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Yamagata int'l film festival

Director Ben Russell speaks on stage after his "Direct Action," a film about French environmental activists, won the grand prize in the international competition division of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2025.

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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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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (L) attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025, the final day of the World Athletics Championships, alongside Mitsugi Yamagata, president of the local organizing committee of the championships.

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (L) attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025, the final day of the World Athletics Championships, alongside Mitsugi Yamagata, president of the local organizing committee of the championships.

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Shogi played with human pieces

Professional shogi player Momoko Kato (top) gives instructions as a shogi board game with "human pieces" is played on April 15, 2023, in the northeastern Japan city of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture, the largest producer in Japan of shogi pieces. High school students in armor or kimono moved on a 15-meter square shogi board under instructions from Kato and another shogi pro, Miran Nohara.

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Shogi played with human pieces

Professional shogi player Miran Nohara gives instructions as a shogi board game with "human pieces" is played on April 15, 2023, in the northeastern Japan city of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture, the largest producer in Japan of shogi pieces. High school students in armor or kimono moved on a 15-meter square shogi board under instructions from Nohara and another shogi pro, Momoko Kato.

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

YAMAGATA, Japan, Aug. 5 Kyodo - Children dance during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in December 2024 shows the snow-covered main street in the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

A street lined with snow-covered traditional Japanese inns at the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is crowded with tourists in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in January 2025.

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - Video shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion. (Kyodo)

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Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

Photo shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line (L) and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Zao

Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (C) poses for a photo after winning a women's normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 26, 2025, alongside silver medalist Eirin Maria Kvandal (L) of Norway and bronze medalist Nika Prevc of Slovenia.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Slovenia's Nika Prevc (C) poses for a photo after winning a women's normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2025, alongside silver medalist Thea Minyan Bjoerseth (L) of Norway and bronze medalist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Zao

Germany's Selina Freitag (L) and Agnes Reisch pose for a photo after winning the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Germany's Selina Freitag competes in the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Germany's Agnes Reisch competes in the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air at the women's individual ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025. She finished seventh.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air at the women's individual ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025. She finished seventh.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Jacqueline Seifriedsberger of Austria competes en route to winning the women's individual title at a ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025.

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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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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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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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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano poses after winning the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Athletics: Japanese race walker Kawano sets 35-km world record

Masatora Kawano wins the men's 35-kilometer race walk in a world record of 2 hours, 21 minutes, 47 seconds at the Japanese national championships in Takahata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Oct. 27, 2024.

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Japan tourism promotion event in New York

Dancers perform the Hanagasa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Yamagata Prefecture during a tourism promotion event at Japan Village in New York on Aug. 31, 2024.

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Taro soup festival in northeastern Japan

Taro and meat soup is prepared for some 30,000 people in a 6.5-meter-diameter pot during a taro-eating festival on a dry riverbed in the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Sept. 15, 2024.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

TOZAWA, Japan, July 26 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News airplane on July 26, 2024, shows houses inundated with floodwater following heavy rain in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A search and rescue operation is under way in Shinjo in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on July 26, 2024, after heavy rain hit the region. A police car was found overturned in the vicinity the same day, with two officers who had been riding in the vehicle missing.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Tohoku Region, Causing Flooding And Mudslides In Yamagata 3

Heavy rains hit the Tohoku region on Friday, July 26, causing rivers to burst their banks in Yamagata Prefecture, causing severe flooding and mudslides. A police car heading to the scene of a rescue call was swept away near a bridge over a tributary of the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture on Thursday. Three people were missing in the vicinity, including two police officers who were in the police car.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Tohoku Region, Causing Flooding And Mudslides In Yamagata 4

Heavy rains hit the Tohoku region on Friday, July 26, causing rivers to burst their banks in Yamagata Prefecture, causing severe flooding and mudslides. A police car heading to the scene of a rescue call was swept away near a bridge over a tributary of the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture on Thursday. Three people were missing in the vicinity, including two police officers who were in the police car.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on July 26, 2024, shows an inundated area near JR Furukuchi Station in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on July 26, 2024, shows houses inundated with floodwater following heavy rain in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on July 26, 2024, in Sakata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata shows the Mogami River swollen following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A police car is overturned in Okura, Yamagata Prefecture, on July 26, 2024, after heavy rain hit the northeastern Japan area. The car is believed to have been swept away from the nearby city of Shinjo.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on July 26, 2024, in Sakata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata shows the Arase River swollen following heavy rain.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Tohoku Region, Causing Flooding And Mudslides In Yamagata 2

Heavy rains hit the Tohoku region on Friday, July 26, causing rivers to burst their banks in Yamagata Prefecture, causing severe flooding and mudslides. A police car heading to the scene of a rescue call was swept away near a bridge over a tributary of the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture on Thursday. Three people were missing in the vicinity, including two police officers who were in the police car.

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Japan: Heavy Rains Hit Tohoku Region, Causing Flooding And Mudslides In Yamagata

Heavy rains hit the Tohoku region on Friday, July 26, causing rivers to burst their banks in Yamagata Prefecture, causing severe flooding and mudslides. A police car heading to the scene of a rescue call was swept away near a bridge over a tributary of the Mogami River in Yamagata Prefecture on Thursday. Three people were missing in the vicinity, including two police officers who were in the police car.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on July 26, 2024, shows a submerged crossing in Sakata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

A street in Sakata in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata is flooded on July 26, 2024, following heavy rain.