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Basketball: Utsunomiya clinches B-League title

Utsunomiya Brex players celebrate after winning the 2024-2025 B-League basketball title with a 73-71 victory over the Ryukyu Golden Kings in Game 3 of the best-of-three league finals at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 27, 2025.

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Basketball: Utsunomiya clinches B-League title

Utsunomiya Brex players celebrate after winning the 2024-2025 B-League basketball title with a 73-71 victory over the Ryukyu Golden Kings in Game 3 of the best-of-three league finals at Yokohama Arena in Yokoyama near Tokyo on May 27, 2025.

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Tram-riding delivery robot

Utsunomiya University Professor Koichi Ozaki provides an explanation about a delivery robot carrying lunch boxes at JR Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, during a delivery test using an electric tram system on June 1, 2024.

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Tram-riding delivery robot

A delivery robot developed by Utsunomiya University carries lunch boxes as it rides an electric tram at an electric tram stop near JR Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, during a delivery test using the tram system on June 1, 2024.

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Tram-riding delivery robot

A delivery robot developed by Utsunomiya University travels through a walkway at JR Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, carrying lunch boxes during a delivery test using an electric tram system near the station on June 1, 2024.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A light rail transit train carrying children runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

A ceremony commemorating the start of a light rail transit service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station in Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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Media ride of LRT train in eastern Japan

Journalists step onto a new light rail transit train for a demonstration ride in Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2023, five days before the public-private, third-sector transit system starts its commercial service between Utsunomiya and Haga, also in the eastern Japan prefecture.

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Media ride of LRT train in eastern Japan

The interior of a new light rail transit train is unveiled to the media in Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2023, as a demonstration ride for them is planned five days before the public-private, third-sector transit system starts its commercial service between Utsunomiya and Haga, also in the eastern Japan prefecture.

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Media ride of LRT train in eastern Japan

A new light rail transit train runs during a demonstration ride for the media in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2023, five days before the public-private, third-sector transit system starts its commercial service between Utsunomiya and Haga, also in the eastern Japan prefecture.

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MAKATI-FIBA 3X3-MANILA MASTERS-UB HUISHAN NE VS UTSUNOMIYA BREX EXE

(230520) -- MAKATI CITY, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Strahinja Stojacic (L) of Ub Huishan NE competes against Marko Milakovic of Utsunomiya Brex Exe during the pool A match between Ub Huishan NE from Serbia and Utsunomiya Brex Exe from Japan in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2023 in Makati City, the Philippines on May 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MAKATI-FIBA 3X3-MANILA MASTERS-UB HUISHAN NE VS UTSUNOMIYA BREX EXE

(230520) -- MAKATI CITY, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Strahinja Stojacic of Ub Huishan NE dunks during the pool A match between Ub Huishan NE from Serbia and Utsunomiya Brex Exe from Japan in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2023 in Makati City, the Philippines on May 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MAKATI-FIBA 3X3-MANILA MASTERS-UB HUISHAN NE VS UTSUNOMIYA BREX EXE

(230520) -- MAKATI CITY, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu YuXuan (R) of Ub Huishan NE competes against Marko Milakovic of Utsunomiya Brex Exe during the pool A match between Ub Huishan NE from Serbia and Utsunomiya Brex Exe from Japan in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2023 in Makati City, the Philippines on May 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MAKATI-FIBA 3X3-MANILA MASTERS-UB HUISHAN NE VS UTSUNOMIYA BREX EXE

(230520) -- MAKATI CITY, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Strahinja Stojacic (R) of Ub Huishan NE competes against Teodor Atanasov of Utsunomiya Brex Exe during the pool A match between Ub Huishan NE from Serbia and Utsunomiya Brex Exe from Japan in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2023 in Makati City, the Philippines on May 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Utsunomiya regains Japan's No. 1 dumpling city status

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Utsunomiya city officials and "gyoza" dumpling restaurant managers shout banzai at the city hall on Jan. 31, 2014, after central government data listed the Tochigi prefectural capital as having the nation's highest average household spending on the food item in 2013.

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Utsunomiya regains Japan's No. 1 dumpling city status

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Utsunomiya city officials and "gyoza" dumpling restaurant managers break a celebratory ball at the city hall on Jan. 31, 2014, after central government data listed the Tochigi prefectural capital as having the nation's highest average household spending on the food item in 2013.

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Arms confiscated from gangster who sold woman to brothel

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Three handguns and 23 bullets confiscated from a gangster who has been was arrested for allegedly selling a Japanese woman for prostitution are on display at the Utsunomiya Higashi Police Station in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 13. The gangster, Wataru Kurihara, 26, allegedly sold a woman to a brothel for 1.5 million yen. Police say this is the first case where a Japanese woman has been sold in Japan for prostitution.

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New strawberry from Tochigi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken in Utsunomiya on Nov. 14, 2018, shows a new variety of strawberry "Tochigi i37," developed by Tochigi Prefecture. The eastern Japan prefecture, with the nation's largest strawberry harvest, plans to put the new type of fruit on sale in a few years if a cultivation test and market study prove to be successful.

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Restored "Three Wise Monkeys" in Nikko unveiled

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, March 30 Kyodo - The "Sanzau" (Three Wise Monkeys) wooden carving at the Nikko Toshogu shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is unveiled on March 30, 2017, at the completion of a restoration project undertaken since last June. The three monkeys covering their eyes, ears and mouth are famous for the "see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil" poses.

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Yuki-tsumugi weaver under training in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akiko Imaizumi, the first weaver of the traditional Yuki-tsumugi silk weaving technique hired by the Oyama city government in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, receives instructions on using a weaving machine from traditional craftsman Noriaki Sakairi in the city on Jan. 14, 2015. The technique was added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in 2010.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Eels grown big enough to be sold are shown in this photo taken in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 17, 2014. A local freshwater fish farm grows eels in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by retaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler, which is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A worker at a freshwater fish farm in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast to Tokyo, watches eels on Nov. 17, 2014, grown in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by remaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler. The application of residual heat is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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Lightup Nikko event to start at World Heritage site

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The five-story pagoda of Nikko Toshogu Shrine in the city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, which is part of "Shrines and Temples of Nikko", a UNESCO World Heritage site, is lit up on a trial basis before an annual "Lightup Nikko" event, which will run from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

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Nikko's World Heritage temple partially lit up

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The Gomado Hall of Rinnoji Temple at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is illuminated on a trial basis in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, on the eve of the three-day "Light up Nikko 2014" event.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in samurai costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in warrior costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Samurai grand parade at Nikko Toshogu for autumn festival

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A grand procession of men dressed in samurai costumes, a 400-year-old tradition known as the Procession of 1,000 Samurai, takes place during the Autumn Festival at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Tourists visit 'monkey school' museum

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tourists visit a museum in Nikko, eastern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014, exhibiting uniforms and other stage items used in a "monkey school" show at the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Money Company) theme park closed late last year.

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Tochigi gov. views candidate site for nuke waste disposal

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tochigi Governor Tomikazu Fukuda (R in front) examines on Sept. 24, 2014, an area in Shioya, eastern Japan, picked by the government as one of candidate sites for the final disposal of radiation-tainted waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Leader of Japanese abductees' kin calls for early settlement

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group representing relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, calls for prompt settlement of the issue at a seminar held by the government in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2014.

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4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster.

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Kids enjoy shaved natural ice in Nikko, Japan

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Children and their mother enjoy eating bowls of shaved ice made from natural ice in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. Shaved natural ice is now regarded as a local summer specialty.

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Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Kilns used by the late Shoji Hamada, a Japanese ceramic artist credited with developing Mashiko town in Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, into a world-renowned pottery center, will be fired in February 2015 for the first time in about 40 years. This file photo of the kilns was taken on July 27, 2014.

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Ishihara seeks cooperation for nuke waste disposal site

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (standing) urges the mayors of municipalities in Tochigi Prefecture to cooperate for a government plan to set up a final disposal site in Shioya town in the prefecture for radioactive waste generated in the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster at a meeting in the prefectural capital of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, on July 31, 2014.

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Japanese research team demonstrates autonomous robot

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A research team in the Faculty of Engineering at Utsunomiya University demonstrates its autonomous wheeled robot "nena" in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014.

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Parade of 1,000 warriors held in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A parade of over 1,000 citizens in ancient warrior costumes is conducted on the approach to the Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 18, 2014.

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Power-accumulating train starts operating in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The "Accum" power accumulating train departs JR Utsunomiya Station in Tochigi Prefecture on March 15, 2014, becoming the first of its kind to operate in Japan. East Japan Railway Co.'s Accum will accumulate electricity while running on the electric-powered Tohoku Line and use the stored battery to run on the Karasuyama Line, which has not yet been wired up.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya (L), the former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks to supporters in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2014, after losing the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the election.

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JR East to deploy battery-powered rail cars

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s newly developed train cars equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are unveiled on Jan. 29, 2014, in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. The new train cars will be the first of their kind to be deployed for practical use beginning in March.

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JR East unveils lithium-ion battery-powered rail cars

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s newly developed train cars equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are unveiled on Jan. 29, 2014, in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. With five large-capacity batteries fitted underneath, the new train cars will be the first of their kind to be deployed for practical use beginning in March, charging up along electrified sections of track while running on the storage batteries on non-electrified sections.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks in the Japanese capital's Shibuya district after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. He is recommended by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks outside Shinjuku Station in the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. He is recommended by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks outside Shinjuku Station in the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. He is recommended by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya, former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.