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Japan MSDF frigate in Philippines

SUBIC, Philippines, March 27 Kyodo - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate Noshiro prepares to dock at the Naval Operating Base Subic on Luzon Island in the Philippines on March 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan MSDF frigate in Philippines

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate Noshiro prepares to dock at the Naval Operating Base Subic on Luzon Island in the Philippines on March 26, 2025.

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Japan space agency rocket engine explodes

A fire breaks out and smoke rises after an engine for an Epsilon S small rocket exploded during a test at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's testing site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 14, 2023.

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Emperor, empress visit Akita Pref. as planned after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito attends Empress Michiko as they arrive at Odate-Noshiro Airport in the city of Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, June 14 to take part in a tree-planting ceremony in the city.

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Murder suspect asked lawyer not to talk about daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Hideki Arisaka, a lawyer for Suzuka Hatakeyama in Akita Prefecture who was indicted July 17 on charges of murdering a neighborhood boy, said in Noshiro in the prefecture the same day that Hatakeyama asked him not to talk to the media about the case of her daughter's death in April for the time being. According to investigative sources, Hatakeyama, reversing past statements, has admitted to killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka by throwing the girl from a bridge into a river.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police officers walk into the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police investigators check a car at the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said.

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Investigators continue hunt for unknown suspect in boy's murder

NOSHIRO, Japan - Villagers look at the banks of a river in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, as police investigators continue their hunt for the murderer of a 7-year-old boy on May 19. Police said the murderer is believed to be familiar with the local geography and have committed the crime in a planned manner.

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Elementary school boy found dead in Akita Pref.

AKITA, Japan - A villager looks on as policemen check the banks Yoneshiro River in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, where an elementary school boy was found dead on May 18. Police suspect foul play in the death of Goken Yoneyama, 7, of Fujisato town in the prefecture.

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Men Found on Boat in North East Japan Say they came From N. Korea

AKITA, Japan,-Nov. 24 Kyodo - A boat carrying eight men claiming to be fishermen from North Korea has washed ashore in the north eastern Japan prefecture of Akita, police said Friday. The police received a call from a resident in the city of Yurihonjo around 11:30 p.m. Thursday about suspicious men at the seaside. They later found the men on the wooden boat at a nearby marina. The men had no life-threatening injuries and appeared to speak Korean, the police said. They have been taken into protective custody. Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that the men have said they were fishing before the boat broke down and washed ashore. In November 2015 a wooden boat drifted ashore in the city of Noshiro in Akita and skeletal remains of two men were found inside the vessel and nearby.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

A small hybrid rocket is launched by Kanagawa University students on Sept. 19, 2021, in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

Kanagawa University students check signals from a small hybrid rocket they launched in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 19, 2021. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Small rocket launch by Japanese university students

A small hybrid rocket is launched by Kanagawa University students on Sept. 19, 2021, in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The rocket reached the highest altitude ever achieved by a hybrid rocket in the country of about 10.7 kilometers, according to preliminary data.

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Self-made rocket lifts off in national high school rocketry contest

A rocket made by students lifts off in a national high school rocketry contest in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 17, 2015. The contest was joined by 10 teams from seven senior high schools in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mini rocket launched in national high school rocketry contest

Two students watch a self-made mini rocket launched in a national high school rocketry contest in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 17, 2015. The rocket was made of plastic and paper and its engine was provided by the organizer of the contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,066 paper rockets launched in Akita Pref.

A total of 1,066 paper rockets, about 30 centimeters in length, are simultaneously launched from the port of Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paper rockets checked before simultaneous launch

Paper-made rockets are inspected before their simultaneous launch at the port of Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 1. The prefecture is known as the site where Hideo Itokawa launched the so-called pencil rocket in 1955. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Murder suspect asked lawyer not to talk about daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Hideki Arisaka, a lawyer for Suzuka Hatakeyama in Akita Prefecture who was indicted July 17 on charges of murdering a neighborhood boy, said in Noshiro in the prefecture the same day that Hatakeyama asked him not to talk to the media about the case of her daughter's death in April for the time being. According to investigative sources, Hatakeyama, reversing past statements, has admitted to killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka by throwing the girl from a bridge into a river. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police officers walk into the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Police investigators check a car at the house of the parents of a woman in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on June 4 in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. The police are questioning the woman on suspicion that she murdered the boy and abandoned his body, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Akita Pref. as planned after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito attends Empress Michiko as they arrive at Odate-Noshiro Airport in the city of Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, June 14 to take part in a tree-planting ceremony in the city. (Kyodo)

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Investigators continue hunt for unknown suspect in boy's murder

NOSHIRO, Japan - Villagers look at the banks of a river in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, as police investigators continue their hunt for the murderer of a 7-year-old boy on May 19. Police said the murderer is believed to be familiar with the local geography and have committed the crime in a planned manner. (Kyodo)

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Elementary school boy found dead in Akita Pref.

AKITA, Japan - A villager looks on as policemen check the banks Yoneshiro River in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, where an elementary school boy was found dead on May 18. Police suspect foul play in the death of Goken Yoneyama, 7, of Fujisato town in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tornado reported in Akita Pref.

NOSHIRO, Japan - A man passes a building destroyed by a tornado reported in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 30, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Tornado reported in Akita Pref.

NOSHIRO, Japan - Officials of the Japan Meteorological Agency inspect a house destroyed by a tornado reported in Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 30, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan MSDF's new destroyer Noshiro

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force holds a naming and launching ceremony for its new destroyer Noshiro at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 22, 2021. The 3,900-ton vessel with a minesweeping capability is scheduled to go into commission in 2022.

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LDP policy chief Kishida

Fumio Kishida, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 15, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seal in northeastern Japan

A seal lies on a rock in the Yoneshiro River in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan on Jan. 17, 2018. The seal, about 70 centimeters in size, was found alone about 30 kilometers upstream from the river mouth, according to the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo