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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Barbecue festival in northern Japan

An outdoor barbeque festival is held in Kitami on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 9, 2024, with about 2,000 people eating meat grilled on portable clay charcoal cooking stoves in the snow.

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Barbecue festival in northern Japan

An outdoor barbeque festival is held in Kitami on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 9, 2024, with about 2,000 people eating meat grilled on portable clay charcoal cooking stoves in the snow.

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Barbecue festival in northern Japan

An outdoor barbeque festival is held in Kitami on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 9, 2024, with about 2,000 people eating meat grilled on portable clay charcoal cooking stoves in the snow.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Japan's No. 1 cheerleading team performs in Oita

OITA, Japan - Members of Nippon Bunri University's cheerleading team Braves perform for an audience of about 2,000 people in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on March 22, 2014. The coed team won both the Japan Cup cheerleading championships and the All Japan student cheerleading championship in 2013.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Yukihiro Kimura (front) and his elder brother Shigeru offer prayers on Oct. 24, 2012, at a site in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, which is believed to contain the remains of about 2,000 Japanese soldiers and security personnel who died at a prison camp around the end of World War II. The two were among four Japanese nationals who visited the site to pray for the souls of relatives who died in what is now North Korea.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Yukihiro Kimura (R front) and other Japanese offer prayers on Oct. 24, 2012, at a site in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, which is believed to contain the remains of about 2,000 Japanese soldiers and security personnel who died at a prison camp around the end of World War II. Kimura was one of four Japanese nationals who visited the site to pray for the souls of relatives who died in what is now North Korea.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Japanese nationals, bereaved family members of those who lost their lives in what is now North Korea, visit a site on Oct. 24, 2012, in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, which is believed to contain the remains of about 2,000 Japanese soldiers and security personnel who died at a prison camp around the end of World War II.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Shigeru Kimura is moved to tears on Oct. 24, 2012, at a site in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, which is believed to contain the remains of about 2,000 Japanese soldiers and security personnel who died at a prison camp around the end of World War II. Kimura was one of four Japanese nationals who visited the site to pray for the souls of relatives who died in what is now North Korea.

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Ecuador charity event for Japan

QUITO, Ecuador - About 2,000 people join a charity event in Quito, Ecuador, on March 11, 2012, to raise funds to support people hit by the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami in Japan on the first anniversary of the disaster.

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Protest in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - About 2,000 people attend a rally in Moscow on Dec. 17, 2011, to protest alleged irregularities in vote counting in Russia's parliamentary elections.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with Japan women's national soccer team coach Norio Sasaki (2nd from L, front) and team captain Homare Sawa (2nd from R, front) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (C front), author of the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' and Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura (R) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Paper lanterns in Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Residents of temporary housing units in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami craft paper lanterns using milk cartons on July 28, 2011. They plan to light up about 2,000 lanterns on Aug. 11 to mark five months since the disaster, around the Obon holiday season in mid-August.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi lays flowers at the grave of unknown soldiers outside Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011, during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - People gather in rain to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan at Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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Balloons released carrying DVDs on sinking of S. Korean warship

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an anti-North Korean civic group release balloons carrying materials including around 300 DVDs containing an investigation report on the sinking of a South Korean warship in Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone north of Seoul, South Korea, on June 10, 2010. About 200 portable radios, 2,000 1 dollar bills and around 150,000 fliers were also attached to the balloons.

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Toyota asks employees, dealers for help in restoring trust

TOYOTA, Japan - Employees, dealers, and auto parts makers of Toyota Motor Corp. gather for a meeting at the company's head office in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 5, 2010. In the meeting attended by about 2,000 people, Toyota President Akio Toyoda called for their cooperation to restore customers' trust, which has been battered by a series of global recalls.

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Archery event at Sanjusangen-do in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Young female archers dressed in traditional kimono and ''hakama'' ceremonial skirts take aim in the ''Toshiya'' arrow-shooting event at Sanjusangen-do, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama district, on Jan. 17, 2010. About 2,000 people, including young archers who celebrated their coming-of-age on Jan. 11, took part in the annual event. The archers aim at hitting targets placed 60 meters away.

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Torch festival held at Kamikura Shrine in Wakayama Pref.

SHINGU, Japan - About 2,000 men carrying torches run down the 538 steps of a shrine approach to Kamikura Shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, in the 1,400-year-old torch festival on Feb. 6.

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Archery event at Sanjusangen-do Temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Young female archers dressed in traditional kimono and ''hakama'' ceremonial skirts take aim in the Toshiya arrow-shooting event at the Sanjusangen-do Temple in Kyoto on Jan. 18. About 2,000 people, including 1,800 young archers who celebrated their coming-of-age on Jan. 12, took part in the annual event. The archers aim at hitting a 1-meter bull's eye placed 60 meters away.

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1st-type shinkansen train ends regular run

OKAYAMA, Japan - About 2,000 railway geeks pack Okayama Station on Nov. 30 to see off a round-nose ''0 Series'' shinkansen bullet train, one of Japan's first types of shinkansen bullet train models, as the train leaves for Hakata Station on its last regular run, 44 years after the model made its debut.

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3,000 live in makeshift houses 2 months after Niigata quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - About 3,000 people are living in 1,182 makeshift houses erected in Kashiwazaki and two neighboring towns in Niigata Prefecture after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the region on July 16. The earthquake killed 11 people, injured about 2,000, and damaged 39,000 houses, according to Niigata Prefecture figures.

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - A shopgirl holds a flowerpot for visitors as the annual ''Asagaoichi'' (morning glory market) begins in Iriya, downtown Tokyo, on July 6. Organizers expect about 400,000 visitors will come to the market where 100,000 pots will be put for sale by 120 florists during its three-day session. A standard pot carries a price tag of 2,000 yen.

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Religious leaders gather for global interfaith dialogue in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - About 2,000 senior religious leaders from around the world gather at the Kyoto International Conference Hall for a four-day World Conference of Religions for Peace on Aug. 26.

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Religious leaders gather for global interfaith dialogue in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A participant in the World Conference of Religions for Peace walks through a security check gate at the Kyoto International Conference Hall on Aug. 26. About 2,000 senior religious leaders from around the world are to address the theme of ''Confronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security'' during a four-day session.

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Hu leadership unable to disregard problems of farming villages

BEIJING, China - A woman, one of about 2,000 farmers who gathered at Beijing Southern Station in protest against the government's policies toward farmers, was arrested by police on March 6 in Beijing, where the National People's Congress was in session.

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Kyoto holds Jidai Matsuri festival

KYOTO, Japan - About 2,000 people dressed in historical costume to celebrate Kyoto's 1,100-year history as Japan's ancient capital (794-1867) parade through the city's streets to mark the annual Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Eras) on Oct. 22.

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Kyoto holds Jidai Matsuri festival

KYOTO, Japan - About 2,000 people dressed in historical costume to celebrate Kyoto's 1,100-year history as Japan's ancient capital (794-1867) parade through the city's streets to mark the annual Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Eras) on Oct. 22. Guests from the Italian city of Florence joined the procession for the first time to mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of a sister-city pact between the two cities.

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(1)Survivors mark 50th anniv. of Bikini H-bomb test

YAIZU, Japan - Survivors and peace activists on March 1 mark the 50th anniversary of an incident in which 23 crew members of the Japanese trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5 from Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Rongelap Island residents were irradiated by a blast from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. About 2,000 people marched to the grave of Aikichi Kuboyama, who was chief radio operator of the Fukuryu Maru.

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Campaign for presenting stationery to Iraqi children under way

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A group of former Ground Self-Defense Force officials are collecting funds in a campaign to present some 10,000 sets of stationery to children in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, where Japanese troops are on a humanitarian mission. About 2,000 stationery sets are scheduled to be airlifted on Feb. 21.

