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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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[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

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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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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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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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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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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[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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[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.

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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 Railways, in 1973.

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Shine Muscat grape

OKAYAMA,Japan, June 2 Kyodo -Video taken on June 2, 2024, shows Shine Muscat grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.(Kyodo)

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Shine Muscat grape

Photo taken on June 2, 2024, shows Shine Muscat grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.

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Muscat of Alexandria grape

Photo taken on June 2, 2024, shows Muscat of Alexandria grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.

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Japanese emperor, empress visit flood-hit area in Okayama

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C, L) and Empress Masako (C, R) talk with a man affected by the July 2018 flood during a visit to a park built after the disaster in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2024. The flood caused by torrential rains killed over 50 people in the region.

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Japanese emperor, empress visit flood-hit area in Okayama

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako talk with a man affected by the July 2018 flood during a visit to a park built after the disaster in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2024. The flood caused by torrential rains killed over 50 people in the region.

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Japanese emperor, empress visit flood-hit area in Okayama

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C, L) and Empress Masako bow at a park built after the July 2018 flood in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2024. The flood caused by torrential rains killed over 50 people in the region. (Pool photo)

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Japanese emperor, empress visit flood-hit area in Okayama

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako visit a park built after the July 2018 flood in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2024. The flood caused by torrential rains killed over 50 people in the region.

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Japanese emperor, empress visit flood-hit area in Okayama

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako visit an area hit by the July 2018 flood in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2024. The flood caused by torrential rains killed over 50 people in the region. (Pool photo)

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Stray cat "lord" of ancient castle in western Japan

Sanjuro sits on a cushion in Takahashi in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 16, 2024, during the opening ceremony of a facility dedicated to the cat marking the fifth anniversary in December 2023 since it was installed as the "lord" of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle. Sanjuro ran away from home and settled in the 13th century castle following a deadly rain disaster in the area in 2018.

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Stray cat "lord" of ancient castle in western Japan

Sanjuro sits on a cushion in Takahashi in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 16, 2024, during the opening ceremony of a facility dedicated to the cat marking the fifth anniversary in December 2023 since it was installed as the "lord" of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle. Sanjuro ran away from home and settled in the 13th century castle following a deadly rain disaster in the area in 2018.

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EU Commissioner Nicolas Schmit in Tokyo

Nicolas Schmit, European Union commissioner in charge of jobs and social rights, gives an interview in Tokyo on April 25, 2023. He was visiting Japan to attend the Group of Seven labor ministers' meeting held in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 22-23.

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Exhibition facility for flying vehicle

Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2023, shows a facility permanently exhibiting a flying vehicle in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, a day ahead of its opening to the public. Local entity MASC, which operates the facility, succeeded in achieving Japan's first outdoor manned flight using the vehicle in February 2023.

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Exhibition facility for flying vehicle

A flying vehicle is displayed during a press preview for a permanent exhibit in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 9, 2023, a day ahead of its opening to the public. Local entity MASC, which operates the facility, succeeded in achieving Japan's first outdoor manned flight using the vehicle in February 2023.

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Scene in western Japan city of Kurashiki

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2023, shows a designated aesthetic area in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Scene in western Japan city of Kurashiki

Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2023, shows a designated aesthetic area in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Japan PM Kishida treated to grapes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a muscat grape produced in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama during a meeting with the prefecture's agricultural cooperative officials at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2023.

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Anime, comic character lantern floats in Japan festival

A paper lantern float featuring characters from the "Pokemon" animation series are paraded through the streets during the Manga Ebuta Matsuri festival in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Anime, manga character lantern floats in Japan festival

A paper lantern float featuring characters from Hayao Miyazaki's popular animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" are paraded through the streets during the Manga Ebuta Matsuri festival in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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5th anniv. of western Japan rain disaster

A memorial ceremony is held in Kurashiki in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on July 6, 2023, the fifth anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, claiming the lives of over 300 people in 14 prefectures.

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5th anniv. of western Japan rain disaster

People observe a moment of silence at a memorial ceremony in Kurashiki in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on July 6, 2023, the fifth anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides, claiming the lives of over 300 people in 14 prefectures.