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Cooling streets with water on hot summer day

TOKYO, Japan - Children sprinkle a street with water in Tokyo on July 23, 2014, marking "Taisho," a lunar calendar term showing the hottest period of the year.

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Actress Anne hugs costar in TV drama after end of shooting

OSAKA, Japan - Anne Watanabe (L), the leading actress in Japanese public broadcaster NHK's serial morning TV drama "Gochisousan" (Thanks for the good meal!), hugs costar Mitsuki Takahata after the shooting of the drama ended in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014. The daughter of actor Ken Watanabe played the role of a gluttonous girl who lived through the turbulent eras of Taisho and Showa (1912-1989).

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Filming of NHK morning drama 'Gochisousan' finished

OSAKA, Japan - Anne Watanabe talks about her leading role in Japanese public broadcaster NHK's serial morning TV drama "Gochisousan" (Thanks for the good meal!) after the completion of filming on Feb. 25, 2014. The daughter of actor Ken Watanabe played the role of a gluttonous girl who lived through the turbulent eras of Taisho and Showa (1912-1989).

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Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Students warned of cult activities

TOKYO, Japan - Religious scholar Tatsuya Yumiyama, professor at Taisho University, a Buddhist college, speaks during his introductory class on religion at the college in Tokyo on May 9, 2012. The professor warned students of cult recruitment.

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Checking cellphones at exam

TOKYO, Japan - A test observer checks to see if the power is off on a test taker's cellphone at Tokyo's Taisho University on March 2, 2011. A preparatory school student in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, was arrested the following day on suspicion of obstructing the process of university entrance exams by posting questions on the Internet via mobile phone while the tests were in progress.

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Tokyo Station arcade offers nostalgic atmosphere

TOKYO, Japan - Women in colorful kimono of the Taisho Roman style offer handbills to customers at the Gransta arcade in Tokyo Station on Oct. 22, 2010, as the complex began decorating its shops and restaurants in a style of the time the capital's main station opened in 1914 through Nov. 3.

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares.

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata, (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares.

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British-made steam locomotive, made 1923, on display in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - The British-made team locomotive ED17 (front) and four other historic railway cars on display at the Railways Fair held at East Japan Railway Co.'s Omiya railroad stock center in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, on May 26. The locomotive, manufactured in 1923, was used on the Tokaido Line from the Taisho era (1912-1926) to the early Showa era (1926-1989). The ED17 and the other railway equipment will be on permanent display at the new Railways Museum, which will open in Saitama on Oct. 14.

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Yoshiwara red-light district

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Yoshiwara, Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The Taisho-period (1912-1926) photo was taken before the Great Kanto Earthquake struck areas in and around Tokyo in 1923.

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Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate.

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Taisho Pharmaceutical, Toyama Chemical to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhiko Nakano (L), president of Toyama Chemical Co., and Akira Uehara, president of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 9 before their announcement of a business alliance between the two companies at a press conference. They said Taisho will take a stake of about 20% in Toyama Chemical Co. in September and form an alliance in the field of prescription drugs.

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Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

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Taisho, Tanabe scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ohira (R), vice president of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., and Natsuki Hayama, vice president of Tanabe Seiyaku Co. announce at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 3 that the two companies have agreed to scrap their plans to integrate their operations under a holding company.

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Taisho, Tanabe drugmakers to merge next April

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uehara (R), president of Japan's Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., and Toshio Tanaka, president of Tanabe Seiyaku Co., another Japanese drugmaker, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 17. They announced an integration of their business operations next year in a bid to survive the intensifying race in the domestic pharmaceuticals market, the world's second largest.

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Taisho Life ordered to halt operations

TOKYO, Japan - Taisho Life Insurance Co. President Atsushi Hosokawa wipes perspiration at a news conference Aug. 28 after the Financial Services Agency (FSA) ordered the company to halt most of its operations, making it the fourth failure of a Japanese life insurance company in three years.

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New hair loss treatment on market-replace

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. puts long-awaited new hair loss treatment on sale June 3 throughout the nation. Newly developed ''RiUP'' is similar to popular ''Rogaine'' of Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., containing minoxidil for the first time in Japan. A 60-milliliter bottle costs 5,500.

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Rakutenchi Entertainment Complex, Sennichimae, Osaka, Japan

Rakutenchi Entertainment Complex / Amusement Park, Sennichimae (Sennichimaye), Osaka, Japan - popular shopping street/district. During the Taisho era (1912-1926), Rakutenchi was one of Osaka's most fashionable and well-known entertainment destinations. Rakutenchi featured theatres, entertainment and all kinds of other leisure outlets and did business between 1914 and 1930. Date: circa 1930s

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Taisho, Tanabe scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ohira (R), vice president of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., and Natsuki Hayama, vice president of Tanabe Seiyaku Co. announce at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 3 that the two companies have agreed to scrap their plans to integrate their operations under a holding company.

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Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares. (Kyodo)

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata, (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares. (Kyodo)

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Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate. (Kyodo)

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WW1 - Tug of War between the Allies and the Central Powers

WW1 Italian Propaganda Postcard - Tug of War between the leaders of the Allies and the Central Powers. From left: (Central Powers) Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austro-Hungary and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (as the judge) - (Allies) King Albert I of Belgium, King Peter I of Serbia, King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor Taisho of Japan, President Raymond Poincare of France and Tsar Nicolas II of Russia. Date: circa 1915

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Machine Gun, Light, 6.5 Mm Taisho 11Th Year

Taisho 11th Year (1922) 6. 5 mm light machine gun, 1922-1945. Used by the Japanese Army in World War Two. Date: 1922

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Japan - The Crown Prince (later Emperor) Taisho

Japan - The Crown Prince (later Emperor) Taisho (1879-1926) - Crown Prince from 1888 and Emperor from 1912. Date: circa 1908

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Japan - The Crown Princess (later Empress) Teimei

Japan - The Crown Princess (later Empress) Teimei (18841951), also known as Empress Dowager Teimei - empress consort of Emperor Taisho of Japan. The mother of Emperor Showa. Her posthumous name ("Teimei"), means "enlightened constancy". Date: circa 1908

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Emperor Taisho / Stamp

EMPEROR TAISHO of Japan. 123rd emperor of Japan, reigning from 1912, until his death in 1926. Date: 1879 - 1926

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Prince Hirohito of Japan in his carriage, 1916

Prince Hirohito (1901-1989), in his carriage on the way to be formally installed as Heir to the Throne, 3rd November 1916. The eldest son of Emperor Taisho, he became the 124th Emperor of Japan, in 1926, on the death of his father.1916

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PRINCE CHICHIBU OF JAPAN

PRINCE CHICHIBU (YASHHITO) Son of Emperor Taisho, and champion of international goodwill. Photographed shortly before his marriage to Setsuko Matsudaira in September 1928. Date: 1902 - 1953

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China naval vessel sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect isles

File photo taken in June 2011 shows Taisho Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by China. A Chinese frigate sailed into a zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the Senkakus in the early hours of June 9, 2016, before leaving the zone from around Taisho Island about two hours later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tomony, Taisho Bank reach basic accord on business integration

Taisho Bank chief Masaaki Yoshida (L) and Tomony Holdings Inc. Chairman Shinichi Kakiuchi shake hands at a press conference in Osaka after announcing that the two banking concerns have reached a basic accord on business integration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Restored garden at Kanazawa Castle Park unveiled to media

A restored garden at Kanazawa Castle Park in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, is unveiled to the media on March 6, 2015. The Ishikawa prefectural government restored the garden, landfilled during the 1912-1926 Taisho era, with the hope of making it a new attraction ahead of the March 14 opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line linking Tokyo and Kanazawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors to Expo Milano learn how to play Japanese harp

Visitors to the Japanese pavilion's event square of Expo Milano learn how to play the Japanese "Taisho" harp in the Italian city on Aug. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono-clad Japanese woman dances to harp tune at Expo Milano

A kimono-clad Japanese woman with a folding fan in her right hand dances to the tune of Japanese "Taisho" harps at the Japanese pavilion's event square of Expo Milano in the Italian city on Aug. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan - Asakusa Luna Park, Tokyo

Japan - Asakusa Luna Park, Tokyo - the park was designed to mimic the original Luna Park that was built in Brooklyn, New York in 1903. Date: circa 1920