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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama speaks at an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, held to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

An annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" is held in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024, shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor (L) was restarted the same day after meeting stricter safety requirements introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Nuclear reactor in Japan's Matsue restarted

Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2024, shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor (L) was restarted the same day after meeting stricter safety requirements introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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NRA head briefed on No.3 reactor at Shimane plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from L) receives a briefing under the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2015.

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NRA chief inspects No.3 reactor at Shimane plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from L) inspects the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2015.

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NRA inspects unit 2 of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (2nd from F), on behalf of NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, inspects the equipment of unit 2 and its accident measures at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2014. (Pool photo)

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NRA inspects No.3 reactor of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (R) inspects the inside of unit 3's reactor building at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. Starting date of commercial operation of unit 3 has not been set. (Pool photo)

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NRA inspects No.3 reactor of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (2nd from R) inspects the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japanese hand-made paper shortlisted for UNESCO heritage status

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2014, shows "Sekishubanshi," a type of traditional Japanese hand-made paper produced in the western Japanese prefecture. Traditional Japanese hand-made paper, including Sekishubanshi, has been shortlisted by a UNESCO preliminary review panel for inclusion on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency said the same day.

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Japanese tea maker explains products at fair in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Masaya Oshima (2nd from L), president of a Japanese tea maker in Matsue, Shimane prefecture, explains the firm's products to a woman at a fair in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 26, 2014, held by companies and local governments in the Japanese prefectures of Shimane and Tottori prefectures to introduce their local specialties.

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Love tale between penguin and zookeeper in Matsue

MATSUE, Japan - Takeshi Notsu, a zookeeper at Matsue Vogel Park, pats 10-year-old female penguin Sakura on March 12, 2014, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture in western Japan. Sakura frequently chases and stays close to Notsu in apparent courtship behaviors, according to the bird and flower park.

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Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - A ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014, to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, attended the ceremony to represent the government.

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Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, delivers a speech at the Takeshima Day ceremony in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014. The ceremony was held to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Tablet remote control for snow-melting system developed

MATSUE, Japan - A Komatsu Electric Industry Co. official demonstrates a new remote control application that enables users to operate a snow-melting system from smartphones and tablets on Feb. 18, 2014, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. Previously, the company's software was only available for computers.

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Takeshima Day event in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - A ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2013, marking "Takeshima Day." South Korea controls the pair of islets in the Sea of Japan and calls them Dokdo, while Japan claims the islands are part of Shimane Prefecture and calls them Takeshima.

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Shimane nuclear evacuation plan

OSAKA, Japan - A June 5, 2011, file photo shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power station in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The Shimane prefectural government on Nov. 21, 2012, announced a disaster preparedness plan that includes steps to evacuate around 396,000 residents living within 30 kilometers of the power station if an accident occurs.

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Shimane-Vladivostok liner cargo shipping route

MATSUE, Japan - Dmitriy Kurdakov (L) of Russian shipping company Fesco Transportation Group and Katsuhiro Takahashi, president of Japanese trading firm LIB Corp., shake hands at the Shimane prefectural government hall in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Nov. 19, 2012. The two companies agreed to open a new regular cargo shipping link between Hamada port in Shimane Prefecture and Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.

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Lafcadio Hearn's lamp stand

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows a lamp stand at the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum dedicated to naturalized Japanese writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Yakumo Koizumi, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2012. The museum was recently given the lamp, which was originally a gift from Hearn to Kenjiro Ume, a jurist. Born to an Irish father and Greek mother, Hearn arrived in Japan in 1890 and married a Japanese woman in Matsue, where he lived for a while. He introduced Japan's traditional culture to the world before passing away at the age of 54.

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Hearn exhibition in Matsue

MATSUE, Japan - The inside of the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, is pictured on March 30, 2012, ahead of a year-long exhibition from April 1, 2012. It follows through photographs the footsteps of writer Lafcadio Hearn, who became a naturalized Japanese known as Yakumo Koizumi.

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Annual ceremony to mark 'Takeshima Day'

MATSUE, Japan - An annual ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2012. Eleven lawmakers attended the ceremony to promote Japan's claim to a group of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, amid a protest rally by South Koreans.

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Ancient terracotta doll

MATSUE, Japan - A woman holds a terracotta doll that was reassembled from pieces excavated from a 5th century tomb in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, during a press conference in Matsue on Jan. 31, 2012. The doll depicts a man with sweptback hair, which the prefectural government archeological authority said is the first of such instance in Japan.

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Takeshima sovereignty issue exhibition in Shimane

MATSUE, Japan - A visitor is pictured on Jan. 18, 2012, at a six-week exhibition entitled ''The Syngman Rhee Line and Takeshima'' in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The prefectural government started the special exhibition the same day to call attention to the sovereignty issue surrounding a group of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan which is claimed by Japan as part of the western prefecture. The exhibition is to run through Feb. 29.

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T-shirt of Hearn's book introducing word 'tsunami

MATSUE, Japan - Hisao Nakamura, president of Nakamura Chaho Corp., holds a T-shirt carrying an image of Lafcadio Hearn's 1897 book that introduced the word ''tsunami'' to the world, in Matsue, western Japan, on Aug. 11, 2011. The T-shirt project is aimed at supporting victims of the March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Report on faulty reactor inspections

MATSUE, Japan - Vice President Mitsuo Matsui (C) and other officials of Chugoku Electric Power Co. bow after the utility revealed it had failed to properly inspect reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant in a press conference in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on June 3, 2010. The final report released by the company said it had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the plant in Matsue.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiko Aoki, the eldest son and secretary of veteran Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Mikio Aoki, speaks about his father's intention not to run in the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Mikio Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.