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Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

SAPPORO, Japan - Designer Kazuhiko Hachiya on July 26, 2014, stands in front of a compact airplane which he developed based on a flying device that appeared in Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture.

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Fox family in Hokkaido

TAKIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a northern fox and cubs on a river bank in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on May 18, 2013.

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Fox family in Hokkaido

TAKIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a northern fox and cubs on a river bank in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on May 18, 2013.

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Children's book about Hakuho's lamb

SAPPORO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) holds a copy of the children's book ''Kohitsuji Haira'' (Baby Sheep Haira) at an event in Sapporo on June 11, 2011. The book published in May by a Japanese publishing company features Haira, a lamb the yokozuna received as a gift from the Hokkaido town of Takikawa.

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Rice for Hakuho's hometown

SAPPORO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (C) holds a bag of rice during a ceremony in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 11, 2010. The Takikawa municipal authority plans to donate rice grown in the city to Hakuho's hometown, Ulan Bator, as the sumo champion serves as the city's ''tourism ambassador.''

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GSDF member at UNMIS headquarters in Sudan

CAIRO, Egypt - Maj. Toshihiro Saito of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (back) looks at a computer screen with a member of the U.N. Missions in Khartoum, Sudan, in July 2010. Japan has dispatched Saito and Cpt. Yasuyoshi Takikawa to UNMIS headquarters to support U.N. peacekeeping operations while Tokyo last month gave up on a plan to send SDF chopper units to Sudan, partly due to logistical difficulties.

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GSDF members at UNMIS headquarters in Sudan

CAIRO, Egypt - Maj. Toshihiro Saito (front) and Cpt. Yasuyoshi Takikawa (R) of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force walk inside the headquarters of the U.N. Missions in Khartoum, Sudan in July 2010. Japan has dispatched Saito and Takikawa to UNMIS headquarters to support U.N. peacekeeping operations while Tokyo last month gave up on a plan to send SDF chopper units to Sudan, partly due to logistical difficulties.

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Pumpkin weighing 541 kg takes top prize

HOKKAIDO, Japan - Hokkaido farmer Shoji Shirai gets the first prize for producing a pumpkin weighing 541 kilograms in a contest in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 1. The pumpkin was larger than one that weighed 443 kg which he grew in 1998.

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Mustard plant season arrives

Photo taken May 21, 2016, in the northern Japan city of Takikawa shows tourists walking on a hill, as the best time to view mustard plants has arrived. The season will run until around May 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mustard plant season arrives

Photo taken May 21, 2016, in the northern Japan city of Takikawa shows tourists walking on a hill, as the best time to view mustard plants has arrived. The season will run until around May 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Nanohana" in full bloom in Hokkaido's Takikawa

People stroll in a "nanohana" (rape) field in the city of Takigawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on May 17, 2015, ahead of the "Takikawa Nanohana Festival" on May 30 and 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Nanohana" in full bloom in Hokkaido's Takikawa

People stroll in a "nanohana" (rape) field in the city of Takigawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on May 17, 2015, ahead of the "Takikawa Nanohana Festival" on May 30 and 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public test flight of jet-powered glider M-02J in Hokkaido

The jet-powered glider M-02J modeled after "Mehve," a flying machine seen in the animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" written and directed by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki conducts a public test flight at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on July 31, 2016. The M-02J has a 9.63-meter wingspan and a fuselage measuring 2.67 meters. The pilot lies prone and steers the aircraft by shifting his or her weight in the desired direction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public test flight of jet-powered glider M-02J in Hokkaido

Women take a photo with the jet-powered glider M-02J in the background at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on July 31, 2016, as it conducted a public test flight the same day. The M-02J was modeled after "Mehve," a flying machine seen in the animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" written and directed by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese man recalls work at synthetic oil plant during WWII

Shigeo Kokubun speaks during an interview on Feb 6, 2015, in Takikawa, Hokkaido, about his experience of working at a state-backed synthetic oil plant in the northern Japan city in 1942-45 during World War II. He said the plant was established in 1941 to produce oil from coal liquefaction amid an oil shortage during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pumpkin weighing 541 kg takes top prize

HOKKAIDO, Japan - Hokkaido farmer Shoji Shirai gets the first prize for producing a pumpkin weighing 541 kilograms in a contest in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 1. The pumpkin was larger than one that weighed 443 kg which he grew in 1998. (Kyodo)

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Rice for Hakuho's hometown

SAPPORO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (C) holds a bag of rice during a ceremony in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 11, 2010. The Takikawa municipal authority plans to donate rice grown in the city to Hakuho's hometown, Ulan Bator, as the sumo champion serves as the city's ''tourism ambassador.'' (Kyodo)

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GSDF member at UNMIS headquarters in Sudan

CAIRO, Egypt - Maj. Toshihiro Saito of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (back) looks at a computer screen with a member of the U.N. Missions in Khartoum, Sudan, in July 2010. Japan has dispatched Saito and Cpt. Yasuyoshi Takikawa to UNMIS headquarters to support U.N. peacekeeping operations while Tokyo last month gave up on a plan to send SDF chopper units to Sudan, partly due to logistical difficulties. (Kyodo)

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GSDF members at UNMIS headquarters in Sudan

CAIRO, Egypt - Maj. Toshihiro Saito (front) and Cpt. Yasuyoshi Takikawa (R) of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force walk inside the headquarters of the U.N. Missions in Khartoum, Sudan in July 2010. Japan has dispatched Saito and Takikawa to UNMIS headquarters to support U.N. peacekeeping operations while Tokyo last month gave up on a plan to send SDF chopper units to Sudan, partly due to logistical difficulties. (Kyodo)

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Children's book about Hakuho's lamb

SAPPORO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) holds a copy of the children's book ''Kohitsuji Haira'' (Baby Sheep Haira) at an event in Sapporo on June 11, 2011. The book published in May by a Japanese publishing company features Haira, a lamb the yokozuna received as a gift from the Hokkaido town of Takikawa. (Kyodo)

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Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

SAPPORO, Japan - Designer Kazuhiko Hachiya on July 26, 2014, stands in front of a compact airplane which he developed based on a flying device that appeared in Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Takigawa City Paper Bag Lantern Festival

The Paper Bag Lantern Festival is held in February in the deep snow of Takikawa City, Hokkaido. The area in front of Takikawa Station is decorated with paper bag lanterns.

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Emergency drill in Hokkaido over missile launch

People in Takikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido join an emergency drill on Sept. 1, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. A ballistic missile fired by Pyongyang flew over Hokkaido on Aug. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emergency drill in Hokkaido over missile launch

People in Takikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido join an emergency drill on Sept. 1, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. A ballistic missile fired by Pyongyang flew over Hokkaido on Aug. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emergency drill in Hokkaido over missile launch

People in Takikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido join an emergency drill on Sept. 1, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. A ballistic missile fired by Pyongyang flew over Hokkaido on Aug. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emergency drill in Hokkaido over missile launch

People in Takikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido join an emergency drill on Sept. 1, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. A ballistic missile fired by Pyongyang flew over Hokkaido on Aug. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Single pilot solar plane holds test flights in Hokkaido

Satoru Shinohe, president of Japanese aircraft maker Olympos, speaks to the pilot of a solar plane at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The SP-1, a small aircraft weighing 86 kilograms with a wingspan of about 18 meters and a fuselage about 9 meters in length, was jointly built by Japanese aircraft-maker Olympos and engineering students. The plane successfully flew at an 11-meter altitude during test flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Single pilot solar plane holds test flights in Hokkaido

Photo taken Aug. 23, 2017, at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a single pilot solar plane. The SP-1, a small aircraft weighing 86 kilograms with a wingspan of about 18 meters and a fuselage about 9 meters in length, was jointly built by Japanese aircraft-maker Olympos and engineering students. The plane successfully flew at an 11-meter altitude during test flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Single pilot solar plane holds test flights in Hokkaido

A single pilot solar plane flies at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on Aug. 23, 2017. The SP-1, a small aircraft weighing 86 kilograms with a wingspan of about 18 meters and a fuselage about 9 meters in length, was jointly built by Japanese aircraft-maker Olympos and engineering students. The plane successfully flew at an 11-meter altitude during test flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Single pilot solar plane holds test flights in Hokkaido

A single pilot solar plane flies at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on Aug. 21, 2017. The SP-1, a small aircraft weighing 86 kilograms with a wingspan of about 18 meters and a fuselage about 9 meters in length, was jointly built by Japanese aircraft-maker Olympos and engineering students. The plane successfully flew at an 11-meter altitude during test flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public test flight of jet-powered glider M-02J in Hokkaido

The jet-powered glider M-02J modeled after "Mehve," a flying machine seen in the animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" written and directed by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki conducts a public test flight at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on July 31, 2016. The M-02J has a 9.63-meter wingspan and a fuselage measuring 2.67 meters. The pilot lies prone and steers the aircraft by shifting his or her weight in the desired direction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public test flight of jet-powered glider M-02J in Hokkaido

The jet-powered glider M-02J modeled after "Mehve," a flying machine seen in the animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" written and directed by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki conducts a public test flight at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on July 31, 2016. The M-02J has a 9.63-meter wingspan and a fuselage measuring 2.67 meters. The pilot lies prone and steers the aircraft by shifting his or her weight in the desired direction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo