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Short-eared owl overwinters in northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - A migrant short-eared owl rests on a pole while overwintering in Shibetsu in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2015.

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Short-eared owl overwinters in northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - A migrant short-eared owl rests on a pole while overwintering in Shibetsu in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2015.

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Takanashi wins summer jump event

SHIBETSU, Japan - Sara Takanashi jumps during the Japan Junior and Ladies Summer Jump Asahi Game at Asahi Sanbodai Schanze in Shibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2014. She won the competition.

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Takanashi wins summer jump event

SHIBETSU, Japan - Sara Takanashi smiles after finishing first at the Japan Junior and Ladies Summer Jump Asahi Game at the Asahi Sanbodai Schanze in Shibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2014.

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Takanashi wins summer series opener

SHIBETSU, Japan - Photo shows Sara Takanashi's first jump at the first summer jump event of the season in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on July 14, 2013. Takanashi, last season's women's World Cup overall champion, won the event with jumps of 59.5 meters and the day's longest leap of 61.5 meters for a winning tally of 228.9 points.

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Christians seek new ways to spread word in modern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masachika Namba, pastor at the Shibetsu Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan, talks about his editing policy for the local church's free paper "Let us run" at the church in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 4, 2012.

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Hokkaido fishermen enjoy bountiful salmon catch

SHIBETSU, Japan - Fishermen in eastern Hokkaido have been enjoying a bountiful catch of prized young salmon, normally only one out of every 10,000 caught. About 2,000 young salmon have been caught at the Rausu fishing grounds this year, up from 700 last year, and around 900 in Shibetsu (shown), compared with 200-300 on average.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Police officers search coastal areas in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2022, for clues on people who went missing after a tourist boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula of the northernmost Japanese main island on April 23.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Police officers search coastal areas in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2022, for clues on people who went missing after a tourist boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula of the northernmost Japanese main island on April 23.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Police officers search coastal areas in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2022, for clues on people who went missing after a tourist boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula of the northernmost Japanese main island on April 23.

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Burkina Faso woman completes baseball coach training in Japan

Zida Eugenie, a staff member of Burkina Faso's baseball federation, serves as chief umpire at a youth baseball game in Shibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2015, during her three-month training in the northernmost Japanese prefecture. Eugenie said she hopes to use what she has learned in Japan to promote the sport in her home country and to nurture a national team that can beat strong competitors like Japan and the United States in the future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Burkina Faso woman completes baseball coach training in Japan

Zida Eugenie (C), a staff member of Burkina Faso's baseball federation, serves as chief umpire at a youth baseball game in Shibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2015, during her three-month training in the northernmost Japanese prefecture. Eugenie said she hopes to use what she has learned in Japan to promote the sport in her home country and to nurture a national team that can beat strong competitors like Japan and the United States in the future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Short-eared owl overwinters in northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - A migrant short-eared owl rests on a pole while overwintering in Shibetsu in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Takanashi wins summer jump event

SHIBETSU, Japan - Sara Takanashi smiles after finishing first at the Japan Junior and Ladies Summer Jump Asahi Game at the Asahi Sanbodai Schanze in Shibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins her 1st summer jump event of the season

Japan's Sara Takanashi poses for a photo after winning her first ski jump event of the summer season at the All-Japan Junior Ladies Summer Jump in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins her 1st summer jump event of the season

Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air during the All-Japan Junior Ladies Summer Jump in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2017. Takanashi won her first ski jump event of the summer season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Takanashi wins her 1st summer jump event of the season

Japan's Sara Takanashi glides through the air during the All-Japan Junior Ladies Summer Jump in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2017. Takanashi won her first ski jump event of the summer season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Putin to launch talks on joint activities on disputed isles

Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held, Japan-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido, is seen on Dec. 16, 2016, from a port at Shibetsu in Hokkaido. Japan and Russia agreed the same day to launch talks on joint economic activities on the islands, as Japan seeks to resolve the territorial row and sign a post-World War II peace treaty with Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido fishermen enjoy bountiful salmon catch

SHIBETSU, Japan - Fishermen in eastern Hokkaido have been enjoying a bountiful catch of prized young salmon, normally only one out of every 10,000 caught. About 2,000 young salmon have been caught at the Rausu fishing grounds this year, up from 700 last year, and around 900 in Shibetsu (shown), compared with 200-300 on average. (Kyodo)