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Killer whales off Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan, June 13 Kyodo - Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Killer whales off Hokkaido

Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025.

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Killer whales off Hokkaido

Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025.

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Killer whales off Hokkaido

Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025.

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Killer whales off Hokkaido

Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025.

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Killer whales off Hokkaido

Killer whales swim off Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 13, 2025.

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Steller's sea eagles in Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan, March 5 Kyodo - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 5, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Steller's sea eagles in Hokkaido

Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Steller's sea eagles in Hokkaido

Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

A Steller's sea eagle flies above drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Trans-Shiretoko Peninsula road reopens

The main road crossing the World Heritage-listed Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido reopens on April 26, 2024, following a wintertime half-year closure. Mt. Rausu can be seen in the background.

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[Breaking News]Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

HOKKAIDO,Japan, Mar. 1 Kyodo -Video shows a Steller's sea eagle on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

A Steller's sea eagle flies above drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

Photo shows some Steller's sea eagles on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

Photo shows some Steller's sea eagles on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

Photo shows some Steller's sea eagles on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.

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Steller's sea eagle in Hokkaido

Photo shows a Steller's sea eagle on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2024.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

Photo shows Steller's sea eagles gathering on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

Photo shows a Steller's sea eagle flying over drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

Photo shows some Steller's sea eagles on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

Photo shows some Steller's sea eagles on drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Fishing boat Zuisho Maru freed 7 months after seizure by Russia

KUSHIRO, Japan - The Japanese fishing boat Zuisho Maru No. 38, seized by Russian authorities in January for illegal fishing, berthed at Rausu, Hokkaido after it was released by Russia and towed back to Rausu on Aug. 14. The captain Takashi Kawabata and five other crew members of the 19-ton vessel had been released by the end of May. Russian authorities accused Kawabata of illegal fishing and imposed a 300,000 ruble (1.4 million yen) fine.

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Tour guide shows how to roll 'kombu' in Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Tour guide Kazuko Hasegawa (L) demonstrates how to roll "kombu" sea tangle for tourists on Aug. 14, 2014, in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Man speaks about Rausu 'kombu' sea tangle

KUSHIRO, Japan - Kazuaki Ida of the Rausu Fisheries Cooperative Association explains the attractiveness of local "kombu" sea tangle in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 13, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Fisherman gathers 'kombu' off Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fisherman gathers "kombu" sea tangle off the coast of Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Whale watching off Rausu, Hokkaido

RAUSU, Japan - A sperm whale swims in waters off Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 25, 2014. Whale watching in the area is gaining popularity.

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Sea eagles in northern Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles gather on drift ice off the Shiretoko Peninsula (back) in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 2, 2014.

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Sea eagles in northern Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles gather on drift ice off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 2, 2014.

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Wintering eagles gather on drift ice in Shiretoko, Japan

RAUSU, Japan - Eagles passing the winter in Shiretoko, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Hokkaido, northern Japan, gather over drift ice against the backdrop of the morning sun rising from behind the Russian-held Kunashiri Island. The brown bird in the center below is a white-tailed sea eagle designated as a national natural treasure, as are other birds known as Steller's sea eagles.

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Fish stocks in decline

TOKYO, Japan - A January 2004 file photo shows a catch of Alaska pollack in the town of Rausu, Hokkaido. Japan's Fisheries Agency has reported low stocks of 36 of 85 major fish species in waters near Japan in fiscal 2013, including some 10 subject to a catch reduction recommendation.

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Sea eagles on drift ice

SAPPORO, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on March 5, 2012. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in winter and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Sea eagles on drift ice

SAPPORO, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on March 5, 2012. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in winter and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Snow plowing in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Plows remove snow from a major road in the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, on April 7, 2011, ahead of the major holidays starting April 29.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Total moon eclipse seen in Japan

RAUSU, Japan - A total eclipse of the moon is observed in Rausu in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido at 4:40 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - Sightseers aboard a whale watching boat photograph a killer whale in the waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.

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Killer whales delight tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - A killer whale breaches while another swims in waters off the Rausu area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site in Hokkaido, in a photo taken from a boat on May 15, 2010. May is peak season for watching the sea mammal in the area, with about a 50-percent chance of spotting one during a tour.

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Coast Guard inspects boats bearing bullet marks

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers inspect two fishing boats at a port in Rausu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 30, 2010. The inspectors found a total of 20 bullet marks on the two boats that were shot at by a Russian border guard helicopter the previous day.

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Coast Guard inspects boats bearing bullet marks

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers inspect two fishing boats at a port in Rausu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 30, 2010. The inspectors found a total of 20 bullet marks on the two boats that were shot at by a Russian border guard helicopter the previous day.

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Coast Guard inspects boats bearing bullet holes

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers inspect two fishing boats at a port in Rausu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 30, 2010. The inspectors found a total of 20 bullet holes on the two boats that were shot at by a Russian border guard helicopter the previous day.

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Japan, Russia to cooperate to save endangered eagles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an endangered Steller's sea eagle flying over drift ice off the town of Rausu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The Russian Natural Resources Ministry announced Feb. 26 that experts from Japan and Russia will cooperate to carry out a conservation project to artificially breed the eagles in a zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and release them in Russia's Sakhalin Province, where the birds breed. The bird is said to be the world's heaviest eagle.

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UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

RAUSU, Japan - A banner is put up at the Rausu town office on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido informing people in the town of a UNESCO decision to admit the Shiretoko area as a natural heritage site.

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Hokkaido fishermen enjoy bountiful salmon catch

SHIBETSU, Japan - Fishermen in eastern Hokkaido have been enjoying a bountiful catch of prized young salmon, normally only one out of every 10,000 caught. About 2,000 young salmon have been caught at the Rausu fishing grounds this year, up from 700 last year, and around 900 in Shibetsu (shown), compared with 200-300 on average.

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British group climbs 98 mountains in anti-land mine campaign

AOMORI, Japan - Tom Fearnehough is seen at Mt. Hakkoda in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 13 after he and two other British men completed a journey during which they had aimed to climb Japan's 100 most famous mountains, but missed two, to raise money and awareness for anti-land mine campaigns in Afghanistan and other war-torn countries. The 10-month effort ended on Dec. 4 when Fearnehough, 26, scaled Mt. Rausu in western Hokkaido. Paul Briffa, 24, and Ben Davies, 23, both sustained injuries and had to give up their quest in the final stages, while bad weather forced Fearnehough to forego climbing the final two mountains.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

The Japan Coast Guard searches waters off the port of Rausu on Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Japan on May 11, 2022, for 12 people missing since a tour boat sank with 26 aboard on April 23. Fourteen people have been found dead.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Photo taken April 29, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vessels searching for a missing tourist boat off the port of Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, northern Japan. The 19-ton Kazu I went missing with 26 people aboard on April 23

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Photo taken April 29, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vessels searching for a missing tourist boat off the port of Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, northern Japan. The 19-ton Kazu I went missing with 26 people aboard on April 23

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Boat travel near Russia-held isles

Ex-residents of Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido and others pray on boat toward Kunashiri Island, one of the isles, off the town of Rausu in Hokkaido on Oct. 6, 2021, as a visa-free visit was cancelled for this fiscal year due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)