japan Warehousing Association) exterior, logo and signage

Exterior view, logo, and signboard of the Soko kaikan (Japan Warehousing Association). ＝April 17, 2024, Tokyo

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Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo

Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo=Date:December 7, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo

Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo=Date:December 7, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo

Rengo Kaikan (General Council Hall) sign and logo=Date:December 7, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, in brightly colored kimonos pose for photos for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performance at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Maiko entertainers photo shoot

Maiko, or apprentice geiko, in brightly colored kimonos pose for photos for the upcoming Gion Odori dance performance at the Gion Kaikan hall in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Aug. 31, 2023.

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2025 Osaka expo mascot

Myaku-Myaku, the mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, poses for photos on April 13, 2023, in front of posters for the Osaka Expo posted on the bulletin boards of Tokyo's Todofuken Kaikan (Prefectural Assembly Hall) which supports prefectural government activities in the Japanese capital.

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Toyota unveils tour-guide robot at exhibition hall

NAGOYA, Japan - A robot, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., begins escorting visitors around the various displays at Toyota Kaikan Exhibition Hall in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 27. The new tour-guide robot, called TPR-Robina, is equipped with autonomous movement capabilities for avoiding obstacles and with jointed fingers, allowing it to sign autographs using the Roman alphabet. The 120-centimeter-tall Robina is also able to interact with visitors through a combination of verbal communication and gestures.

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People walk by landmark Akihabara building

TOKYO, Japan - People walk by the Radio Kaikan building, a symbol of Akihabara in Tokyo, on Jan. 4, 2015. The building houses shops for consumer electronics, computer game consoles and other items.

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Work underway to demolish lodging facility hit by tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Work is seen underway on Dec. 15, 2014, to demolish Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan, a lodging facility in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Demolition of tsunami-hit facility begins in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - A four-story accommodation facility, "Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan," in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen on Dec. 11, 2014. Demolition work began on Dec. 15, although some people had asked to keep it as a relic of the disaster in northeastern Japan.

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'Radio Kaikan' building reopened after reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - "Radio Kaikan," a shopping complex filled with stores related to animation and comics, reopens after reconstruction in Akihabara, Tokyo, on July 20, 2014, with some 4,000 people waiting before the opening.

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Empress attends charity concert for quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko arrives at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan hall in Tokyo's Taito Ward on the night of March 28, 2013, to attend a charity concert organized to support the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Students from disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture gave choral and instrumental performances, including Mozart's Requiem and traditional Japanese koto string music.

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Quake hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ceiling collapses at the Kudan Kaikan hall in Tokyo on March 11, 2011, after a powerful earthquake struck Japan.

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Japan business leader, China vice president meet

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping shake hands at Keidanren Kaikan hall in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2009, ahead of their meeting. Mitarai and other leaders of Japan's largest business lobby, also known as Nippon Keidanren, met with Xi to discuss the economic outlook and new areas of cooperation in energy and the environment.

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Nippon Keidanren and Rengo heads agree on efforts for employment

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, addresses a meeting with Nobuaki Koga, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, also known as Rengo, and other Rengo executives at Keidanren Kaikan hall in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. The heads of the two organizations agreed to make efforts to maintain employment.

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Nippon Keidanren and Rengo heads agree on efforts for employment

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, addresses a meeting with Nobuaki Koga, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, also known as Rengo, and other Rengo executives at Keidanren Kaikan hall in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. The heads of the two organizations agreed to make efforts to maintain employment.

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Emperor, Italian president watch opera in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Visiting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, and Clio Napolitano, wife of the Italian president, wait for the opening of Verdi's opera ''Don Carlos'' performed by Italy's La Scala opera house company at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on Sept. 17, 2009. (Pool photo)

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Keidanren, Rengo chiefs meet on employment amid economic downturn

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (standing R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, widely known as Nippon Keidanren, addresses a meeting with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation held at the Keidanren Kaikan hall Jan. 15. Leaders of Japan's largest business lobby and the country's largest labor union federation met to discuss employment stability amid the economic downturn, marking an effective start to this year's ''shunto'' spring labor offensive.

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U.S. recession may become longest since WWII: BOJ's Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Masaaki Shirakawa, governor of the Bank of Japan, delivers a speech at a meeting of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), the nation's most powerful business lobby, at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Dec. 22. (Pool photo)

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Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami, winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, speaks to reporters at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after she was declared recipient of the prestigious literary award for new fiction writers for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg).

