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Robots for lemon harvesting

A four-legged robot grabs a lemon and places it into a basket carried by another robot as Chinese-developed machines are tested for lemon harvesting in Asakuchi in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Golf: Women's British Open

Eri Okayama of Japan plays a shot during the first round of the Women's British Open golf tournament on July 31, 2025, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales.

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in western Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Smoke rises from a mountainous area as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in western Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire continuing to rage in a mountainous area straddling the cities of Okayama and Tamano in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on March 25, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Wildfire in western Japan

Smoke rises from a mountainous area as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 26, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Smoke rises from a mountainous area as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 26, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Smoke rises from a mountainous area as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 26, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

A wildfire approaches residential houses in Okayama, western Japan, on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows firefighting operations by a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter as a wildfire continues to rage in a mountainous area straddling the western Japan cities of Okayama and Tamano on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire continuing to rage in a mountainous area straddling the cities of Okayama and Tamano in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire continuing to rage in a mountainous area straddling the cities of Okayama and Tamano in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire continuing to rage in a mountainous area straddling the cities of Okayama and Tamano in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire continuing to rage in a mountainous area straddling the cities of Okayama and Tamano in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on March 25, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

A wildfire approaches residential houses in Okayama, western Japan, on March 25, 2025.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 7

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 6

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 5

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 4

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in western Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan, March 24 Kyodo - A wildfire burns in a mountainous area in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 23, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 3

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Wildfire in western Japan

A convenience store is closed near the site of a wildfire in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

A police vehicle patrols in a mountainous area in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025, as a wildfire continues to rage.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Fire engines gather near the site of a wildfire in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from a mountain as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered

Wildfires have raged in Okayama and Ehime prefectures in western Japan, prompting evacuations in some areas. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 2

Wildfires have raged in Okayama and Ehime prefectures in western Japan, prompting evacuations in some areas. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from a mountain as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows water being dropped on a mountain as a wildfire continues in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 24, 2025.

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Wildfire in western Japan

A wildfire burns in a mountainous area in the western Japan city of Okayama on March 23, 2025.

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Water lilies at Ohara museum in western Japan

Water lilies, grown from those at painter Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, France, bloom at Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 13, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

OKAYAMA, Japan, Nov. 1 Kyodo - A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event. (Kyodo)

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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Comet observed in Japan

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is observed in the Okayama Prefecture city of Setouchi, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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Comet observed in Japan

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is observed in the Okayama Prefecture city of Setouchi, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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Comet observed in Japan

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is observed in the Okayama Prefecture city of Setouchi, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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Gymnastics gold medalist Oka awarded in Okayama

Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka (R) is given the Okayama prefecture's citizen honor award from Okayama Gov. Ryuta Ibaragi at the prefecture's government office in Okayama on Aug. 26, 2024. The Okayama prefecture native won three gold medals in the men's gymnastics individual all-around, horizontal bar and team events, and a bronze medal in the parallel bars at the Paris Olympics.

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Gymnastics gold medalist Oka in Okayama

Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka strikes a peace sign at the Okayama prefectural government building in his home prefecture of Okayama on Aug. 26, 2024, with a banner celebrating his three gold medals and one bronze medal won at the Paris Olympics.

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Japan: Perseid Meteor Shower Observed Across Country 2

The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on Monday night, August 12, and many shooting stars were observed across Japan.

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[Breaking News]Anti-disaster park in Okayama

KURASHIKI, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - Video taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki. (Kyodo)

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Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.

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Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.

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Ukrainian ambassador to Japan

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky makes a speech in the western Japan city of Okayama on June 24, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.(Kyodo)

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service runs in Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Izumo and the Okayama Prefecture capital of Okayama. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.