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Taiji, environmentalists meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen (R), discusses dolphin hunting by local fishermen during a meeting with foreign activists campaigning against the practice on Nov. 2, 2010, in the town in Wakayama Prefecture. The first meeting between the two sides ended with no accord.

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Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen

Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932

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Fire ritual in eastern Japan

People light torches in a ritual at Kitaguchihongu Fuji Sangen shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2020. This year's ritual was carried out on a smaller scale due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Yoshida Fire Festival being canceled in the eastern Japan city.

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Taiji, environmentalists meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen (R), discusses dolphin hunting by local fishermen during a meeting with foreign activists campaigning against the practice on Nov. 2, 2010, in the town in Wakayama Prefecture. The first meeting between the two sides ended with no accord. (Kyodo)

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Fire ritual in eastern Japan

People light torches in a ritual at Kitaguchihongu Fuji Sangen shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2020. This year's ritual was carried out on a smaller scale due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Yoshida Fire Festival being canceled in the eastern Japan city.

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Whaling towns of Japan, Faroe Islands become sister cities

Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen speaks to the press in the western Japan town on Jan. 24, 2018. Taiji and Klaksvic in the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, both known for their whale and dolphin hunts, have established a sister-city relationship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo