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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

Israeli military vehicles are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

Israeli military vehicles are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

An Israeli military vehicle is seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

Israeli military vehicles are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

Israeli soldiers are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Military Operation in The West Bank - Jenin

Israeli soldiers are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, on February 24, 2025. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese Antarctic observation teams hold change-over ceremony

Members of the 65th Japanese Antarctic observation team (L) and those of the 66th team take a commemorative photo at Syowa Station, a permanent Japanese research station in Antarctica, on Feb. 1, 2025, as the two teams hold a change-over ceremony marking the start of yearlong management of the station, founded in 1957, under the 66th team. (Pool photo) (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Japanese Antarctic observation teams hold change-over ceremony

A member of the 65th Japanese Antarctic observation team (L) and one from the 66th team shake hands at Syowa Station, a permanent Japanese research station in Antarctica, on Feb. 1, 2025, as the two teams hold a change-over ceremony marking the start of yearlong management of the station, founded in 1957, under the 66th team. (Pool photo) (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2013, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started a yearlong mission later that day to remove fuel from the cooling pool at the damaged No. 4 reactor building (far L).

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Fukushima men complete 13,000-km "thank you" marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Hatori, 71, celebrates after he and two other men from Fukushima Prefecture arrived Aug. 2, 2012, at their final goal in Tokyo after a yearlong transcontinental marathon from Paris to thank people around the world for helping Japan recover from the devastating earthquake of 2011.

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Fukushima men complete 13,000-km "thank you" marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Hatori, 71, is tossed in the air after he and two other men from Fukushima Prefecture arrived Aug. 2, 2012, at their final goal in Tokyo after a yearlong transcontinental marathon from Paris to thank people around the world for helping Japan recover from the devastating earthquake of 2011.

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Fukushima men complete 13,000-km "thank you" marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Three men from Fukushima Prefecture, including Kenichi Hatori (C), 71, arrive Aug. 2, 2012, at their final goal in Tokyo after a yearlong transcontinental marathon from Paris to thank people around the world for helping Japan recover from the devastating earthquake of 2011.

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Museum of 'Ogura hyakunin isshu'

KYOTO, Japan - A diorama forms part of the displays at Shigureden, a Kyoto museum devoted to ''Ogura hyakunin isshu'' (100 poems by 100 poets). The museum was shown to the media on March 14, 2012, prior to its scheduled reopening on March 17 following a yearlong renovation. Hyakunin isshu karuta (playing cards) of the Edo period (1603-1868) and dolls representing the poets are among the exhibits and visitors can try on Heian period (794-1185) costumes.

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Seiko Matsuda to appear in NHK period drama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2002 shows veteran Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda. Matsuda has been cast as Gion Nyogo in ''Taira no Kiyomori,'' NHK's period drama for 2012, which will be her first appearance in the yearlong drama series of the public broadcaster.

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Long-lost Okamoto mural shown to public for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at the long-lost mural painting ''Myth of Tomorrow'' by the late artist Taro Okamoto in Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 8. The 5.5 meter by 30 meter mural, painted on seven panes of concrete, was shown to the public for the first time ever following a yearlong restoration.

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Olympic hammer champ Murofushi makes victorious comeback

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi made a dramatic comeback after a yearlong absence with a come-from-behind victory at the 45th Golden Spike meet on May 29.

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Actresses Fujiwara, Kim Yun Jin join ceremony in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara and South Korean actress Kim Yun Jin join a sake barrel opening ceremony at a Seoul hotel Jan. 21, launching a yearlong program of arts and cultural events for the 2002 year of exchange between the people of Japan and South Korea. The two actresses have been named goodwill ambassadors for a series of events marking the 2002 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the two nations from May 31 to June 30.

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Prince Naruhito 'grateful' to well-wishers for expecting wife

LONDON, England - Crown Prince Naruhito meets the press May 24 at the Japanese ambassador's residence in London, winding up a weeklong visit. He said, ''I am very happy about the fact that I received warm wishes of congratulations from people in all the various places I visited'' on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The crown prince visited Britain as honorary president of the Japan 2001 festival, a yearlong event showcasing Japanese culture in Britain. He is due back in Japan on May 25. (Pool photo)

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Japan's crown prince revisits Oxford

OXFORD, England - Pool photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito taking a stroll in the gardens of Merton College, Oxford, on May 23 with Merton College Warden Jessica Rawson. He was revisiting the university city in central England where he studied in the mid-1980s. The prince is in Britain to promote the Japan 2001 festival, a yearlong festival in Britain showcasing Japanese culture and lifestyle.

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Blair greets Japan crown prince

LONDON, Britain - British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) greets Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at his official residence in London on May 22. The brown prince in Britain for the opening of a yearlong Japan festival. (Pool photo)

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Japanese crown prince observes gardens in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (shown center in pool photo), accompanied by British Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, views multicolored flowers during a preview of the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 21. The prince toured the gardens, including a Japanese garden displayed as part of the Japan 2001 festival -- a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture and lifestyle in various parts of Britain. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince visits junior high school in London

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (C) visits a junior high school in London on May 21 and watches a lesson involving use of the Internet. The crown prince is in Britain to attend the opening ceremonies for the yearlong ''Japan 2001'' festival. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince says fest will boost ties with Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (pool photo) delivers a speech at an opening reception in London on May 20 for Japan 2001, a yearlong festival introducing Japanese culture. More than two million people are expected to participate in the hundreds of events to take place throughout Britain from May to the end of March 2002. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince visits Windsor Castle library

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (C) is briefed by Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Prince Philip (R) at the royal library in Windsor Castle on May 19 on souvenirs which were presented by the Japanese imperial family. The crown prince is in Britain to attend the opening ceremonies for the yearlong ''Japan 2001'' festival. (Pool photo)

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British univ. welcomes Japanese shogi players

CAMBRIDGE, Britain - Teruichi Aono (C) and Fusako Ajiki (R), Japanese professional 'shogi' players, oversee the 2001 British Open Shogi Championships at the University of Cambridge on May 6. The event is part of ''Japan 2001,'' a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture to the British public until March next year.

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Gov't Internet Fair to feature Tale of Genji

KYOTO, Japan - A city of Kyoto official on Dec. 28 explains the outline of ''The Tale of Genji Pavilion'' that will be featured at a yearlong government-sponsored ''Internet Fair 2001'' starting Dec. 31.

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Alfee sings in Berlin to celebrate 'Year of Japan'

BERLIN, Germany - The Japanese rock group Alfee holds a free concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sept. 26, the eve of the ''Year of Japan in Germany'' program. At the climax of their performance, they sang Beethoven's Choral Symphony together with the audience. The performance was part of events to celebrate the opening Monday of the yearlong campaign to introduce Japanese culture, arts and science to the German public.

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Delacroix's masterpiece unpacked at Tokyo museum

Tokyo National Museum's officials unpack a masterpiece by French painter Eugene Delacroix on Feb. 22. The painting, ''laLiberte guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People)'' will be displayed in the museum from Feb. 26 to March 28. The masterpiece left its home at the Louvre Museum in Paris to be shown for the first time in Japan as part of the yearlong ''Year of France in Japan'' festival.

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University Admission Begins Amid The Pandemic - Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH âÂÂ OCTOBER 1, 2021: Students during a University entrance Examination. Dhaka University has begun admission tests for the students who passed equivalent exams in 2020, after a yearlong suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. On October 1, 2021 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Maruf Rahman/ Eyepix Group).

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University Admission Begins Amid The Pandemic - Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH âÂÂ OCTOBER 1, 2021: Students during a University entrance Examination. Dhaka University has begun admission tests for the students who passed equivalent exams in 2020, after a yearlong suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. On October 1, 2021 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Maruf Rahman/ Eyepix Group).

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Actresses Fujiwara, Kim Yun Jin join ceremony in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara and South Korean actress Kim Yun Jin join a sake barrel opening ceremony at a Seoul hotel Jan. 21, launching a yearlong program of arts and cultural events for the 2002 year of exchange between the people of Japan and South Korea. The two actresses have been named goodwill ambassadors for a series of events marking the 2002 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the two nations from May 31 to June 30.

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Olympic hammer champ Murofushi makes victorious comeback

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi made a dramatic comeback after a yearlong absence with a come-from-behind victory at the 45th Golden Spike meet on May 29. (Kyodo)

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British univ. welcomes Japanese shogi players

CAMBRIDGE, Britain - Teruichi Aono (C) and Fusako Ajiki (R), Japanese professional 'shogi' players, oversee the 2001 British Open Shogi Championships at the University of Cambridge on May 6. The event is part of ''Japan 2001,'' a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture to the British public until March next year.

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Japan's crown prince revisits Oxford

OXFORD, England - Pool photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito taking a stroll in the gardens of Merton College, Oxford, on May 23 with Merton College Warden Jessica Rawson. He was revisiting the university city in central England where he studied in the mid-1980s. The prince is in Britain to promote the Japan 2001 festival, a yearlong festival in Britain showcasing Japanese culture and lifestyle.

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Crown prince visits Windsor Castle library

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (C) is briefed by Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Prince Philip (R) at the royal library in Windsor Castle on May 19 on souvenirs which were presented by the Japanese imperial family. The crown prince is in Britain to attend the opening ceremonies for the yearlong ''Japan 2001'' festival.

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Harvard Univ. anthropologist to publish thesis on 2011 tsunami

Andrew Littlejohn from Britain, an anthropologist at Harvard University, speaks in an interview in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. He will shortly return to the U.S. university after a yearlong stay in the northeastern Japanese town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and plans to publish a thesis in both English and Japanese on possible ways to revive the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist practitioners' school on Mt. Koya

Students of Koyasan Senshugakuin, undergoing yearlong training and group living to become a Shingon Buddhist monk, walk in front of the Kompon Daito pagoda on Mt. Koya in western Japan on May 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist practitioners' school on Mt. Koya

Students of Koyasan Senshugakuin, undergoing yearlong training and group living to become a Shingon Buddhist monk, attend a class to study sutras and Buddhism in a classroom at the Buddhist practitioners' school on Mt. Koya, western Japan, on April 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibition brings to light wartime sexual violence in Myanmar

Staff members of the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace in Tokyo check panels on display on July 13, 2016, during an exhibition about sexual violence committed by the Japanese military in wartime Myanmar. The yearlong exhibition lasts through the end of June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long-lost Okamoto mural shown to public for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at the long-lost mural painting ''Myth of Tomorrow'' by the late artist Taro Okamoto in Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 8. The 5.5 meter by 30 meter mural, painted on seven panes of concrete, was shown to the public for the first time ever following a yearlong restoration. (Kyodo)

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Alfee sings in Berlin to celebrate 'Year of Japan'

BERLIN, Germany - The Japanese rock group Alfee holds a free concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sept. 26, the eve of the ''Year of Japan in Germany'' program. At the climax of their performance, they sang Beethoven's Choral Symphony together with the audience. The performance was part of events to celebrate the opening Monday of the yearlong campaign to introduce Japanese culture, arts and science to the German public.

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Seiko Matsuda to appear in NHK period drama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2002 shows veteran Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda. Matsuda has been cast as Gion Nyogo in ''Taira no Kiyomori,'' NHK's period drama for 2012, which will be her first appearance in the yearlong drama series of the public broadcaster. (Kyodo)

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Museum of 'Ogura hyakunin isshu'

KYOTO, Japan - A diorama forms part of the displays at Shigureden, a Kyoto museum devoted to ''Ogura hyakunin isshu'' (100 poems by 100 poets). The museum was shown to the media on March 14, 2012, prior to its scheduled reopening on March 17 following a yearlong renovation. Hyakunin isshu karuta (playing cards) of the Edo period (1603-1868) and dolls representing the poets are among the exhibits and visitors can try on Heian period (794-1185) costumes. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Antarctic observation teams hold change-over ceremony

Members of the 57th Japanese Antarctic observation team (L half) and those of the 58th team (R half), along with their flags, take commemorative photos at Showa Station, a permanent Japanese research station in Antarctica, on Feb. 1, 2017. The two teams held a change-over ceremony that day marking the start of yearlong management of the station, founded in 1957, under the 58th team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Naruhito 'grateful' to well-wishers for expecting wife

LONDON, England - Crown Prince Naruhito meets the press May 24 at the Japanese ambassador's residence in London, winding up a weeklong visit. He said, ''I am very happy about the fact that I received warm wishes of congratulations from people in all the various places I visited'' on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The crown prince visited Britain as honorary president of the Japan 2001 festival, a yearlong event showcasing Japanese culture in Britain. He is due back in Japan on May 25.

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Japanese crown prince observes gardens in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (shown center in pool photo), accompanied by British Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, views multicolored flowers during a preview of the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 21. The prince toured the gardens, including a Japanese garden displayed as part of the Japan 2001 festival -- a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture and lifestyle in various parts of Britain.

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Crown prince says fest will boost ties with Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (pool photo) delivers a speech at an opening reception in London on May 20 for Japan 2001, a yearlong festival introducing Japanese culture. More than two million people are expected to participate in the hundreds of events to take place throughout Britain from May to the end of March 2002.

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Gov't Internet Fair to feature Tale of Genji

KYOTO, Japan - A city of Kyoto official on Dec. 28 explains the outline of ''The Tale of Genji Pavilion'' that will be featured at a yearlong government-sponsored ''Internet Fair 2001'' starting Dec. 31.