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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L side, 2nd from front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, front) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013. Abe is holding a fan called in Japanese "uchiwa" with a picture of the prime ministers shaking hands, which was made in Laos with technical cooperation from Marugame City in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Coast guard's copter part retrieved from sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A rear part of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea was retrieved and carried to a coast guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Four people died and one went missing in the accident.

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Manual fans in high demand

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Traditional Japanese fans known as ''uchiwa'' roll off the production line at a factory in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on June 29, 2011. High demand for the manual fans in Japan has been spurred by power-saving efforts amid an energy shortage caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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7th time lucky for apprentice police dog Kinako

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Dog trainer Shinji Kameyama gives a pat to Labrador retriever Kinako in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2010, as the Kagawa police said the same day that the dog has passed this year's test to become a police dog after failing for six years in a row and is set to start working in January 2011.

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Probe of Coast Guard helicopter crash in Japan

MARUGAME, Japan - The debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter is lifted for transportation at a Coast Guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2010. Five people aboard were killed in the crash.

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Probe of deadly copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island, leaving four dead and another missing.

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Probe of copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Government investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture, leaving four dead and another missing.

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Takahashi wins women's 200 meters

MARUGAME, Japan - Momoko Takahashi (R) competes against Chisato Fukushima (L) to claim her first title in the women's 200 meters at the athletics national championships on June 6, 2010, at Marugame Stadium in Kagawa Prefecture. Takahashi finished in 23.56 seconds.

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Murofushi takes title at national c'ships

MARUGAME, Japan - Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Koji Murofushi competes in the men's hammer throw event at the athletics national championships at Marugame Stadium in Kagawa Prefecture on June 5, 2010. Murofushi claimed his 16th consecutive title with an effort of 77.35 meters.

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Kenyan Mogusu takes Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - Japan-based Kenyan Mekubo Mogusu crosses the finish line, capturing his second win in the Marugame international half marathon Feb. 1 in Kagawa Prefecture.

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Britain's Yamauchi wins women's race in Marugame marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Britain's Mara Yamauchi crosses the finish line to win the women's race in the Marugame international half marathon Feb. 1 in Kagawa Prefecture.

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Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

MARUGAME, Japan - Meat shop Fujiya Seiniku-ten in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, is raided by police July 26 on suspicion it supplied 1.3 tons of Australian beef falsely described as domestic meat for local school lunches from December to January.

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Mogusu wins Marugame half marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Japan-based Kenyan Mekubo Mogusu crosses the finish line to win the Marugame half marathon in a meet record of 59.48.

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Fukushi wins 2nd straight Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - National record holder Kayoko Fukushi wins the women's race at the Marugame half marathon for the second straight year on Feb. 4. She crossed the finish line 1 hour, 8 minutes, a year after setting a national record of 1:07.26 in the same race in her half marathon debut.

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Noguchi honored as best marathon runner of 2004

MARUGAME, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi receives the ''Golden Shoes'' on Feb. 5 at a hotel in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, after being named female marathon runner of the year by the Association of International Marathons and Road Races. Noguchi is the second Japanese to win the award, after Naoko Takahashi was honored for her victory in the Sydney Olympic women's marathon in 2000.

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Sydney gold medalist Takahashi 8th at Marugame 1/2 marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Naoko Takahashi runs in her first race since winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at last fall's Sydney Games, but could only manage an eighth-place finish on Feb. 4 at the Marugame women's half-marathon.

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Noguchi honored as best marathon runner of 2004

MARUGAME, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi receives the ''Golden Shoes'' on Feb. 5 at a hotel in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, after being named female marathon runner of the year by the Association of International Marathons and Road Races. Noguchi is the second Japanese to win the award, after Naoko Takahashi was honored for her victory in the Sydney Olympic women's marathon in 2000. (Kyodo)

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Fukushi wins 2nd straight Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - National record holder Kayoko Fukushi wins the women's race at the Marugame half marathon for the second straight year on Feb. 4. She crossed the finish line 1 hour, 8 minutes, a year after setting a national record of 1:07.26 in the same race in her half marathon debut. (Kyodo)

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Mogusu wins Marugame half marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Japan-based Kenyan Mekubo Mogusu crosses the finish line to win the Marugame half marathon in a meet record of 59.48. (Kyodo)

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Kagawa meat shop raided over mislabeled beef in school lunch

MARUGAME, Japan - Meat shop Fujiya Seiniku-ten in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, is raided by police July 26 on suspicion it supplied 1.3 tons of Australian beef falsely described as domestic meat for local school lunches from December to January. (Kyodo)

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Kenyan Mogusu takes Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - Japan-based Kenyan Mekubo Mogusu crosses the finish line, capturing his second win in the Marugame international half marathon Feb. 1 in Kagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Britain's Yamauchi wins women's race in Marugame marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Britain's Mara Yamauchi crosses the finish line to win the women's race in the Marugame international half marathon Feb. 1 in Kagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Peak season for making traditional "Boshu Uchiwa" fans

Traditional "Boshu Uchiwa" fans created by 85-year-old Masao Uyama (background) are displayed at his studio in Minamiboso, near Tokyo, on June 27, 2016, ahead of Japan's hot and humid summer. The Boshu Uchiwa is one of three major uchiwa fans in Japan, along with those created in the former capital of Kyoto and the western city of Marugame. The prices of Boshu Uchiwa fans range from 1,000 yen to 30,000 yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peak season for making traditional "Boshu Uchiwa" fans

Traditional "Boshu Uchiwa" fans created by 85-year-old Masao Uyama (background) are displayed at his studio in Minamiboso, near Tokyo, on June 27, 2016, ahead of Japan's hot and humid summer. The Boshu Uchiwa is one of three major uchiwa fans in Japan, along with those created in the former capital of Kyoto and the western city of Marugame. The prices of Boshu Uchiwa fans range from 1,000 yen to 30,000 yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Hakuho joins autumn tour

Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho performs a ring entrance ceremony in the western Japan city of Marugame on Oct. 20, 2015. Hakuho withdrew on the third day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September with an injured left knee. He returned the same day to the autumn tour of regional cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese picked as referees at 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Sachiko Yamagishi (L) and Naomi Teshirogi receive congratulatory flowers in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on May 24, 2015, for their selection as referee and assistant referee, respectively, at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada between June and July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat New Zealand in World Cup warm-up

Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Homare Sawa (R) scores in the first half of a game against New Zealand in the western Japanese city of Marugame on May 24, 2015. Japan won 1-0 in a warm-up for their title defense at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Canada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat New Zealand in World Cup warm-up

Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Homare Sawa (R) and forward Shinobu Ono acknowledge the crowd in the western Japanese city of Marugame on May 24, 2015, after winning a warm-up game against New Zealand 1-0 for their title defense at the upcoming Women's World Cup in Canada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Holders Nadeshiko get pre-World Cup camp running

Homare Sawa (C) and her Japan teammates run during their pre-World Cup training camp in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on May 18, 2015. The Nadeshiko began their quest to retain the title they won in 2011 in Germany. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs past Marugame Castle in the Kagawa Prefecture city of Marugame, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs past Marugame Castle in the Kagawa Prefecture city of Marugame, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Japanese No. 1 "udon" noodle chain's secrets of success in Russia

Satoshi Suga, manager of the International Business Development Division of Toridoll Holdings Corp., operator of Japan's biggest "udon" noodle restaurant chain, Marugame Seimen, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2016. The firm has shown the way forward for Japanese food service firms in the promising but difficult-to-crack market as Tokyo and Moscow seek to strengthen private-sector ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese No. 1 "udon" noodle chain's secrets of success in Russia

Satoshi Suga, manager of the International Business Development Division of Toridoll Holdings Corp., operator of Japan's biggest "udon" noodle restaurant chain, Marugame Seimen, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2016. The firm has shown the way forward for Japanese food service firms in the promising but difficult-to-crack market as Tokyo and Moscow seek to strengthen private-sector ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "udon" noodle attracting customers in Russia

Photo taken in January 2013 shows an "udon" Japanese noodle-tasting event in Moscow, prior to the opening of the first Moscow restaurant of Japan's biggest udon chain, Marugame Seimen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Probe of deadly copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island, leaving four dead and another missing. (Kyodo)

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Probe of Coast Guard helicopter crash in Japan

MARUGAME, Japan - The debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter is lifted for transportation at a Coast Guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2010. Five people aboard were killed in the crash. (Kyodo)

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Probe of copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Government investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture, leaving four dead and another missing. (Kyodo)

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Coast guard's copter part retrieved from sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A rear part of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea was retrieved and carried to a coast guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Four people died and one went missing in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Manual fans in high demand

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Traditional Japanese fans known as ''uchiwa'' roll off the production line at a factory in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on June 29, 2011. High demand for the manual fans in Japan has been spurred by power-saving efforts amid an energy shortage caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi wins women's 200 meters

MARUGAME, Japan - Momoko Takahashi (R) competes against Chisato Fukushima (L) to claim her first title in the women's 200 meters at the athletics national championships on June 6, 2010, at Marugame Stadium in Kagawa Prefecture. Takahashi finished in 23.56 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Murofushi takes title at national c'ships

MARUGAME, Japan - Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Koji Murofushi competes in the men's hammer throw event at the athletics national championships at Marugame Stadium in Kagawa Prefecture on June 5, 2010. Murofushi claimed his 16th consecutive title with an effort of 77.35 meters. (Kyodo)

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7th time lucky for apprentice police dog Kinako

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Dog trainer Shinji Kameyama gives a pat to Labrador retriever Kinako in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2010, as the Kagawa police said the same day that the dog has passed this year's test to become a police dog after failing for six years in a row and is set to start working in January 2011. (Kyodo)

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Int'l half marathon in Japan

Betsy Saina (L) of Kenya is pictured after winning the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon in Marugame, western Japan, on Feb. 3, 2019, alongside runner-up Ayuko Suzuki of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l half marathon in Japan

Betsy Saina of Kenya breaks the finishing tape at the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon in Marugame, western Japan, on Feb. 3, 2019, her second consecutive victory in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sydney gold medalist Takahashi 8th at Marugame 1/2 marathon

MARUGAME, Japan - Naoko Takahashi runs in her first race since winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at last fall's Sydney Games, but could only manage an eighth-place finish on Feb. 4 at the Marugame women's half-marathon.