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Junior high schoolers from disaster-hit areas hold summit

Junior high schoolers from disaster-hit areas hold summit

KOBE, Japan - Two students (far R) of Yotsukura junior high school from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, talks about the degree of recovery from the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan during a "summit of junior high school students in disaster-stricken areas" in Kobe, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. The gathering was joined by 13 schools from six prefectures, including Nagasaki where pyroclastic flows from Mt. Unzen killed scores of people in 1991.

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Mt. Unzen disaster victims commemorated

Mt. Unzen disaster victims commemorated

SHIMABARA, Japan - Children offer prayers for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2014, the 23rd anniversary of the disaster.

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Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

SHIMABARA, Japan - People light candles on June 3, 2014, at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara to pray for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture on the same day in 1991.

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23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Family members of media workers killed in the Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak pyroclastic flow disaster in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1991 pray in Shimabara on June 3, 2014.

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20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background.

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20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People who lost their kin when Mt. Unzen (seen in the background) errupte in 1991, visit a place that commands the volcano on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster that took 43 lives.

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People offer their silent prayer on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen that took 43 lives.

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Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

SHIMABARA, Japan - Researchers gather Feb. 13 at a tower that has been set up near the lava dome of Fugen, the main peak of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture. Japanese and foreign researchers began the world's first volcano-drilling experiment on the day to extract magma samples in an effort to clarify the mechanism of volcanic eruption.

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City marks 10th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 10th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Participants in a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen pray for 43 victims of the eruption in front of the altar set up in a hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3. At the start of the 10 a.m. ceremony, Mayor Teijiro Yoshioka and 350 others prayed for one minute in silence to commemorate the disaster.

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Memorial service for victims in 1991 Mt. Unzen eruption

Memorial service for victims in 1991 Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Teijiro Yoshioka (R), mayor of Shimabara at the foot of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3 prays for the souls of the 43 people killed in a deadly pyroclastic flow belched from the 1,359-meter volcano on June 3, 1991.

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China's Li visits volcanic eruption-hit area in Nagasaki

China's Li visits volcanic eruption-hit area in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - China's senior Communist Party leader Li Ruihuan (fourth from left, wearing glasses) visits a memorial park which shows houses and facilities damaged by a 1991 volcanic eruption of Mt. Fugen in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 16. Li, ranked fourth in the Chinese Communist Party, was winding up his nine-day tour of Japan with the visit to the foot of Mt. Fugen.

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Shimabara city marks 25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Shimabara city marks 25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

A woman and her children look at candles in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2016, the 25th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People who lost their kin when Mt. Unzen (seen in the background) errupte in 1991, visit a place that commands the volcano on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster that took 43 lives. (Kyodo)

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People offer their silent prayer on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen that took 43 lives. (Kyodo)

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20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

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20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Road to Mogi

Road to Mogi

Mogi prospered as a resort for foreigners and a stopover on the way to Unzen and Kumamoto. As a result, the Mogi highway was refurbished in 1885 as a modern road for rickshaws and luggage carts. This photograph taken around 1895 shows the area on the way to Tagami Pass. The terraced farms covering the slope of Mt. Atago were a feature of Nagasaki, which had little flat land for farming.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐12‐0]

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

A firefighter offers a flower in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago. The victims included firefighters, police officers and reporters.

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30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People pray during a memorial service in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

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Volcanic disaster at Mt. Unzen in Japan

Volcanic disaster at Mt. Unzen in Japan

File photo taken June 3, 1991, in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a massive pyroclastic flow spewing from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak. The volcanic disaster killed 43 people.

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Firefighters lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa (C, L) lays flowers at a monument in the southwestern Japan city on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa (C) lays flowers at a monument in the southwestern Japan city on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Women look at Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, the 28th anniversary of a fatal pyroclastic flow that killed some 40 people. Reporters covering the 1990 event were killed by pyroclastic flows at the spot where the women are pictured while others were killed in other nearby areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People pray at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 28th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are placed in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, to commemorate victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak on the 28th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are placed in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, to commemorate victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak on the 28th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

28th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are placed in the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2019, to commemorate victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak on the 28th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for Fugen Peak disaster victims

Memorial service for Fugen Peak disaster victims

Children look at candles commemorating the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2017, the 26th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

SHIMABARA, Japan - Researchers gather Feb. 13 at a tower that has been set up near the lava dome of Fugen, the main peak of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture. Japanese and foreign researchers began the world's first volcano-drilling experiment on the day to extract magma samples in an effort to clarify the mechanism of volcanic eruption. (Kyodo)

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City marks 10th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

City marks 10th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Participants in a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen pray for 43 victims of the eruption in front of the altar set up in a hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3. At the start of the 10 a.m. ceremony, Mayor Teijiro Yoshioka and 350 others prayed for one minute in silence to commemorate the disaster.

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