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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Online crane games

Photo taken in July 2023 shows claw machines for DMM.com LLC's online crane game service, in which users remotely operate such machines through smartphones or computers, at the Japanese e-commerce company's warehouse in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Online crane games

Photo taken in July 2023 shows a claw machine for DMM.com LLC's online crane game service, in which users remotely operate such machines through smartphones or personal computers, at the Japanese e-commerce company's warehouse in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Abe inspects factory utilizing robot technology

KAZO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspects a production line using robot technology at a factory in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014.

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Abe talks with plant workers in Saitama Pref.

KAZO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks with workers at a factory using robot technology in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer unveiled in Saitama Pref.

KAZO, Japan - A fourth-generation jumbo carp streamer is unveiled at a ceremony in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 21, 2014. The 100-meter long streamer, made of polyester and weighing 330 kilograms, will replace the third-generation one made in 2003 and "swim" the skies every May in conjunction with the annual boy's festival.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, as many people view it from the ground. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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Fukushima kids find comfort at school in Saitama

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Students, including children from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, practice a medley of songs in a classroom at Kisai Elementary School in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture on Feb. 14, 2013.

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TEPCO apologizes to Fukushima evacuees

KAZO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (2nd from L in back row), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (3rd from L in back row) apologizes to Fukushima nuclear crisis evacuees in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on June 29, 2012. Many residents of the town of Futaba hosting TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have evacuated to Kazo.

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Nuclear evacuees at 2:46 p.m. on 1st anniversary

SAITAMA, Japan - People who have evacuated from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, observe a moment of silence at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2012, the time the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan exactly a year ago, triggering massive tsunami that led to the ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Hakuho visits Futaba residents in Kazo

SAITAMA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho plays with a child during a visit to an evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on June 1, 2011, to encourage the evacuees. People from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, are staying at the shelter.

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Japan mourns on 1 month anniv.

KAZO, Japan - People who have evacuated to Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, near a crisis-hit nuclear power plant, offer silent prayers at 2:46 p.m. on April 11, 2011, the exact moment the historic earthquake struck Japan a month ago.

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (L) visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima children attend Saitama school

KAZO, Japan - Elementary school students from Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, who have evacuated from their homes due to radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, walk to their new school in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, for the first time on April 8, 2011. Around 170 elementary and middle school students attended the first day of school from their evacuation centers.

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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

KAZO, Japan - An elderly woman (C) from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, arrives at a new evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 30, with local children holding a banner bearing a welcoming message. The evacuees from Futaba relocated from Saitama Super Arena in the same prefecture to a disused high school in Kazo.

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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

KAZO, Japan - A wheelchair-bound evacuee from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that was stricken by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, arrives at a new evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 30. The evacuees from Futaba relocated from Saitama Super Arena in the same prefecture to a disused high school in Kazo.

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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

SAITAMA, Japan - Evacuees from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crippled by the March 11, 2011, massive earthquake and tsunami, relocate from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Prefecture to another evacuation center on March 30. They moved to a closed high school in Kazo city in the prefecture.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Giant carp streamer put up for Children's Day

KAZO, Japan - Children and their parents look up at a giant carp streamer, 100 meters long, put up by crane in the city of Kazo, north of Tokyo, on May 3 in celebration of the Children's Day on May 5.

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ATM with 20 mil. yen cash inside stolen in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - An automated teller machine (ATM) containing 20 million yen in cash was stolen from a supermarket parking lot in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 22. Police believe the robbers used a crane (shown in photo), which was found in the parking lot, to steal the ATM.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

A carp streamer as long as 100 meters is hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted ahead of Children's Day in Japan

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2016. Around 115,000 people flocked to the city, known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, to watch the banner decorate the landscape in honor of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted ahead of Children's Day in Japan

A crane hoists a jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2016. Around 115,000 people flocked to the city, known as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, to watch the banner decorate the landscape in honor of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sisters see mementos of his brother died in Iwo Jima battle

Younger sisters of Ichinosuke Kagomiya, who fought and died in the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, hold mementos of their brother in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 27, 2015, after they were returned via an American church in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mementos of Japanese soldier died in Iwo Jima battle returned

Belongings of Ichinosuke Kagomiya who fought and died in the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II are shown in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 27, 2015, after the son-in-law of a former U.S. soldier returned them to Kagomiya's younger sisters through an American church in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A crane hoists a jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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8K projector introduced at Saitama Pref. planetarium

The latest 8K projector installed at the planetarium of Kazo Miraikan in Saitama Prefecture's Kazo, north of Tokyo, is shown to the press on March 16, 2015. It allows sharper images of stars than before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp stars projected at Saitama Pref. planetarium

Photo taken on March 16, 2015, shows sharper images of stars projected by the latest 8K projector (below) at the planetarium of Kazo Miraikan in Saitama Prefecture's Kazo, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Seibu Lions' women's team

Players of the Seibu Lions' women's team take fielding practice in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)