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World Cup 2026 – US: Dutch Fans March Through Kansas City Ahead of Match Against Tunisia

Netherlands fans marched through the streets of Kansas City ahead of their team's final World Cup group-stage match against Tunisia on Thursday, June 25.

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Mine-Akiyoshidai added to UNESCO geoparks list

People pose for a photo during a celebration in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 23, 2026, after the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council added Mine-Akiyoshidai karst plateau in the western Japan city to its geoparks list.

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Mine-Akiyoshidai added to UNESCO geoparks list

People celebrate in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 23, 2026, after the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council added Mine-Akiyoshidai karst plateau in the western Japan city to its geoparks list.

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Japan PM Ishiba receives chestnuts

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from R) receives a basket of chestnuts from the eastern Japan city of Kasama in Ibaraki Prefecture, presented by Kasama city mayor Shinju Yamaguchi (5th from R) on Sept. 18, 2025, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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Ex-Komeito party leader in China

Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), former leader of Japan's junior ruling coalition partner, the Komeito party, shakes hands with Chen Miner, the top Communist Party official in Tianjin, on April 29, 2025, in the northern Chinese city.

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Ex-Komeito party leader in China

Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), former leader of Japan's junior ruling coalition partner, the Komeito party, holds talks with Chen Miner, the top Communist Party official in Tianjin, on April 29, 2025, in the northern Chinese city.

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Reach Full Bloom Across Country

Cherry blossoms have begun to bloom all over Japan, and are expected to reach full bloom in many places this week. This video was filmed at Ichinosaka River, a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in Yamaguchi City, western Japan, where the cherry blossoms are already in full bloom.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Iwakuni city willing to accept Osprey deployment

Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda (front) speaks at a city assembly session in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Aug. 27, 2024, expressing the western Japan city's intention to accept the deployment of U.S. Navy Ospreys at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base.

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Photos of WWII Japanese soldiers

Photo taken on July 28, 2024, at Misaka shrine in the western Japan city of Yamaguchi. During World War II, photos of Japanese soldiers were sent to the shrine by family members as it was believed that doing so would help the photographed person dodge bullets and survive. The shrine has been trying to return the photos to the families since the end of the war but about 14,000 photos still remain.

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Photos of WWII Japanese soldiers

Photo taken on July 31, 2024, at Misaka shrine in the western Japan city of Yamaguchi shows photos of Japanese soldiers who went to World War II. Those photos were sent to the shrine during the war by family members as it was believed that doing so would help the photographed person dodge bullets and survive. The shrine has been trying to return the photos to the families since the end of the war but about 14,000 photos still remain.

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Photos of WWII Japanese soldiers

Photo taken on July 31, 2024, at Misaka shrine in the western Japan city of Yamaguchi shows photos of Japanese soldiers who went to World War II. Those photos were sent to the shrine during the war by family members as it was believed that doing so would help the photographed person dodge bullets and survive. The shrine has been trying to return the photos to the families since the end of the war but about 14,000 photos still remain.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Longest-running outdoor sculpture competition

Photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows a sculpture on display in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Over 200 sculptures are on display outside in the western Japan city, with Ube Biennale, which has a run of 62 years, certified as the longest-running outdoor sculpture competition by Guinness World Records in March.

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Longest-running outdoor sculpture competition

Photo taken on May 2, 2024, shows a sculpture on display in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Over 200 sculptures are on display outside in the western Japan city, with Ube Biennale, which has a run of 62 years, certified as the longest-running outdoor sculpture competition by Guinness World Records in March.

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Longest-running outdoor sculpture competition

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows a sculpture on display at a park in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Over 200 sculptures are on display outside in the western Japan city, with Ube Biennale, which has a run of 62 years, certified as the longest-running outdoor sculpture competition by Guinness World Records in March.

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Longest-running outdoor sculpture competition

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows a sculpture on display at a park in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Over 200 sculptures are on display outside in the western Japan city, with Ube Biennale, which has a run of 62 years, certified as the longest-running outdoor sculpture competition by Guinness World Records in March.

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Longest-running outdoor sculpture competition

Photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows a sculpture on display at a park in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Over 200 sculptures are on display outside in the western Japan city, with Ube Biennale, which has a run of 62 years, certified as the longest-running outdoor sculpture competition by Guinness World Records in March.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

KOBE, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - A bullet hole (arrow mark) is seen on the front window of a vehicle ridden by members of the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 14, 1985. A shooter belonging to Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, opened fire at the vehicle when it was parked at a crossing in the western Japan city earlier in the day.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

OSAKA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Riot police officers confront members of the Yamaguchi-gumi underground gangster syndicate to keep them at bay from Osaka Police Hospital in the western Japan city on Jan. 26, 1985. The syndicate's leader Masahisa Takenaka was admitted to the hospital earlier in the day after being shot by members belonging to the syndicate's rival, Ichiwa-kai.

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S. Korean chemical tanker capsizes off western Japan

Photo taken on March 20, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a capsized South Korean chemical tanker off the western Japan city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The incident involving the 870-ton Keoyoung Sun occurred earlier in the day, leaving five of 11 crew on board missing, while the conditions of the six who were rescued remain unknown.

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S. Korean chemical tanker capsizes off western Japan

Photo taken on March 20, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter operated by a Yamaguchi prefectural firefighting unit conducting a search and rescue operation as five crew members went missing after a South Korean chemical tanker capsized off the western Japan city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, earlier in the day.

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S. Korean chemical tanker capsizes off western Japan

Photo taken on March 20, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat (bottom) conducting a search and rescue operation as five crew members went missing after a South Korean chemical tanker (top) capsized off the western Japan city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, earlier in the day.