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Kazuki Sakuraba wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuki Sakuraba, winner of the 138th Naoki Prize, speaks to reporters at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after she was declared recipient of the prestigious literary award for her work ''Watashi no Otoko'' (My Man).

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Kawakami wins Akutagawa award, Sakuraba gets Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami (R), winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, and Kazuki Sakuraba (L), winner of the Naoki Prize, pose for photographers at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after they were declared recipients of the two prestigious literary awards. Kawakami, 31, won the Akutagawa Prize for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg) and Sakuraba, 36, received the Naoki Prize for her work ''Watashi no Otoko'' (My Man)

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)

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Gates meets with Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (R) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda pose for photos prior to their talks at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on June 29.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka gets doctorate from alma mater.

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize laureate Koichi Tanaka (L) receives his honorary doctorate from Hiroyuki Abe, president of Tohoku University, his alma mater, at the Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Oct. 31.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki vows to strengthen tripartite alliance

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki (C) pledges Nov. 4 to bolster his party's alliance with its two coalition partners, despite a recent scandal that has led to a plunge in public support for Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. He made the pledge at the party's first convention since joining the ruling fold, which was held at the Kudan Kaikan Building in Tokyo.

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Dai-Tokyo, Chiyoda insurance firms announce merger terms

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-Tokyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. on Sept. 8 announce the outline of the new firm to be set up as a result of their merger next April 1. The new company comprising Dai-Tokyo and Chiyoda, both midsize casualty and automobile insurance companies based in Tokyo, will be called Aioi Insurance Co. Photo, taken at the Tokyo Kaikan Building in Chiyoda Ward shows Dai-Tokyo President Akira Seshimo (R) and Chiyoda President Koji Fukuda displaying the new company's logo.

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Nippon Mitsubishi, Cosmo announce broad alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., and Keiichiro Okabe, president of Cosmo Oil Co., shake hands after announcing an agreement to form a wide-ranging business alliance at a press conference at Tokyo's Keidanren Kaikan on Oct. 12.

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Salvaged Zero Fighter draws visitors to museum

CHIRAN, Japan - This is a photo of a Mitsubishi Zero Fighter on display at Tokko Heiwa Kaikan, or Peace Museum, in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southeastern Japan. During the summer holiday season, the museum draws visitors from across the country. The Zero was raised in 1980 from 45-meter-deep water in the Pacific Ocean off Kagoshima Prefecture. The town of Chiran used to have a base of special attack unit, or ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, during World War II.

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Portraits of kamikaze pilots move visitors

CHIRAN, Japan - A girl stands silently July 29 in front of portraits of special attack unit, ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, pilots at the Chiran Tokko Heiwa Kaikan (Peace Museum) in the town of Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Most of those World War II pilots died around age 20. The museum has 6,000 pieces war-related articles, including portraits and notes left behind by young pilots and soldiers.

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Imai becomes Keidanren chairman

Takashi Imai (2nd from L), chairman of Nippon Steel Corp., assumes the chairmanship of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on May 26, replacing Shoichiro Toyoda (far R), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. The photo shows Imai and Toyoda shaking hands at a general meeting of Japan's largest business body at the Keidanren Kaikan Building in downtown Tokyo.

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The logo of the Federation

Keywords: Japan Trade Union Confederation, RENGO, JTUC-RENGO, labor union, International Trade Union Confederation Organization, ITUC, union = RENGO Kaikan, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, January 22, 2020, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Gates meets with Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (R) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda pose for photos prior to their talks at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on June 29. (Kyodo)

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Bush sees Japan as bedrock of Asia freedom, global partner

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush makes a speech at the Kyoto Kaikan hall in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Nov. 16. Bush stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the ''bedrock'' for promoting freedom in Asia and pursuing global economic and security matters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Toyota unveils tour-guide robot at exhibition hall

NAGOYA, Japan - A robot, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., begins escorting visitors around the various displays at Toyota Kaikan Exhibition Hall in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 27. The new tour-guide robot, called TPR-Robina, is equipped with autonomous movement capabilities for avoiding obstacles and with jointed fingers, allowing it to sign autographs using the Roman alphabet. The 120-centimeter-tall Robina is also able to interact with visitors through a combination of verbal communication and gestures. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Pres. Hu attends luncheon with Japanese business people

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Fujio Mitarai (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, raise their glasses during a toast at a luncheon meeting with Japanese business leaders at Keidanren Kaikan hall in Tokyo on May 7. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese Pres. Hu attends luncheon with Japanese business people

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at a luncheon meeting with Japanese business leaders at Keidanren Kaikan hall in Tokyo on May 7. (Pool photo) (Kyodo News)