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150 people hold anti-G8 summit rally in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Members of civic groups march in the township of Sobetsu, Hokkaido, on July 7 to express opposition to the Group of Eight summit meeting, which began the same day at the nearby Lake Toya resort. About 150 people took part in the rally, accusing G-8 countries of widening the gap between the rich and the poor.

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Int'l snowball fight tournament begins in Hokkaido

SOBETSU, Japan - Snowball-fighters hide behind snow 'shields' during an international snowball fight tournament in the Hokkaido town of Sobetsu on Feb. 22. Some 1,900 people from 14 foreign countries, most of whom are residents of Hokkaido, took part in the 15th Annual Mt. Showa Shinzan International Yukigassen (snowball fight) contest.

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Hotel near Mt. Usu reopens

DATE, Japan - Tourists arrive at a hotel in the town of Sobetsu near Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido on May 29, about two months after the 732-meter volcano erupted March 31. The reopening of the hotel follows the lifting of an evacuation order covering areas near Mt. Usu. Experts with the Coordinating Committee for the Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions announced May 22 that volcanic activity at the volcano is gradually subsiding and may soon cease.

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Evacuation drills conducted around Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - Primary school pupils board a Self-Defense Forces truck in Date, a city close to the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, on May 18 in evacuation drills participated in by some 700 residents in Date, Sobetsu and Abuta at the foot of the volcano. The 732-meter volcano remains active after erupting March 31 for the first time in nearly 23 years.

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Evacuees take needed items back with them

SOBETSU, Japan - The photo shows those who recently evacuated from their residences in the town of Sobetsu near the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido taking needed items back to their shelter after temporarily visiting their homes on April 9. Mt. Usu erupted March 31 for the first time in nearly 23 years and has since been emitting ash, steam, smoke and rock.

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Volcanic smoke from Mt. Usu engulfs Lake Toya resort

TOYA, Japan - Volcanic smoke from Mt. Usu, pushed on by strong winds, engulfs the Lake Toya spa-resort district in Hokkaido. The volcano has been erupting since March 31, forcing some 13,000 residents of the three municipalities surrounding to the volcano -- the city of Date and towns of Sobetsu and Abuta -- to evacuate their homes.

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Children start school in town near Mt. Usu

SOBETSU, Japan - First-grade children in the town of Sobetsu, near the Mt. Usu volcano, head to a ceremony marking the start of the school year April 6. The mountain in southern Hokkaido has been emitting smoke and ash since March 31, when it erupted for the first time in 23 years. Thousands of nearby residents have evacuated after scientists warned that the mountain could soon experience a powerful eruption.

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Volcano smoke pours over deserted town

TOYOURA, Japan - Smoke that spewed from Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido, northern Japan, drifts April 1 over Toya railway station in the deserted town of Abuta at the foot of the volcano. Mt. Usu blew its top again in the morning of April 1, a day after erupting for the first time in nearly 23 years. Residents in the city of Date and the towns of Abuta and Sobetsu, all at the foot of the volcano, have evacuated to public facilities or relatives' homes.

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Resident washes car covered with ash from volcano

SOBETSU, Japan - A resident of Sobetsu, Hokkaido washes her car covered with ash falling from Mt. Usu on March 31. The 732-meter mountain erupted earlier in the day for the first time in 23 years.

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People evacuate to shelter as Hokkaido's Mt. Usu erupts

SOBETSU, Japan - Local residents, braving ash from the erupting Mt. Usu, walk to a nearby shelter in Sobetsu, southwestern Hokkaido, on March 31. The 732-meter mountain erupted earlier in the day, emitting gray smoke and ash on its western slope. No casualties or property damage have been reported so far.

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Evacuees watch volcano eruption on TV screen

SOBETSU, Japan - Wary villagers evacuated to a school auditorium in Sobetsu, Hokkaido, watch Mt. Usu erupt on a TV screen March 31.

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Int'l snowball fight tournament begins in Hokkaido

SOBETSU, Japan - Snowball-fighters hide behind snow 'shields' during an international snowball fight tournament in the Hokkaido town of Sobetsu on Feb. 22. Some 1,900 people from 14 foreign countries, most of whom are residents of Hokkaido, took part in the 15th Annual Mt. Showa Shinzan International Yukigassen (snowball fight) contest. (Kyodo)

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Hotel near Mt. Usu reopens

DATE, Japan - Tourists arrive at a hotel in the town of Sobetsu near Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido on May 29, about two months after the 732-meter volcano erupted March 31. The reopening of the hotel follows the lifting of an evacuation order covering areas near Mt. Usu. Experts with the Coordinating Committee for the Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions announced May 22 that volcanic activity at the volcano is gradually subsiding and may soon cease.

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Evacuees watch volcano eruption on TV screen

SOBETSU, Japan - Wary villagers evacuated to a school auditorium in Sobetsu, Hokkaido, watch Mt. Usu erupt on a TV screen March 31.

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150 people hold anti-G8 summit rally in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Members of civic groups march in the township of Sobetsu, Hokkaido, on July 7 to express opposition to the Group of Eight summit meeting, which began the same day at the nearby Lake Toya resort. About 150 people took part in the rally, accusing G-8 countries of widening the gap between the rich and the poor. (Kyodo)

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China official Song Tao in Japan

Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (R), and Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, pick apples in Sobetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation drills conducted around Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - Primary school pupils board a Self-Defense Forces truck in Date, a city close to the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, on May 18 in evacuation drills participated in by some 700 residents in Date, Sobetsu and Abuta at the foot of the volcano. The 732-meter volcano remains active after erupting March 31 for the first time in nearly 23 years.

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Evacuees take needed items back with them

SOBETSU, Japan - The photo shows those who recently evacuated from their residences in the town of Sobetsu near the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido taking needed items back to their shelter after temporarily visiting their homes on April 9. Mt. Usu erupted March 31 for the first time in nearly 23 years and has since been emitting ash, steam, smoke and rock.

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Volcanic smoke from Mt. Usu engulfs Lake Toya resort

TOYA, Japan - Volcanic smoke from Mt. Usu, pushed on by strong winds, engulfs the Lake Toya spa-resort district in Hokkaido. The volcano has been erupting since March 31, forcing some 13,000 residents of the three municipalities surrounding to the volcano -- the city of Date and towns of Sobetsu and Abuta -- to evacuate their homes.

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Children start school in town near Mt. Usu

SOBETSU, Japan - First-grade children in the town of Sobetsu, near the Mt. Usu volcano, head to a ceremony marking the start of the school year April 6. The mountain in southern Hokkaido has been emitting smoke and ash since March 31, when it erupted for the first time in 23 years. Thousands of nearby residents have evacuated after scientists warned that the mountain could soon experience a powerful eruption.

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Volcano smoke pours over deserted town

TOYOURA, Japan - Smoke that spewed from Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido, northern Japan, drifts April 1 over Toya railway station in the deserted town of Abuta at the foot of the volcano. Mt. Usu blew its top again in the morning of April 1, a day after erupting for the first time in nearly 23 years. Residents in the city of Date and the towns of Abuta and Sobetsu, all at the foot of the volcano, have evacuated to public facilities or relatives' homes.

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Resident washes car covered with ash from volcano

SOBETSU, Japan - A resident of Sobetsu, Hokkaido washes her car covered with ash falling from Mt. Usu on March 31. The 732-meter mountain erupted earlier in the day for the first time in 23 years.

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People evacuate to shelter as Hokkaido's Mt. Usu erupts

SOBETSU, Japan - Local residents, braving ash from the erupting Mt. Usu, walk to a nearby shelter in Sobetsu, southwestern Hokkaido, on March 31. The 732-meter mountain erupted earlier in the day, emitting gray smoke and ash on its western slope. No casualties or property damage have been reported so far.