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Powerful typhoon hits Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 1, 2024, shows the site of a landslide in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 1, 2024, shows the site of a landslide in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita after torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A man removes mud in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 30, 2024, following torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Few people are seen on a street in the city of Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 30, 2024, due to torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

Leaves are scattered on a road in the city of Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 30, 2024, due to torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A man removes mud in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 30, 2024, following torrential rain brought by Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A farm field is flooded along a river in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 29, 2024, as heavy rain hit the region due to Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A farm field is flooded along a river in Yufu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Aug. 29, 2024, as heavy rain hit the region due to Typhoon Shanshan.

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Torrential rain in Japan

Photo taken on July 1, 2023, in the Oita Prefecture city of Yufu, southwestern Japan, shows a mudslide on a street following torrential rain.

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Unique shouting contest held in southwestern Japan

OITA, Japan - A man with his child screams at the top of his lungs at the 40th "Beef eating and shouting contest" at a hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2014. At the unique annual event, participants take turns shouting out what is on their minds after a scrumptious meal of barbequed local beef at a mountain meadow.

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Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Hot spring resort cafe offers menu in motif of Snoopy

OITA, Japan - Japanese-style cafe "Snoopy Chaya" in the spa resort city of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, offers a menu in the motif of the Snoopy cartoon dog.

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Seven Stars luxury train for tourists from overseas

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars luxury sleeper train travels through Yufu, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, in October 2013. JR Kyushu began a luxury train service exclusively for passengers from overseas on April 8, 2014.

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"Seven Stars" luxury train

YUFU, Japan - Photo shows the "Seven Stars in Kyushu" train at Yufuin Station in Oita Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2013. Kyushu Railway Co. launched the luxury cruise and sleeper train service the same day.

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"Seven Stars" luxury train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the "Seven Stars in Kyushu" train running in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2013. Kyushu Railway Co. launched the luxury cruise and sleeper train service the same day.

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Eating noodles from 300-meter watershoot

OITA, Japan - About 1,000 people eat ''somen'' noodles from a 300-meter-long watershoot during an event in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on July 31, 2011.

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Shouting contest in southwestern Japan

A woman celebrates after winning a shouting contest at a cattle farm in the hot spring resort of Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 2, 2021.

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Shouting contest in southwestern Japan

A man screams during a shouting contest at a cattle farm in the hot spring resort of Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 2, 2021.

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M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

Women flee buildings in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:09 p.m. on April 29, 2016, when a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region. Mt. Yufu can be seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Luxury sleeper train attracts passengers in southern Japan

File photo taken in October 2013 shows Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars luxury sleeper train traveling in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eating noodles from 300-meter watershoot

OITA, Japan - About 1,000 people eat ''somen'' noodles from a 300-meter-long watershoot during an event in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on July 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Unique shouting contest held in southwestern Japan

OITA, Japan - A man with his child screams at the top of his lungs at the 40th "Beef eating and shouting contest" at a hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2014. At the unique annual event, participants take turns shouting out what is on their minds after a scrumptious meal of barbequed local beef at a mountain meadow. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s. (Kyodo)

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Cosplay event in Japan hot spring resort

People take part in a cosplay event on Nov. 29, 2020, in Yunohira hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Cosplay event in Japan hot spring resort

People take part in a cosplay event on Nov. 29, 2020, in Yunohira hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Firefighters search for missing people near a river in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2020, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Firefighters search for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2020, following torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

People clean up a flooded house in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

A man removes mud from a floor at a cleaning company in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after the area was inundated in torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 9, 2020, shows waste piled up in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the area was inundated in torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 9, 2020, shows a collapsed bank of the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

A police officer searches for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Police officers search for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

A police officer searches for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

A police officer searches for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Police officers search for missing people near the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 9, 2020, after torrential rain.

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Torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on July 8, 2020, shows a fallen electric pole in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 8, 2020, shows a road being closed off in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, due to a landslide triggered by torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 8, 2020, shows a sinkhole on a road by the Oita River in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after torrential rain.

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Aftermath of torrential rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 8, 2020, shows a Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter searching for missing people in Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after torrential rain.

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Luxury excursion train in Japan

Photo taken in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in October 2013 shows the "Seven Stars in Kyushu" luxury sleeping car excursion train operated by Kyushu Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shouting contest in southwestern Japan

A man screams for the Japan rugby team on Oct. 14, 2019, during a shouting contest at a farm in the hot spring resort of Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosts Japan got into the last eight at the Rugby World Cup by beating Scotland the previous day in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Unique shouting contest held in southwestern Japan

A man screams at the top of his lungs at the "Beef eating and shouting contest" at a mountain meadow in the hot spring resort of Yufu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2017. At the unique annual event, participants take turns shouting out what is on their minds after a meal of barbequed local beef. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo