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Largest Supermoon of Year Lights Up Night Sky 3

On November 5, the largest full moon of the year, or supermoon, illuminated the night sky.

Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players acknowledge the crowd after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure its fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Hokkaido, Causing Flooding And Travel Disruptions 5

Unstable atmosphere conditions brought widespread heavy rains to Hokkaido on Tuesday, August 27, causing flooding. It caused more than a hundred train cancellations, road closures, and dozens of schools were closed.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Hokkaido, Causing Flooding And Travel Disruptions

Unstable atmosphere conditions brought widespread heavy rains to Hokkaido on Tuesday, August 27, causing flooding. It caused more than a hundred train cancellations, road closures, and dozens of schools were closed.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Hokkaido, Causing Flooding And Travel Disruptions 4

Unstable atmosphere conditions brought widespread heavy rains to Hokkaido on Tuesday, August 27, causing flooding. It caused more than a hundred train cancellations, road closures, and dozens of schools were closed.

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Passenger ferry stranded off Hokkaido city

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a passenger ferry being towed by tugboats after it was stranded off a port in Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 2, 2024. The 8,901-ton Silver Breeze later arrived at a ferry terminal in Tomakomai, with all 119 passengers and 21 crew unhurt.

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Tomakomai port in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tomakomai port in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Tomakomai port in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tomakomai port in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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April’s Full Pink Moon Lights Up Night Skies 2

April's full moon, or Pink Moon shone brightly in the night skies on Tuesday, April 23.

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Groundbreaking for test facility for CO2 trapping

SAPPORO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a large-scale test facility for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), first of its kind in Japan, is held in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 2, 2014. CCS is a technology to capture carbon dioxide separated from large-scale emission sources and store it in geological formations.

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Ahn wins Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - South Korea's Ahn Sun Ju holds the victor's trophy after winning the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Hokkaido on Sept. 1, 2013. Ahn finished at 11-under 205 to collect her second win in as many weeks.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan holds a press conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said at the press conference he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan joins his palms before supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (back) of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan bows to supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Softbank planning Japan's largest solar power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows an experimental solar power plant run by Softbank Corp. in Obihiro, Hokkaido. The Tokyo-based mobile phone carrier is planning to build what would be Japan's largest solar power plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, with an output capacity of at least 200,000 kilowatts, industry sources said April 4, 2012.

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Panamanian freighter stranded off Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A crew member from the Panamanian-registered freighter Propel Progress is rescued by helicopter from the stranded vessel off the coast of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 24, 2011. No crew members, all of them Chinese, were injured in the stranding incident.

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Panamanian freighter stranded off Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Photo taken at 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2011, shows the Panamanian-registered freighter Propel Progress, which was stranded off the coast of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, around 2:30 a.m. the same day. No crew members, all of them Chinese, were injured in the stranding incident.

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Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ritsuko Ryu responds to applause from spectators after winning the first title of her career at the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Aug. 28, 2011. Ryu, who had five birdies against two bogeys in the final round, closed on 7-under 209.

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U.S. vessel transports GSDF troops

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Members of the U.S. Navy load a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle to the dock landing ship Tortuga at Tomakomai port in Hokkaido for rescue operations in quake-hit northeastern Japan on March 15, 2011. The work is part of the first transportation of GSDF troops by a U.S. military ship except during exercises.

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3 children die in early morning fire

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Police officers examine a gutted wooden apartment in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, where the bodies of three children believed to be aged from 2 to 6 were found on June 14, 2010. The apartment caught fire in the early morning when the grandparents of the children, who had been babysitting for their daughter, were asleep.

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3 children die in early morning fire

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Police officers examine a gutted wooden apartment in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, where the bodies of three children believed to be aged from 2 to 6 were found on June 14, 2010. The apartment caught fire in the early morning when the grandparents of the children, who had been babysitting for their daughter, were asleep.

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3 children die in early morning fire in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A police officer stands guard in front of a burned room of a wooden apartment building in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 14, 2010, after the bodies of three children were found there following a fire. The three are believed to be Risa Shiraishi, 6, and her sister Emiri, 4 and brother Takuto, 2, who are grandchildren of Yoshiharu Watanabe, 71, who lives on the ground floor of the apartment which houses four families.

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Japan, China, S. Korea joint plan on environment

SAPPORO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Maanee (L), Japanese environment minister Sakihito Ozawa (C) and China's Zhou Shengxian join hands after their two-day meeting in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on May 23, 2010. The three environment ministers adopted their countries' first joint action plan to deal with global warming, the problem of yellow dust and other priority environmental issues for the five years through 2014.

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5 die after boat capsizes in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A helicopter flies over the shore of Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2009, after a boat with seven anglers aboard capsized the previous night. Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another went missing in the sea accident.

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5 die after boat capsizes in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A helicopter flies over the shore of Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2009, after a boat with seven anglers aboard capsized the previous night. Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another went missing in the sea accident.

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5 die after boat capsizes in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A predawn search and rescue operation is under way off Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2009, after a boat with seven anglers aboard capsized the previous night. Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another went missing in the sea accident.

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Star players plant trees for baseball bats in Hokkaido forest

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Lotte Marines second baseman Tadahito Iguchi plants a seedling of the ''aodamo'' ash tree during an annual green event in a forest in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 23.

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Golf: Moromizato wins AXA Ladies for 3rd career title

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Shinobu Moromizato is lifted into the air by fellow players after she shot a 2-under-par 70 in the final round of the AXA Ladies at Tomakomai Golf Resort 72 Emina Golf Club in Hokkaido on Aug. 10 to pick up her third career title and first of the year.

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Moromizato holds on to win Japan Women's Open

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Shinobu Moromizato smiles with her trophy after winning the Japan Women's Open golf tournament at Tarumae Country Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 30.

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China's Zhang hangs on at AXA Ladies for back-to-back wins

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Zhang Na of China smiles with her trophy in hands after winning the AXA Ladies at the South Course of Tomakomai Golf Resort 72 Emina Golf Club on July 29.

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China's Zhang moves into sole lead at AXA Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - In-form Chinese Zhang Na set herself up for a second title in as many weeks after a second-round 70 gave her a one-stroke lead at the AXA Ladies at the South Course of Tomakomai Golf Resort 72 Emina Golf Club on July 28.

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat.

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal.

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Emperor, empress attend National Arbor Day in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito helps plant trees in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The emperor, accompanied by Empress Michiko, also took part in the National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai and urged the nation to understand woodland functions.

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Emperor, empress attend National Arbor Day in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, hoes in their hands, help plant trees in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The imperial couple also took part in the National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai, with the emperor urging the nation to understand woodland functions.

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Police search Hokkaido meat-processing firm over false labeling

TOKAKOMAI, Japan - Surrounded by reporters and television cameras, detectives from Hokkaido prefectural police enter the premises of Meat Hope Co. in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to search for evidence after the Hokkaido-based meat-processing company was found to have falsely labeled meat products.

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Emperor stresses woodland functions on National Arbor Day

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito, accompanied by Empress Michiko (C), speaks at a ceremony in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day, calling on the nation to learn more about woodland functions.

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Emperor stresses woodland functions on National Arbor Day

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the venue of the 58th National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The emperor stressed the woodland functions in an address he delivered for the campaign.

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Emperor, empress visit Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers as they leave the Bibigawa center for people with intellectual disabilities in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 23. The imperial couple, who arrived in Hokkaido earlier in the day, plan to attend a national tree planting festival in Tomakomai on June 24.

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error.

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High school fastballer Tanaka picked by Rakuten

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Komadai Tomakomai right-hander Masahiro Tanaka gets congratulations from his former teammates after the Rakuten Eagles acquired the rights to negotiate a contract with him in the amateur high school baseball draft in Tokyo on Sept. 25. The Pacific League club won the four-party lottery for Tanaka, who helped Komadai Tomakomai finish runner-up at the national high school baseball championship in August.

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Komadai Tomakomai's Tanaka available at high school draft

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, who helped Komadai Tomakomai finish runner-up at the national high school baseball championship in August, smiles at a news conference at his school in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 13 after submitting a form stating that he wishes to play in the pros.

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Waseda Jitsugyo ace Saito chooses university over pros

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, who led Waseda Jitsugyo to its first title in a victory over Komadai Tomakomai at the national high school baseball championship last month, said at his school in Tokyo on Sept. 11 he has decided to attend university instead of playing pro baseball.

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Miyazato wins Japan LPGA C'ship in stellar homecoming week

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ai Miyazato smiles as she speaks to reporters after winning the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at the Nidom Classic Course in Hokkaido on Sept. 10. Miyazato became the youngest winner in Japan LPGA Championship history at 21 years and two months.

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Miyazato wins Japan LPGA C'ship in stellar homecoming week

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ai Miyazato celebrates winning the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at the Nidom Classic Course in Hokkaido on Sept. 10. Miyazato became the youngest winner in Japan LPGA Championship history at 21 years and two months.