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5th anniversary of volcanic eruption in Japan

5th anniversary of volcanic eruption in Japan

People offer silent prayers at a ski resort in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2023, the fifth anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane. The eruption left a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major who was training at the ski resort dead and 11 people injured.

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5th anniversary of volcanic eruption in Japan

5th anniversary of volcanic eruption in Japan

Mayor Nobutada Kuroiwa of Kusatsu, a hot spring town in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, speaks on Jan. 23, 2023, during an event marking the fifth anniversary of the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane, which left a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major who was training at the resort dead and 11 people injured.

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17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus is seen overturned on national Route 292 in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture on June 18. Seventeen trainees at the National Tax College suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in the 9:55 a.m. accident. The photo, taken by a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the bus which overturned after failing to negotiate a left curve on the road while heading for Mt. Shirane.

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17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

17 tax school trainees hurt in Gunma bus accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus is seen overturned on national Route 292 in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture on June 18. Seventeen trainees at the National Tax College suffered injuries, one of them seriously, in the 9:55 a.m. accident. The photo, taken by a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the bus which overturned after failing to negotiate a left curve on the road while heading for Mt. Shirane.

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 24, 2018, shows the gondola lift at the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Kusatsu, eastern Japan, with its capsules' windows broken by rocks and covered with volcanic ash after Mt. Moto-Shirane erupted the day before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

An official of the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, prays for Takayuki Izawa on Jan. 30, 2018, a week after the 49-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major was killed in the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane while training at the ski resort. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

Officials of the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, pray for Takayuki Izawa on Jan. 30, 2018, a week after the 49-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major was killed in the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane while training at the ski resort. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

Week after volcanic eruption in Japan

Officials of the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, pray for Takayuki Izawa on Jan. 30, 2018, a week after the 49-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major was killed in the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane while training at the ski resort. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Erupted volcano in Kusatsu, Japan

Erupted volcano in Kusatsu, Japan

Photo taken Jan. 28, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crater (circled) on Mt. Moto-Shirane in Kusatsu in Japan's Gunma Prefecture that erupted Jan. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2018, shows a crater of Mt. Moto-Shirane in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, after its eruption on Jan. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2018, shows a crater of Mt. Moto-Shirane in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, after its eruption on Jan. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Post-eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2018, shows a crater (bottom L) of Mt. Moto-Shirane in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, after its eruption on Jan. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slopes reopen at ski resort near volcanic eruption

Slopes reopen at ski resort near volcanic eruption

Skiers take a ski lift at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma Prefecture on Jan. 27, 2018, as the Aobayama slopes at the resort reopened the same day. Nearby Mt. Moto-Shirane erupted on Jan. 23, killing a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major training at the resort and injuring 11 skiers.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano in Japan

Volcano in Japan

File photo taken in December 1982 shows a plume of smoke coming from Mt. Shirane, near Mt. Moto-Shirane, which erupted Jan. 23, 2018, in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Foreign tourists take to the slopes at the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Police officers, along with fire and rescue workers, head by car to a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2018, to inspect the site after it was hit by a volcanic eruption two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Fire and rescue officers head by car to a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2018, to inspect the site after it was hit by a volcanic eruption two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Fire and rescue officers head by car to a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2018, to inspect the site after it was hit by a volcanic eruption two days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Holes can be seen in the ceiling of a gondola lift cabin at a ski resort in Kusatsu in Japan's Gunma Prefecture near Mt. Moto-Shirane on Jan. 24, 2018, after the volcano erupted the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic rocks and ash from Mt. Moto-Shirane in Japan's Gunma Prefecture are pictured inside a gondola lift cabin at a ski resort in Kusatsu near the volcano on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after it erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 24, 2018, shows a broken window of a gondola lift at the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan that erupted the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 24, 2018, shows gondola lifts with windows broken by volcanic rocks at the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan that erupted the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic eruption in Japan

Volcanic eruption in Japan

Photo taken Jan. 24, 2018, shows gondola lifts with windows broken by volcanic rocks at the Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan that erupted the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police officers gather at a restaurant at the foot of Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, before they head to inspect a disaster-hit ski resort near the active volcano after its eruption the previous day.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2018 shows a vehicle carrying police officers to inspect a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, hit by the eruption of an active volcano the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police officers head for ski slopes near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, for an inspection on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police officers head for ski slopes near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, for an inspection on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police officers head for ski slopes near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, for an inspection on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police inspect eruption-hit ski resort

Police officers head for ski slopes near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, for an inspection on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skier, snowboarder at Kusatsu ski resort after eruption

Skier, snowboarder at Kusatsu ski resort after eruption

Visitors at a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, head for the slopes on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skiers at Kusatsu ski resort after eruption

Skiers at Kusatsu ski resort after eruption

Skiers board a ski lift and head for the slopes at a ski resort near Mt. Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan on Jan. 24, 2018, a day after the active volcano erupted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2018 shows snowboards and skis covered with volcanic ash in Kusatsu, Gunma prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. They were being used by people when nearby Mt. Moto-Shirane erupted the same day.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Police make rescue efforts in the wake of the eruption of Mt. Moto-Shirane in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 23, 2018 shows the peak of Mt. Moto-Shirane, which erupted the same day, and a cable car stop (bottom) in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Volcano erupts near ski resort in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 23, 2018 shows the peak of Mt. Moto-Shirane, which erupted the same day, and a cable car stop (bottom) in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts in eastern Japan

Volcano erupts in eastern Japan

Ambulances are parked outside lodges after nearby Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, erupts on Jan. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts in eastern Japan

Volcano erupts in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a ski slope covered with volcanic ash near Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture on Jan. 23, 2018, after the volcano erupted earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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