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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

SHIZUKUISHI, Japan - Local residents pass a flooded road in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Japanese women at centenary skiing event

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese women in old-fashioned costumes ski down a hill using a single bamboo stick as the ski pole during a centenary event at a ski resort in the town of Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 12, 2011. The winter sport is believed to have been introduced in Japan by Austrian Army Maj. Theodor von Lerch on Jan. 12, 1911.

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Highly touted lefty Kikuchi agrees to terms with Seibu

SHIZUKUISHI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi poses with a snowman in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009, after agreeing to terms with the Japanese Pacific League's Seibu Lions.

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Highly touted lefty Kikuchi agrees to terms with Seibu

SHIZUKUISHI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi smiles during a news conference in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009, after agreeing to terms with the Japanese Pacific League's Seibu Lions.

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Old cow ova nuclei transplanted to young ovum, calf expected

MORIOKA, Japan - A surrogate mother cow (in photo taken Feb. 19) in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, is expecting a calf inheriting genetic information from aged female cows. A joint clinic and university team involved in the project said the ova nuclei from the older cows were transplanted into a younger cow's ovum, whose nucleus had been removed, and that the fertilized eggs produced through in vitro fertilization of this ovum were then transplanted into four surrogate mother cows, two of which became pregnant.

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Cherry tree in full bloom in northeastern Japan

People look at a cherry tree in full bloom from a viewing site at a farm in Shizukuishi in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 26, 2021. The public's access to the site was banned last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Iwate Prefecture town of Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Iwate Prefecture town of Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Iwate Prefecture town of Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2021.

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Old cow ova nuclei transplanted to young ovum, calf expected

MORIOKA, Japan - A surrogate mother cow (in photo taken Feb. 19) in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, is expecting a calf inheriting genetic information from aged female cows. A joint clinic and university team involved in the project said the ova nuclei from the older cows were transplanted into a younger cow's ovum, whose nucleus had been removed, and that the fertilized eggs produced through in vitro fertilization of this ovum were then transplanted into four surrogate mother cows, two of which became pregnant.

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Japanese women at centenary skiing event

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese women in old-fashioned costumes ski down a hill using a single bamboo stick as the ski pole during a centenary event at a ski resort in the town of Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 12, 2011. The winter sport is believed to have been introduced in Japan by Austrian Army Maj. Theodor von Lerch on Jan. 12, 1911. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch

The Olympic torch to be relayed for the postponed Tokyo Games is put on display in Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 24, 2020, the first stop for the torch touring 33 municipalities in Iwate Prefecture, one of the regions hardest hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tokyo Olympic torch

The Olympic torch to be relayed for the postponed Tokyo Games is put on display in Shizukuishi, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 24, 2020, the first stop for the torch touring 33 municipalities in Iwate Prefecture, one of the regions hardest hit by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tiger puffer farm

Photo taken at a fish farm in Shizukuishi, in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture, in December 2018 shows a tiger puffer cultivated in hot spring water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly touted lefty Kikuchi agrees to terms with Seibu

SHIZUKUISHI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi smiles during a news conference in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009, after agreeing to terms with the Japanese Pacific League's Seibu Lions. (Kyodo)

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Highly touted lefty Kikuchi agrees to terms with Seibu

SHIZUKUISHI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School left-hander Yusei Kikuchi poses with a snowman in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2009, after agreeing to terms with the Japanese Pacific League's Seibu Lions. (Kyodo)