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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport.

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport.

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Japan Coast Guard unveils high-speed patrol boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard on Feb. 22 unveiled the Tsurugi, the first of three high-speed patrol boats the government commissioned after Japanese warships and coast guard vessels failed to stop a North Korean spy ship following a chase at sea in 1999. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel, displayed to the press at Tokyo Bay off Haneda, is equipped with three engines and is capable of a top speed of more than 40 knots or some 74 kilometers per hour.

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High-speed, anti-spy patrol boat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A high-speed, anti-spy patrol boat built by Hitachi Zosen Corp. for the Japan Coast Guard is launched in a ceremony at Hitachi's Kanagawa shipyard in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel with a top speed of more than 40 knots has been christened Tsurugi. It will be deployed in February at the Niigata Coast Guard office.

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport. (Kyodo)

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Wide areas of Japan hit by heavy snow

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 8, 2014, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter hovering above a community in the western Japanese town of Tsurugi, which was isolated following heavy snow, so rescue workers could confirm the safety of residents. The heavy snow has left six people dead and hundreds affected by disruptions to transport. (Kyodo)

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High-speed, anti-spy patrol boat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A high-speed, anti-spy patrol boat built by Hitachi Zosen Corp. for the Japan Coast Guard is launched in a ceremony at Hitachi's Kanagawa shipyard in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel with a top speed of more than 40 knots has been christened Tsurugi. It will be deployed in February at the Niigata Coast Guard office.