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4 N. Korean defectors sent to immigration center in Ushiku

AOMORI, Japan - A police bus carrying four North Korean asylum-seekers leave the Goshogawara police station in Aomori Prefecture on way to the Aomori airport on June 6. The four will be housed at the Immigration Bureau detention center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture before they fly to South Korea for asylum.

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(2)Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer prepares to leave Narita airport for Iceland on March 24 after being released from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier in the day. Japan allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation.

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Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - Japan released American chess legend Bobby Fischer (front) from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 24 and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention over an alleged passport violation and a fight against deportation to the United States.

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Cleaning of great Buddha statue

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2022, shows the Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku, eastern Japan. An annual major cleaning was carried out of the 120-meter-high statue the same day.

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Cleaning of great Buddha statue

An annual major cleaning is carried out of the 120-meter-high Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2022.

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Cleaning of great Buddha statue

An annual major cleaning is carried out of the 120-meter-high Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2022.

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(2)Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - American chess legend Bobby Fischer prepares to leave Narita airport for Iceland on March 24 after being released from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier in the day. Japan allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention without trial for an alleged passport violation. (Kyodo)

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Chess legend Bobby Fischer released, to leave for Iceland

USHIKU, Japan - Japan released American chess legend Bobby Fischer (front) from an immigration control center in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 24 and allowed him to leave for Iceland following an eight-month detention over an alleged passport violation and a fight against deportation to the United States. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in front of the Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku on July 5, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs in front of the Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku on July 5, 2021.

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4 N. Korean defectors sent to immigration center in Ushiku

AOMORI, Japan - A police bus carrying four North Korean asylum-seekers leave the Goshogawara police station in Aomori Prefecture on way to the Aomori airport on June 6. The four will be housed at the Immigration Bureau detention center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture before they fly to South Korea for asylum. (Kyodo)

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Eastern Japan winery designated as Japan Heritage

Photo taken June 21, 2020, shows the interior of a former winery recently designated as Japan Heritage in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. Opened in 1903, Ushiku Chateau ended its wine production and was turned into a cultural site in 2018 due to deteriorated business but aims to resume production under a public-private entity established in January 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eastern Japan winery designated as Japan Heritage

Photo taken June 21, 2020, shows the interior of a former winery recently designated as Japan Heritage in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. Opened in 1903, Ushiku Chateau ended its wine production and was turned into a cultural site in 2018 due to deteriorated business but aims to resume production under a public-private entity established in January 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eastern Japan winery designated as Japan Heritage

Photo taken June 21, 2020, shows a former winery recently designated as Japan Heritage in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. Opened in 1903, Ushiku Chateau ended its wine production and was turned into a cultural site in 2018 due to deteriorated business but aims to resume production under a public-private entity established in January 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Immigration office in Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 28, 2019, shows the Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center (front) in Ushiku in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Immigration office in Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 28, 2019, shows the Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in Ushiku in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Immigration office in Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 28, 2019, shows the Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in Ushiku in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Immigration center in eastern Japan

File photo taken in November 2017 shows Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Immigration center in eastern Japan

File photo taken in November 2017 shows Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo