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Insect exhibition under way in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Butterfly samples, shown in this file photo taken on July 31, 2014, are among exhibits at an insect fair under way at the Osaka Prefectural Sayamaike Museum in Sayama, western Japan. The sample at the lower left is the Morpho zephyritis, a rare South American butterfly species.

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Japan major firms begin operating on weekends

TOKYO, Japan - A Honda Motor Co. plant in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, begins weekend operations on July 2, 2011. Major companies in Japan began weekend operations to avoid the concentration of electricity use on weekdays amid power shortfalls in the summer.

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Taniguchi, Fukabori, Takayama book spots at U.S. Open

SAYAMA, Japan - (From L to R) Toru Taniguchi, Keiichiro Fukabori and Tadahiro Takayama pose for photos after claiminbg berths at the U.S. Open with the top three finishes at the final qualifying tournament at Tokyo Golf Club in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture on May 29.

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More helicopters sent to Pakistan for quake victims

SAYAMA, Japan - Air Self-Defense Force members load a helicopter into a C130 transport plane in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 21 to help victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistan. Three helicopters from Japan are now operating there.

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Police probe ASDF plane crash in Saitama

SAYAMA, Japan - Police on Nov. 23 start a full-fledged investigation into the crash of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) T-33 training jet in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 22.

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Police probe ASDF jet crash in Saitama

SAYAMA, Japan - Police investigators on Nov. 23 surround the wreckage of an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) T-33 training jet that crashed the day before by the riverbank in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, just 3.6 kilometers north of the ASDF Iruma base. The crash severed power lines, blacking out some 800,000 households in Tokyo and Saitama.

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Seibu train, truck collide, injuring 17

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken from a helicopter, shows a commuter train on the Seibu Shinjuku Line which collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed at a crossing in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, at around 5:25 p.m. on Oct. 12. Seventeen passengers were injured. The train was bound for Honkawagoe, Saitama, from Shinjuku, Tokyo.