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Flag festival in Fukushima

NIHONMATSU, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - People climb steps with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops.

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Flag festival in Fukushima

NIHONMATSU, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - People walk with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops.

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Flag festival in Fukushima

NIHONMATSU, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - People run with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops.

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Flag festival in Fukushima

NIHONMATSU, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - People walk with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops.

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New Fukushima adults show calligraphy from time capsule

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Young women from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show off examples of their calligraphy taken from a time capsule dating back to their elementary school days after a coming-of-age ceremony on Jan. 11, 2015, held in Nihonmatsu in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Their hometown remains off-limits following the nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Japanese sake promoted at Turin int'l food fair

TURIN, Italy - Yujin Yusa of Ninki Inc., Japanese brewery from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, offers sake to visitors at international food fair "Salone del Gusto" in Turin, Italy, on Oct. 27, 2014.

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School kids perform picture-card show in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Students of two elementary schools in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, perform a picture-card show, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014, at a temporary housing unit in Nihonmatsu in the northeastern Japan prefecture hit by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Radiation-tainted crushed stones used in Fukushima school

NIHONMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows an elementary school building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated gravel and crushed stones shipped from a quarry in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been used in work to strengthen earthquake resistance.

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Radiation-tainted crushed stones used in Fukushima school

NIHONMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows an elementary school building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated gravel and crushed stones shipped from a quarry in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been used in work to strengthen earthquake resistance.

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, where a high radiation level was detected on the first floor. Concrete foundations on the floor were made from crushed stones collected in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima Pref. declares newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a rice paddy in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011. The prefectural government the same day announced that newly harvested rice from the nuclear crisis-hit prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium.

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Fukushima Pref. declares newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A man harvests rice at a paddy field in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011. The prefectural government the same day announced that newly harvested rice from the nuclear crisis-hit prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium.

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Female centenarian twins receive congratulations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Female twins Tsuki Takashima (L) and Saki Takamiya pose for a photo with flowers in hands in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 23 as they celebrated their 100th birthday with about 50 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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People from northern Japan city parade at Expo Milano

Citizens from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, give a demonstration of a traditional local festival performance as part of the Tohoku Revitalization Parade at Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2015. The northeastern Japan region of Tohoku was ravaged by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business owners concerned over end of compensation proposal

Yuichi Harada, head of the Namie town chamber of commerce and industry in Fukushima Prefecture, speaks in Nihonmatsu in the northeastern Japanese prefecture on May 25, 2015. He expressed his objection to a proposal to end in fiscal 2016 compensation paid to businesses affected by evacuation after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. That was formulated by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Headquarters for Accelerating Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pocket-sized 'Bullworker' fitness gear developed by Fukushima firm

A 13-centimeter "Miniworker," a small-sized "Bullworker" fitness device, shown in this file photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, is the product of Fukushima Hatsujo Seisakusho in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese ad for 'Bullworker' still kept

The Japanese-language version (R) of an advertisement for the first model of the "Bullworker" fitness device is shown in this file photo taken on Dec. 29, 2014. Its manufacturer Fukushima Hatsujo Seisakusho based in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, created the ad based on the original English version when it released the first model half a century ago in 1965. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Bullworker' maker's president demonstrates 1965 model

Shoichiro Sato, president of Fukushima Hatsujo Seisakusho, a manufacturer of springs and "Bullworker" fitness devices based in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014, the way to use the company's first model released in Japan in 1965, exactly half a century ago. He says only a 7-second workout makes him tired. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a landslide at Ebisu Circuit in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude 7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a landslide at Ebisu Circuit in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude 7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a landslide at Ebisu Circuit in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2021, following the previous day's magnitude 7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Flag festival in Fukushima

People walk with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flag festival in Fukushima

People run with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flag festival in Fukushima

People climb steps with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flag festival in Fukushima

People walk with flags during the Kohata no hata festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on Dec. 2, 2018, wishing for good health and abundant crops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima radioactive waste storage starts full operation

Large bags containing radioactive-contaminated soil from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are stacked in the northeastern Japan city of Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2017. The government started full operation of its Fukushima radioactive waste storage facility after using it on a trial basis for about four months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets chrysanthemum ambassadors from Fukushima Pref.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) receives a courtesy call from Chrysanthemum Ambassadors Rina Sugeno (L) and Moe Ozawa (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2015. The pair are promoting a chrysanthemum festival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female centenarian twins receive congratulations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Female twins Tsuki Takashima (L) and Saki Takamiya pose for a photo with flowers in hands in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 23 as they celebrated their 100th birthday with about 50 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Pref. declares newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a rice paddy in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011. The prefectural government the same day announced that newly harvested rice from the nuclear crisis-hit prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Pref. declares newly harvested rice safe for shipment

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A man harvests rice at a paddy field in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011. The prefectural government the same day announced that newly harvested rice from the nuclear crisis-hit prefecture is safe for shipment after tests showed all samples cleared the government-set allowable limit for radioactive cesium. (Kyodo)

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New Fukushima adults show calligraphy from time capsule

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Young women from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show off examples of their calligraphy taken from a time capsule dating back to their elementary school days after a coming-of-age ceremony on Jan. 11, 2015, held in Nihonmatsu in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Their hometown remains off-limits following the nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Radiation-tainted crushed stones used in Fukushima school

NIHONMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows an elementary school building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated gravel and crushed stones shipped from a quarry in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been used in work to strengthen earthquake resistance. (Kyodo)

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Radiation-tainted crushed stones used in Fukushima school

NIHONMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows an elementary school building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated gravel and crushed stones shipped from a quarry in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been used in work to strengthen earthquake resistance. (Kyodo)

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, where a high radiation level was detected on the first floor. Concrete foundations on the floor were made from crushed stones collected in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Surplus rice in Japan amid coronavirus pandemic

Bags of rice produced for the restaurant industry are piled at a warehouse in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as seen on Dec. 21, 2020, as the region's surplus rice swells due to a sharp decline in demand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Surplus rice in Japan amid coronavirus pandemic

Bags of rice produced for the restaurant industry are piled at a warehouse in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as seen on Dec. 21, 2020, as the region's surplus rice swells due to a sharp decline in demand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Surplus rice in Japan amid coronavirus pandemic

Bags of rice produced for the restaurant industry are piled at a warehouse in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as seen on Dec. 21, 2020, as the region's surplus rice swells due to a sharp decline in demand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-Japan PM Junichiro Koizumi

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says during a speech in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2019 that there should be no nuclear power plants in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo