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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, gives an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election

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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, gives an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election

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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, gives an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election.

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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, poses for a photo during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election.

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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, poses for a photo during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election.

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New upper house lawmaker Anno

Takahiro Anno, leader of Team Mirai, poses for a photo during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after winning a seat in Japan's July House of Councillors election.

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Japan: Fire Erupts on Fireworks Barges at Yokohama Festival, Event Canceled 2

A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the event's cancellation. Five crew members jumped into the sea and were rescued; one sustained minor injuries. About 20,000 fireworks had been scheduled, but the blaze — reportedly caused by a launch system malfunction — continued firing briefly despite attempts to stop it. The fire was extinguished by Tuesday morning, and police and the coast guard are investigating.

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Japan: Fire Erupts on Fireworks Barges at Yokohama Festival, Event Canceled

A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the cancellation of the event. Five crew members jumped into the sea and were rescued, with one sustaining minor injuries. About 20,000 fireworks had been scheduled, but the blaze — reportedly caused by a launch system malfunction — continued firing for a short time despite attempts to halt it. The fire was extinguished Tuesday morning, and police and the coast guard are investigating.

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Mirai Works signage and logo

Mirai Works signage and logo=June 13,2025,Tokyo

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Mirai Works signage and logo

Mirai Works signage and logo=June 13,2025,Tokyo

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Mirai Works signage and logo

Mirai Works signage and logo=June 13,2025,Tokyo

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MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo

MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo=April 15,2025,Tokyo

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MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo

MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo=April 15,2025,Tokyo

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MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo

MiRaI Wealth Partners signage and logo=April 15,2025,Tokyo

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Yokohama waterfront

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on Dec. 23, 2017, shows an aerial view of the Minato Mirai 21 waterfront area in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Yokohama waterfront

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on Dec. 23, 2017, shows an aerial view of the Minato Mirai 21 waterfront area in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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S. Korea's Chun takes lead at halfway point of Japan LPGA major

IBARAKI, Japan, May 8 Kyodo - South Korea's Chun In Gee tees off during the second round of the Japan LPGA Tour's Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukuba-Mirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 8, 2015. Chun followed her opening 66 with a 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead in the 72-hole major tournament.

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Toyota Mirai fuel-cell cars delivered to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., attend a ceremony to deliver Toyota Mirai fuel-cell sedans to the government in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Three of the fuel-cell vehicles, which run on electricity generated through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in an onboard fuel cell, were delivered for the government's official use.

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Toyota Mirai fuel-cell cars delivered to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after taking a test-drive in a Toyota Motor Corp. Mirai fuel-cell sedan. Three of the fuel-cell vehicles, which run on electricity generated through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in an onboard fuel cell, were delivered for the government's official use.

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Toyota Mirai fuel-cell cars delivered to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, as he takes a test-drive in a Toyota Motor Corp. Mirai fuel-cell sedan. Three of the fuel-cell vehicles, which run on electricity generated through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in an onboard fuel cell, were delivered for the government's official use.

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North American International Auto Show

DETROIT, United States - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Mirai fuel-cell vehicle is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 12, 2015.

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Parts maker unveils key component for fuel-cell car

NAGOYA, Japan - Officials of Aichi Steel Corp. brief the press on a newly developed stainless steel material for use as components in the hydrogen-powered vehicle "Mirai" (future) produced by Toyota Motor Corp., the world's first commercial fuel cell model, in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014. Aichi is one of the three parts manufacturers that unveiled newly developed key components for the vehicle the day after it was put on sale on Dec. 15.

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Toyota starts selling Mirai fuel-cell car in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2014, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Mirai hydrogen-powered vehicle displayed in Tokyo. Toyota began selling the car in Japan on Dec. 15, becoming the world's first automaker to offer the advanced environmentally friendly car to general consumers.

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Toyota starts selling Mirai fuel-cell car in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2014, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Mirai hydrogen-powered vehicle displayed in Tokyo. Toyota began selling the car in Japan on Dec. 15, becoming the world's first automaker to offer the advanced environmentally friendly car to general consumers.

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Toyota's Mirai fuel cell vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s new Mirai fuel cell sedan runs on a test course in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 19, 2014.

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Toyota unveils hydrogen-powered fuel cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. takes the wraps off its "Mirai" hydrogen-powered car in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, ahead of the release of the world's first fuel-cell vehicle for general consumers on Dec. 15.

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Toyota to release hydrogen-powered fuel cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, its "Mirai" hydrogen-powered car, the world's first fuel-cell vehicle for general consumers, ahead of its release on Dec. 15.

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Toyota to launch world's 1st fuel-cell vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows the Mirai hydrogen-powered vehicle that Toyota Motor Corp. will start selling on Dec. 15. The Japanese automaker will become the world's first automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle for general consumers.

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Launch ceremony for electric boat for tours off Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - A launch ceremony is held for a new electric excursion boat, the Mirai, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2014. The boat will be used to carry tourists around the Kujukushima Islands off the Japanese city, starting on April 1, 2015.

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Toyota to name fuel cell vehicle Mirai

NAGOYA, Japan - A prototype of a Toyota Motor Corp. fuel cell vehicle planned to go on sale in fiscal 2014 is seen in an undated photo. The automaker is expected to name the vehicle Mirai, believed to be associated with the Japanese word meaning the future.

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Biggest plant factory with LED lighting built in quake-hit city

TAGAJO, Japan - A worker tends to vegetables at the world's largest plant factory using light-emitting diode lighting in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 2, 2014. Mirai Co., a Tokyo-based company that runs vegetable growing facilities, has built the factory, which is expected to produce 10,000 heads of lettuce and other vegetables per day, in the northeastern Japan city devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Biggest plant factory with LED lighting built in quake-hit city

TAGAJO, Japan - A worker walks inside the world's largest plant factory using light-emitting diode lighting in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 2, 2014. Mirai Co., a Tokyo-based company that runs vegetable growing facilities, has built the factory, which is expected to produce 10,000 heads of lettuce and other vegetables per day, in the northeastern Japan city devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Head of large-scale plant farm shows lettuce

CHIBA, Japan - President Shigeharu Shimamura of Mirai Co. holds a bag of lettuce produced at a large-scale plant factory in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on May 5, 2014.

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Japan cultural envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 22, 2013, shows six of eight arts professionals whom Japan has selected as cultural ambassadors to help promote Japanese arts and culture overseas. They are (from L to R) calligrapher Souun Takeda, art unit Maywa Denki member Nobumichi Tosa, plaster artist Shuhei Hasado, Japanese-style gardener Masashi Hirao, dancer and choreographer Kaiji Moriyama, and "taiko" player Leonard Eto. The other two, actor Mirai Moriyama and Tama Art University professor Yuko Hasegawa, are not in the photo.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of some of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party and Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Main opposition Liberal Democratic Party head Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), take part in a debate in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, on the Nico Nico Douga webcast site ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada answers reporters' questions at the prefectural hall in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2012. She formed a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), the previous day ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election, calling for phasing out Japan's reliance on nuclear power within 10 years.

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Antinuclear power party

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsunari Iida, acting leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, after submitting an application to formally register a group of Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, as a political party, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Antinuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada speaks with reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor formally launched her new political party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), earlier in the day, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Anti-nuclear power party

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada is surrounded by reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. The governor announced the previous day her plan to form a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), calling for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.