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Feudal Japanese Christian woman to be portrayed in play

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryoko Usui, a lead actress in the musical "Julia Otaa," speaks at a press conference in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014. The stage play, opening on Sept. 20, portrays the life of a woman of Korean descent adopted by a local Japanese warlord and Christianized in the late 16th century when Christianity was not fully permitted.

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Feudal Japanese Christian woman to be portrayed in play

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Uto Mayor Shigeki Motomatsu (L), lead actress Ryoko Usui (2nd from L) and Uto's mascot character "Uton Yukinaga shan" (C) join a press conference announcing the musical "Julia Otaa" in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014. The stage play, opening on Sept. 20, portrays the life of a woman of Korean descent adopted by a local Japanese warlord and Christianized in the late 16th century when Christianity was not fully permitted.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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Tajik opposition leader said to be behind abductions

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz - A file photo shows United Tajik Opposition (UTO) party leader Said Abdullo Nuri, who was denounced by a senior Kyrgyz government official Sept. 28 as the figure behind Muslim guerrillas who have been holding four Japanese and a number of Kyrgyz nationals hostage since late August.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Heavy rain hits quake-affected Kumamoto

A man walks on a flooded road on June 21, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto in Kumamoto Prefecture. Heavy rain fell across the prefecture, where the ground was already unstable from massive earthquakes that shook the region in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain damages quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture

A rescue team tries to determine if there are any people trapped inside a damaged house, hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rain, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto on June 21, 2016. Heavy rain fell across Kumamoto Prefecture, where the ground was already unstable from massive earthquakes that shook the region in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain damages quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture

A rescue team tries to determine if there are any people trapped inside a damaged house, hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rain, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto on June 21, 2016. Heavy rain fell across Kumamoto Prefecture, where the ground was already unstable from massive earthquakes that shook the region in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain damages quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture

A rescue team tries to determine if there are any people trapped inside a damaged house, hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rain, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto on June 21, 2016. Heavy rain fell across Kumamoto Prefecture, where the ground was already unstable from massive earthquakes that shook the region in mid-April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fears Uto city hall may collapse after suffering heavy quake damage

Photo taken from a drone on April 18, 2016, shows the municipal office building of the southwestern Japan city of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, that has been designated off-limits after being seriously damaged by powerful earthquakes. It is feared the five-story city hall, whose fourth floor has already collapsed, may sustain further damage, leading city officials to conduct business from a tent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fears Uto city hall may collapse after suffering heavy quake damage

Photo taken from a drone on April 18, 2016, shows the municipal office building of the southwestern Japan city of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, that has been designated off-limits after being seriously damaged by powerful earthquakes. It is feared the five-story city hall, whose fourth floor has already collapsed, may sustain further damage, leading city officials to conduct business from a tent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto

Officials of the southwestern Japan city of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, conduct business from a tent on April 18, 2016, as the municipal office building is in danger of collapse following a series of powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto

Photo taken April 18, 2016, shows the municipal office building of the southwestern Japan city of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, that has been off-limits after being seriously damaged by powerful earthquakes. The city officials are conducting business from a tent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Photo taken on June 11, 2015, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto shows a flooded field. Japan's southern main island Kyushu, where Uto is located, was hit by torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cemetery construction for returnees from Sakhalin begins in Sapporo

Yuriko Uto (L) and Kikue Uematsu, post-World War II Japanese returnees from the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin, look on as construction of a public graveyard for permanent returnees like them begins at a cemetery in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2015. Many Japanese expatriates could not repatriate immediately after the end of the war in 1945 and instead returned to Japan after the 1990s, but they cannot afford individual burial plots due to financial constraints, according to a nonprofit support group for the returnees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy rain hits Japan's southern main island Kyushu

Photo taken on June 11, 2015, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto shows a flooded field. Japan's southern main island Kyushu, where Uto is located, was hit by torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tajik opposition leader said to be behind abductions

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz - A file photo shows United Tajik Opposition (UTO) party leader Said Abdullo Nuri, who was denounced by a senior Kyrgyz government official Sept. 28 as the figure behind Muslim guerrillas who have been holding four Japanese and a number of Kyrgyz nationals hostage since late August.

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Feudal Japanese Christian woman to be portrayed in play

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryoko Usui, a lead actress in the musical "Julia Otaa," speaks at a press conference in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014. The stage play, opening on Sept. 20, portrays the life of a woman of Korean descent adopted by a local Japanese warlord and Christianized in the late 16th century when Christianity was not fully permitted. (Kyodo)

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Driverless Metro Open To Traffic

Citizens experience the Rail Transit Line 15, which is the longest rail transit line in China and has the highest level of automatic unmanned driving (UTO) after its operation. January 25, 2021, Shanghai, China.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner participant runs with Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto, on May 5, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner poses with Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the southwestern Japan city of Uto, on May 5, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A spectator takes a photo of a Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner in Uto in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 5, 2021.