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10 years after deadly bus crash in central Japan

Photo taken Jan. 15, 2026, shows a cenotaph for the victims of a 2016 ski trip charter bus crash near the accident site in the mountain resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, with flowers offered on its 10th anniversary the same day. The accident left 15 people dead and 26 injured, mostly college students.

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10 years after deadly bus crash in central Japan

Photo taken Jan. 15, 2026, shows a cenotaph for the victims of a 2016 ski trip charter bus crash near the accident site in the mountain resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, with flowers offered on its 10th anniversary the same day. The accident left 15 people dead and 26 injured, mostly college students.

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10 years after deadly bus crash in central Japan

Photo taken Jan. 15, 2026, shows a cenotaph for the victims of a 2016 ski trip charter bus crash near the accident site in the mountain resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, with flowers offered on its 10th anniversary the same day. The accident left 15 people dead and 26 injured, mostly college students.

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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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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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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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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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Japanese Princess Yuriko

(From L) Japan's Emperor Hirohito, his wife Empress Nagako, the emperor's brother Prince Mikasa and his wife Princess Yuriko (R, in a dress) are pictured in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 27, 1955. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Hearing dog training

A hearing dog alerts its handler to a sound by touching the person's knee during training in Miyada in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 25, 2004.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Saku in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Oct. 17, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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10 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Lanterns are lit in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during a memorial event to mourn the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption on Sept. 27, 2024, the 10th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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10 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Bereaved family members lit candles in Kiso in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, to pray for the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption on Sept. 27, 2024, the 10th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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10 years after Mt. Ontake eruption

Bereaved family members pray for the victims of the 2014 Mt. Ontake eruption in front of a cenotaph at the foot of the mountain in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2024, the 10th anniversary of Japan's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster that left 58 people dead and five others unaccounted for.

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko stroll in a vegetable field in the Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 23, 2024. (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 Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024, for an eight-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 Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024, for an eight-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 Nagano Prefecture resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024, for an eight-day retreat (Pool photo).

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Keidanren summer forum in resort town Karuizawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a summer forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, in the resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 19, 2024.

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"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

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"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

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Condolences to late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa

People pray at a flower stand set up in front of photo of the late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 10, 2024, following his Feb. 6 death at age 88.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet from a student after performing at a junior high school in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa performs during a concert in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in September 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa performs during a training session for young people in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Athletics: Inter-Prefectural Men's Ekiden

Nagano Prefecture anchor Mebuki Suzuki crosses the finish line of the Inter-Prefectural Men's Ekiden road relay in Hiroshima on Jan. 21, 2024, securing the central Japan prefecture's 3rd consecutive victory and its 10th overall.

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2thletics: Inter-Prefectural Men's Ekiden

Nagano Prefecture anchor Mebuki Suzuki is tossed up by his teammates after their team won the Inter-Prefectural Men's Ekiden road relay in Hiroshima on Jan. 21, 2024, securing the central Japan prefecture's 3rd consecutive victory and its 10th overall.