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Scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square' displayed

TOKYO, Japan - A scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" is displayed in Tokyo on May 22, 2014, ahead of its planned construction at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Actress, director show scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square'

TOKYO, Japan - Actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (2nd from R) and movie director Yoji Yamada (2nd from L) stand before a scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. The square is to be built at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Police box named Kitaro booth

YONAGO, Japan - Kazuaki Matsukawa (R), chief of a local police station, raises a new sign for a police patrol booth at Yonago airport in Tottori Prefecture with characters from the popular cartoon series ''Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro'' by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of the prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010, as the booth was named as Yonago Kitaro airport security outpost.

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Yoshida wins 6th straight national title

TOKYO, Japan - Reigning world and Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (L) attacks Chikako Matsukawa in the final of the 55-kg category at the wrestling national championships at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex on Dec. 23. Yoshida captured her sixth consecutive title in convincing fashion.

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Geothermal generation sluggish with higher costs

HACHIMANTAI, Japan - Japan's first commercial geothermal plant, Matsukawa Geothermal Plant in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture. This photo was taken on July 27.

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Baseball: All-Star Game in Japan

Pacific League starting pitcher Roki Sasaki (L) and catcher Ko Matsukawa are pictured during the first inning in Game 2 of Japanese baseball's two-game All-Star series against the Central League on July 27, 2022, at Botchan Stadium in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.

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Baseball: Sasaki throws perfect game in Japan

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki (R) is congratulated by rookie catcher Ko Matsukawa after throwing a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, in a Pacific League baseball game at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan.

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Baseball: Sasaki throws perfect game in Japan

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki is congratulated by rookie catcher Ko Matsukawa after throwing a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, in a Pacific League baseball game at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan.

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Baseball: Sasaki throws perfect game in Japan

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki (17) is congratulated by rookie catcher Ko Matsukawa after throwing a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, in a Pacific League baseball game at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan.

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Yoshida wins 6th straight national title

TOKYO, Japan - Reigning world and Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (L) attacks Chikako Matsukawa in the final of the 55-kg category at the wrestling national championships at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex on Dec. 23. Yoshida captured her sixth consecutive title in convincing fashion. (Kyodo)

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Tarai-nori Kyoso in Ito

Participants paddle washtubs down the Matsukawa River in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, during the Tarai-nori Kyoso event on July 3, 2016. A total of 242 people took part in the event, in which participants inside 1-meter-wide traditional Japanese wooden washtubs paddle with large rice-scoop-shaped oars and race for about 400 meters. (Photo courtesy of the Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People enjoy tree climbing in Nagano town, central Japan

People enjoy tree climbing during an event in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2015. The event was organized by a Japanese branch of Tree Climbing International, a U.S.-based organization promoting tree climbing as a safe recreational activity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tree climbing gaining popularity in Japan

Tree climbing is gaining popularity in Japan as seen in this hands-on event conducted in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 18, 2015. The event was organized by a Japanese branch of Tree Climbing International, a U.S.-based organization promoting tree climbing as a safe recreational activity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Efforts to preserve lessons of Matsukawa case continue

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Suzuki, a former Matsukawa case defendant who faced the death penalty before eventually being acquitted, talks during an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 16, 2009, at his home in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. He recalled how he struggled to prove his innocence. (Kyodo)

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Police box named Kitaro booth

YONAGO, Japan - Kazuaki Matsukawa (R), chief of a local police station, raises a new sign for a police patrol booth at Yonago airport in Tottori Prefecture with characters from the popular cartoon series ''Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro'' by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of the prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010, as the booth was named as Yonago Kitaro airport security outpost. (Kyodo)