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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language while delivering a speech at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako communicates with participants at a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2026.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 14 2026, shows temporary toilets set up at junior high school used as an evacuation center in Yatsushiro in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on July 28.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2026, shows temporary toilets set up at junior high school used as an evacuation center in Yatsushiro in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on July 28.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2026, shows temporary toilets set up at junior high school used as an evacuation center in Yatsushiro in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on July 28.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2026, shows temporary toilets set up at junior high school used as an evacuation center in Yatsushiro in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on July 28.

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Japan Prince Hisahito visits A-bomb-hit school in Hiroshima

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits a peace museum built at an elementary school in Hiroshima that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Aug. 7, 2026, a day after the 81st anniversary of the attack on the western Japan city. The blast left about 400 students dead at the school. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Vietnam student exchange in Hanoi

Vietnamese students perform a welcome dance for Japanese junior and senior high school students during a cultural exchange event in Hanoi on Aug. 6, 2026.

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Japan-Vietnam student exchange in Hanoi

Vietnamese students perform a welcome dance for Japanese junior and senior high school students during a cultural exchange event in Hanoi on Aug. 6, 2026.

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Japan-Vietnam student exchange in Hanoi

Japanese and Vietnamese junior and senior high school students sing a popular Japanese manga song during a cultural exchange event in Hanoi on Aug. 6, 2026.

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Japan-Vietnam student exchange in Hanoi

Japanese and Vietnamese junior and senior high school students sing a popular Japanese manga song during a cultural exchange event in Hanoi on Aug. 6, 2026.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Junior high school students from across Japan participate in a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at raising public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s. (Kyodo)

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks to junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at enhancing public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Junior high school students from across Japan participate in a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at raising public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Junior high school students from across Japan participate in a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at raising public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks to junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at enhancing public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks to junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2026, aimed at raising public awareness, especially among young people, of the abduction issue. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at the age of 13.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2026, shows a temporary bath set up at a school in Hikawa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following a powerful earthquake in the region on July 28.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2026, shows a temporary bath set up at a school in Hikawa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, following a powerful earthquake in the region on July 28.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

Teuku Muhammad Emille Rasya, an Indonesian pitcher of the Asia Koshien All-Stars team, delivers the ceremonial first pitch for the opening game of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Japan: Performers Balance Towering Lanterns at Akita Kanto Festival

The Akita Kanto Festival, one of the three major festivals in Japan's Tohoku region with roughly 270 years of history, opened Sunday, August 2, in central Akita City and runs through August 6. This year's event features 67 groups—38 neighborhood teams and 29 school and workplace teams—swaying 273 lantern-laden bamboo poles through the night sky in a prayer for a bountiful harvest, the poles representing rice stalks. The largest of the poles measure up to 12 meters long and weigh 50 kilograms, balanced skillfully by performers on their foreheads, palms, and other parts of the body.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2026.

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Japan crown prince at high school sports event in Shiga

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito addresses the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletic competition in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Japan crown prince at high school sports event in Shiga

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletic competition in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Japan crown prince at high school sports event in Shiga

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko talk with students before departing from the venue of a national inter-high school athletic competition's opening ceremony in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Japan crown prince at high school sports event in Shiga

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito addresses the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletic competition in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Japan crown prince at high school sports event in Shiga

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletic competition in Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

The gymnasium at Namie Town’s Ukedo Elementary School, where the floor is warped and there are holes in it.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

A fourth-grade classroom on the second floor of Namie Town’s Uketo Elementary School, which suffered almost no tsunami damage.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

The print room at Namie Town’s Ukedo Elementary School, still bearing the scars of the tsunami.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

The entrance to Namie Town’s Ukedo Elementary School.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

A second-grade classroom at Namie Town’s Uketo Elementary School, which suffered extensive damage from the tsunami.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

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Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School

Exterior view of the school building at Namie Town Ukedo Elementary School.=July 16,2026,Fukushima