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'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Katsuhisa Nakata, 80-year-old director of "Missing Post Office," drops a postcard into a tin box in the office on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

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Visitors read postcards sent to 'Missing Post Office'

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Visitors to "Missing Post Office" on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, read postcards sent to the office as 80-year-old postmaster Katsuhisa Tanaka looks on in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

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S. Korea's Ahn bags 3rd Japan earnings title

MITOYO, Japan - Ahn Sun Ju of South Korea celebrates with a cake at Elleair Golf Course in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014, after capturing her third earnings title on Japan's LPGA tour. Ahn clinched this year's crown when she finished in a tie for eighth place at the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament.

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S. Korea's Ahn bags 3rd Japan earnings title

MITOYO, Japan - Ahn Sun Ju of South Korea plays in the final round of the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament at Elleair Golf Course in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. Ahn captured her third earnings title on Japan's LPGA tour when she finished in a tie for eighth place at the tournament.

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Yokomine wins Daio Elleair golf tournament

MITOYO, Japan - Sakura Yokomine poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament at Elleair Golf Club in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. Yokomine won the tournament with an 18-under 270.

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Yokomine wins Daio Elleair golf tournament

MITOYO, Japan - Sakura Yokomine celebrates after her victory in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament at Elleair Golf Club in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. Yokomine won the tournament with an 18-under 270.

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Ahn clinches 2nd money title

MITOYO, Japan - South Korea's Ahn Sung Ju gives a V sign before eating a cake to celebrate clinching her second consecutive Japan LPGA money title with one event left in the season after finishing in a tie for eighth at the Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011.

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Lee wins Elleair Ladies

MITOYO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee holds the winner's trophy after her victory in the Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011.

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Arimura grabs lead with record-tying 62 at Elleair Ladies Open

MITOYO, Japan - Chie Arimura matches a Japan LPGA record with a 10-under 62 to take a four-shot lead after the second round of the Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2009.

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Ueda clinches money title with Daio Paper Elleair title

MITOYO, Japan - Momoko Ueda poses for a photo with her cup in hands after completing a wire-to-wire victory at the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 18. She became the youngest money title winner on the Japan LPGA tour.

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents carry away boxes of evidence from the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 12, after a search on suspicion that the former executive used falsified seals in documents of transactions between a Katokichi subsidiary and an Osaka-based trading house. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices.

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents enter the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of using falsified seals in documents of transactions between Katokichi Suisan Co., a Katokichi subsidiary, and the Osaka-based trading house T.Chatani & Co. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices.

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Japan's oldest person dies at 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (in undated file photo), the oldest person in Japan, died of pneumonia on April 5 aged 114 at a hospital in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, her family said. She became the country's oldest person after Mitoyo Kawate in Hiroshima City died at 114 on Nov. 13, 2003. Yone Minagawa, 112, who lives in Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, has now become the oldest person in Japan, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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Koyama becomes oldest person in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (file picture taken in February 1993), a 113-year-old resident of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, became the oldest person in Japan after Mitoyo Kawate, died Nov. 13 at the age of 114 in Hiroshima. Kawate had been recognized as the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Hiroshima woman listed as world's oldest person at 114

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Guinness Book of Records has listed 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate (file photo) of Hiroshima city as the world's oldest person. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture on May 15, 1889, Kawate became the world's oldest person after Kamato Hongo of Kagoshima died of pneumonia Oct. 31 at the age of 116.

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Japan's oldest person after Hongo's death

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows Mitoyo Kawate, 114, of the city of Hiroshima, who became the oldest person in Japan, following the death on Oct. 31 of Kamato Hongo, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Hongo had been Japan's oldest person since 1999 when she was 111.

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Cherry blossoms on Mt. Shiude

Cherry trees are in full bloom on Mt. Shiude in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 5, 2022, with isles in the Seto Inland Sea seen in the background.

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Cherry blossoms on Mt. Shiude

Cherry trees are in full bloom on Mt. Shiude in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 5, 2022, with isles in the Seto Inland Sea seen in the background.

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Cherry blossoms on Mt. Shiude

Cherry trees are in full bloom on Mt. Shiude in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 5, 2022, with isles in the Seto Inland Sea seen in the background.

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Japan's oldest person dies at 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (in undated file photo), the oldest person in Japan, died of pneumonia on April 5 aged 114 at a hospital in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, her family said. She became the country's oldest person after Mitoyo Kawate in Hiroshima City died at 114 on Nov. 13, 2003. Yone Minagawa, 112, who lives in Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, has now become the oldest person in Japan, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. (Kyodo)

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Ueda clinches money title with Daio Paper Elleair title

MITOYO, Japan - Momoko Ueda poses for a photo with her cup in hands after completing a wire-to-wire victory at the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 18. She became the youngest money title winner on the Japan LPGA tour. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a beach in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

The Tokyo Olympic flame is passed from torch to torch during its relay on a beach in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner holds the Olympic flame on a beach in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2021.

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Cutting-edge composting plant in operation on Shikoku

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, shows a new waste disposal plant in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan that uses a cost effective, economically friendly composting method to decompose waste and produce fuel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents carry away boxes of evidence from the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 12, after a search on suspicion that the former executive used falsified seals in documents of transactions between a Katokichi subsidiary and an Osaka-based trading house. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices. (Kyodo)

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents enter the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of using falsified seals in documents of transactions between Katokichi Suisan Co., a Katokichi subsidiary, and the Osaka-based trading house T.Chatani & Co. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices. (Kyodo)

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'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Katsuhisa Nakata, 80-year-old director of "Missing Post Office," drops a postcard into a tin box in the office on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members. (Kyodo)

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Yokomine wins Daio Elleair golf tournament

MITOYO, Japan - Sakura Yokomine celebrates after her victory in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament at Elleair Golf Club in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. Yokomine won the tournament with an 18-under 270. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's Ahn bags 3rd Japan earnings title

MITOYO, Japan - Ahn Sun Ju of South Korea celebrates with a cake at Elleair Golf Course in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014, after capturing her third earnings title on Japan's LPGA tour. Ahn clinched this year's crown when she finished in a tie for eighth place at the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies open golf tournament. (Kyodo)

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Ahn clinches 2nd money title

MITOYO, Japan - South Korea's Ahn Sung Ju gives a V sign before eating a cake to celebrate clinching her second consecutive Japan LPGA money title with one event left in the season after finishing in a tie for eighth at the Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Lee wins Elleair Ladies

MITOYO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee holds the winner's trophy after her victory in the Elleair Ladies Open at Elleair Golf Club in Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011. (Kyodo)

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4th case of avian flu in western Japan

Workers in protective suits wait near a chicken farm in Mitoyo, western Japan, where the season's fourth case of avian flu was confirmed and the third in the city in Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's first case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

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Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's first case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

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Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's third case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

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Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's third case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020, shows a worker in a protective suit at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits head to a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits head to a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits work at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits head to a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits work at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 5, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits during an operation to cull around 330,000 chickens at a farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Keizo Hamada, governor of Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, speaks at a task force meeting at the prefectural government headquarters in Takamatsu on Nov. 5, 2020, after the outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed at a chicken farm in Mitoyo.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits work at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed, on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Avian flu outbreak confirmed in western Japan

Authorities in protective suits work at a chicken farm in Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu was confirmed, on Nov. 5, 2020.