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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

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Steam-powered Ginga train unveiled in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - The steam-powered Ginga (Milky Way) train is unveiled on Feb. 2, 2014, at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture ahead of the planned start in April of the train's service mainly in the northeastern Japanese prefecture.

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Last of 2011 quake debris from Iwate heads to Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - The last batch of debris caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is loaded onto a container in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 31, 2014, for disposal in Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government has been engaged in the disposal of such debris in support of reconstruction efforts in the disaster-hit Tohoku region.

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Final debris from 2011 disaster leaves for Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - A truck carrying the final batch of wreckage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami leaves for Tokyo from a debris collection and selection site in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Sansa Odori Festival starts in Morioka

MORIOKA, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - Dancers wearing Japanese summer kimono, or yukata, parade through the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Morioka on Aug. 1, 2015, giving drums a bang. The Sansa Odori Dance Festival will go through Aug. 4, with around 35,000 people participating.

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School rebuilding in tsunami-hit northern Japan delayed

MORIOKA, Japan - A site for building elementary and middle schools in a residential area in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 31, 2014. Reconstruction of public schools in the region's coastal area, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, has been delayed due to rising prices of building materials and labor in short supply.

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Iwate Nippo daily reopens bureau in quake-hit town

MORIOKA, Japan - Newspaper publisher Iwate Nippo Co., based in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, holds a ceremony in Rikuzentakata on Oct. 8, 2014, to commemorate the completion of a new local bureau office replacing its predecessor severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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Poet Kenji Miyazawa's postcards found

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned early 20th-century poet and fairytale writer Kenji Miyazawa's personal items, including postcards sent to a friend of his high school years in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are shown to the press on Sept. 24, 2014.

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DPJ endorses new leadership

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo shows the new leadership of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan after it was endorsed at a meeting of DPJ parliamentarians in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2014. The DPJ leadership comprises (from L) Katsuya Okada, a former party chief newly appointed as acting president, President Banri Kaieda, Acting President Yoshiaki Takaki, and Yukio Edano, newly appointed as secretary general.

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Repaired 'Benzaiten' statue unveiled in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - The statue of "Benzaiten," a Japanese goddess originated from the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is displayed in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2014, after repairs from damaged caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami were completed. It was originally enshrined at the town's gourd-shaped Horai Island (L back), regarded as the model of the island in the TV puppet show "Hyokkori Hyotanjima."

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Stone monument describing tsunami terror unveiled

MORIOKA, Japan - A stone monument with an engraving of a poem describing the terror of a tsunami is unveiled in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Poet Yoshi Tabata, standing by the monument, experienced the two devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region in 1933 and 2011.

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Sushi served on disaster-hit Sanriku Railway

MORIOKA, Japan - A family enjoys sushi with local scallops on the "Sushi train" of Sanriku Railway Co.'s South Rias Line running through Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014.

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Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - An official in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, touches a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

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Train stops at station repaired after tsunami damage

MORIOKA, Japan - A train of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line stops at Shimanokoshi Station in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 27, 2014, as it reopens after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Ex-fisherman teaches knitting workshop

MORIOKA, Japan - Former fisherman Katsumasa Sasaki (L) teaches how to knit bags and hammocks, among other things, based on his skills and experience making fishnets, at a workshop in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in June 2014. Sasaki moved to the inland city from the town of Yamada on the prefecture's coast after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex-fisherman teaches knitting workshop

MORIOKA, Japan - Former fisherman Katsumasa Sasaki (2nd from L) teaches how to knit bags and hammocks, among other things, based on his skills and experience making fishnets, at a workshop in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in June 2014. Sasaki moved to the inland city from the town of Yamada on the prefecture's coast after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - A total of 3,437 Japanese "taiko" drummers pose for a commemorative photo in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 29, 2014, after performing in unison to break the current Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants in an event of the kind set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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Support center for disaster orphans completed

MORIOKA, Japan - A sandbag is hung from the ceiling of Kazan-no-heya, meaning "volcano room," installed for stress-releasing purposes, in Rikuzentakata Rainbow House in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. The facility is run by Ashinaga, an organization that provides educational and emotional support for orphans worldwide, to support orphans from 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

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Efforts to keep local people united in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - The Japan National Council of Social Welfare's branch in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, holds a teatime gathering in May 2014 for local residents who lost or were separated from neighbors in the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan, though their own houses escaped destruction. The regular teatime gatherings are part of the organization's efforts to prevent local residents from becoming isolated.

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Teen from disaster-hit city joins ranks of Japan's female jockeys

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows Mayu Suzuki, who has become Japan's eighth active female jockey after having overcome a challenging time brought on by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Attacked AKB48 members leave hospital

MORIOKA, Japan - Anna Iriyama (R), 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, part of all-girl pop group AKB48, talk to reporters after being discharged from hospital in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on May 26, 2014, with cuts to their hands covered by towels. The previous day, a 24-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the two AKB48 members and a staff member were attacked with a saw at a fan event in the city of Takizawa in the same prefecture.

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Attacked AKB48 members leave hospital

MORIOKA, Japan - Anna Iriyama (R), 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, part of all-girl pop group AKB48, talk to reporters after being discharged from hospital in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on May 26, 2014. The previous day, a 24-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the two AKB48 members and a staff member were attacked with a saw at a fan event in the city of Takizawa in the same prefecture. The victims sustained cuts.

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Attacked AKB48 members leave hospital

MORIOKA, Japan - Anna Iriyama (R), 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, part of all-girl pop group AKB48, leave hospital in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on May 26, 2014, with cuts to their hands covered by towels. The previous day, a 24-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the two AKB48 members and a staff member were attacked with a saw at a fan event in the city of Takizawa in the same prefecture.

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Attacked AKB48 members leave hospital

MORIOKA, Japan - Anna Iriyama (R), 18, and Rina Kawaei, 19, part of all-girl pop group AKB48, talk to reporters after being discharged from hospital in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on May 26, 2014, with cuts to their hands covered by towels. The previous day, a 24-year-old unemployed man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the two AKB48 members and a staff member were attacked with a saw at a fan event in the city of Takizawa in the same prefecture.

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Bowl with face of mascot of Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - A woman holds a bowl with the face of one of the five "Wanko Kyodai" (wanko siblings), which are mascots of Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at a noodle restaurant in Morioka in this undated photo. Wanko soba, or buckwheat noodles served in small bowls, is a specialty of Iwate.

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Kuroda Kanbei's warrior helmet at Morioka museum

MORIOKA, Japan - A visitor to the Morioka History and Culture Museum in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014, looks at warrior helmet said to have been worn by Kuroda Kanbei, a Japanese feudal lord and renowned war strategist.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 disaster that ravaged Japan's northeast put boxes of clothing into a truck in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. The survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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2014 calendar

MORIOKA, Japan - Hitoshi Oita, a businessman in Morioka, Japan, shows the 2014 Iwate Sanriku Calendar that he planned. It features people in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture. Photo was taken Nov. 15, 2013.

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Model for "Amachan" grandma

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 8, 2013 shows Kunie Kudo holding a sea urchin boxed lunch at the Sanriku Rias-Tei restaurant on the premises of Sanriku Railway Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. Kudo is said to be one of the models for Natsu Amano, the charismatic grandmother of the main character Aki Amano in the NHK drama titled "Amachan."

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Upper house election in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Upper house election in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - People applaud a candidate making a stump speech in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Swiss garment recycling firm

TOKYO, Japan - Stephan Wiegand (L), chief executive officer of Swiss garment and shoe recycling company I:Collect AG, and Akifumi Okamoto, president of Don Don Up Co., a Japanese vintage clothing chain, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. I:Collect will establish a Japanese unit in July 2013 in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, which Okamoto will head.

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Young returnees to Tohoku aiding post-earthquake recovery

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken June 7, 2013 shows Mamoru Kondo (back L) and Mariko Takada talking with a resident at a temporary housing site in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. Kondo and Takada are among a growing number of young people who are returning to their hometowns in the Tohoku region to support their recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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U.S. envoy in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos delivers a keynote speech during a seminar of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, in Morioka, northeastern Japan, on May 23, 2013.

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LDP presidential race

MORIOKA, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, the head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2012. Tanigaki said in an NHK program the same day that he will decide by the end of the ongoing Diet session on Sept. 8 whether to seek reelection.

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Using mobile network to check evacuees' blood pressure

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken at Iwate Medical University in Morioka shows a device to transmit blood pressure data by mobile phone. The university will launch a service for evacuees living in temporary housing in the prefecture following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, allowing them to transmit their blood pressure data to the university using such a device for medical checkups, university officials said June 27, 2012. If any problems are found, doctors at the university will report to the evacuees' primary physicians.

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Morioka student's work on display at U.N. conference site

MORIOKA, Japan - Takuya Takahashi, a second-grade junior high school student, writes calligraphy in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 17, 2012, in front of his work "Tohoku Forward," referring to the northeastern Japan region, including Iwate, worst hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. A copy of his work is on display near the entrance of a pavilion introducing Japan at a U.N. development conference in Rio de Janeiro to be held from June 20.

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Seeds derived from those taken to space station go to disaster area

MORIOKA, Japan - An official (L) of the city government of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, delivers pumpkin seeds to the Iwate Prefecture education board at the Iwate prefectural hall in Morioka on April 25, 2012, accompanied by a message from former astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a Matsudo native. The seeds, which are derived from pumpkin seeds taken to the International Space Station by Yamazaki aboard the space shuttle Discovery, were delivered with the aim of instilling hope in children affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) inspects a facility at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture.

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Mental care center for people affected by March 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (L), deputy governor of Iwate Prefecture, and Iwate Medical University President Akira Ogawa raise a signboard for a mental and emotional care facility for people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. The facility, set up in the university the same day, is intended to provide free counseling and other services.

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Akita to accept debris from disaster-hit Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake (L) and Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso shake hands at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012, after signing a basic agreement that Akita Prefecture will accept debris caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in neighboring Iwate Prefecture.

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Iwate gubernatorial election

MORIOKA, Japan - Incumbent Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso smiles through bouquets in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2011, after the media reported that he is set to be reelected to a second term.

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Iwate gubernatorial election

MORIOKA, Japan - A candidate waves from a car in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2011, as the official campaigns for a gubernatorial election began the same day in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The election had been postponed due to the March quake and tsunami.

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Ground force wraps up relief operations in Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - A vehicle of the Ground Self-Defense Force leaves the Iwate prefectural head office in Morioka on July 26, 2011, as the GSDF wrapped up relief operations in Iwate Prefecture that day after the March quake and tsunami. The GSDF is still conducting operations in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

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Ground force wraps up relief operations in Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - A ceremony is held at the Iwate prefectural head office in Morioka on July 26, 2011, to thank the Ground Self-Defense Force as it wrapped up relief operations in Iwate Prefecture that day after the March quake and tsunami. The GSDF is still conducting operations in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

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Searching for children orphaned by quake

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken March 25, 2011, shows child care specialists who have gathered in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture from Hokkaido, Kanto and elsewhere to engage in a mission to search for children who lost parents in the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the region.