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Fast-spinning watermill at Kurobe River No. 4 plant

OSAKA, Japan - A fast-spinning watermill to generate electricity at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Kurobe River No. 4 hydropower plant in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, is shown to the press on Sept. 29, 2014.

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Kurobe Dam in Toyama Pref. begins water release

TOYAMA, Japan - Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, boasting the highest dam wall in Japan at 186 meters, begins its summer water discharge on June 26, 2014. A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray. The water release is conducted every day through Oct. 15 to maintain the view around the Kurobe River where the amount of water flow decreases during summer.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Yoichi Yoshizu (R bottom), Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Hokuriku branch head, delivers a speech during a memorial service at Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013 -- the 50th anniversary of the arch dam's completion -- for the 171 workers who lost their lives during its construction.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Tourists view Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the dam's completion.

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Kurobe Dam marks 50th anniv.

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo shows Kurobe Dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on June 5, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the arch dam's completion.

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Kurobe Dam turns on the tap: 15 tons of water gush out per sec.

TOYAMA, Japan - Fifteen tons of water gush out each second from Kurobe Dam in the upper reaches of Kurobe River on June 26 as Kansai Electric Power Co., operators of Japan's largest arched dam, started releasing water from the dam to replenish the lower reaches of the river during the dry summer season. Since 1961, Kansai Electric has turned the artificial water fall in scenic Mt. Tateyama into a sightseeing spectacle. The daily water release program will run through Oct. 15.

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Ditched water scooter likely used by N. Korean agent

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a water scooter (front) found March 29 on a sand near the mouth of the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast which police said Sept. 27 may have been used by one or several North Korean agents to enter Japan. A similar scooter (back) was found in November 1990 on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, also on the Sea of Japan coast, along with two corpses.

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Police find evidence of N. Korean agent

TOYAMA, Japan - Toyama prefectural police put on display for the media April 6 what they believe are water scooters probably used by North Korean agents seeking entry into Japan. Placed at the fore is the one found in late March at the mouth of the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture. In the back is a similar one found in 1990 further along the coast in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, alongside the body of a man the Japanese authorities believe was a North Korean agent.

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Kurobe Dam turns on the tap: 15 tons of water gush out per sec.

TOYAMA, Japan - Fifteen tons of water gush out each second from Kurobe Dam in the upper reaches of Kurobe River on June 26 as Kansai Electric Power Co., operators of Japan's largest arched dam, started releasing water from the dam to replenish the lower reaches of the river during the dry summer season. Since 1961, Kansai Electric has turned the artificial water fall in scenic Mt. Tateyama into a sightseeing spectacle. The daily water release program will run through Oct. 15. (Kyodo)

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Fast-spinning watermill at Kurobe River No. 4 plant

OSAKA, Japan - A fast-spinning watermill to generate electricity at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Kurobe River No. 4 hydropower plant in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, is shown to the press on Sept. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kurobe Dam in Toyama Pref. begins water release

TOYAMA, Japan - Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, boasting the highest dam wall in Japan at 186 meters, begins its summer water discharge on June 26, 2014. A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray. The water release is conducted every day through Oct. 15 to maintain the view around the Kurobe River where the amount of water flow decreases during summer. (Kyodo)

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Ditched water scooter likely used by N. Korean agent

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a water scooter (front) found March 29 on a sand near the mouth of the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast which police said Sept. 27 may have been used by one or several North Korean agents to enter Japan. A similar scooter (back) was found in November 1990 on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, also on the Sea of Japan coast, along with two corpses.

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Police find evidence of N. Korean agent

TOYAMA, Japan - Toyama prefectural police put on display for the media April 6 what they believe are water scooters probably used by North Korean agents seeking entry into Japan. Placed at the fore is the one found in late March at the mouth of the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture. In the back is a similar one found in 1990 further along the coast in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, alongside the body of a man the Japanese authorities believe was a North Korean agent.