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Wisteria flowers at eastern Japan park

People stroll amid wisteria flowers in full bloom at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 20, 2026.

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Wisteria flowers at eastern Japan park

People stroll amid wisteria flowers in full bloom at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 20, 2026.

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Wisteria flowers at eastern Japan park

People stroll amid wisteria flowers in full bloom at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 20, 2026.

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Japan: Fire Tears Through Scrap and Materials Yard in Bando City, Ibaraki 2

A fire broke out at a storage yard for materials and scrapped vehicles in Bando City, Ibaraki, on Thursday, April 9, sending massive plumes of black smoke into the sky. The blaze, which started around 12:15 p.m., engulfed buildings and vehicles stored within the yard and continued to burn for more than six hours. No injuries have been reported.

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[Breaking News]Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

SANO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man. (Kyodo)

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Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man.

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Exterior view and signboard of Yazaki Corporation (Tochigi Plant)

Exterior view and signboard of Yazaki Corporation (Tochigi Plant)=November 27,2025,Tochigi

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Exterior view and signboard of Yazaki Corporation (Tochigi Plant)

Exterior view and signboard of Yazaki Corporation (Tochigi Plant)=November 27,2025,Tochigi

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Autumn leaves in Nikko

NIKKO, Japan, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows autumn leaves in the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko, eastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Autumn leaves in Nikko

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows autumn leaves in the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko, eastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2025.

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Autumn leaves in Nikko

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows autumn leaves in the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko, eastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2025.

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Autumn leaves in Nikko

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows autumn leaves in the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko, eastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2025.

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez celebrates his MotoGP World Champion after the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez competes during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez (top) celebrates his 7th MotoGP World Champion with team members after the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez (L) chases Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Spanish rider Pedro Acosta during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Race Winner's Trophy and World Champion's trophy are presented on the grid during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

All riders attend national anthem ceremony before the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez kisses the MotoGP World Champion Trophy after the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez (L), Ducati Lenovo Team's Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia (C) and Honda HRC Castrol's Spanish rider Joan Mir pose for photos on the podium after the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez prepares on the grid before the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia competes during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez (L) celebrates his 7th MotoGP World Champion after the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Riders competes during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Marc Marquez Celebrates His MotoGP World Champion 7th Title - Japan

Ducati Lenovo Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez leaves the pit before the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan, on Sep. 28, 2025. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Japan: Dashcam Captures Truck Crash on Expressway, Cargo Flies into Opposite Lane

Just after 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 23, a medium-sized cargo truck collided with the central divider on the Tohoku Expressway in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, causing the gas cylinders it was carrying to fall and involved three vehicles traveling in the opposite lane. A dashcam in one of the vehicles on the opposite lane captured the accident, showing the truck kicking up a cloud of dust and its cargo flying across to the other side.

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter, Aiko, take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 18, 2025.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet the press during a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 18, 2025.

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Flower park in eastern Japan

Tourists from Taiwan stroll in a flower park in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 17, 2025.

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SUBARU signage and logo

SUBARU signage and logo=June 13,2025,Tochigi

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Exterior, logo and signage of SUBARU Aerospace Company Utsunomiya Manufacturing Division

Exterior, logo and signage of SUBARU Aerospace Company Utsunomiya Manufacturing Division=June 13,2025,Tochigi

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Nissan plant

Photo taken on May 16, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Kaminokawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi.

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Nissan plant

Photo taken on May 16, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Kaminokawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi.

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Nissan plant

Photo taken on May 16, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Kaminokawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi.

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Nissan plant

Photo taken on May 16, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Kaminokawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi.

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Moriroku signage and logo

Moriroku signage and logo=April 23,2025,Tochigi

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Moriroku signage and logo

Moriroku signage and logo=April 23,2025,Tochigi

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Wisteria flowers in eastern Japan

Wisteria flowers are in full bloom at a flower park in Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 1, 2025.

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World's oldest female barber in Japan

Shitsui Hakoishi, 108, poses for a photo with a Guiness World Records certificate recognizing her as the world's oldest female barber, at her shop in Nakagawa in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Ceremony to open British Embassy memorial park in Tochigi Pref.

British Ambassador to Japan Tim Hitchens (3rd from L) attends a tape-cutting ceremony in Nikko, a resort city in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, on June 30, 2016, a day ahead of the opening of the British Embassy Villa Memorial Park. The building inside the premises, built in 1896 as a private villa of a British diplomat, had been used as the British Embassy's villa until 2008.

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Stand-up noodle bar at eastern Japan station

People wait in a line to eat at a stand-up soba noodle eatery "Kisoba" on its last business day on Jan. 14, 2022, at JR Oyama Station in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The eatery is said to be a model for the one that appears in director Makoto Shinkai's animation "Byosoku 5 Centimeters" (5 Centimeters per Second.)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Paris Olympics: Parrot predicts Japan win against Spain

Parrot Olivia picks up a Japanese flag at Nasu Animal Kingdom in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 1, 2024, predicting Japan will beat Spain in a men's football quarterfinal match at the Paris Olympics.