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Heavy rain in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - A river is swollen after heavy rain in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 4, 2013.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - A road is flooded after heavy rain in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 4, 2013. A swollen river is seen in the back.

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X-ray free electron laser facility SACLA

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2012, shows the inside of SACLA, a cutting-edge X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility, which was unveiled the same day by the Japanese government-backed laboratory Riken.

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Analysis of space particles in Hayabusa

SAYO, Japan - Akira Tsuchiyama, a professor at Osaka University, explains equipment that is being used to analyze particles found inside a container of Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe, which returned from the asteroid Itokawa, at the large SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Sunflower garden in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A woman holding a baby strolls through sunflowers in full bloom in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21, 2010. The flowers were a part of around 1.5 million sunflowers planted in the western Japan town.

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - Residents of the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, walk through debris washed ashore from the Sayo River after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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More than 10 die due to typhoon-triggered heavy rain

SAYO, Japan - A car filled with debris is washed up on a tree on the bank of the Sayo River in the town of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area. Kazuam Ikeda, one of more than 10 victims in floods and mudslides caused by the rain, is believed to have been in the car.

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - This photo, taken at 10:46 a.m. Aug. 10 in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows a bridge on the Sayo River destroyed by a flood of the river after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - This photo, taken at 10:38 a.m. Aug. 10 in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows a road destroyed by a flood of the Sayo River (lower L) after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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More than 10 die due to typhoon-triggered heavy rain

SAYO, Japan - A submerged car is seen in a drain connected to the Sayo River in the town of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - A house in Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is seen buried in mud that flowed in a flood caused by torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau.

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - An official of the municipal government of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, cleans up mud on the first floor of the town hall Aug. 10 after it was flooded under 1.5 meters of water the night of Aug. 9, when torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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More than 10 die due to typhoon-triggered heavy rain

SAYO, Japan - A male resident of the town of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture watches the swollen Chikusa River after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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Century's longest lunar eclipse seen in Japan

SAYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 11:54 p.m. on July 16 in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows the moon shortly after a total eclipse. It was the 20th century's longest lunar eclipse, lasting 107 minutes from 10:02 p.m.

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Total lunar eclipse seen in Japan

SAYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 10:56 p.m. on July 16 in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows a total eclipse of the moon. It was the 20th century's longest lunar eclipse, lasting 107 minutes from 10:02 p.m.

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Children await shooting stars of Leonid meteors

SAYO, Japan - Children at a local observatory in Hyogo Prefecture on the night of Nov. 17 line up for a peek through a telescope to view the shooting stars effect given by the Leonid meteors.

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Total lunar eclipse seen in Japan

SAYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 10:56 p.m. on July 16 in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows a total eclipse of the moon. It was the 20th century's longest lunar eclipse, lasting 107 minutes from 10:02 p.m.

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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

The "Saio-dai" imperial princess (C), played by college student Sayo Tomita, arrives at Shimogamo Shrine on the way to Kamigamo Shrine during a parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, on May 15, 2016. Around 500 participants, dressed in aristocratic-style costumes of the Heian period (794-1185), paraded along an 8-kilometer course from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to Kamigamo Shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

A float carrying the "Saio-dai" imperial princess, played by college student Sayo Tomita, arrives at Shimogamo Shrine on the way to Kamigamo Shrine during a parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, on May 15, 2016. Around 500 participants, dressed in aristocratic-style costumes of the Heian period (794-1185), paraded along an 8-kilometer course from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to Kamigamo Shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sunflower garden in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A woman holding a baby strolls through sunflowers in full bloom in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21, 2010. The flowers were a part of around 1.5 million sunflowers planted in the western Japan town. (Kyodo)

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X-ray free electron laser facility SACLA

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2012, shows the inside of SACLA, a cutting-edge X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility, which was unveiled the same day by the Japanese government-backed laboratory Riken. (Kyodo)

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Analysis of space particles in Hayabusa

SAYO, Japan - Akira Tsuchiyama, a professor at Osaka University, explains equipment that is being used to analyze particles found inside a container of Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe, which returned from the asteroid Itokawa, at the large SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

College student Sayo Tomita (far L), clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, boards a float for a parade in the Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main annual festivals in Kyoto, on May 15, 2017. Tomita played the role of "Saio-dai" imperial princess, the festival's heroine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Century's longest lunar eclipse seen in Japan

SAYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 11:54 p.m. on July 16 in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, shows the moon shortly after a total eclipse. It was the 20th century's longest lunar eclipse, lasting 107 minutes from 10:02 p.m.

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Children await shooting stars of Leonid meteors

SAYO, Japan - Children at a local observatory in Hyogo Prefecture on the night of Nov. 17 line up for a peek through a telescope to view the shooting stars effect given by the Leonid meteors.