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Hotel for Chinese tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - This photo taken June 3, 2010, shows the front desk of Toyoko Inn Sapporo Susukino Minami in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The hotel caters to Chinese tourists with Chinese staff, signs, newspapers and television programs. The hotel began offering the services as the visa criteria for Chinese tourists will be eased in July.

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Livedoor's Horie encourages junior business leaders to be aggressive

SAPPORO, Japan - Takafumi Horie, president of Livedoor Co., a company involved in a heated battle with Fuji Television Network Inc. for control of a radio broadcaster, addresses a gathering of junior business leaders in Sapporo on March 9. Horie told young corporate managers, ''We can start over if we end up having nothing.''

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(1)3 Japanese hostages released

TOKYO, Japan - Families of the three Japanese hostages are seen rejoicing in Tokyo on April 15 while watching television showing their loved ones released in Baghdad. The three are Soichiro Koriyama, 32, a freelance photojournalist from Tokyo, Nahoko Takato, 34, a volunteer worker from Chitose, Hokkaido, and Noriaki Imai, 18, from Sapporo. (Pool photo)

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Unique dome with retractable roof unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A unique dome with a retractable glass roof is unveiled in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 4. The three photos show how the roof's triangular panels open and shut. The roof is composed of 24 panels of triangulate glass, with each panel measuring 10 meters in length. The dome will be the centerpiece of Sapporo Television's event park, called Spica, where concerts and other events will be held. Spica will open next April.

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Japan's famous centenarian twins turn 107

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters, Kin-san (R, in wheelchair) and Gin-san, (L) join a tree-planting ceremony in Sapporo Aug. 1 to mark their 107th birthday Aug. 1. The sisters have appeared on numerous television shows and commercials in Japan since turning 100 in 1992. Kin-san has 11 children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren while Gin-san has five children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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Snow sculptures lit up

Snow sculptures are illuminated on the eve of the annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Thursday Feb. 4. In the background stands the Sapporo Television Tower.

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Livedoor's Horie encourages junior business leaders to be aggres

SAPPORO, Japan - Takafumi Horie, president of Livedoor Co., a company involved in a heated battle with Fuji Television Network Inc. for control of a radio broadcaster, addresses a gathering of junior business leaders in Sapporo on March 9. Horie told young corporate managers, ''We can start over if we end up having nothing.'' (Kyodo)

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LDP-backed governor set to win re-election in Hokkaido

Noriyuki Sato, a former television anchor backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties, meets with reporters in Sapporo after he was defeated in the Hokkaido gubernatorial race by incumbent Harumi Takahashi on April 12, 2015. Takahashi was backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner the Komeito party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP-backed Takahashi wins Hokkaido gubernatorial race

Harumi Takahashi (C) and her supporters celebrate her victory in the Hokkaido gubernatorial race on April 12, 2015, in Sapporo. Incumbent Takahashi, backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner the Komeito party, was projected to have beaten Noriyuki Sato, a former television anchor backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP-backed governor set to win re-election in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi holds a banquet in Sapporo on April 12, 2015, as she appeared set to win re-election. Takahashi, backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner the Komeito party, was projected to have beaten Noriyuki Sato, a former television anchor backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties, in that day's gubernatorial election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hotel for Chinese tourists

SAPPORO, Japan - This photo taken June 3, 2010, shows the front desk of Toyoko Inn Sapporo Susukino Minami in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The hotel caters to Chinese tourists with Chinese staff, signs, newspapers and television programs. The hotel began offering the services as the visa criteria for Chinese tourists will be eased in July. (Kyodo)

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(1)3 Japanese hostages released

TOKYO, Japan - Families of the three Japanese hostages are seen rejoicing in Tokyo on April 15 while watching television showing their loved ones released in Baghdad. The three are Soichiro Koriyama, 32, a freelance photojournalist from Tokyo, Nahoko Takato, 34, a volunteer worker from Chitose, Hokkaido, and Noriaki Imai, 18, from Sapporo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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World's biggest high-definition screen opens to media

SAPPORO, Japan - The world's largest high-definition screen is introduced in Sapporo on March 2. Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co. unveiled the screen at a media park now under construction in the capital of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. The 250 million yen screen, measuring 6.9 meters in width and 3.8 meters in length, uses 1.66 million light-emitting diodes, according to its manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

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Unique dome with retractable roof unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A unique dome with a retractable glass roof is unveiled in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 4. The three photos show how the roof's triangular panels open and shut. The roof is composed of 24 panels of triangulate glass, with each panel measuring 10 meters in length. The dome will be the centerpiece of Sapporo Television's event park, called Spica, where concerts and other events will be held. Spica will open next April.

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Japan's famous centenarian twins turn 107

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters, Kin-san (R, in wheelchair) and Gin-san, (L) join a tree-planting ceremony in Sapporo Aug. 1 to mark their 107th birthday Aug. 1. The sisters have appeared on numerous television shows and commercials in Japan since turning 100 in 1992. Kin-san has 11 children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren while Gin-san has five children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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Snow sculptures lit up

Snow sculptures are illuminated on the eve of the annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Thursday Feb. 4. In the background stands the Sapporo Television Tower. ==Kyodo