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Gust damages houses in Tochigi

Gust damages houses in Tochigi

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows damaged houses in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan on Aug. 11, 2014, following a strong gust of wind suspected to be a tornado.

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Gust damages houses in Tochigi

Gust damages houses in Tochigi

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows damaged houses in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan on Aug. 11, 2014, following a strong gust of wind suspected to be a tornado.

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Gust damages houses in Tochigi

Gust damages houses in Tochigi

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows damaged houses in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan on Aug. 11, 2014, following a strong gust of wind suspected to be a tornado.

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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29.

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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan.

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed.

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Plate-smashing 'kyogen' drama staged at Kyoto temple

Plate-smashing 'kyogen' drama staged at Kyoto temple

Masked "drum sellers" drop some 1,000 fragile stacked clay plates off the stage of Mibu-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, during a traditional "kyogen" comic drama called "Horaku-wari" (smashing plates) on April 29, 2015. When the plates are broken, the wish of the person donating them is said to come true. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 6, 2010, shows Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture. Public health officials said the same day that a new type of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in one patient at the hospital, which will be the first case in Japan if confirmed. (Kyodo)

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New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

New type of bacteria with antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 found

MIBU, Japan - Dokkyo Medical University Hospital director Toshimitsu Kitajima (L) and other doctors speak at a press conference at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2010. The hospital said a new variant of superbug with the NDM-1 gene, which is resistant to most antibiotics, has been found in a Japanese male patient in his 50s at the hospital in Tochigi Prefecture following his return from India, the first case of such a superbug in Japan. (Kyodo)

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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29. (Kyodo)

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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29. (Kyodo)

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Gust damages houses in Tochigi

Gust damages houses in Tochigi

MIBU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows damaged houses in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan on Aug. 11, 2014, following a strong gust of wind suspected to be a tornado.(Kyodo)

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"Mibu Kyogen" drama in Kyoto

"Mibu Kyogen" drama in Kyoto

Performers shove dishes from the stage for a popular dish-smashing routine during a "Mibu Kyogen" traditional drama at Mibu temple in Kyoto on April 29, 2021. The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through May 5.

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"Mibu Kyogen" drama in Kyoto

"Mibu Kyogen" drama in Kyoto

Performers shove dishes from the stage for a popular dish-smashing routine during a "Mibu Kyogen" traditional drama at Mibu temple in Kyoto on April 29, 2021. The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through May 5.

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