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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

SEOSAN, South Korea, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner. (Kyodo)

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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Returned Buddha statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddha statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue returned to Japan

Photo taken on May 15, 2025, at a museum in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki shows a 14th-century Buddha statue that was recently returned to Kannonji temple in the city after it was stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea. The statue, designated by Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of is public exhibition from May 16.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Entire view of nikko hachi-ishi

Nikko Hachiishi is shown from the middle of the mountain located to the west of Kannonji. Nikko Kaido bends near Kannonji and the present Nikko town hall, leading to leading to Shinkyo Bridge at the entrance of Nikkoshaji.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐34‐0]

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Entire view of nikko hachi-ishi

The town of Nikko Hatsuishi seen from the middle of the mountain of Kannonji to the west. Nikko Kaido made a turn in the location of the present Kannonji and the Nikko City Office, leading to the Kami bridge which is at the entrance of Nikko Shaji.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐10‐0]

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Entire view of nikko hachi-ishi

A photo of the city of Hatsuishi of Nikko from the middle of the western side of the mountain of Kannonji. Near Kannonji and the present Nikko City Office, Nikko Road took a turn leading to Kami Bridge at the entrance to Nikko Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐40‐0]

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Entire view of nikko hachi-ishi

The city of Hatsuishi from the middle of the mountain to the west of Kannonji. Near Kannonji and the present town office, Nikko Kaido curves leading to the entrance of Nikko shaji, the Shinkyo Bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐6‐0]

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Kannonji Temple,Nomo

Kannonji Temple,Nomo==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)