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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Autumn leaves at western Japan temple

Photo shows autumn foliage of Enkianthus perulatus shrubs, known as dodan-tsutsuji in Japanese, at Ankoku-ji temple in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2023.

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Autumn leaves at western Japan temple

Photo shows autumn foliage of Enkianthus perulatus shrubs, known as dodan-tsutsuji in Japanese, at Ankoku-ji temple in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2023.

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Autumn leaves at western Japan temple

Photo shows autumn foliage of Enkianthus perulatus shrubs, known as dodan-tsutsuji in Japanese, at Ankoku-ji temple in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2023.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Fire breaks out in spa resort

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2015, shows firefighters extinguishing a fire that broke out at the Kinosaki spa resort in the western Japan city of Toyooka crowded with New Year holiday vacationers. Eight buildings, including houses and shops, burnt down, while four others were partially burnt. One person was killed.

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Fire breaks out in spa resort

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2015, shows firefighters extinguishing a fire that broke out at the Kinosaki spa resort in the western Japan city of Toyooka crowded with New Year holiday vacationers. Eight buildings, including houses and shops, burnt down, while four others were partially burnt. One person was killed.

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Snow crab fishing season starts in western Japan

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo shows snow crabs caught in the Sea of Japan off Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2014, at the start of the fishing season in western Japan. Snow crab is a winter delicacy in Japan.

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Stork flies to rice paddy in Yonago on Japan Sea coast

YONAGO, Japan - An Oriental white stork feeds in a rice paddy in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on the Japan Sea coast on Aug. 13, 2014. Identification tags attached to both legs suggest that the bird flew from the Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, where it left its nest in June.

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Oriental white stork chicks about to leave nest

TOKYO, Japan - Chicks of Oriental white storks are ready to leave their nest on a man-made pole in Toyooka in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo, as seen in this file photo taken on May 26, 2014.

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Farmer checks chemical-free rice paddy for stork survival

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Narita checks his chemical-free rice paddy in Toyooka in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo, known as the home to Oriental white storks, as seen in this file photo taken on May 26, 2014. The population of the bird continues to increase under the city's project to save it from extinction and bring it back into the wild.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOYOOKA, Japan - Former pro baseball player Hideo Nomo holds a picture of himself as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, during a press conference in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOYOOKA, Japan - Former pro baseball player Hideo Nomo holds a press conference in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Light aircraft overruns runway

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21, 2013, shows firefighters examining the site where a light aircraft crashed into a grove after overrunning the runway as it made an emergency landing at Tajima Airport in the city.

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Light aircraft overruns runway

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tajima Airport in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, where a light aircraft overran the runway and fell into a forest (front) on July 21, 2013.

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Alpinist Kuriaki wins adventurer's award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese alpinist Masatoshi Kuriaki speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2011. He received the Naomi Uemura adventure prize from the government of the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture. In the background is an image of the late adventurer Uemura.

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Fishing for tanner crab opens

TOYOOKA, Japan - Tanner crab, a winter taste, is fished off Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 6 as crab fishing opened the same day on the Sea of Japan.

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Artificially bred storks released to the wild

TOYOOKA, Japan - One of the three artificially bred storks takes flight after being released in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 22 in a two-year-old program to get the bird to live in the wild. Storks are designated in Japan as a special natural treasure.

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Stork egg hatches naturally in the wild

KOBE, Japan - A parent stork cares for its newly-born stork at the Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Stork in the city of Toyooka in the prefecture. The baby stork was born from an egg laid by artificially-bred oriental white storks that were released into the wild in 2006. In 43 years, it is the first confirmed hatching of an egg laid naturally by storks living in the wild. (Pool photo)

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Stork egg hatches naturally in the wild

KOBE, Japan - A parent stork cares for its newly-born stork at the Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Stork in the city of Toyooka in the prefecture on May 20. The baby stork was born from an egg laid by artificially-bred oriental white storks that were released into the wild in 2006. In 43 years, it is the first confirmed hatching of an egg laid naturally by storks living in the wild. (Pool photo)

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Crab fishing begins in Sea of Japan

TOYOOKA, Japan - A man sorts out snow crabs landed in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, as the annual crab fishing season begins in the Sea of Japan on Nov. 6.

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Small plane crashes after takeoff, killing 2

TOYOOKA, Japan - Photo shows the scene at Tajima Airport in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, where a tandem plane crashed and burst into flames just after takeoff on May 3, killing both people on board.

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Donut-shaped water tank attracts tourists

TOYOOKA, Japan - Visitors to the Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, enjoy watching fish from inside a donut-shaped water tank just completed at the aquarium on May 2.

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Princess Kiko is pregnant, birth expected in autumn

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch a stork released during their visit to a stork park in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2005. Imperial Household Agency sources said on Feb. 7 that the 39-year-old princess is pregnant and is expected to give birth to her third baby around September.

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Season's first haul of snow crabs landed

TOYOOKA, Japan - The season's first haul of snow crabs is landed on the Japan Sea city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 6.

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Artificially bred storks released into wild for 1st time anywhere

TOYOOKA, Japan - An artificially bred white oriental stork (top right) released into the wild for the first time in the world in Hyogo Prefecture flies high above people on Sept. 24. Two male and three female storks aged between 2 and 7 were released from a breeding farm in the city of Toyooka in a ceremony attended by Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko.

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Artificially bred storks released into wild for 1st time anywhere

TOYOOKA, Japan - An artificially bred white oriental stork released into the wild for the first time in the world flies over the paddies in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 24. Two male and three female storks aged between 2 and 7 were released from a breeding farm in the city of Toyooka in a ceremony attended by Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko.

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Artificially bred storks released into wild for 1st time anywhere

TOYOOKA, Japan - An artificially bred white oriental stork is released into the wild for the first time in the world in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 24 in a ceremony attended by Prince Akishino (2nd from R) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) -- more than three decades after the species became extinct in the wild in Japan. Two male and three female storks aged between 2 and 7 were released from a breeding farm in the city of Toyooka.

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Pilot dies after plane crashes during acrobatic flight practice

KOBE, Japan - A light plane crashed in a field near Tajima airport in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 21, killing its pilot, police said. Takahiro Iwasaki is believed to have been conducting acrobatic flight training, they said.

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(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 27 he will not succumb to terrorism after reports a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. Koizumi visited Toyooka to inspect the damage caused by Typhoon Tokage.

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Koizumi visits typhoon-devastated area in Hyogo Pref.

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) chats with local people in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, which was battered by powerful Typhoon Tokage, on Oct. 27 during a visit there to inspect the damage.

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(1)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYOOKA, Japan - Firefighters rescue locals from their houses, inundated by floods triggered by Typhoon Tokage in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 21.

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(2)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYOOKA, Japan - Local people wait for rescuers on the second-floor balcony of their house, inundated by floods caused by Typhoon Togake in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 21.

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Mirror from Hyogo tomb mound identified as Chinese

KOBE, Japan - This mirror, unearthed from a tomb mound in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture in 1917, was made in China some 2,000 years ago and is the oldest mirror discovered in the northern Kinki region, western Japan, archeologists said Feb. 20. The mirror discovered at the Morio mound was determined by experts to have been made during China's Wang Mang period (A.D. 8-23) based on its form and inscriptions.

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Snow crab fishing begins in western Japan

Nov. 6, 2022, shows the season's first catch of snow crabs landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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