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[Breaking News]Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

SEMBOKU, Japan, Aug. 21 Kyodo - Video shows a house washed away by heavy rain in the northeastern Japanese city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A person clears the entrance of a post office inundated with mud following heavy rain in the northeastern Japanese city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

People remove mud from a road in the northeastern Japan city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Debris that accumulated in a railway underpass in the northeastern Japan city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025, is pictured following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo shows a house washed away by heavy rain in the northeastern Japanese city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

People remove mud from a road in the northeastern Japan city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A bridge is seen with a broken railing after the river it spans rose following heavy rain in the northeastern Japanese city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A river is swollen in the northeastern Japan city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A river is swollen in the Akita Prefecture city of Semboku, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A river is swollen in the Akita Prefecture city of Semboku, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A river is swollen in the Akita Prefecture city of Semboku, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 20, 2025, following heavy rain.

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Singer Fuji holds art exhibit at museum in Akita Pref.

AKITA, Japan - Singer Ayako Fuji indicates one of her artworks, which is among a number of her pieces on exhibit at Hirafuku Memorial Museum of Art in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on April 1, 2014. The exhibit runs through April 20.

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Torrential rain in northern Japan

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 10, 2013 in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, shows members of the Self-Defense Forces searching for people who went missing in a mudflow after torrential rain hit northern Japan the previous day.

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Torrential rain in northeastern Japan

SEMBOKU, Japan - An Aug. 10, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mudslide that crushed a residential area the previous day in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, after heavy rain hit parts of northeastern Japan.

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Torrential rain in northern Japan

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 10, 2013 in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, shows members of the Self-Defense Forces searching for people who went missing in a mudflow after torrential rain hit northern Japan the previous day.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows an area struck by a mudslide in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a residential area struck by a mudslide in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo shows an area struck by a mudslide in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a residential area struck by a mudslide in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

AKITA, Japan - A local resident looks at the devastation in an area of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows an area struck by a mudslide in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged house in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2013, after heavy rain hit areas of northeastern Japan.

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Avalanche in Akita

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the site where tents for a hot-stone bath were buried in snow due to an avalanche which happened the previous day in Semboku, Akita Prefecture. Three people were found in a state of cardiac arrest after they were caught in the avalanche while taking a hot-stone bath at a hot spring inn, and all subsequently died.

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - Children swing sacks of burning coals tied to ropes during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event.

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - A child swings a sack of burning coals tied to a rope during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event.

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Japanese city flies drone to video cherry blossoms

Mitsuhiro Kadowaki (R), mayor of the northeastern Japan city of Semboku, and Yoichiro Hirano, president of software developer Infoteria Corp., observe a drone flying to take video of cherry blossoms in Semboku on April 20, 2016. The Akita Prefecture city, designated as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes is promoted, said the same day it will fly drones with the cooperation of software developer Infoteria Corp. to take video of cherry blossoms and promote tourism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese city flies drone to video cherry blossoms, promote tourism

A drone equipped with a camera flies to take video of cherry blossoms in Semboku in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita on April 20, 2016. The city, designated as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes is promoted, said the same day it will fly drones with the cooperation of software developer Infoteria Corp. to take video of cherry blossoms and promote tourism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

Students of a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pose for a photo with books and a drone that delivered them on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

A drone carries three books, including "The Little Prince" by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, at a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

A drone carries three books, including "The Little Prince" by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, at a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hunt for rare freshwater fish to begin in Japan's deepest lake

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2015, shows Japan's deepest lake, Lake Tazawa, in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. Researchers plan to start a large-scale survey there in September using an underwater camera. Hopes are rising of finding the endangered "kunimasu" freshwater salmon species indigenous to the lake that was thought to have been extinct until it was found in Lake Saiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monsters appointed as PR chiefs for tourist spots

Photo taken in Akita city, northern Japan, on July 2, 2015, shows "Tamaglar," one of many "local" monsters created to promote tourist spots and regional specialties. Tamaglar is named after the Tamagawa hot spring resort in Semboku, Akita Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lake Tazawa survey planned to revive habitat for rare trout species

File photo taken in April 2014 shows a school of "kunimasu," a rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon indigenous to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, in a tank at an aquarium in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Semboku city office in Akita announced on Sept. 4, 2015, that it will survey the underwater conditions of Lake Tazawa from Oct. 5 in hopes of reviving the habitat for the fish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - Children swing sacks of burning coals tied to ropes during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event. (Kyodo)

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Fire dance ritual in Akita Pref.

SEMBOKU, Japan - A child swings a sack of burning coals tied to a rope during a traditional agricultural fertility ritual called the ''Hifuri Kamakura'' in Semboku, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2011. The sacred fire is believed to drive out bad luck from the rice fields while people also wish for the good health and safety of their families at the event. (Kyodo)

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Avalanche in Akita

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the site where tents for a hot-stone bath were buried in snow due to an avalanche which happened the previous day in Semboku, Akita Prefecture. Three people were found in a state of cardiac arrest after they were caught in the avalanche while taking a hot-stone bath at a hot spring inn, and all subsequently died. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in the Akita Prefecture city of Semboku, northeastern Japan, on June 8, 2021.

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Freestyle skiing: Cancellation of World Cup moguls event in Japan

Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury poses for a photo with fans in Semboku in Japan's Akita Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2020, after a World Cup dual moguls event was canceled due to bad weather. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog, owner save old woman in Japan's Akita

Megumi Takeuchi and her Akita dog receive a letter of gratitude from Akita police in Semboku, Japan, on April 1, 2019, for helping to save the life of a woman in her 90s. On March 23, the dog suddenly ran to the old woman in her pajamas crouching down on a street, but she was unable to give out identifying information, prompting the dog's owner to call the police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog, owner save old woman in Japan's Akita

Megumi Takeuchi and her Akita dog receive a letter of gratitude from Akita police in Semboku, Japan, on April 1, 2019, for helping to save the life of a woman in her 90s. On March 23, the dog suddenly ran to the old woman in her pajamas crouching down on a street, but she was unable to give out identifying information, prompting the dog's owner to call the police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog, owner save old woman in Japan's Akita

Megumi Takeuchi and her Akita dog receive a letter of gratitude from Akita police in Semboku, Japan, on April 1, 2019, for helping to save the life of a woman in her 90s. On March 23, the dog suddenly ran to the old woman in her pajamas crouching down on a street, but she was unable to give out identifying information, prompting the dog's owner to call the police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Dragon's Eye" tourist spot

Photo taken from a drone shows the "Hachimantai Dragon's Eye," a large area of ice surrounded by water, at the Kagaminuma Pond near Mt. Hachimantai's summit in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Dragon's Eye" tourist spot

Photo taken from a drone shows the "Hachimantai Dragon's Eye," a large area of ice surrounded by water, at the Kagaminuma Pond near Mt. Hachimantai's summit in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Dragon's Eye" tourist spot

Photo taken from a drone shows the "Hachimantai Dragon's Eye," a large area of ice surrounded by water, at the Kagaminuma Pond near Mt. Hachimantai's summit in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Dragon's Eye" tourist spot

Tourists assemble around the "Hachimantai Dragon's Eye," a large area of ice surrounded by water, at the Kagaminuma Pond near Mt. Hachimantai's summit in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo