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Tourists visit Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Pref.

TOMIOKA, Japan - A large number of tourists visit the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on June 22, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision the previous day to add the historic factory building to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Disaster-hit Route 6 stretch in Fukushima opened to traffic

TOMIOKA, Japan - A police vehicle heads out on patrol on Sept. 15, 2014, on a closed stretch of National Route 6 running north to south along the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after being opened to traffic for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

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3D images of Tomioka Silk Mill projected on warehouse wall

TOMIOKA, Japan - A three-dimensional image of the Tomioka Silk Mill is projected on the wall of a cocoon warehouse at the newly added UNESCO World Heritage site on Aug. 30, 2014, to promote the historic factory in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - File photo taken in April 2014 shows the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. On June 21, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 17, 2014, shows the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. On June 21, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Inspection point near crippled Fukushima plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - An inspection point in Tomioka, near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, is photographed on May 21, 2014.

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Tomioka Silk Mill endorsed for World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tomioka city Mayor Kentaro Iwai (3rd from R) speaks at the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on April 26, 2014. The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites, which played a central role in technological innovation, were endorsed for the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site listing.

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Tomioka Silk Mill's east cocoon warehouse in Gunma Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - The east cocoon warehouse of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, is photographed on April 25, 2013. An advisory panel to UNESCO recently recommended giving World Cultural Heritage status to the silk mill complex.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara, 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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New station building near World Heritage candidate site

MAEBASHI, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held to mark the completion of a new building at Joshin Dentetsu railway company's Joshu Tomioka station in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on March 17, 2014. The station is located about 15 minutes by foot from the Tomioka Silk Mill, a pioneer in Japan's industrial modernization and a UNESCO World Heritage candidate site.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A flock of crows fly over a cedar forest on Feb. 7, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A cat takes shelter from the snow in a cattle shed on Feb. 6, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A pig-boar hybrid searches for food in a house damaged by the March 2011 tsunami in a photo using infrared on the evening of Feb. 9, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A masked palm civet searches for food in an evacuated house in a photo using infrared on the evening of Feb. 14, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A herd of cattle search for food in heavy snow on Feb. 6, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A female pig-boar hybrid snorts in warning as she protects her piglets on Feb. 4, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are carried into the spent fuel pool after being removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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Ostrich near Fukushima nuclear plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - An ostrich hovering on a road is viewed from the window of a bus carrying reporters near a fishing port in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2011. The ostrich is believed to be the one that fled from a farm near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was severely damaged by explosions following the March quake-tsunami disaster.

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Ship departs Fukushima for Aomori with spent nuclear fuel

TOMIOKA, Japan - The 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru, carrying 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel, leaves a port in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 18 to deliver its cargo to a reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture. The ship originated from Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was loaded with spend nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 2 plant. It is scheduled to arrive Dec. 19 in Mutsuogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture.

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Spent nuke fuel taken aboard ship in Fukushima Pref.

TOMIOKA, Japan - About 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel are taken aboard the 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 17 to be carried to Aomori Prefecture to be reprocessed in the first shipment of its kind in Japan. The ship picked up the spent nuclear fuel stored in a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 2 plant. The ship will carry a total of 24 tons of such fuel to Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, where the cargo will be off-loaded to await reprocessing.