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Long hours of service among town officials in Nagano Pref.

OBUSE, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - An arrow on a map indicates the town of Obuse in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, where three municipal officials took their own lives in fiscal 2021 and 2022. A third-party panel established by the town government released a report in November 2023, finding that "abnormally" long working hours had become common among officials after staff numbers were reduced.(Kyodo)

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Pasta made with chestnuts

Undated photo shows packs of "Obuse Chestnut Pasta," made with chestnut skin extract and sold by the Sakai Seimen noodle maker in the central Japan city of Nagano.

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Roundtable at the Global Women in AgriTech Summit - Antoing

President of the Rural Union of Bastos, as the State of Sao Paulo, Cristina Nagano, President of the Women Commission at the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of the State of Sao Paulo (FAESP), Juliana Farah, President of the Rural Producers Union of Paragominas, at the State of Para, Maxiely Scaramussa, Ambassador of Brazil to Belgium and to Luxembourg, Silvio Jose Albuquerque e Silva, Secretary-General of the Famato Women's Commission, Gabriela Tomain, Former President of the rural Associations of MERCOSUR, Member of the federal Governments Council for Sustainable Economic and Social Developpment, Former president of the Brazilian Rural Society, Teresa Cristina Vendramini and Vice President of the Special Council on the environment for COP 30 of the FCCE, Vilton Lima during the Global Women in AgriTech Summit whoch brings together industry leaders for a meaningful discussion on the future of agriculture and trends and achievements in agribusiness. It aims to develop new business partnerships, accelera

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Roundtable at the Global Women in AgriTech Summit - Antoing

President of the Rural Union of Bastos, as the State of Sao Paulo, Cristina Nagano during the Global Women in AgriTech Summit whoch brings together industry leaders for a meaningful discussion on the future of agriculture and trends and achievements in agribusiness. It aims to develop new business partnerships, accelerate innovation and support the concept of producing more with less in order to build a more secure, sustainable and resilient food system. On September 26, 2025 in Your Nature - Eco Resort, Antoing, Belgium. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roundtable at the Global Women in AgriTech Summit - Antoing

President of the Rural Union of Bastos, as the State of Sao Paulo, Cristina Nagano during the Global Women in AgriTech Summit whoch brings together industry leaders for a meaningful discussion on the future of agriculture and trends and achievements in agribusiness. It aims to develop new business partnerships, accelerate innovation and support the concept of producing more with less in order to build a more secure, sustainable and resilient food system. On September 26, 2025 in Your Nature - Eco Resort, Antoing, Belgium. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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11 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Relatives hold a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption at the foot of the mountain in the village of Otaki in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2025, the 11th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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Japan: Rare Brocken Spectre with Rainbow Halo Spotted in Japanese Alps

Captured at Karasawa-dake, a peak near Mount Okuhotaka, this video shows a rare Brocken spectre. The climber’s shadow appears on the mist below, clearly surrounded by a bright, rainbow-colored halo. This optical phenomenon occurs when the sun is low behind the observer, creating a ghostly shadow that seems to float in the clouds.

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Growth record of world's smallest surviving baby

Photo taken on May 23, 2019, shows the growth record of Ryusuke Sekino, which was kept by nurses and nursery staff at an intensive care unit for newborns in a hospital in the central Japan city of Nagano. The Japanese baby boy was admitted to the hospital after his birth weighing just 285 grams in October 2018. He was discharged from the hospital in good health the following April and was believed to be the smallest surviving baby in the world at the time.

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Growth record of world's smallest surviving baby

Photo taken on May 23, 2019, shows the growth record of Ryusuke Sekino, which was kept by nurses and nursery staff at an intensive care unit for newborns in a hospital in the central Japan city of Nagano. The Japanese baby boy was admitted to the hospital after his birth weighing just 285 grams in October 2018. He was discharged from the hospital in good health the following April and was believed to be the smallest surviving baby in the world at the time.

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field during a retreat in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field during a retreat in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field during a retreat in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field during a retreat in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

Matsumoto Arigasaki Senior High School students perform calligraphy in a high school calligraphy contest at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025. The public school based in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, won the title.

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High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

Matsumoto Arigasaki Senior High School students perform calligraphy in a high school calligraphy contest at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025. The public school based in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, won the title.

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C, L) and former Empress Michiko (C, R) arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Court ruling on selective reduction

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yahiro Netsu, a medical doctor who runs a maternity clinic in Nagano Prefecture, attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2020, after the Osaka District Court dismissed earlier in the day a damages lawsuit filed by a husband and wife who claimed that errors in selective reduction procedure carried out at an Osaka clinic when the woman was pregnant with quintuplets had led to her miscarriage, leaving her without any children. Netsu, who sides with the couple, calls for the central government to establish legal rules on multiple pregnancy to ensure selective reduction, or the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, is conducted safely.(Kyodo)

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Japan: Racehorses Trapped in Floodwater as Record Rainfall Hits Hokuriku

Torrential rain battered Japan’s Hokuriku region on Thursday, August 7. The heavy downpour caused widespread flooding, road closures, and train service suspensions, including the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Nagano. This video shows a horse in a flooded stable at Kanazawa Racecourse after the heavy downpour.

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Keidanren summer forum in resort town Karuizawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a summer forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in the resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Keidanren summer forum in resort town Karuizawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a summer forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in the resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Keidanren summer forum in resort town Karuizawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a summer forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in the resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Keidanren summer forum in resort town Karuizawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a summer forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in the resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Hokusai exhibition in France

A woman looks at works of Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) during a preview on June 27, 2025, of an exhibition at the History Museum in Nantes, France. The event from the following day through Sept. 7 will display over 160 works Hokusai created in Obuse, a Nagano Prefecture town where he lived toward the end of his life.

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Hokusai exhibition in France

A woman looks at works of Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) during a preview on June 27, 2025, of an exhibition at the History Museum in Nantes, France. The event from the following day through Sept. 7 will display over 160 works Hokusai created in Obuse, a Nagano Prefecture town where he lived toward the end of his life.

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Hokusai exhibition in France

People form a line at the History Museum in Nantes, France, on June 28, 2025 as an exhibition of Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) kicks off. On display during the event through Sept. 7 are over 160 works Hokusai created in Obuse, a Nagano Prefecture town where he lived toward the end of his life.

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Electric bus to run on Alpine route in central Japan

TATEYAMA, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - Video taken in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 7, 2025, shows an electric bus set to be deployed on the tunnel section of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route straddling Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, unveiled to the media ahead of the April 15 start of the operation. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Electric bus to run on Alpine route in central Japan

TATEYAMA, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - Video taken in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 7, 2025, shows an electric bus set to be deployed on the tunnel section of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route straddling Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, unveiled to the media ahead of the April 15 start of the operation. (Kyodo)

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Electric bus to run on Alpine route in central Japan

Photo taken in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 7, 2025, shows an electric bus set to be deployed on the tunnel section of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route straddling Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, unveiled to the media ahead of the April 15 start of the operation.

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Electric bus to run on Alpine route in central Japan

Photo taken in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 7, 2025, shows an electric bus set to be deployed on the tunnel section of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route straddling Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, unveiled to the media ahead of the April 15 start of the operation.

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Electric bus to run on Alpine route in central Japan

Photo taken in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 7, 2025, shows an electric bus set to be deployed on the tunnel section of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route straddling Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, unveiled to the media ahead of the April 15 start of the operation.

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Zenko-ji temple lit up

The main hall of Zenko-ji temple in Nagano, central Japan, is lit up on Feb. 7, 2025, as a five-day lantern festival begins.

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Site of random stabbing attack in Japan

Flowers are offered at an altar set up in front of JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan on Jan. 24, 2025, following a random stabbing incident near the station on Jan. 22. One man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, in which the attacker fled the scene and remains at large.

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Site of random stabbing attack in Japan

Flowers are offered at an altar set up in front of JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan, as a police officer stands guard on Jan. 24, 2025, following a random stabbing incident near the station on Jan. 22. One man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, in which the attacker fled the scene and remains at large.

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Site of random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers stand guard near JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan on Jan. 24, 2025, after a random stabbing incident near the station on Jan. 22 as the attacker remains at large. One man was killed and two others were injured in the incident.

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Site of random stabbing attack in Japan

Flowers are offered at an altar set up in front of JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan on Jan. 24, 2025, following a random stabbing incident near the station on Jan. 22. One man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, in which the attacker fled the scene and remains at large.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers investigate on Jan. 22, 2025, the site of an apparent random stabbing incident that occurred earlier in the day near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers investigate on Jan. 22, 2025, the site of an apparent random stabbing incident that occurred earlier in the day near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers investigate on Jan. 22, 2025, the site of an apparent random stabbing incident that occurred earlier in the day near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers stand guard near JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan early in the morning on Jan. 23, 2025, after an apparent random stabbing incident near the station the night before. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers investigate on Jan. 22, 2025, the site of an apparent random stabbing incident that occurred earlier in the day near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers investigate on Jan. 22, 2025, the site of an apparent random stabbing incident that occurred earlier in the day near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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1 dies, 2 injured in apparent random stabbing attack in Japan

Police officers stand guard near JR Nagano Station in Nagano, central Japan early in the morning on Jan. 23, 2025, after an apparent random stabbing incident near the station the night before. A man was killed and two others were injured in the incident, with the attacker fleeing the scene.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Nagano

Jordan Stolz of the United States competes en route to winning gold in the men's 1,000 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Nagano, central Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Nagano

Miho Takagi (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Nagano, central Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024, alongside silver medalist Jutta Leerdam (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Brittany Bowe of the United States.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Nagano

Miho Takagi (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Nagano, central Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024, alongside silver medalist Jutta Leerdam (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Brittany Bowe of the United States.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Nagano

Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands competes en route to winning silver in the women's 1,000 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Nagano, central Japan, on Nov. 23, 2024.