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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is auctioned after being landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2025.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is lined up for an auction at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2025.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is lined up for an auction at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 11, 2025.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2025.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2025.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

A white shrimp is pictured as the season's first catch of the seafood is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2025.

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Season's 1st snow crab auction in Tottori

A ceremony for the season's first auction of snow crabs is held at Sakai port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 7, 2024, as fishing of the winter delicacy began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan the day before.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2024, shows snow crabs being unloaded at a port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, as the fishing season for the species began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan the day before.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows snow crabs unloaded at a port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season begins west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is auctioned after being landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is auctioned after being landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Red snow crab catch in central Japan

The season's first catch of red snow crab is landed at a fishing port in Imizu in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2024.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2024.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023, shows snow crabs unloaded at Tsuiyama port in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as snow crab fishing season began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.

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Toyama white shrimp harvest season begins

Fishermen land the first catch of small white shrimps, known as "Toyama Bay jewelry" for their translucent pink color, at Shinminato fishing port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture in central Japan, on April 1, 2023, as the harvest season begins.

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Yellowtail fishing area found moving northward

TOKYO, Japan - Yellowtail are seen at a fishing port in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, in this file photo dating from February 2011. Fishing areas for cold-water fish including yellowtail have been moving northward according to a recent study by the University of British Columbia.

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers after getting off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea.

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter taking off from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hida, in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The helicopter was carrying nine probable defectors from North Korea-- six adults and three children -- found earlier in the day on a wooden boat. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea.

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers after getting off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea.

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers as they get off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea.

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Vladivostok-Toyama ferry resumes

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - The South Korean ferry New Dong Chun is anchored at Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East on Aug. 24, 2010, before a regular service between Vladivostok and Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, was resumed the same day after a lapse of eight months over profitability.

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Hundreds of Muslims form communities in Niigata, Toyama

NIIGATA, Japan - About 100 Muslim men come every week for Friday prayers at the Islamic Center Niigata near Niigata City's Higashi port.

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Gray whale found dead outside Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - A gray whale presumed the one that appeared in Tokyo Bay last month is brought on land May 11 at a port in the town of Toyama, Chiba Prefecture, after it was found dead outside the bay. Local fishermen found the body tangled in fixed fishing nets set 1.5 kilometers off Toyama.

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Stranded Kaio Maru kept away from breakwater

TOYAMA, Japan - Cranes are used to keep the training ship Kaio Maru away from a breakwater in Toyama Prefecture on Nov. 24. The vessel was stranded in waters off Toyama port along the Sea of Japan coast in October after it was thrown on the breakwater by high waves caused by a typhoon.

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(4)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYAMA, Japan - The Kaiwo Maru, a sailing ship belonging to the National Institute for Sea Training, is inundated with water at Toyama Port on Oct. 21 after crashing against a breakwater due to high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage the previous day.

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(5)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYAMA, Japan - Crew members from the Kaiwo Maru, a sailing ship belonging to the National Institute for Sea Training, are rescued from their vessel on Oct. 21 after it crashed against a breakwater at Toyama Port due to high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage.

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(2)N. Korea ship leaves for China

TOYAMA, Japan - The 874-ton North Korean freighter Suyangsan leaves a port in Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, for Dandong, China on June 27 after being refueled by a Japanese ship. The freighter had been stranded off a Toyama port over the past two weeks because of a dispute over safety issues.

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(1)N. Korea ship in Toyama leaves for China

TOYAMA, Japan - The 874-ton North Korean freighter Suyangsan (R) is refueled at a port in Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, on June 27. Later, the freighter, which had been stranded off a Toyama port over the past two weeks because of a dispute over safety issues, left for Dandong, China.

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(4)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYAMA, Japan - The Kaiwo Maru, a sailing ship belonging to the National Institute for Sea Training, is inundated with water at Toyama Port on Oct. 21 after crashing against a breakwater due to high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage the previous day. (Kyodo)

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(5)Year's worst typhoon batters Japanese archipelago

TOYAMA, Japan - Crew members from the Kaiwo Maru, a sailing ship belonging to the National Institute for Sea Training, are rescued from their vessel on Oct. 21 after it crashed against a breakwater at Toyama Port due to high waves caused by Typhoon Tokage. (Kyodo)

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Gray whale found dead outside Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - A gray whale presumed the one that appeared in Tokyo Bay last month is brought on land May 11 at a port in the town of Toyama, Chiba Prefecture, after it was found dead outside the bay. Local fishermen found the body tangled in fixed fishing nets set 1.5 kilometers off Toyama. (Kyodo)

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Stranded Kaio Maru kept away from breakwater

TOYAMA, Japan - Cranes are used to keep the training ship Kaio Maru away from a breakwater in Toyama Prefecture on Nov. 24. The vessel was stranded in waters off Toyama port along the Sea of Japan coast in October after it was thrown on the breakwater by high waves caused by a typhoon. (Kyodo)

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers after getting off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers after getting off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows nine probable defectors from North Korea being escorted by officers as they get off a helicopter aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine -- six adults and three children -- and took them to Kanazawa port. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter taking off from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hida, in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The helicopter was carrying nine probable defectors from North Korea-- six adults and three children -- found earlier in the day on a wooden boat. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Vladivostok-Toyama ferry resumes

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - The South Korean ferry New Dong Chun is anchored at Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East on Aug. 24, 2010, before a regular service between Vladivostok and Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, was resumed the same day after a lapse of eight months over profitability. (Kyodo)

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White shrimps in central Japan

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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White shrimps in central Japan

First white shrimp catch of the season is landed at a port in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firefly squid fishing season

Photo taken at the Namerikawa fishing port in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, in the early morning of March 1, 2019, shows the season's first catch of firefly squid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon brings heavy rain across Japan

Photo taken Oct. 23, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a listing cargo ship at a port in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Toyama. The ship had run onto a breakwater earlier amid strong wind caused by powerful Typhoon Lan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon brings heavy rain across Japan

Photo taken Oct. 23, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a listing cargo ship at a port in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Toyama. The ship had run onto a breakwater earlier amid strong wind caused by powerful Typhoon Lan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Powerful typhoon brings heavy rain across Japan

Photo taken Oct. 23, 2017, from a Kyodo News plane shows a listing cargo ship at a port in the Sea of Japan coastal prefecture of Toyama. The ship had run onto a breakwater earlier amid strong wind caused by powerful Typhoon Lan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo