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Persimmons for presentation to imperial couple

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Members of JA Kihoku Kawakami, a chapter in Wakayama Prefecture, of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, pack persimmons for presentation to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and the family of Prince Akishino at its office in the southwestern Japanese prefectural town of Katsuragi on Aug. 4, 2014.

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Young woman helps elderly in depopulated town

TSU, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2013 shows Mao Higashi's truck heading to the next destination of her mobile food sales in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Young woman helps elderly in depopulated town

TSU, Japan - Mao Higashi (R) sells food items set out at the side of her truck while visiting a village on March 14, 2013 in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Geminid meteor shower in 2022

Photo taken in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture in central Japan shows a Geminid meteor streaking across the sky on Dec. 14, 2022, at the peak of the spectacular meteor shower.

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Geminid meteor shower in 2022

Photo taken in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture in central Japan shows a Geminid meteor streaking across the sky on Dec. 14, 2022, at the peak of the spectacular meteor shower.

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Geminid meteor shower 2022

Photo taken in Kihoku, Mie Prefecture in central Japan shows Geminid meteor streaking across the sky on Dec. 14, 2022, at the peak of the spectacular meteor shower.

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Ehime town bucks cute mascot trend with scary "oni" demon figure

A woman and a child check out a big "oni" demon monument in the town of Kihoku, Ehime Prefecture, in western Japan on April 2, 2015. The town, the only municipality in Japan to have the "kanji" Japanese character for "oni" in its name, opted for employing the scary-looking character "Oniomaru" as its symbol, bucking the trend of using cute mascots among other municipalities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 dead as chopper crashes in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountain forest in the central Japan town of Kihoku, where a large helicopter crashed on March 6, 2015, killing the two people aboard. The crash temporarily caused a blackout and bush fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a mountain trail in Kihoku in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a mountain trail in Kihoku in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a mountain trail in Kihoku in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a mountain trail in Kihoku in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a mountain trail in Kihoku in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on April 8, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Farmers in western Japan to present persimmons to royal family

Members of JA Kihoku Kawakami, an agricultural cooperative in Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, sort out greenhouse-grown persimmons on Aug. 4, 2015, as gifts for the imperial family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Persimmons for imperial family

Officials of agricultural cooperative JA Kihoku Kawakami check greenhouse-grown Tonewase brand persimmons in the town of Katsuragi in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2020, for presentation as gifts to the imperial family.