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Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the sky over Tomamae in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the night of Aug. 12, 2025, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the sky over Tomamae in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the night of Aug. 12, 2025, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the sky over Tomamae in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the night of Aug. 12, 2025, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Perseid meteor shower

A shooting star lights up the sky over Tomamae in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the night of Aug. 12, 2025, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Perseid meteor shower

Composite photo taken on the night of Aug. 12, 2025, into the early hours of the following day shows multiple shooting stars observed in the sky over Tomamae in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as the annual summer Perseid meteor shower peaks.

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Gov't to provide subsidies for wind power accumulators

TOKYO, Japan - The Agency of Natural Resources and Energy plans to subsidize the installation of electric accumulators by operators of wind power generators from fiscal 2006 to boost the supply of wind energy, agency officials said June 16. Photo shows wind power generators in Tomamae, Hokkaido.

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Japan's largest wind power plant completed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's largest wind power plant was completed in northern Hokkaido on Oct. 19, with 20 windmills set up in the town of Tomamae. The Danish-made turbines, each 72.1 meters high with a generation capacity of 1,000 kilowatts, were installed at a cost of 4.5 billion yen on a 100-hectare site of land leased from the Tomamae municipal government.

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Gov't to provide subsidies for wind power accumulators

TOKYO, Japan - The Agency of Natural Resources and Energy plans to subsidize the installation of electric accumulators by operators of wind power generators from fiscal 2006 to boost the supply of wind energy, agency officials said June 16. Photo shows wind power generators in Tomamae, Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Japan's largest wind power plant completed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's largest wind power plant was completed in northern Hokkaido on Oct. 19, with 20 windmills set up in the town of Tomamae. The Danish-made turbines, each 72.1 meters high with a generation capacity of 1,000 kilowatts, were installed at a cost of 4.5 billion yen on a 100-hectare site of land leased from the Tomamae municipal government.