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Hokkaido fishermen enjoy bountiful salmon catch

SHIBETSU, Japan - Fishermen in eastern Hokkaido have been enjoying a bountiful catch of prized young salmon, normally only one out of every 10,000 caught. About 2,000 young salmon have been caught at the Rausu fishing grounds this year, up from 700 last year, and around 900 in Shibetsu (shown), compared with 200-300 on average.

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Pears stolen in Ibaraki Pref.

SHIMOTSUMA, Japan - A farmer points to the stem of a pear tree in a field in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, where about 2,000 pears were found stolen Aug. 13. Police suspect the pears were carried away in a truck and are investigating the case as one of theft.

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2,000 Japanese, Korean children gather to promote peace

OSAKA, Japan - About 2,000 children from Japanese and ethnic Korean schools form themselves into ''Hana (one in Korean) Osaka'' at a park within the grounds of Osaka Castle in Osaka's Chuo Ward on June 15. They gathered to mark the third anniversary of the inter-Korean declaration.

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Season's first snow crab catch auctioned

YONAGO, Japan - The season's first catch of snow crabs is put up for auction at Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on the Japan Sea on Sept. 9. One case containing 30 kilograms fetched prices ranging from 7,400 to 27,000, about 2,000 higher than last year. Local fishermen said the snow crab haul at the port has been on the constant decline. Last year's catch totaled 10,473 tons, compared with the peak haul of 31,754 tons in 1083.

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - Shopgirls check the flowerpots before the annual ''Asagaoichi'' (morning glory market) opens in Iriya, downtown Tokyo, on July 6. Organizers expect about 600,000 visitors will come to the market where 120,000 pots will be put for sale by 120 florists during its three-day session. A standard pot with morning glories of four different colors carries a price tag of 2,000 yen.

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World Cup Kansai booklet produced

OSAKA, Japan - British and American journalists working in the Kansai region of western Japan have compiled a guidebook on Osaka and Kobe, the regional host cities for the upcoming World Cup soccer finals, for foreign journalists covering the events. About 2,000 copies are to be distributed free at hotels where foreign journalists are expected to stay during the May 31-June 30 World Cup.

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Japan to give some $620,000 for conservation project in China

TOKYO, Japan - Japan decided Nov. 9, 2001 to give $623,798 to the first phase of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Longmen grottoes (undated file photo) conservation project to help preserve the sculptures carved in cave walls over a millennium ago in China. The more than 2,000 grottoes, located in Henan Province, contain about 110,000 Buddhist sculptures over a period of 400 years from the late period of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty (493-907).

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Wine fans eager as Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of the customs office at Kansai airport in Osaka examine bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau for clearance on Nov. 9, the first day of their arrival. Imported into Japan from the Beaujolais region near Lyons in southwestern France, the wine will go on sale for about 2,000 yen per bottle, the same as last year.

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2,000 trees planted in ceremony in Beijing suburb

BEIJING, China - Chinese schoolchildren plant trees in a ceremony on Oct. 8 to mark the start of a China-Japan tree-planting project that was the brainchild of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. About 2,000 trees were planted in the ceremony near the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. The ceremony was attended by the three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition, members of a Diet members' league and about 1,300 schoolchildren.

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Miyakejima islanders evacuated to local high school

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Many people on Miyakejima island, 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, spent the night of June 26 at a nearby high school after the Meteorological Agency warned of an imminent volcanic eruption. About 2,000 quakes jolted the island and heat was detected on the western part of the summit of Mt. Oyama.

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MSDF warship practices firing missiles in RIMPAC 2000

HONOLULU, United States - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) warship practices firing antiaircraft missiles June 5 in RIMPAC 2000, a series of joint military drills involving seven countries in waters off Hawaii. The Aegis-type vessel is one of eight warships dispatched by the MSDF, which has also sent about 2,000 sailors, a submarine and eight P-3C antisubmarine aircraft to take part in the monthlong exercises which began May 30.