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Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (far R) plant seedlings during a tree-planting ceremony in Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in the city of Yamaguchi in western Japan on May 27, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Softbank dog's grandson

Softbank dog's grandson

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a male puppy named Kaiji (bottom), the first ''grandpuppy'' of Kai, a Hokkaido-breed dog famous for playing the role of a father in a human family in TV commercials for Softbank Mobile Corp., in the town of Mukawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3, 2012. To the top is Kai's daughter Kirara.

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

The Japanese men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Shuhei Tada pose for a photo after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

The Japanese men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (far R) plant seedlings during a tree-planting ceremony in Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in the city of Yamaguchi in western Japan on May 27, 2012. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Softbank dog's grandson

Softbank dog's grandson

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a male puppy named Kaiji (bottom), the first ''grandpuppy'' of Kai, a Hokkaido-breed dog famous for playing the role of a father in a human family in TV commercials for Softbank Mobile Corp., in the town of Mukawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3, 2012. To the top is Kai's daughter Kirara. (Kyodo)

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Masayo Imura (C), head coach of Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team, is pictured before the team's performance in the free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Imura Artistic Swimming Club's A team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Members of Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team look at their score after performing in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Artistic swimming: Japanese championships

Japan's Tokyo Olympic-bound artistic swimming team performs in the team free routine at the national championships on Nov. 13, 2020, at Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in Yamaguchi, western Japan.

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate at the medal ceremony on Oct. 6, 2019, after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan's Shuhei Tada (R) hands the baton to Kirara Shiraishi in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Japan's Yoshihide Kiryu (R) receives the baton from Kirara Shiraishi in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

The Japanese men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown celebrate after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

Athletics: Men's 4x100-meter relay at worlds

The Japanese men's 4x100-meter relay team of (from L) Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown pose for a photo after setting an Asian record to win bronze at the athletics world championships in Doha on Oct. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local train in Kyoto

Local train in Kyoto

Photo taken Nov. 20, 2019, shows Eizan Electric Railway's Kirara train, which has large windows to allow passengers a good view of passing scenery, stopping at Ninose Station in Kyoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local train in Kyoto

Local train in Kyoto

Eizan Electric Railway's Kirara train, which has large windows to allow passengers a good view of passing scenery, travels through Japanese maple trees in Kyoto on Nov. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local train in Kyoto

Local train in Kyoto

Eizan Electric Railway's Kirara train, which has large windows to allow passengers a good view of passing scenery, travels through Japanese maple trees in Kyoto on Nov. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Scout Jamboree starts in western Japan

World Scout Jamboree starts in western Japan

A total of about 34,000 people from some 150 countries and territories converge on the Kirara-hama beach in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 29, 2015, to kick off the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, the first quadrennial event in Japan in 44 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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