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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako stand at a stone monument for deceased patients during a visit to a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako (R) visit a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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image of harbor

image of harbor=Date:September 2, 2023,Place:Japan

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Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Photo taken from a helicopter shows the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine on Hiroshima's Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (front) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Sea-air integrated drone

Photo taken on Jan. 27, 2023, shows a commercial drone capable of both flying in the air and operating underwater during a practice exercise in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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Sea-air integrated drone

Photo taken on Jan. 27, 2023, shows a commercial drone capable of both flying in the air and operating underwater during a practice exercise in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is moved from the water on to a vessel, at the site of the accident on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter part retrieved from sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A rear part of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea was retrieved and carried to a coast guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Four people died and one went missing in the accident.

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Search after coast guard copter crash

TADOTSU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers examine debris from a crashed coast guard helicopter in the Seto Inland Sea off the town of Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. The chopper crashed the previous day, leaving four of the five personnel on board dead and the remaining one missing.

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Stage director Miyamoto urges protection of inland sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Stage director Amon Miyamoto asks an audience to help protect the Seto Inland Sea during his speech in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 13, 2014. He was speaking at a forum celebrating the 80th anniversary of the region's designation as a national park.

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Stage director Miyamoto urges protection of inland sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Stage director Amon Miyamoto appeals for more to be done to conserve the Seto Inland Sea in his speech in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 13, 2014, as part of a forum celebrating the 80th anniversary of the region's designation as a national park.

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Explosion-hit tanker floats in wreckage in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The badly damaged tanker Shoko Maru lies stricken in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on May 29, 2014, after an explosion ripped through it earlier in the day.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Hiroshima, Ehime governors attend regional promotional event

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (front L) and Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (front R) pose for photos at a commemorative event for the "Setouchi Shimanowa 2014" exposition held on Miyajima island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 21, 2014. The exposition, aimed at promoting the Seto Inland Sea area between the two prefectures in western Japan, involves various events scheduled to run through Oct. 26.

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Heart-shaped lemon

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Taizo Noda of a local agricultural cooperative holds a lemon grown in a heart-shaped frame on Ikuchi Island in the Seto Inland Sea in the city of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in December 2013.

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Manned torpedo

SHUNAN, Japan - File photo shows the site of a former training area for crews of the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaiten manned torpedoes on Otsu Island in the Seto Inland Sea in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2014.

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Manned torpedo

SHUNAN, Japan - File photo shows a full-scale model of the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaiten manned torpedoes on Otsu Island in the Seto Inland Sea in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2014.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat after it had been lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat, 2 in critical condition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine a capsized leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2014. The boat capsized after colliding with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi earlier in the day. Two of the four people aboard the boat are in critical condition.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with a leisure fishing boat. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.