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New whaling mother ship

A launch ceremony for the whaling mother ship Kangei Maru is held in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Shimonoseki, western Japan, on Aug. 31, 2023. The 112.6-meter, 9,100-ton electrically powered ship will begin operating in 2024.

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New whaling mother ship

A launch ceremony for the whaling mother ship Kangei Maru is held in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Shimonoseki, western Japan, on Aug. 31, 2023. The 112.6-meter, 9,100-ton electrically powered ship will begin operating in 2024.

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Japan Komeito party chief in Vietnam

Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), chief of Japan's Komeito party, shakes hands with former Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang as they hold talks in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug. 21, 2023.

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Japan crown prince in Yamaguchi Pref.

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R) visits a swan keeping facility at a park in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on May 23, 2023, after attending a general meeting of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums in the western Japan city earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

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G7 summit concludes in Hiroshima amid stronger protests

STORY: G7 summit concludes in Hiroshima amid stronger protests DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:18 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the G7 summit 2. various of protesters on the street 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protesters 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): RYO MIYAHARA, Head of a Hiroshima citizens' group and the protest's organizer 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): ATSUSHI KOKETSU, Emeritus professor at Yamaguchi University of Japan STORYLINE: Group of Seven (G7) nations wrapped up their three-day gathering in Japan on Sunday, vowing to escalate sanctions against Russia amid the Ukraine crisis. Following days of protests, hundreds of demonstrators from home and abroad on Sunday rallied against the G7 leaders' communique and other documents adopted by the summit in Hiroshima, a city once devasted by U.S. atomic bombing during World War II. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protesters "No to War." "Smash the G7 Hiroshima Summit." Protesters rallied along the main streets in Hiroshima,

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ASDF Space Operations Group facility

File photo taken on March 5, 2023, shows radar facilities operated by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Space Operations Group unit in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Sanyoonoda, western Japan. The group was established in Fuchu, Tokyo, in March 2022 mainly for space debris surveillance.

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ASDF Space Operations Group facility

File photo taken on March 5, 2023, shows radar facilities operated by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Space Operations Group unit in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Sanyoonoda, western Japan. The group was established in Fuchu, Tokyo, in March 2022 mainly for space debris surveillance.

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ASDF Space Operations Group facility

File photo taken on March 5, 2023, shows radar facilities operated by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Space Operations Group unit in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Sanyoonoda, western Japan. The group was established in Fuchu, Tokyo, in March 2022 mainly for space debris surveillance.

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ASDF Space Operations Group facility

File photo taken on March 5, 2023, shows radar facilities operated by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Space Operations Group unit in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Sanyoonoda, western Japan. The group was established in Fuchu, Tokyo, in March 2022 mainly for space debris surveillance.

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Candidate backed by ruling bloc defeated in Saga election

SAGA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamaguchi, a former Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry official, extends his hand to a supporter in the southwestern Japan city of Saga after defeating a rival backed by the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc in the Saga gubernatorial race on Jan. 11, 2015. Yamaguchi was supported by agricultural cooperative members and some LDP local assembly members opposed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned farming reforms.

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Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Koya Nishikawa (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014, after a meeting of ministers related to a bird flu outbreak in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi. The prefectural government began culling about 37,000 chickens in the early morning of the same day at a poultry farm in the city of Nagato after bird flu was confirmed.

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Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

NAGATO, Japan - Local officials of the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi prepare to cull around 37,000 chickens before dawn on Dec. 30, 2014, at a farm where a bird flu outbreak was confirmed. It was the third avian influenza case of the winter at a chicken farm in Japan, after the city of Miyazaki in southwestern prefecture announced a confirmed case the previous day.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - Photo shows a driver's seat of the first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. on Nov. 13, 2014, at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Hitachi unveils 1st IEP train for Britain

KUDAMATSU, Japan - The first pre-series in Britain's Intercity Express Program train is unveiled to the media by Hitachi Ltd. at its Kasado plant in the city of Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Nov. 13. 2014. It is the first of three pre-series IEP being built in Japan.

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Citizens perform drama at shrine in western Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Citizens in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, perform an outdoor drama at Akama Shrine in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 11, 2014. The stage play depicts well-known scenes related to the region from Japan's medieval war between the Taira and Genji clans.

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Event to reenact Korean envoy procession to Japan

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A colorful event to reenact a procession of Korean envoys to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty during the Edo period (1603-1868) to deepen the bilateral ties takes place in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with some 240 people, including those from South Korea's Busan, walking along the western Japanese city's waterfront on Aug. 23, 2014.

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SL Yamaguchi departs Shin-Yamaguchi Station

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - SL Yamaguchi leaves Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi City on Aug. 23, 2014, as the JR Yamaguchi Line resumes full service for the first time in about a year.

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M'bishi Heavy to boost parts output for B787 in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Toru Kitamura (L), head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Shimonoseki Mayor Tomoaki Nakao (R) shake hands on Aug. 18, 2014, in the western Japanese city after the Japanese heavy machinery makers and the city signed an agreement related to a plan to increase the production of wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the plant.

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A-bomb survivor's grandchild stages picture story show

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kosuzu Harada, granddaughter of the late Tsutomu Yamaguchi who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, stages a picture-story show about her grandfather's experience in Nagasaki City on July 5, 2014.

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Rainy season starts in Kyushu, Yamaguchi Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - People with umbrellas cross Meganebashi, or Spectacles Bridge, in the city of Nagasaki as the rainy season starts in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan and in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western tip of the Honshu main island on June 2, 2014.