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Japan Prince Hisahito

Japanese Prince Hisahito leaves Yamatoyagi Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, for a visit to the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito

Japanese Prince Hisahito (R) arrives at Yamatoyagi Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, for a visit to the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) arrives at Yamatoyagi Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, for a visit to the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu. (Pool photo)

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Japanese Princess Aiko travels to imperial mausoleum

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Kashihara-Jingumae Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, on March 27, 2024, as she visits the mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko travels to imperial mausoleum

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Kashihara-Jingumae Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, on March 27, 2024, as she visits the mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko travels to imperial mausoleum

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Yamatoyagi Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, on March 27, 2024, to visit the mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko travels to imperial mausoleum

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Yamatoyagi Station in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, on March 27, 2024, to visit the mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japanese emperor, empress in Nara

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko wave from their car as they leave for their hotel from Kintetsu Nara Station in western Japan during a regional trip on May 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (facing camera) and former Empress Michiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital for a trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures on May 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital for a trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures on May 14, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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'Gagaku' music collaboration between Earth, space

TENRI, Japan - Students of Tenri University in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, play "gagaku," traditional Japanese court music simultaneously with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata at the International Space Station (on screen) on May 3, 2014. The event was part of NASA's education program for schools.

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Photovoltaic plant, EV-based power supply during disaster

NARA, Japan - A ceremony is held in Oyodo, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on March 29, 2014, to commemorate the completion of a large photovoltaic power station and a system to supply power from electric vehicles to evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster.

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kanjuro Kiritake (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City.

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Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara arrested for graffiti in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - This file photo taken in 2001 shows Yoshitomo Nara, a contemporary Japanese pop artist known for sculptures and paintings of doe-eyed figures. Nara was arrested in late February for tagging graffiti in the Union Square subway station, a New York Police Department official said March 9.

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16-year-old Nara boy arrested over family's murder, arson

KYOTO, Japan - A car carrying a 16-year-old boy, arrested on suspicion of arson and murder over a fire in his Nara Prefecture home, leaves a Kyoto police station on June 22. The fire resulted in the deaths of his mother and two younger siblings.

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Koizumi stumps western Japan

NARA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses voters during his stumping tour of western Japan at Nara Station on Aug. 31.

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Abe shooter sent to prosecutors

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a police vehicle (C) carrying Tetsuya Yamagami, the man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaving a police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022, as he is sent to prosecutors on suspicion of murder.

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Abe shooter sent to prosecutors

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a police vehicle (C) carrying Tetsuya Yamagami, the man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaving a police station in Nara, western Japan, on July 10, 2022, as he is sent to prosecutors on suspicion of murder.

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Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara

STORY: Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting scene 2. various of the hospital that received the former prime minister STORYLINE: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) worker while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara. Abe, 67, died at 5:03 p.m. local time, the hospital that received the former prime minister said at a press conference in the afternoon. Abe, also former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot twice from behind at 11:30 a.m. local time by Tetsuya Yamagami, a former worker for the MSDF and resident of the western city while speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station, ahead of Sunday's upper house election, local police and firefighters said. The 41-year-old Yamagami, who worked for MSDF for t

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot to death in Nara

People protest against violence near JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on July 8, 2022, following the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman during an upper house election stump speech in Nara, western Japan, earlier in the day.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot to death in Nara

A large screen at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot to death by a gunman while making a stump speech in Nara, western Japan, for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot to death in Nara

A large screen at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot to death by a gunman while making a stump speech in Nara, western Japan, for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Media crews gather in an area near Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

People look through train station windows at the area in Nara, western Japan, where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while delivering a stump speech for the House of Councillors election, on July 8, 2022.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Photo taken April 12, 2022, shows the interior of Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi during a media preview at Nara Station in the western Japan city. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

Kintetsu Railway Co.'s new sightseeing limited express Aoniyoshi is pictured at Kyoto Station in the western Japan city during a media preview on April 12, 2022. The train connecting Kyoto to Osaka and Nara will make its debut on April 29 for the Golden Week holiday period.

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Man held over kidnapping of girl in Nara, admits abduction

NARA, Japan - Kaoru Kobayashi, a 36-year-old employee at a Manichi Shimbun distribution outlet, leaves Seiwa Police Station in Nara Prefecture on Dec. 30 after being arrested on suspicion of kidnapping 7-year-old girl Kaede Ariyama whose body was found on Nov. 18. Police said he admitted to kidnapping her. (Kyodo)

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Man arrested for confining 11-year-old girl overnight in Nara

Masaru Ito (C), a 26-year-old unemployed man, is taken to police station in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on the night of July 5, 2015, after being arrested for allegedly confining in his car an 11-year-old schoolgirl who went missing the day before while shopping with her family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi stumps western Japan

NARA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses voters during his stumping tour of western Japan at Nara Station on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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16-year-old Nara boy arrested over family's murder, arson

KYOTO, Japan - A car carrying a 16-year-old boy, arrested on suspicion of arson and murder over a fire in his Nara Prefecture home, leaves a Kyoto police station on June 22. The fire resulted in the deaths of his mother and two younger siblings. (Kyodo)

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Man arrested over killing of pregnant wild dear in Nara

NARA, Japan - Ginjiro Inagaki, who was arrested April 13, 2010, on suspicion of injuring one of Nara Park's wild deer, which later died, arrives at the Nara police station in Nara Prefecture the same day. Inagaki, a restaurateur from Tsu, Mie Prefecture, allegedly shot the pregnant deer with a bowgun in March. The deer in the park are designated as national natural treasures.(Kyodo)

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Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara arrested for graffiti in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - This file photo taken in 2001 shows Yoshitomo Nara, a contemporary Japanese pop artist known for sculptures and paintings of doe-eyed figures. Nara was arrested in late February for tagging graffiti in the Union Square subway station, a New York Police Department official said March 9. (Kyodo)

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kazuo Yoshida (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City. (Kyodo)

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Bunraku enlivens ride on train to Nara

NARA, Japan - Bunraku puppeteer Kanjuro Kiritake (C) brings a puppet of the traditional Japanese art form to life aboard a special train heading to Nara Station in Nara Prefecture from Nada Station in Osaka Prefecture on the Kintesu Railways on March 27, 2010. Some 200 passengers enjoyed the performance as part of an event commemorating the 1,300th anniversary of the transfer of the national capital to Heijo, an ancient capital city located in current Nara City. (Kyodo)

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AI robot at western Japan train station

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Yamatosaidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, on July 1, 2020, shows a newly introduced AI robot that can provide passengers with transfer information in four languages. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at western Japan train station

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Yamatosaidaiji station in Nara, western Japan, on July 1, 2020, shows a newly introduced AI robot that can provide passengers with transfer information in four languages. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist statues photo at train station in Tokyo

Image taken at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on June 16, 2020, shows a photo panel of three Buddhist statues including one of the Medicine Buddha at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan. The panel, measuring 4.6 meters high and 8.2 meters wide, was installed at the busy station in hopes of an early end to the coronavirus pandemic with sutra chanting by monks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist statues photo at train station in Tokyo

Image taken at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on June 16, 2020, shows a photo panel of three Buddhist statues including one of the Medicine Buddha at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan. The panel, measuring 4.6 meters high and 8.2 meters wide, was installed at the busy station in hopes of an early end to the coronavirus pandemic with sutra chanting by monks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist statues photo at railway station in Tokyo

Image taken at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on June 16, 2020, shows a photo panel of three Buddhist statues including one of the Medicine Buddha at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan. The panel, measuring 4.6 meters high and 8.2 meters wide, was installed at the busy station in hopes of an early end to the coronavirus pandemic with sutra chanting by monks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo take on May 14, 2020, shows a street near Kintetsu Nara Station in western Japan, shortly after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency in 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Nara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo take on May 14, 2020, shows a street near Kintetsu Nara Station in western Japan, shortly after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the lifting of a coronavirus pandemic state of emergency in 39 of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Nara. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deer in western Japan

Deer that live in Nara Park in western Japan are spotted near Nara station on April 9, 2020. Deer in the park are usually fed special crackers by tourists but have recently been spotted wandering outside the park as visitor numbers have plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Drive-through coronavirus testing is demonstrated in Nara, western Japan, on April 20, 2020, as the Nara prefectural government set up a testing station with doctors in an effort to increase the number of tests to contain the spread of the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken April 18, 2020, shows a note put on the closed shutter of a store near Nara Station in western Japan, informing customers of its closure under a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A bus stop near Nara Station in western Japan is quiet on April 18, 2020, under a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor's trip to Kyoto, Nara

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Kashihara Jingumae Station in Nara Prefecture on Nov. 27, 2019, during their trip to visit imperial burial sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo