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Japan: Huge Waterspout Spotted off Tsuruoka City, Yamagata 2

A huge waterspout was spotted off the coast of Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, the Sea of Japan side of the Tohoku region on Thursday, October 2.

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Japan: Huge Waterspout Spotted off Tsuruoka City, Yamagata

A huge waterspout was spotted off the coast of Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, the Sea of Japan side of the Tohoku region on Thursday, October 2.

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Heavy snow in Japan

TSURUOKA, Japan, Jan. 10 Kyodo - People walk in the snow-covered city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow in Japan

People walk in the snow-covered city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

Snow blankets central Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

A pedestrian is seen in the snow-covered city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

A snowplow removes snow in Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 10, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

A pedestrian is seen in the snow-covered city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2025.

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CORRECTED: Heavy snow in Japan

Heavy snow continues in Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 9, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

Heavy snow continues in Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 9, 2025.

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Heavy snow in Japan

Heavy snow continues in Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 9, 2025.

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Japanese shrine known for ascetic practices

Photo taken on April 17, 2014, shows a hall containing a wooden statue representing Prince Hachiko, a son of Japan's sixth-century Emperor Sushun, at Dewa Sanzan Shrine in Tsuruoka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata. The prince is said to have founded the shrine, known as a place of ascetic practices such as fasting and meditation.

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Rescue efforts continue for elderly couple after landslide

Search and rescue operation continues on Jan. 1, 2023, after an elderly couple went missing in a landslide that hit houses in the Yamagata Prefecture city of Tsuruoka, northeastern Japan, the previous day.

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Rescue efforts continue for elderly couple after landslide

Search and rescue operation continues on Jan. 1, 2023, after an elderly couple went missing in a landslide that hit houses in the Yamagata Prefecture city of Tsuruoka, northeastern Japan, the previous day.

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Rescue efforts continue for elderly couple after landslide

Search and rescue operation continues on Jan. 1, 2023, after an elderly couple went missing in a landslide that hit houses in the Yamagata Prefecture city of Tsuruoka, northeastern Japan, the previous day.

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Rescue efforts continue for elderly couple after landslide

Search and rescue operation continues on Jan. 1, 2023, after an elderly couple went missing in a landslide that hit houses in the Yamagata Prefecture city of Tsuruoka, northeastern Japan, the previous day.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the site of a landslide that hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022. Police and rescuers search for those who went missing.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the site of a landslide that hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the site of a landslide that hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the site of a landslide that hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Rescuers search for people missing after a landslide hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Rescuers search for people missing after a landslide hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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Landslide hits houses in northeastern Japan

Rescuers search for people missing after a landslide hit several buildings in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 31, 2022.

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TPP chief negotiator meets with reporters

NARITA, Japan - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2014, before leaving for Washington to attend a meeting with his counterparts from other TPP nations. He said it will be the key point if each country can demonstrate flexibility toward an early conclusion.

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Poster for Yamagata int'l film festival 2015 unveiled

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kiho Tsuruoka of Tohoku University of Art and Design holds a publicity poster she designed for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2015 in Yamagata, northwestern Japan, on Aug. 18, 2014. The festival will be held on Oct. 8-15 next year.

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Japan's chief TPP negotiator speaks to media

OTTAWA, Canada - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Canada, on July 12, 2014, after officials from the 12 countries involved, including Japan and the United States, finished the latest round of talks in the Canadian city.

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Aquarium official credited with big jellyfish collection

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuya Okuizumi, deputy director of the municipal Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, and credited with a large collection of jellyfish, is shown in this file photo taken on June 1, 2014.

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Jellyfish display attracts visitors to aquarium in Tsuruoka

TSURUOKA, Japan - A man and a child look at a vast collection of jellyfish at the refurbished municipal Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014.

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Jellyfish tank at aquarium in Tsuruoka

TSURUOKA, Japan - A large number of jellyfish swim in a huge tank at the refurbished municipal Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014. The aquarium is known for displaying the widest variety of jellyfish species in the world.

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Child looks at giant jellyfish at aquarium in Tsuruoka

TSURUOKA, Japan - A child looks at a giant jellyfish at the refurbished municipal Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014.

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Kamenoi Shuzo wins Sake-1 Grand Prix

KYOTO, Japan - Toshinori Imai of Kamenoi Shuzo, a brewer from Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, holds "Kudoki Jozu Jr. White," which won the first place in the "Miyabi" category of the Sake-1 Grand Prix, at Matsuo Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on May 25, 2014. Kamenoi Shuzo won the grand prize of the contest with the "Super Kudoki Jozu."

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Jellyfish aquarium

TSURUOKA, Japan - Visitors look at jellyfish in a huge tank at Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 21, 2014, during the preview before its reopening scheduled on June 1 following renovation. The aquarium was designated in 2012 by the Guinness World Records as having the largest number of different jellyfish species in captivity.

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TPP talks in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks to reporters in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City prior to the start of a meeting by chief negotiators from the 12 TPP member nations on May 12, 2014.

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Sony's Yamagata Technology Center opens

YAMAGATA, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for Sony Semiconductor Corp.'s Yamagata Technology Center for manufacturing image sensors in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 8, 2014.

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Int'l court rules against Japanese whaling

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Koji Tsuruoka, who represented the Japanese government in a court case lodged by Australia seeking an end to Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, speaks with reporters after Japan lost the case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2014.

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Japan, S. Korea hold preliminary TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - South Korea's Assistant Trade Minister Woo Tae Hee (L) and Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator to Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, shake hands prior to their meeting in Tokyo on March 6, 2014. The two countries held talks to explore the possibility of Seoul's entry to the TPP negotiations, after it expressed interest in November 2013 in joining the prospective U.S.-led regional bloc. (Pool photo)

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator to Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, heads to discussions by chief negotiators from the 12 Pacific Rim countries involved in Singapore on Feb. 17, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator at the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers reporters' questions before discussions by chief negotiators from the 12 Pacific Rim countries involved in Singapore on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Japan's chief TPP negotiator

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks with reporters in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2013, before the start of the second day of the chief negotiators' meeting.

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Japan's chief TPP negotiator

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers reporters' questions in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 1, 2013, before the day's meeting of chief negotiators.

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TPP meeting in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, holds a press conference in Washington on Sept. 21, 2013, after a four-day meeting of TPP chief negotiators.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka speaks at a press conference after Japan and 11 other Pacific Rim countries wrapped up the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 30, 2013.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - J. Jayasiri (R), Malaysia's chief negotiator at the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers a question during a joint press conference after the 18th round of the talks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on July 25, 2013. At left is Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka.

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TTP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Koji Tsuruoka (C), Japan's chief negotiator at the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers a question during a joint press conference after the 18th round of talks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on July 25, 2013.

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TTP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator at the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers a question during a joint press conference after the 18th round of talks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on July 25, 2013.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's chief negotiator in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, answers a reporter's question July 25, 2013, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, where the 18th round of talks is being held.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka speaks to reporters after attending a briefing for Japan by other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations on the current status of the talks in the Malaysian resort of Kota Kinabalu on July 24, 2013. Japan made its debut as the 12th member of the talks the previous day.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka is pictured as he leaves after attending a briefing for Japan by other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations on the current status of the talks in the Malaysian resort of Kota Kinabalu on July 24, 2013. Japan made its debut as the 12th member of the talks the previous day.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka heads to a briefing for Japan by other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations on the current status of the talks in the Malaysian resort of Kota Kinabalu on July 24, 2013. Japan made its debut as the 12th member of the talks the previous day.

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TPP talks in Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Japan's chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka heads to a briefing for Japan by other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations on the current status of the talks in the Malaysian resort of Kota Kinabalu on July 24, 2013. Japan made its debut as the 12th member of the talks the previous day.