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Early-ripening rice in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025, shows early-ripening rice just before harvesting in Tako in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba.

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Early-ripening rice in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025, shows early-ripening rice harvested in Tako in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba.

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor, Mika Reiss actress at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor, Mika Reiss actress at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Dani Rosenberg director, Ido Tako actor, Mika Reiss actress, cast, producer at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival - The Vanishing Soldier Photocall

Ido Tako actor at The Vanishing Soldier photocall during Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Octopus dolls popular as good luck charm for entrance exams

SENDAI, Japan - Octopus dolls are being made at a workshop in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014 as a good luck charm for students taking entrance examinations for higher education. "Octopus-kun," a character representing Minamisanriku where octopuses are a staple marine product, has become a symbol of rebuilding the northeastern Japanese town after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese word for octopus, "tako," sounds like part of a phrase meaning you are "most sought after."

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Awaji Island

This is the same as photograph #2797. The viewer of the photograph can almost smell the wind blowing over the Seto Inland Sea and feel the liveliness of the workers on the Japanese boat. Located near this spot today are Iwaya Port for the Tako Ferry connecting Akashi and Awaji and the Awaji Interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway crossing Akashi Strait Bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Awajishima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐9‐2]