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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain and Flooding from West to East 9

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, talk to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko talks to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko talks to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, wave upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa. (Pool photo)

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Halilhodzic's job is safe, JFA says

TOKYO, Aug. 10 Kyodo - Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda (R) speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 10, 2015, after returning from the country's last-place outing at the four-team East Asian Cup in Wuhan, China. Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic will not be losing his job any time soon, Shimoda said.

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NPB ball change revelation

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2013, with NPB secretary general Kunio Shimoda, after NPB admitted the previous day it had changed its official ball for the 2013 season. NPB had previously denied that the increase in home runs during the current season had anything to do with changes to the ball.

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Ex-envoy Shimoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeso Shimoda, a former Japanese ambassador to the United States, in 1988.

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DeNA submits application to NPB

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Haruta (R), director and chairman of DeNA Co., hands an application to Kunio Shimoda, secretary general of Nippon Professional Baseball, in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2011, as DeNA has struck a deal with Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. to buy the baseball club Yokohama BayStars.

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New Shimoda conference

TOKYO, Japan - About 70 lawmakers, diplomats and intellectuals from Japan and the United States discuss how to strengthen the bilateral relationship at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 22, 2011. The conference was held as a revival of the Shimoda Conference, a series of unofficial bilateral dialogues held between 1967 and 1994, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Japan Center for International Exchange, an independent nongovernmental organization that sponsors the event.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko leave for Suzaki villa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko leave JR Tokyo Station for a retreat at the Imperial Suzaki villa in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Pefecture, on April 5, 2010. The royal couple will first make a stop in Kanagawa Prefecture and visit a natural park on the Manazuru Peninsula.

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Sea accident survivor reunited with family

SHIMODA, Japan - Fisherman Takamitsu Nyubara, a survivor of a sea accident, hugs his children in a family reunion in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. Nyubara was among three fishermen who survived for nearly four days in the Pacific in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat, the Kofuku Maru No. 1.

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Sea accident survivor reunited with family

SHIMODA, Japan - Fisherman Takamitsu Nyubara, a survivor of a sea accident, hugs his children in a family reunion in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. Nyubara was among three fishermen who survived for nearly four days in the Pacific in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat, the Kofuku Maru No. 1.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

SHIMODA, Japan - (From R) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara speak at a press conference in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. The three talked about how they survived for nearly four days in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

SHIMODA, Japan - (From R) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara speak at a press conference in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. The three talked about how they survived for nearly four days in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat.

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(1)Japan, Russia mark 150th anniversary of bilateral relations

SHIMODA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) and Russian Ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov (R) plant a tree during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 16.

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(2)Japan, Russia mark 150th anniversary of bilateral relations

SHIMODA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) addresses a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 16.

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Royal family on summer holiday

SHIMODA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take a walk on the Mitsuihama beach in the town of Shimoda in Shizuoka Prefecture with the family of their second son Prince Akishino (3rd from L) on Aug. 4. (Pool photo)

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(2)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - A person disguised as U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (R) and his men land at Shimoda port during a ceremony held at the city's Commodore Perry Memorial Park on March 31 to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port.

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(1)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - Shimoda Mayor Naoki Ishii (C) ignites the ''Light of Japan-U.S. Amity'' during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port held at the city's Commodore (Matthew C.) Perry Memorial Park on March 31. Commodore Perry landed at Shimoda port following the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the two countries on March 31, 1854.

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Skynet Asia intends to eliminate excess debt in FY 2004

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Skynet Asia Airways Co. President Shoji Shimoda speaks at a news conference in Miyazaki on June 27. He said the fledgling airline intends to post its first black-ink figures and clear away its excess debt in fiscal 2004 ending March 31, 2005.

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(2)Imperial family in Suzaki villa

SHIMODA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako holding their daughter Princess Aiko stroll on a beach in the compounds of the Imperial Suzaki villa in Shimoda, Sizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 26. (Pool photo)

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(1)Imperial family in Suzaki villa

SHIMODA, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) plays with Princess Aiko, held by her mother Crown Princess Masako, at a beach in the compounds of the Imperial Suzaki villa in Shimoda, Sizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 26. (Pool photo)

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Artist to exhibit bird nests in N.Y. for 'hope of new life'

SHIMODA, Japan - Award-winning Japanese artist Mamoru Suzuki, 49, who has collected more than 400 bird nests from around the world, is to hold an exhibition of nests Sept. 5-28 in New York to share with visitors what he sees as a wonder of nature's architecture, as the city marks the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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SkynetAsia Airways gets aviation business license

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Shoji Shimoda, president of SkynetAsia Airways, holds at a news conference an aviation transport business license his firm obtained from the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on May 21. The Miyazaki-based airline is planning to launch Tokyo-Miyazaki discount services on Aug. 1.

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Emperor, Empress encourage Miyakejima evacuees

SHIMODA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R, front) and Empress Michiko (R) on Aug. 27 encourage people who evacuated to Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, from Miyakejima Island, south of Tokyo, after a series of volcanic eruptions last year. The couple arrived in Shimoda earlier in the day to stay at an imperial villa.

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Wakachiku Construction execs apologize over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Shimoda (R), president of Wakachiku Construction Co., and another executive bow at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3 to express their apology for a scandal in which the company allegedly bribed former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao in 1996.

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J-League leaders Shimizu defeat Hiroshima 2-0

SHIMIZU, Japan - Brazilian midfielder Alex and forward Yoshikiyo Kuboyama score in each half on Sept. 18 to give J-League leaders Shimizu S-Pulse a comfortable 2-0 home win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima. S-Pulse's domination was rewarded after 36 minutes when Alex, fed a long through ball by Brazilian skipper Santos, beat Hiroshima keeper Takashi Shimoda, and Kuboyama added a second for the home side eight minutes from time at Nihondaira stadium.

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Imperial family enjoy summer holiday

SHIMODA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko go for a seaside stroll near their villa at Suzaki in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 26. Walking behind them are (from L to R) Prince and Princess Akishino, their eldest daughter Princess Mako, Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako. The empress holds Prince Akishino's younger daughter Princess Kako by hand. (Pool photo)

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Brazil trounces Japan

Four minutes into the second half of a friendly match at the National Stadium in Tokyo on March 31, Brazil's midfielder Emerson (center) heads a corner curled in from the right by Rivaldo into an empty goal, with Japan's goalkeeper Takashi Shimoda (20) flapping at thin air. Brazil scored a convincing 2-0 win over Japan.

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-IZU-SCENERY

(220612) -- SHIZUOKA, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take selfies with Hydrangea flowers in Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-IZU-SCENERY

(220612) -- SHIZUOKA, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 12, 2022 shows a view of Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SHIZUOKA-IZU-SCENERY

(220612) -- SHIZUOKA, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 12, 2022 shows Hydrangea flowers in full bloom in Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Former Japanese princess Mako

Photo taken Aug. 26, 2002, shows Japanese Princess Mako (L) during a walk with Crown Princess Masako holding her daughter Princess Aiko in Shimoda in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Princess Mako married her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro on Oct. 26, 2021.

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(1)Japan, Russia mark 150th anniversary of bilateral relations

SHIMODA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) and Russian Ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov (R) plant a tree during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 16. (Kyodo)

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Skynet Asia intends to eliminate excess debt in FY 2004

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Skynet Asia Airways Co. President Shoji Shimoda speaks at a news conference in Miyazaki on June 27. He said the fledgling airline intends to post its first black-ink figures and clear away its excess debt in fiscal 2004 ending March 31, 2005. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan, Russia mark 150th anniversary of bilateral relations

SHIMODA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) addresses a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 16. (Kyodo)

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Drum festival begins in Shimoda, Shizuoka Pref.

The two-day Shimoda Taiko Matsuri (drum festival) starts in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese crown prince, family to spend summer break

(From L) Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at Izukyu-Shimoda train station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 11, 2015, to spend their summer break at the Suzaki Imperial Villa. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese crown prince, family to spend summer break

(From L) Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at Izukyu-Shimoda train station in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 11, 2015, to spend their summer break at the Suzaki Imperial Villa. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic's job is safe, JFA says

Japan soccer coach Vahid Halilhodzic (3rd from L) gives instructions to his players during the first half of a 1-1 draw against hosts China in their last game of the East Asian Cup in Wuhan on Aug. 9, 2015. Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda said the following day that Halilhodzic will not be losing his job any time soon after Japan finished last in the four-team regional tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic picked as Japan manager from among 8 persons: JFA

Masahiro Shimoda, the Japan Football Association's technical committee chairman, says in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, that he chose Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic as new manager of Japan's national soccer team from among eight candidates after firing Mexican Javier Aguirre for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japan men's national soccer team coach Halilhodzic

(From L) Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini, Vahid Halilhodzic, the new coach of the Japan men's national soccer team, and JFA technical director Masahiro Shimoda pose for a photo during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 13, 2015, after Halilhodzic arrived from France earlier in the day. Halilhodzic, the eighth foreigner to coach Japan, succeeded Javier Aguirre, who was sacked the previous month after being named as a defendant in a criminal complaint for match-fixing in Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic to debut as Japan coach in March friendlies

Masahiro Shimoda (L), technical director of the Japan Football Association, and JFA General Secretary Hiromi Hara attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2015, after a meeting of the JFA's executive board. They said the meeting approved Vahid Halilhodzic as the new head coach of the Japan national team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic on board to coach Japan: Shimoda

Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. Shimoda said Ex-Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic is basically happy with terms that he has been offered to become the next Japan national team coach. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japan coach will be foreigner, ideally decided by March 7

Masahiro Shimoda, Japan Football Association technical director, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2015, to announce that the new Japan manager will be a foreigner from a shortlist of around five. He did not divulge names but hopes to have signed Javier Aguirre's successor by March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Navy band parades at "Black Ship Festival" in Shizuoka Pref.

A U.S. Navy band parades during the Black Ship Festival in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on May 16, 2015. The festival celebrates the arrival in Japan in 1853 of a squadron of U.S. vessels -- then called "Black Ships" -- led by Commodore Matthew Perry on a mission to demand the isolationist country's opening to the rest of the world. (Photo courtesy of Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo