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Heat wave in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Members of a family play in the Shimanto River as a heat wave continues in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2013.

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Heat wave in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Men jump into the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2013. Temperatures in the city reached 40 C for the fourth day in a row as a severe heat wave continued to engulf wide areas of Japan.

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Japan's highest temperature

KOCHI, Japan - A man and boy play in the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The western Japan city registered 41.0 C the same day, the highest recorded temperature in the country.

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Heat wave hits Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Children play in the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2013. The temperature that day hit 40.7 C -- the fourth-highest ever in Japan -- in Shimanto, and in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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500 carp-shaped streamers put up cross Shimanto River

KOCHI, Japan - Some 500 carp-shaped streamers are put up across the Shimanto River in the village of Towa, Kochi Prefecture, on April 21. The streamers, which are hanged over the 200-meter wide river by two wires, will be displayed until May 19.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over the Shimanto River in the Kochi Prefecture city of Shimanto, western Japan, on April 19, 2021.

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Glass eel fishing season peaks

Boats with fish-attracting lamps work the Shimanto River in the southwestern Japan city of Shimanto on Jan. 28, 2017, fishing for glass eels as the season peaks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Glass eel fishing season peaks

Boats with fish-attracting lamps work the Shimanto River in the southwestern Japan city of Shimanto on Jan. 28, 2017, fishing for glass eels as the season peaks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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500 carp-shaped streamers put up cross Shimanto River

KOCHI, Japan - Some 500 carp-shaped streamers are put up across the Shimanto River in the village of Towa, Kochi Prefecture, on April 21. The streamers, which are hanged over the 200-meter wide river by two wires, will be displayed until May 19.