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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Japanese executives locked up in China in labor dispute

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2013, shows a factory of an electronic parts maker in Shanghai owned by Japan's Shinmei Electric Co. Workers at the plant locked up around 10 Japanese executives for two days to press their demands for better pay and working conditions, releasing them early on Jan. 20 after police intervention.

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Shiba Shinmei

Shiba Shinmei==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken at Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken at Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken at Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.

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Fallen sacred tree in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Shinmei Shrine in Mizunami in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12, 2020, shows a sacred tree, more than 40 meters in length and believed to be 1,200 to 1,300 years old, felled by torrential rain.