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Japanese personal computer maker Vaio

Masaki Yamano, president of Japanese personal computer maker Vaio Corp., poses for photos with the company's Vaio-brand product at a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2023.

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Japanese animation festival in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) chats with Satoko Yamano (far L), Japanese singer of animation songs, during the opening ceremony on Nov. 23, 2011, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Beijing for the Japan Animation Festival. The festival, a series of events to promote Japanese animation in China, will run through December in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Beatles' digitally remastered CDs hit store shelves

TOKYO, Japan - A corner is reserved for digitally remastered CDs of The Beatles' 14 albums at Yamano Music CD shop in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on Sept. 9, 2009. At the shop, some 150 people gathered for the commemoration event to mark the worldwide release of the legendary rock band's albums at around the previous midnight.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Mio Yamano, 6, receives a shamisen lesson from Toon Nakajima Katsusuke, at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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"Takoyaki" guitar

Yamano Music Co. executive Toshihiro Yonemoto (L) and Iwatani Corp. executive Yasushi Sakai pose for a photo with the "takoyaki" (octopus balls) guitar, co-developed by the companies, in Osaka on Aug. 8, 2022.

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"Takoyaki" guitar

Singer Sae Banjoya plays the "takoyaki" (octopus balls) guitar, co-developed by Yamano Music Co. and Iwatani Corp., in Osaka on Aug. 8, 2022.

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Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNESCO meeting in Kanazawa ends

Yukiyoshi Yamano (L), mayor of the central Japan city of Kanazawa, attends a press conference together with Lynne Patchett, a senior official of UNESCO's Culture Sector, in Kanazawa on May 27, 2015, after a UNESCO Creative Cities Network Meeting. The participants from 61 cities around the world agreed to enhance information sharing and exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanazawa mayor unveils plan to host UNESCO city network confab

Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano unveils in his office on May 12, 2015, a plan to host a meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network from May 25 to 28. Kanazawa, in central Japan, will be the first Japanese city to host the meeting, the ninth of its kind. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka industry promotion center holds photo session at can plant

Chie Yamano (L) of the Osaka Urban Industry Promotion Center, a support organization for small and medium sized enterprises, observes a photo session of a young worker at a can manufacturing plant in the city of Osaka on Aug. 4, 2015. The photo session was held as part of a project to attract young workers to the manufacturing and construction industries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNESCO meeting in Kanazawa ends

Yukiyoshi Yamano (L), mayor of the central Japan city of Kanazawa, attends a press conference together with Lynne Patchett, a senior official of UNESCO's Culture Sector, in Kanazawa on May 27, 2015, after a UNESCO Creative Cities Network Meeting. The participants from 61 cities around the world agreed to enhance information sharing and exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beatles' digitally remastered CDs hit store shelves

TOKYO, Japan - A corner is reserved for digitally remastered CDs of The Beatles' 14 albums at Yamano Music CD shop in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on Sept. 9, 2009. At the shop, some 150 people gathered for the commemoration event to mark the worldwide release of the legendary rock band's albums at around the previous midnight. (Kyodo)

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Satellites used to study coral bleaching

TOKYO, Japan - The upper image is an analytic bathymetric chart of Shiraho coral reef off Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, based on photos taken by the U.S. commercial satellite Ikonos. The lower image was used to analyze coral health. Images provided by Hiroya Yamano, chief researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. (Kyodo)

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Japanese animation festival in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) chats with Satoko Yamano (far L), Japanese singer of animation songs, during the opening ceremony on Nov. 23, 2011, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Beijing for the Japan Animation Festival. The festival, a series of events to promote Japanese animation in China, will run through December in Beijing and Shanghai. (Kyodo)

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Japan's highest land price

Photo taken on March 19, 2018, shows the head office of Yamano Music Co. in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district that has Japan's highest land price of 50.50 million yen ($475,000) per square meter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo