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World Cup 2026 – Cape Verde Fans Celebrate as Debutants Stun Spain With Historic 0-0 Draw

Cape Verde pulled off a stunning upset on Monday, holding heavily favored Spain to a 0-0 draw in the island nation's first-ever World Cup match, earning the 67th-ranked debutants a historic point against the second-ranked European champions. This video shows Cape Verde fans gathering at City of Providence watch party for the game vs. Spain at the municipal parking lot across from Pawtucket City Hall.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 7

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 6

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 5

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 4

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 3

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 7

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows overhead signs shaking after the quake at Yakuin Station in central Fukuoka City.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 2

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows hanging ornaments swinging after the quake at a temple in Tarumizu City, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Japan: Shoppers Evacuate From Shopping Mall After Strong Quake Hits Off Kyushu

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows shoppers evacuating from a shopping mall in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture after the quake.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 3

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 4

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 5

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows ceiling lights swinging after the quake inside a restaurant in downtown Kumamoto City.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 6

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows overhead signs shaking after the quake at Yakuin Station in central Fukuoka City.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows ceiling lights swinging after the quake inside a shopping mall at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto City.

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Film director Ando discusses work based in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Movie director Momoko Ando, a daughter of actor Eiji Okuda, discusses her work based in Kochi, western Japan, during an interview in the city on the island of Shikoku on Nov. 14, 2014. Ando relocated to Kochi from Tokyo in March.

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Exhibit in Shanghai of Japan's food firms in Shikoku

SHANGHAI, China - People look around various food items at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan in Shanghai on Dec. 15, 2014, as 36 Japanese firms in Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi prefectures, all on the western Japanese island of Shikoku, exhibited their products in a promotional event.

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8,000 cyclists take part in Cycling Shimanami event

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Cyclists ride on the Tatara Bridge, part of the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as Shimanami Kaido, during the Cycling Shimanami event on Oct. 26, 2014. The event was held using part of Shimanami Kaido, which is a 60 kilometer toll road that connects the city of Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, on the main Japan island of Honshu, to the city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

OSAKA, Japan - Employees at JR Osaka Station explain to passengers the cancellation of services by West Japan Railway Co. in Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe areas due to the approaching of Typhoon Vongfong on Oct. 13, 2014. The typhoon made landfall on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

KOCHI, Japan - A woman struggles with an umbrella broken by strong winds in the city of Kochi on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku on Oct. 13, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

KOCHI, Japan - High waves pound the coast in the city of Kochi on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku on Oct. 13, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Ceremony held to mark launch of new bus/tram operator

KOCHI, Japan - A ceremony is held in Kochi on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the foundation of a new company operating buses and trams, Tosadenkotsu Co., through the merger of two deficit-ridden firms, Tosa Electric Railway Co. and Kochiken Kotsu KK, both based in the city on the western Japan main island of Shikoku.

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Participants taste 'ayu' sweetfish at competition

KOCHI, Japan - Participants try out grilled "ayu" sweetfish brought from a total of 49 different rivers across Japan during an ayu-tasting competition at a hotel in Kochi on western Japan's Shikoku island on Sept. 12, 2014.

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'Ayu' sweetfish from Wara River wins grand prize

KOCHI, Japan - People of a fisheries cooperative association from the Wara River in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate after their "ayu" sweetfish won a grand prize in an annual ayu-tasting competition held in Kochi on western Japan's Shikoku island on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Forum on Shikoku pilgrimage held in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - A forum to commemorate the 1,200th year from the opening of the Shikoku temple pilgrimage route on western Japan's Shikoku Island is held in Kochi on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Young women dance in 'Yosakoi' summer festival

KOCHI, Japan - Young women in modern costume dance on the opening day of the three-day "Yosakoi Matsuri" summer festival in Kochi on the southwestern Japanese main island of Shikoku on Aug. 10, 2014.

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'Yosakoi' summer dance festival starts in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Men and women perform at the start of the three-day "Yosakoi Matsuri" summer festival in Kochi on the southwestern Japanese main island of Shikoku on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Hirose makes Tyrell bicycle

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Masahito Hirose, president of Ive emotion Co. in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, makes a Tyrell bicycle on June 4, 2014.

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Korean guide on racist slurs

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, shows Choi Sang Hee of South Korea, the first non-Japanese woman to qualify as a guide for an 88-temple pilgrimage course on western Japan's Shikoku Island. In a phone interview on the night of April 10, 2014, regarding the recent posting of racist signs possibly targeting her trail marker stickers on the pilgrimage routes, Choi said she is perplexed by the issue but still loves the Japanese people.

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Racist stickers found along pilgrimage trail

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken April 10, 2014, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, shows a rest station along the 88-temple pilgrimage course known as Shikoku Henro, on Shikoku Island, western Japan, where an anti-Korean sticker has been posted. The messages found there and other rest stations call on hikers to "Protect our precious pilgrimage route from Korean hands," the stations' managers said.

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Hut with roof like straw hat for Awa Odori dance

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - People in this undated photo take a break under a hut, built in the city of Tokushima, with a roof designed to look like a straw hat worn by women dancers in the local Awa Odori Festival. The hut was designed by architect Ichiyo Uta who designs rest huts for people taking part in "Shikoku O-Henro," or the Shikoku Pilgrimage on Shikoku Island.

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Pitcher from Myanmar

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Zaw Zaw Oo, a pitcher from Myanmar, poses during a press conference in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 20, 2013. He joined the Kagawa Olive Guyners of the Shikoku Island League plus, a regional baseball independent league.

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Typhoon makes landfall on western Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged road near a river in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2011, due to the influence of powerful Typhoon Talas which made landfall on Shikoku Island the same day.

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Typhoon makes landfall on western Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo shows a collapsed roof of a bus stop in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2011, due to the influence of powerful Typhoon Talas which made landfall on Shikoku Island the same day.

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Shikoku prefectures personified

KOCHI, Japan - A poster featuring characters meant to personify the four prefectures of Shikoku Island, western Japan, was issued in May 2011. The female characters, drawn in a style similar to popular animated series, are aimed at promoting the use of the Seto Ohashi network of bridges linking Japan's mainland Honshu and Shikoku Island, and have become popular among Internet users after their images were posted on the Net in July.

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Whirlpools at Naruto Strait

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A pleasure ship is seen sailing near whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and the Shikoku region, western Japan, on April 28, 2010. The strait connecting the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean is only 1.3 kilometers wide and seawater flows in and out from the Seto Inland Sea. The height difference between high tide and low tide reaches up to 1.5 meters, creating numerous whirlpools. At this time of the year, the diameter of whirlpools can be over 20 meters.

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Irabu targeting return to Japanese pro leagues

OSAKA, Japan - Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu, who will play for the Kochi Fighting Dogs of the independent Shikoku-Kyushu Island League, practices pitching in Kochi on Aug. 10. Earlier in the day, Irabu said at a news conference, ''As long as I'm playing, I'll aim for Japan's top leagues.''

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(1)Typhoon leaves 42 dead, 37 missing

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A two-story house is washed away by overflow from a river swollen by heavy rain due to Typhoon Tokage in Takamatsu on the Shikoku Island on Oct. 20.

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Plans to form new baseball league set to be revealed

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Former Orix BlueWave manager Hiromichi Ishige speaks about a plan to establish a new baseball league in the four prefectures of Shikoku Island at the Tokushima prefectural government in Tokushima on Sept. 29 after talks with Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi.

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Tourist enjoy Naruto whirilpools

OSAKA, Japan - A boat with a full load of tourists sails through the Naruto Straits, a narrow channel between Shikoku and Awajishima Island in western Japan known for its big whirlpools, as the holiday-studded ''Golden Week'' starts on May 2.

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(1)NPO to turn Kochi island into natural museum

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows Kashiwajima Island located off the Pacific coast of Kochi Prefecture in southern Shikoku. A citizen's group said on Aug. 22 it has applied with the local government to establish a nonprofit organization (NPO) to turn the entire island into a natural museum.

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Powerful Typhoon Chataan heading toward Shikoku

TOKYO, Japan - High waves hit Amamioshima Island July 9 as powerful Typhoon Chataan heads north near the island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The typhoon is likely to pass close to the southern part of Shikoku by July 10.

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The Kokubu River in western Japan floods

KOCHI, Japan - The banks of the Kokubu River in Kochi Prefecture on the southwestern island of Shikoku overflow July 29 due to torrential rain. Heavy rain has fallen since July 25 in the Kyushu, Shikoku and Chugoku regions in western Japan and in Hokkaido, the northernmost main island. The Kochi municipal government advised some 25,000 residents living near the river to evacuate.

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Resident of flooded Kochi City uses a canoe

A resident of the flooded western Japan city of Kochi uses a canoe to move from one place to another Sept. 25. Heavy rains hit Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, causing flooding throughout the area. A record rainfall of 240 millimeters was registered in the prefectural capital of Kochi between midnight Sept. 24 and 11 a.m. Sept. 25.