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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

Rabbits are seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

Rabbits are seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

A rabbit is seen on Okuno Island, home to about 1,000 rabbits, in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The non-native rabbits, which were brought to the island in the 1970s and became undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Undomesticated rabbits on western Japan island

Rabbits are seen on Okuno Island in Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2025. The introduced rabbits, brought to the island in the 1970s to become undomesticated, attract tourists.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Xu Jiayu (C) of China, Silver Medalist Lee Juho (L) of South Korea and Bronze Medalist Takehara Hidekazu of Japan attend the awarding ceremony for Men's 200m Backstroke of Swimming at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Du yu)

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Shinichi Takehara, former mayor of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions, speaks to reporters at his election office in the city on Jan. 16, 2011, after losing in a mayoral election. Yoshimasa Nishihira, a chicken farm operator who led a civic group that campaigned to recall Takehara, was elected the new mayor.

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Yoshimasa Nishihira (C) celebrates his victory in the mayoral election of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture with his supporters in the city on Jan. 16, 2011. Nishihira, a chicken farm operator, defeated Shinichi Takehara, the former mayor who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions.

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'Anime' event in Takehara, Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fans of ''Tamayura'' attend a talk show featuring voice actresses from the ''anime'' series on Nov. 21, 2010, in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, where the series is based.

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Marines score on squeeze play

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines catcher Tomoya Satozaki lays down a squeeze bunt (top) to bring in teammate Naotaka Takehara from third to score (bottom) against the Hanshin Tigers in the eighth inning of a game at Chiba Marine Stadium on June 14. The Marines won 4-1.

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Village puzzled by Cameroon team's delayed arrival

NAKATSUE, Japan - Yuichiro Takehara, a senior official of the village of Nakatsue in Oita Prefecture where the Cameroon soccer team is scheduled to hold a training camp for the World Cup finals, is faced with crowds of reporters at a press conference in the village on May 21. Villagers in the small community in southwestern Japan are puzzled that the Cameroon players, originally scheduled to arrive in the village on May 19, have not yet come.

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Marines score on squeeze play

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines catcher Tomoya Satozaki lays down a squeeze bunt (top) to bring in teammate Naotaka Takehara from third to score (bottom) against the Hanshin Tigers in the eighth inning of a game at Chiba Marine Stadium on June 14. The Marines won 4-1. (Kyodo)

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Women extract essential oil from tree branches using steam

Manami Takehara (L) and other women extract essential oil from cedar and other tree branches by means of steam as seen in this photo taken in Kozagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Magath to coach J-League club Tosu

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2009, shows soccer coach Felix Magath, who has won the German Bundesliga twice with Bayern Munich and once with Wolfsburg. Magath is expected to sign a multiyear deal with Japanese club Sagan Tosu, their president Minoru Takehara said on Dec. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan army's poison gas storage site remains on west Japan island

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2015, shows ruins of the Imperial Japanese Army's poison gas storage site on Okuno, an island off Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service held for WWII poison plant workers on west Japan island

A memorial service is held on Okuno, an island off Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2015, for people who died from residual effects of their work at a poison gas plant operated there by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Village puzzled by Cameroon team's delayed arrival

NAKATSUE, Japan - Yuichiro Takehara, a senior official of the village of Nakatsue in Oita Prefecture where the Cameroon soccer team is scheduled to hold a training camp for the World Cup finals, is faced with crowds of reporters at a press conference in the village on May 21. Villagers in the small community in southwestern Japan are puzzled that the Cameroon players, originally scheduled to arrive in the village on May 19, have not yet come.

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Japanese businessman leads Sri Lanka's sole modern dockyard

Toru Takehara, chairman of Colombo Dockyard PLC, poses against the backdrop of work under way at Sri Lanka's sole modern dockyard as seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 22, 2014. The dockyard in Colombo, the South Asian nation's economic capital, has been under management by Japan's Onomichi Dockyard Co. since 1992. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Anime' event in Takehara, Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fans of ''Tamayura'' attend a talk show featuring voice actresses from the ''anime'' series on Nov. 21, 2010, in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, where the series is based. (Kyodo)

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Shinichi Takehara, former mayor of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions, speaks to reporters at his election office in the city on Jan. 16, 2011, after losing in a mayoral election. Yoshimasa Nishihira, a chicken farm operator who led a civic group that campaigned to recall Takehara, was elected the new mayor. (Kyodo)

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Yoshimasa Nishihira (C) celebrates his victory in the mayoral election of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture with his supporters in the city on Jan. 16, 2011. Nishihira, a chicken farm operator, defeated Shinichi Takehara, the former mayor who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions. (Kyodo)

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Football: Fernando Torres retirement press conference

Sagan Tosu striker Fernando Torres (facing camera) and team president Minoru Takehara hug at a press conference to announce the Spanish star's announcement in Tokyo on June 23, 2019. Torres said he will play his last match on Aug. 23 against Vissel Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Fernando Torres retirement press conference

Sagan Tosu's Spanish striker Fernando Torres (R) announces his retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2019, alongside team president Minoru Takehara. The 35-year-old said he will play his last match on Aug. 23 against Vissel Kobe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Sagan Tosu coach Lluis Carreras

Lluis Carreras (L), new coach of Sagan Tosu, and Minoru Takehara, president of the J-League football club, shake hands at an introductory press conference in Tosu, Japan, on Dec. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo