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Mourning for Japanese horror manga artist Umezu

Flowers are placed in front of the home of the late Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu in Musashino, Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2024. Umezu, known for horror pieces like "The Drifting Classroom," died on Oct. 28, aged 88.

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Amur leopard cat at zoo in Tokyo

A photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024, shows an Amur leopard cat at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino, Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics:Badminton

Indonesia’s Greysia Polii (L) and Apriyani Rahayu hold their gold medals and smile during an award ceremony after winning in badminton women’s doubles at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Aug. 2, 2021. They beat China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the final.Date: Aug. 2, 2021Place: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, JAPAN

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Tokyo Olympics:Badminton

Greysia Polii (left) and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia pose after bagging the women's doubles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.Date: Aug. 2, 2021Place: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, JAPAN

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Japan emperor visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) leaves the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan empress visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Empress Masako (L) leaves the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan emperor visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) leaves the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan empress visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Empress Masako bows at the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan emperor visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Emperor Naruhito bows at the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Exterior of Musashino University, Musashino Campus, signage

Exterior of Musashino University, Musashino Campus, signage=Date:June 25, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Signboard of Musashino University, Musashino Campus

Signboard of Musashino University, Musashino Campus=Date:June 25, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Kako visits the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jan. 7, 2023.

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Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Kako visits the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jan. 7, 2023.

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Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Kako visits the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jan. 7, 2023.

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Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Kako visits the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jan. 7, 2023.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi plays Aya Ohori en route to winning the women's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi acknowledges the crowd after winning the women's singles final against Aya Ohori at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi poses with the gold medal and the trophy after winning the women's singles final against Aya Ohori at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota plays Kenta Nishimoto en route to winning the men's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota plays Kenta Nishimoto en route to winning the men's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota celebrates after winning the men's singles final against Kenta Nishimoto at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national championships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning a men's singles second round match at the national championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022.

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Badminton: Japan national championships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan plays Takuma Kawamoto in a men's singles second round match at the national championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. Momota won 2-0.

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Ice dance pair Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed

CHOFU, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Chris Reed perform during the ice dance short dance program on the second day of the national figure skating championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017.

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Figure skating: Women's SP at Japanese national c'ships

CHOFU, Japan, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Japanese figure skater Wakaba Higuchi performs in the women's short program at the national championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2017. Higuchi placed fourth.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (C), chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with voters after making a stump speech in Musashino, Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Musashino, Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Battle against sleep disorder

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Horimoto holds up a book she co-wrote with her daughter Sakura about the 15-year battle Sakura fought against sleep disorder, in Musashino, western Tokyo, on Sept. 13, 2012.

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Chocolates for Valentine's Day gift

TOKYO, Japan - Young women choose decorative items for Valentine's Day chocolates at a store in Musashino, Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2011, the eve of the gift-giving day. Girls and women customarily give chocolates as gifts in Japan on Feb. 14.

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Chocolates for Valentine's Day gift

TOKYO, Japan - A young woman takes a hard look at a box of chocolates at a store in Musashino, Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2011, the eve of Valentine's Day. Girls and women customarily give chocolates as gifts in Japan on Feb. 14.

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in the Tokyo suburb of Musashino on July 11, 2010, after casting his ballot in the House of Councillors election, the first national election since his DPJ took power in September last year.

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in the Tokyo suburb of Musashino on July 11, 2010, after casting his ballot in the House of Councillors election, the first national election since his DPJ took power in September last year.

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Nobuko, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 11, 2010, in Tokyo's suburban city of Musashino, which is Kan's constituency. Voters began casting their ballots the same day in Japan's first national election since the DPJ took power the previous year.

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the House of Councillors election in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the upper house election.

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Kan says making MOF more transparent is major task, mum on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters in front of his residence in Musashino city in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, a day after being appointed by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night.

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Kazuo Umezu poses for photographers after the Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two of his neighbors for him to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house in Tokyo's Musashino city. The court said that the house ''attracts attention, but cannot be said to destroy the scenery.'' Umezu, who attended court wearing a red-and-white striped tie, told reporters after the ruling, ''I would like to live showing respect to others.''

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the house of cartoonist Kazuo Umezu in Tokyo's Musashino city. The Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two neighbors for Umezu to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house. The plaintiffs had claimed that the house, completed in March last year and decorated with horizontal red-and-white stripes each about 50 centimeters wide, destroys the scenery.

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20th anniversary of death of Emperor Hirohito marked

HACHIOJI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) walks to the venue of a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of Emperor Hirohito at the Musashino Mausoleum in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jan. 7. About 80 people, including Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino (R) and his wife Princess Kiko, as well as Prime Minister Taro Aso, attended the ceremony.

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20th anniversary of death of Emperor Hirohito marked

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, on Jan. 7. She joined the ceremony with Crown Prince Naruhito on behalf of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko both of whom attended another ceremony at the Musashino Mausoleum in Hachioji, also in Tokyo. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress visit graves of Emperor Showa, Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) emerges from the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Hachioji, Tokyo, after he and Empress Michiko visited the graves of his father Emperor Showa and his mother Empress Kojun on May 7 ahead of a visit to Europe later this month.

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Seeds planted by 'progressive' governments still sprouting in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Saxophonist Hajime Mizuguchi, 58, performs with the Musashino Jazz Orchestra during a cultural event at the Kichijoji Minami-Machi Community Center in Musashino, western Tokyo.

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Kan casts ballot in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan casts his ballot with his wife Nobuko at a polling station near his home in Musashino, a western Tokyo suburb, on Nov. 9. Kan told reporters,''The election has developed into one for a choice of government. I expect the people's courage and enthusiasm.''

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Empress dowager's funeral procession goes to Hachioji

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the coffin of Empress Dowager Nagako heads to the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Hachioji in the western suburbs of Tokyo on July 25, as crowds line the streets to watch the procession. A funeral ceremony was to take place at a site where a mausoleum for the empress dowager is being built. The empress dowager, widow of late Emperor Hirohito, died of old age June 16 at age 97.

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Priests prepare ground for empress dowager's mausoleum

TOKYO, Japan - Shinto priests pray June 26 for the safety and security of the planned tomb for the late Empress Dowager Nagako, in a ritual at the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in the western suburbs of Tokyo. The tomb is to take a year to construct and will be located near that of her husband, the late Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa. The empress dowager died June 16 at the age of 97.

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Incumbent DPJ leader Kan hopes to garner votes

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan chats with reporters before his home in the city of Musashino, eastern Tokyo, on Sept. 11, when the party's top post race formally began. Kan, 52, who has not a strong foothold in the largest opposition party's lawmakers, hopes to garner votes as many as possible in the Sept. 25 leader election.

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Emperor marks 10th anniversary of father's death

Emperor Akihito (C) attends a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito, at the Musashino Mausoleum in Hachioji in the western suburbs of Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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Figure skating: Miyahara to retire at end of season

File photo taken in December 2017 shows figure skater Satoko Miyahara acknowledging the crowd after winning the women's title at the national championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu, western Tokyo. The fourth-place finisher at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics said on March 26, 2022 that she will retire at the end of the season.

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(SP)XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-SPORT

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo 2020 Mascot robot Miraitowa is seen with empty seats around at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Can)