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Actor named 'lucky' as special vice governor of Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Yo Oizumi (R), an actor from Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, receives a letter of appointment as a special "fuku" (meaning both lucky and deputy in Japanese) governor from Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi in Sapporo on Aug. 28, 2014.

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Safety control improved in factory

OIZUMI, Japan - A monitoring device installed at the side of a production line of the factory of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Safety control improvement required

OIZUMI, Japan - A security monitor installed on the ceiling of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. factory is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 24, 2014 shows Paulo Issamu Hirano, a third-generation Japanese Brazilian who lives in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, holding copies of a free paper he has issued to introduce the prefectural town of Oizumi, which is dubbed "Brazil Town" as 10 percent of its 40,000 residents are of Brazilian descent.

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Factory worker arrested over poisoning

OIZUMI, Japan - Photo shows Aqlifoods Co.'s factory in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 26, 2014. A 49-year-old worker at the factory was arrested on Jan. 25 over his alleged involvement in the poisoning of the Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. subsidiary's food products with pesticide, possibly putting at risk the health of more than 2,800 people across Japan.

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Factory worker arrested over alleged frozen food poisoning

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 25, 2014, shows a factory operated by Aqlifoods Co., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture. Police arrested Toshiki Abe, a 49-year-old worker at the factory, the same day on suspicion of poisoning food products four separate times between last Oct. 3 and Oct. 7. More than 2,800 people have reported falling ill in possible connection with the poisoning.

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3 boys attacked by man with knife in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators on a street near Oizumi Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, shortly after three boys were attacked while on their way home by a man wielding a knife on June 28, 2013. The man fled in a car but was later arrested by police. The boys were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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3 boys attacked by man with knife in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators on a street near Oizumi Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, shortly after three boys were attacked while on their way home by a man wielding a knife on June 28, 2013. The man fled in a car but was later arrested by police. The boys were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Fuji Heavy's 1st new car engine in 21 yrs

OIZUMI, Japan - Masahiro Kasai, corporate senior vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., shows off the first new car engine the company has created in 21 years in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2010. Fuji Heavy said it has produced the new main engine for passenger cars to satisfy tighter environmental regulations.

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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films.

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Municipalities want to set up register of foreign residents

MAEBASHI, Japan - A Brazilian restaurant in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, is full of Japanese-Brazilians and other customers on one holiday on Dec. 23, 2007.

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(1)Police investigate Pana Wave over false vehicle registration

OIZUMI, Japan - Police enter a Pana Wave Laboratory facility in the village of Oizumi, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 14. The police searched the group's facilities in Yamanashi, Fukui and Tokyo prefectures, alleging the white-robed group falsely registered vehicles.

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(2)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken Nov. 21 shows Oizumi-Chuo Park (fore) in Tokyo's Nerima ward and the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Asaka base (back) which straddles between Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. Police found two metal pipes at the park in what they suspect was a home-made automatic projectile launcher Japanese militants used to attack the base.

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(20)Brazil vs Germany

OIZUMI, Japan - Japanese Brazilians rejoice in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on June 30 after Brazil won the World Cup final against Germany 2-0 at International Stadium Yokohama on June 30. (World Cup 2002)

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(1)Supporters in Gunma

OIZUMI, Japan - Japanese Brazilians cheer for Brazil in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on June 30 before the start of the World Cup final against Germany. (World Cup 2002)

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(7)Supporters in Oizumi

OIZUMI, Japan - Brazil supporters in Oizumi, Gumma Prefecture, celebrate their team's 2-1 victory over England in their quarterfinal match at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 21. Japanese-Brazilians account for 10% of the town's population. (World Cup 2002)

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Supporters in Gunma

MAEBASHI, Japan - Brazilians at a soccer bar in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture rejoice after Brazil beat Belgium 2-0 at Kobe stadium on June 17. (World Cup 2002)

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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films. (Kyodo)

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(1)Brazilians in Gunma Prefecture

OIZUMI, Japan - Japanese-Brazilians cheer wildly in a shopping mall in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on June 26, 2002 after Brazil scored in the World Cup semifinal against Turkey at the International Stadium Yokohama. (Kyodo)

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Life-size bronze statues of popular anime characters unveiled in Tokyo

Renowned Japanese cartoonists Leiji Matsumoto (2nd from L) and Rumiko Takahashi (3rd from L) join other guests for a commemorative photo in front of the newly unveiled Oizumi Anime Gate, featuring life-size bronze statues of popular animation characters such as Astro Boy, at its opening ceremony in Tokyo's Nerima district on April 4, 2015. Nerima prides itself on being the birthplace of Japan's anime production industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Life-size bronze statues of popular anime characters unveiled in Tokyo

Popular cartoonist Rumiko Takahashi poses with the newly unveiled bronze statue of Lum, a lead character in her award-winning "Urusei Yatsura" comic series, at an opening ceremony for the Oizumi Anime Gate at Oizumi Gakuen Station in Tokyo's Nerima district on April 4, 2015. Nerima prides itself on being the birthplace of Japan's anime production industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Life-size bronze statues of popular anime characters unveiled in Tokyo

Renowned cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto unveils a bronze statue of Maetel, a lead character in his famous "Galaxy Express 999" comic series, at a opening ceremony for the Oizumi Anime Gate at Oizumi Gakuen Station in Tokyo's Nerima district on April 4, 2015. Nerima prides itself on being the birthplace of Japan's anime production industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(20)Brazil vs Germany

OIZUMI, Japan - Japanese Brazilians rejoice in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on June 30 after Brazil won the World Cup final against Germany 2-0 at International Stadium Yokohama on June 30. (World Cup 2002)

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(1)Supporters in Gunma

OIZUMI, Japan - Japanese Brazilians cheer for Brazil in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on June 30 before the start of the World Cup final against Germany. (World Cup 2002)

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Fuji Heavy's 1st new car engine in 21 yrs

OIZUMI, Japan - Masahiro Kasai, corporate senior vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., shows off the first new car engine the company has created in 21 years in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2010. Fuji Heavy said it has produced the new main engine for passenger cars to satisfy tighter environmental regulations. (Kyodo)

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Actor named 'lucky' as special vice governor of Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Yo Oizumi (R), an actor from Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, receives a letter of appointment as a special "fuku" (meaning both lucky and deputy in Japanese) governor from Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi in Sapporo on Aug. 28, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Safety control improved in factory

OIZUMI, Japan - A monitoring device installed at the side of a production line of the factory of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year. (Kyodo)

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(1)Police investigate Pana Wave over false vehicle registration

OIZUMI, Japan - Police enter a Pana Wave Laboratory facility in the village of Oizumi, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 14. The police searched the group's facilities in Yamanashi, Fukui and Tokyo prefectures, alleging the white-robed group falsely registered vehicles. (Kyodo)

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(2)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken Nov. 21 shows Oizumi-Chuo Park (fore) in Tokyo's Nerima ward and the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Asaka base (back) which straddles between Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. Police found two metal pipes at the park in what they suspect was a home-made automatic projectile launcher Japanese militants used to attack the base. (Kyodo)

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(2)Brazilians in Gunma Prefecture

MAEBASHI, Japan - Japanese-Brazilians in colorful costumes participate in a samba parade in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 1999 in scorching weather. (Kyodo)