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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito plants a tree after attending a greenery conservation event in Matsudo in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on June 7, 2025.

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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a greenery conservation event in Matsudo in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on June 7, 2025.

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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a greenery conservation event in Matsudo in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on June 7, 2025.

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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a Japanese garden after attending a greenery conservation event in Matsudo in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on June 7, 2025.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura trains at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura (2nd from L) practices at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura (R) practices at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura (L) practices at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

MATSUDO, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Ozeki Kotozakura holds a press conference at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12. Winner of the Emperor's Cup in the November Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Kotozakura seeks promotion to sumo's highest-ranked yokozuna during the forthcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura holds a press conference at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12. Winner of the Emperor's Cup in the November Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Kotozakura seeks promotion to sumo's highest-ranked yokozuna during the forthcoming tournament.

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (L) attends a press conference at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, following a ceremony to inform him of his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka attends a press conference at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, following a ceremony to inform him of his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (R) poses for a photo with red seabream at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, after he accepted his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (2nd from L) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (2nd from L) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Kotonowaka earns promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kotonowaka (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo near Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024. Sitting next to him is his father and stablemaster Sadogatake. (Pool photo)

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FARMING IN SUBURBAN TOKYO

FARMING IN SUBURBAN TOKYO, Aiming for Attractive Agriculture Masao Takahashi, leeks, ajisai leeks, JA Chiba, computers, cooking, food=Date:1994, Place:Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture,JAPAN

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Japan PM Kishida visits child-care facility

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after visiting a child-care facility in Matsudo, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida visit child-care facility

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (5th from R) visits a child-care facility in Matsudo, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida visits child-care facility

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far L) visits a child-care facility in Matsudo, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Kotomitsuki set for ozeki debut as JSA releases autumn rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Kotomitsuki (R) and his stable master Sadogatake pose for photographers at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 27, holding up the rankings list for the Sept. 9-23 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo released by the Japan Sumo Association earlier in the day.

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PM Abe in stump speech

MATSUDO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a stump speech in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 29, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Farmers harvest pumpkins grown from seeds back from space

CHIBA, Japan - Mamoru Hayashi, leader of a citizens' group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, poses on Oct. 17, 2014, with pumpkins grown from seeds brought to and back from space by Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a native of the Tokyo suburb. The group hopes to market them under the "space pumpkin" brand and make them a local specialty.

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Farmers' group promotes pumpkins grown from space seeds

CHIBA, Japan - Mamoru Hayashi (L), leader of a citizens' group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, promoting pumpkins grown from seeds brought to and back from space, poses with the owner of a local Japanese confectionary shop in the Tokyo suburb on Oct. 17, 2014. The shop sells "dorayaki" that uses the "space pumpkins" as the filling sandwiched between sweet Japanese pancakes.

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Funassyi, Funaemon pose for photo with Funabashi mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Funassyi (C) and Funaemon (L), mascot characters of Funabashi City, pose for photos with Mayor Toru Matsudo in October 2013.

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Ozeki Kisenosato

MATSUDO, Japan - Ozeki Kisenosato holds a press conference at Naruto Stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2013, on the release the same day by the Japan Sumo Association of wrestlers' rankings for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament beginning Jan. 12 at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

MATSUDO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kotoyuki (L) holds a new rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster Sadogatake at their stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012. Kotoyuki, ranked as a No. 15 maegashira, is just one new face in the elite makuuchi division in the Jan. 13-27 tournament in Tokyo.

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Seeds derived from those taken to space station go to disaster area

MORIOKA, Japan - An official (L) of the city government of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, delivers pumpkin seeds to the Iwate Prefecture education board at the Iwate prefectural hall in Morioka on April 25, 2012, accompanied by a message from former astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a Matsudo native. The seeds, which are derived from pumpkin seeds taken to the International Space Station by Yamazaki aboard the space shuttle Discovery, were delivered with the aim of instilling hope in children affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Rankings for January sumo meet

MATSUDO, Japan - Kisenosato indicates his promotion to ozeki in a list of sumo rankings in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association released the new rankings the same day for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo in January.

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Workers at Mabuchi Motor plant in Vietnam

OSAKA, Japan - Factory workers inspect product parts at a Mabuchi Motor Co. plant in Danang, Vietnam, in November 2011. The Japanese small motor maker, based in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, built the plant in the central Vietnam city in 2005, with its workforce growing to around 4,800.

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Kotoshogiku promoted to ozeki

MATSUDO, Japan - Kotoshogiku (2nd from L) bows as he is officially notified by the Japan Sumo Association of his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki at Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 28, 2011. He is the first Japanese wrestler to assume the ozeki rank in four years.

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Kotoshogiku in press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kotoshogiku (R), a sekiwake belonging to the Sadogatake stable, and stablemaster Sadogatake hold a press conference at the sumo stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2011, a night after Kotoshogiku secured promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Kotoshogiku in press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kotoshogiku, a sekiwake belonging to the Sadogatake stable, smiles during a press conference at the sumo stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2011, a night after securing promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Hitachi develops technology to recycle rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, shows separated parts of hard disk drive motors which contain rare earths in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. Hitachi Ltd. said it had developed technology to collect rare earths from components in electric appliances and recycle enough for about 10 percent of the group's usage from 2013.

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Kotomitsuki, 29 JSA members admit to gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kotomitsuki, a sumo wrestler in the second-highest rank of the sport, gets into a vehicle near his residence in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on June 17, 2010. Kotomitsuki confessed to his involvement in illegal gambling on baseball, a scandal over which Tokyo police grilled a sumo stablemaster the same day.

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Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit with Yamazaki on board

TOKYO, Japan - Children in the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, hometown of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, cheer as they watch the space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lift off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, via satellite broadcasting on April 5, 2010.

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Japanese grow vegetables in Antarctic thanks to 'Green Room'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeharu Shimamura, president of Mirai Co. of Tokyo, explains the mechanism of a vegetable factory at the vegetable sales store ''Green Flavor'' in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, in April.

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Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu announces engagement

MATSUDO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu raises his fiancee Asako Ando during a news conference to announce their engagement in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture on May 5. Their wedding ceremony is scheduled for February next year.

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Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu announces engagement

MATSUDO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (L) and his fiancee Asako Ando attend a news conference in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture on May 5 to announce their engagement. Their wedding ceremony is scheduled for February next year.

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Drug firms capitalize on battle against hay fever

TOKYO, Japan - Pharmaceutical products to cope with hay fever fill the shelves at major drugstore chain Matsumotokiyoshi's Mabashi store in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 19.

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Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu speaks at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki (champion) Kotooshu smiles during a press conference at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on May 26, a day after he won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, becoming the first European to capture an Emperor's Cup.

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Kotooshu celebrates after clinching Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu raises two sea breams in celebration at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on May 24 after clinching the title of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with an unbeatable 13-1 record on the 14th day of the 15-day meet. Standing behind him is Stefanov Mahlyanov, Kotooshu's father. Sea breams, or ''tai'' in Japanese, are used on festive occasions in Japan as the word rhymes with ''medetai,'' or ''felicity.''

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Kotooshu celebrates with stable master after Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (R) and his stable master Sadogatake celebrate at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on May 24 after Kotooshu clinched the title of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with an unbeatable 13-1 record on the 14th day of the 15-day meet. Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, is the first European wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup.

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Kotooshu celebrates with stable master after Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (L) and his stable master Sadogatake pose at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on May 24 after Kotooshu clinched the title of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with an unbeatable 13-1 record on the 14th day of the 15-day meet. Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, is the first European wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup.

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Kotooshu celebrates with father after clinching Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (L) toasts with his father Stefanov Mahlyanov (C back) at the Sadogatake stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on May 24 after Kotooshu clinched the title of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with an unbeatable 13-1 record on the 14th day of the 15-day meet. Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, is the first European wrestler to win an Emperor's Cup.

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DPJ's Ota wins in Chiba by-election

MATSUDO, Japan - Kazumi Ota of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan smiles at her campaign office in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on April 23 after winning the House of Representatives by-election in the Chiba No. 7 constituency.

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DPJ's Ota wins in Chiba by-election

MATSUDO, Japan - Kazumi Ota of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan celebrates at her campaign office in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on April 23 after winning the House of Representatives by-election in the Chiba No. 7 constituency.

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Party leaders campaign in Chiba Prefecture

MATSUDO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (C) and Acting President Naoto Kan (R) campaign in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on April 22 on the eve of a lower house by-election slated for April 23.

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Party leaders campaign in Chiba Prefecture

MATSUDO, Japan - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzso Fuyushiba appeals to voters as his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Tsutomu Takebe watches in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on April 22 on the eve of a lower house by-election slated for April 23.