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Gion Festival connects Kyoto and disaster-hit Miyagi

KYOTO, Japan - Former Iwanuma Mayor Tsuneaki Iguchi (R) stands in front of a 3-meter-diameter ring, made of rice straw from the northeastern Japanese city in Miyagi Prefecture, in Kyoto City on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival.

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Mizuho Bank, Toshiba obtain naming rights of Koshien Stadium stands

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 19, 2007 shows (From L) Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Shinya Sakai, Mizuho Bank senior executive Nobuhiro Ishikawa, Toshiba Corp. Kansai branch office chief Shunsuke Kobayashi and Hanshin Tigers owner Tsuneaki Miyazaki after a signing ceremony in Osaka for an agreement on naming rights to part of the infield stands of Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture. Toshiba and Mizuho Bank agreed with Hanshin Electric to obtain the naming rights for five years from 2008.

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Gion Festival connects Kyoto and disaster-hit Miyagi

KYOTO, Japan - Former Iwanuma Mayor Tsuneaki Iguchi (R) stands in front of a 3-meter-diameter ring, made of rice straw from the northeastern Japanese city in Miyagi Prefecture, in Kyoto City on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival. (Kyodo)