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Turquoise-colored Japanese tree frog

Photo taken on June 1, 2024, shows a rare turquoise-colored Japanese tree frog at a high school in Fukuoka, following its discovery in a rice field in Sasaguri near the southwestern Japan city. The farmer who found the frog gave it to the high school's aquatic life club.

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Turquoise-colored Japanese tree frog

Photo taken on June 1, 2024, shows a rare turquoise-colored Japanese tree frog at a high school in Fukuoka, following its discovery in a rice field in Sasaguri near the southwestern Japan city. The farmer who found the frog gave it to the high school's aquatic life club.

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Sumo: Takakeisho

Ozeki Takakeisho trains at his Tokiwayama stable in the southwestern Japan town of Sasaguri on Nov. 11, 2023, ahead of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament from Nov. 12.

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Sumo: Takakeisho

Ozeki Takakeisho trains at his Tokiwayama stable in the southwestern Japan town of Sasaguri on Nov. 9, 2023, ahead of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament from Nov. 12.

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Yokozuna Hakuho meets reporters before Kyushu tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho meets reporters in Sasaguri town, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014, before November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in the city of Fukuoka. Hakuho aims to equal legendary yokozuna Taiho's 32 career championship wins in the upcoming tournament.

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Hakuho wins sumo tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (C) holds a sea bream, a fish considered auspicious, as he celebrates with his supporters his winning of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 24, 2012, in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho performs a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho (3rd from R) poses after performing a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Heavy rain continues in western Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - A road in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, is flooded on July 26 as heavy rain continues in western Japan.

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Torrential rain hits western Japan

SASAGURI, Japan - A person is rescued by a helicopter on July 25 near a house collapsed by a landslide following downpours that hit western Japan on July 24 and 25.

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Yokozuna Hakuho meets reporters before Kyushu tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho meets reporters in Sasaguri town, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014, before November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in the city of Fukuoka. Hakuho aims to equal legendary yokozuna Taiho's 32 career championship wins in the upcoming tournament. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho (3rd from R) poses after performing a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho in sumo ceremony

SASAGURI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho performs a dedicatory ring entering ceremony in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height and weighing 300 tons, in the town of Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Hand-made partitions are placed on tables in a lunchroom of Sasaguri Junior High School in Sasaguri in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 16. 2020, as part of preventive measures against the spread of the new coronavirus as the school prepares for reopening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reclining Buddha statue in southwestern Japan

Foreign tourists take a selfie in front of a huge bronze statue of a reclining Buddha at Nanzoin in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho set to return to raised ring

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho, seen in this file photo, says in Sasaguri, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2016 that he is prepared to fight at the Nov. 13-27 Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka after sitting out the previous meet in September with an injured toe. Hakuho is three wins shy of becoming the third wrestler in sumo history with 1,000 career wins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo