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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waves as he delivers a speech in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 7, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan 6

Typhoon Shanshan brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan as it made landfall in southern Kyushu Thursday morning, August 29.

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Miyazaki gov. congratulates Tomoji Tanabe as world's oldest man

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Kigashikokubaru (L) calls on Tomoji Tanabe (R), the world's oldest man at age 111, at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 11 to congratulate him for being officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man. Tanabe, who received the Guinness certificate in June, will mark his 112th birth on Sept. 18.

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Italian Ficcadenti takes reins of Japan league club FC Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Massimo Ficcadenti, an Italian football manager and former midfielder, expresses confidence as the new coach of J-League Division 1 club FC Tokyo in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Anti-volcano ash goggles for dogs

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2011, in a pet shop in the city of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, shows goggles, raincoats and other gear intended to protect dogs and cats from the damage of ash falling from a volcano. Shinmoe Peak began a series of eruptions on Jan. 26.

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Evacuation advisory lifted

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - People at a shelter in the city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture pack their belongings to return home on the night of Feb. 17, 2011. The city rescinded an evacuation advisory issued earlier that day as continuing rain threatened to trigger mudslides of accumulated ash from Shinmoe Peak, a volcano that recently erupted.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows smoke emerging from Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures on Feb. 13, 2011. The city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture urged some elderly residents to prepare for evacuation over fears that rain could trigger mudslides of accumulated ash.

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Foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Pigs are shipped in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 2, 2010, following the partial lifting of the state of emergency proclaimed for six weeks due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic among local livestock.

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Foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Pigs are shipped in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 2, 2010, following the partial lifting of the state of emergency proclaimed for six weeks due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic among local livestock.

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried (front) in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm (back) in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection.

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection.

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection.

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Foot-and-mouth disease

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting to deal with foot-and-month disease in Miyazaki Prefecture with farm minister Masahiko Yamada (L) also attending at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 10, 2010. Local authorities said that day three cows suspected of being infected with the disease in the city of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, have tested positive.

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in September 2007, Tomoji Tanabe (R), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, shakes hands with Miyagi Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture. Tanabe, who was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115, died of chronic heart failure on June 19. He was 113.

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (file photo), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, died of chronic heart failure at 113 at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on June 19. Tanabe was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115.

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World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (L), the world oldest man, is congratulated by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 as he turned 113 years. Tanabe was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in June last year.

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World's oldest man in Japan celebrates 112th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (R), a Japanese man who has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, is presented with flowers by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 to celebrate his 112th birthday.

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, speaks after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. ''Not drinking alcohol is the best formula for keeping myself healthy,'' he said with a smile.

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, looks at a certificate for being the world's oldest male presented by Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Asked how he feels about getting the certificate, Tanabe said with a smile, ''It is nothing extraordinary.''

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (fore left), a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, poses for a photo with Miyakonoji Mayor Makoto Nagamine (right) after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Standing in the back are Tanabe's family members.

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Miyazaki man listed as world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A 111-year-old man, Tomoji Tanabe (file photo taken September 2006), living in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has been listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest male, the city government said June 15.

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111-year-old Tanabe celebrates on Respect-for-the-Aged Day

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, the longest lived man in Japan who turned 111 on Respect-for-the-Aged Day on Sept. 18, celebrates with a cake in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Japanese pupils look at letters from Iraq

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Pupils at Kaminagae Primary School in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, look at letters and paintings by pupils of a Baghdad school Jan. 29. Naoya Ohira (L), head of a Japanese nongovernmental organization, brought back the work produced in response to letters from the Japanese children.

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Japanese girl one of Time's 'heroes for the planet'

MIYAZAKI, Japan - The photo shows Haruka Maruno and her pet dog Patrick. Haruka, a 12-year-old girl, has been chosen by Time magazine as one of its ''heroes for the planet'' for her invention of an environment-friendly pooper-scooper. She will be featured in the U.S. news magazine's Global Earth Day edition to go on sale April 19. Haruka lives in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Eco-friendly strategies prove profitable for some Japanese firms

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2017, shows a plant for producing methane gas at Kirishima Shuzo Co. in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eco-friendly strategies prove profitable for some Japanese firms

Takayuki Okumura, an official of Kirishima Shuzo Co., points to sweet potato scraps before they were fermented to produce methane gas in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (L), the world oldest man, is congratulated by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 as he turned 113 years. Tanabe was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in June last year. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man in Japan celebrates 112th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (R), a Japanese man who has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, is presented with flowers by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 to celebrate his 112th birthday. (Kyodo)

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111-year-old Tanabe celebrates on Respect-for-the-Aged Day

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, the longest lived man in Japan who turned 111 on Respect-for-the-Aged Day on Sept. 18, celebrates with a cake in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Centenarians in Japan number record 28,395

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, from Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, who turns 111 on Sept. 18, the Respect-for-the Aged Day is Japan's oldest man. Tanabe is looking forward to receiving a courtesy call by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine on that day. Centenarians across Japan number a record 28,395, comprising 4,150 men and 24,245 women. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki gov. congratulates Tomoji Tanabe as world's oldest man

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Kigashikokubaru (L) calls on Tomoji Tanabe (R), the world's oldest man at age 111, at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 11 to congratulate him for being officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man. Tanabe, who received the Guinness certificate in June, will mark his 112th birth on Sept. 18. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in September 2007, Tomoji Tanabe (R), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, shakes hands with Miyagi Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture. Tanabe, who was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115, died of chronic heart failure on June 19. He was 113. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (file photo), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, died of chronic heart failure at 113 at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on June 19. Tanabe was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, speaks after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. ''Not drinking alcohol is the best formula for keeping myself healthy,'' he said with a smile. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, looks at a certificate for being the world's oldest male presented by Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Asked how he feels about getting the certificate, Tanabe said with a smile, ''It is nothing extraordinary.'' (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (fore left), a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, poses for a photo with Miyakonoji Mayor Makoto Nagamine (right) after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. Standing in the back are Tanabe's family members. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki man listed as world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A 111-year-old man, Tomoji Tanabe (file photo taken September 2006), living in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has been listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest male, the city government said June 15. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation advisory lifted

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - People at a shelter in the city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture pack their belongings to return home on the night of Feb. 17, 2011. The city rescinded an evacuation advisory issued earlier that day as continuing rain threatened to trigger mudslides of accumulated ash from Shinmoe Peak, a volcano that recently erupted. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Pigs are shipped in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 2, 2010, following the partial lifting of the state of emergency proclaimed for six weeks due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic among local livestock. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Pigs are shipped in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 2, 2010, following the partial lifting of the state of emergency proclaimed for six weeks due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic among local livestock. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting to deal with foot-and-month disease in Miyazaki Prefecture with farm minister Masahiko Yamada (L) also attending at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 10, 2010. Local authorities said that day three cows suspected of being infected with the disease in the city of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, have tested positive. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection. (Kyodo)

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Foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Culled cows are buried (front) in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 10, 2010. All of the roughly 200 cows kept at the farm (back) in Miyakonojo where three cows tested positive for the disease were killed and disposed of to prevent the spread of infection. (Kyodo)

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Anti-volcano ash goggles for dogs

MIYAKONOJO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2011, in a pet shop in the city of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, shows goggles, raincoats and other gear intended to protect dogs and cats from the damage of ash falling from a volcano. Shinmoe Peak began a series of eruptions on Jan. 26. (Kyodo)

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows smoke emerging from Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures on Feb. 13, 2011. The city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture urged some elderly residents to prepare for evacuation over fears that rain could trigger mudslides of accumulated ash. (Kyodo)

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Avian flu outbreak in southwestern Japan

Culling of about 36,000 chickens is under way at a chicken farm in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2020, after an outbreak of avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak in southwestern Japan

Culling of about 36,000 chickens is under way at a chicken farm in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2020, after an outbreak of avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak in southwestern Japan

Culling of about 36,000 chickens is under way at a chicken farm in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2020, after an outbreak of avian flu was confirmed there.

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Avian flu outbreak in southwestern Japan

Culling of about 36,000 chickens is under way at a chicken farm in Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2020, after an outbreak of avian flu was confirmed there.