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Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Miyake Island residents celebrate the first anniversary of their return to the island after full evacuation in September 2000 due to volcanic activity on Feb. 1. They pledged to rebuild their lives on the island during a ceremony held at a junior high school.

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Miyake high school welcomes new students

MIYKE ISLAND, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government-run Miyake High School on Miyake Island holds an entrance ceremony on April 7, the first one since all islanders were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000.

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(2)High school reopens on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Students and teachers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Miyake High School on Miyake Island prepare to pose for photos during an opening ceremony for the new academic year on April 6 for the first time since all residents were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000.

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(1)High school reopens on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Students at the Tokyo Metropolitan Miyake High School on Miyake Island attend an opening ceremony for the new academic year on April 6 for the first time since all residents were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000.

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Miyake wins 53-kg nat'l weightlifting title

TOKYO, Japan - High school student Hiromi Miyake (R) wins the women's 53-kilogram category in the national weightlifting championships in Tokyo on June 26. At left is her father, Mexico Olympics bronze medalist Yoshiyuki Miyake.

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67 students evacuated from Miyake welcome 3rd term

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Sixty-seven elementary and junior high school students and their teachers from the island of Miyakejima attend a ceremony Jan. 8 to begin their third semester at the former Akikawa High School in Akiruno, western Tokyo. They were evacuated from the island in 2000 due to volcanic eruptions.

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Wakata talks with Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R on TV screen) talks with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and Science and Technology Agency chief Tadamori Oshima (C) Oct. 13. Hidenori Tsumura (R), captain of Miyake High School baseball club, has been invited to join. Wakata told Mori information technology (IT) will play a key role in advancing operations of space shuttles and other spacecraft.

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Eruption of Mt. Oyama forces Miyakejima residents to evacuates

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Following the Aug. 18 eruption of Mt. Oyama on Miyakejima Island south of Tokyo, islanders take shelter at a gymnasium in Miyake Junior High School in the Izu district Aug. 19. The 813-meter volcano belched smoke as high as 8,000 meters. Experts said the Aug. 18 eruption was the largest in the past six weeks.

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6 schools on Miyakejima Island resume classes

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Photo shows pupils at Ako Elementary School in the village of Miyake on Miyakejima Island, whose classes resume July 3, along with five other elementary and junior high schools after seven days of temporary closure caused by the threat of a volcanic eruption on the island. Life on Miyakejima, a small volcanic island 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, is gradually returning to normal.

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(1)High school reopens on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Students at the Tokyo Metropolitan Miyake High School on Miyake Island attend an opening ceremony for the new academic year on April 6 for the first time since all residents were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000. (Kyodo)

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(2)High school reopens on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Students and teachers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Miyake High School on Miyake Island prepare to pose for photos during an opening ceremony for the new academic year on April 6 for the first time since all residents were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000. (Kyodo)

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Miyake high school welcomes new students

MIYKE ISLAND, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government-run Miyake High School on Miyake Island holds an entrance ceremony on April 7, the first one since all islanders were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000. (Kyodo)

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Miyake wins 53-kg nat'l weightlifting title

TOKYO, Japan - High school student Hiromi Miyake (R) wins the women's 53-kilogram category in the national weightlifting championships in Tokyo on June 26. At left is her father, Mexico Olympics bronze medalist Yoshiyuki Miyake. (Kyodo)

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Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Miyake Island residents celebrate the first anniversary of their return to the island after full evacuation in September 2000 due to volcanic activity on Feb. 1. They pledged to rebuild their lives on the island during a ceremony held at a junior high school. (Kyodo)

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Wakata talks with Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R on TV screen) talks with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and Science and Technology Agency chief Tadamori Oshima (C) Oct. 13. Hidenori Tsumura (R), captain of Miyake High School baseball club, has been invited to join. Wakata told Mori information technology (IT) will play a key role in advancing operations of space shuttles and other spacecraft.

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Eruption of Mt. Oyama forces Miyakejima residents to evacuates

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Following the Aug. 18 eruption of Mt. Oyama on Miyakejima Island south of Tokyo, islanders take shelter at a gymnasium in Miyake Junior High School in the Izu district Aug. 19. The 813-meter volcano belched smoke as high as 8,000 meters. Experts said the Aug. 18 eruption was the largest in the past six weeks.

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6 schools on Miyakejima Island resume classes

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Photo shows pupils at Ako Elementary School in the village of Miyake on Miyakejima Island, whose classes resume July 3, along with five other elementary and junior high schools after seven days of temporary closure caused by the threat of a volcanic eruption on the island. Life on Miyakejima, a small volcanic island 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, is gradually returning to normal.