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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Charnel house of A-bomb mound in Hiroshima shown to press

The charnel house beneath the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima is shown to the press on July 16, 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945. The vault stores the ashes of about 70,000 atomic bomb victims, with many of them unclaimed.

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Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

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Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Shinkansen business seats

Photo taken in an unknown location on Oct. 6, 2023, shows shinkansen bullet train seats that Central Japan Railway Co. will introduce from Oct. 20 in its Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama cars, running on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines for those seeking to work comfortably. Making taking notes and using PCs easier, the more spacious S WorkP Seats cost an additional 1,200 yen (about $8).

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Hydrangeas at Kamakura temple

People stroll at Meigetsuin temple, famous for hydrangeas, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 6, 2023. About 2,500 hydrangeas are now in full bloom at the temple in the ancient Japanese capital.

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6-magnitude earthquake hits southern Philippines

STORY: 6-magnitude earthquake hits southern Philippines DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of customers evacuated from a mall in Davao (credit: Judrey, from social media) 2. various of students evacuated from school buildings in Davao (credit: Jake Lizardo, from social media) 3. various of chandeliers swinging inside a residence in Davao (credit: MotoJockey PH, from social media) 4. various of pictures of fallen merchandise at a grocery store in Davao (from PIA Davao de Oro) STORYLINE: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 jolted southern Philippines on Wednesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 6:44 p.m. local time, hit at a depth of 11 km, about 14 km northeast of New Bataan town in Davao de Oro province. The institute said the tectonic quake will trigger aftershocks and cause damage. There were no early reports of damage or casualties. The institute said the qua

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Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007.

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Mt. Shimmoe eruption

KIRISHIMA, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 6, 2018, shows volcanic Mt. Shimmoe in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupting explosively. The 1,421-meter-high volcano erupted earlier in the day, for the first time in about seven years.

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the Tanabata star festival on Aug. 6, 2017, the opening day of the three-day event. About 2.15 million people are expected to visit the city to see the largest and most famous Tanabata celebrations in Japan.

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Japan PM Abe meet with ASEAN youth

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with a participant in the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014, as about 30 young people from Southeast Asian countries visited him.

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Temple guardian statue to undergo 1st repair in 20 years

NARA, Japan - Buddhist priests stand in front of the "Kongo Rikishi Agyo" wooden guardian statue at Todai-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan on Oct. 6, 2014, before the famous sculpture is subjected to the first repair in about 20 years.

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JMSDF's transport ship arrives at Vietnam's Da Nang port

DA NANG, Vietnam - The "Kunisaki" transport ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is anchored in the Vietnamese port of Da Nang on June 6, 2014, with about 140 U.S. and Australian troops as well as some 150 JMSDF members on board for medical support and cultural exchanges.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Work has begun to add soil to areas where houses and commercial facilities are to be reconstructed.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yamada Bay in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). Oysters and scallops are cultured on rafts in array (latter).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 27, 2011 (L), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and a restored pine at the same location about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). The building (front in the former) for JR Rikuchu-Yamada Station is not in the latter.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Taro area of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Fishery facilities are seen built in the latter.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - About 200 protesters gather outside the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2013, following the crash of a U.S. military helicopter in a U.S. base in the prefecture.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - About 200 protesters gather outside the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2013, following the crash of a U.S. military helicopter in a U.S. base in the prefecture.

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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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A-bomb surviving bonsai from Hiroshima

KYOTO, Japan - A man marvels at a bonsai tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at an exhibition in Kyoto on Nov. 25, 2011. It was the public debut of the black pine tree, estimated to be 300-400 years old, which was placed at about 2.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the atomic blast on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Suzuki's WagonR

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Suzuki Motor Corp's WagonR, which was the top-selling minicar in 2010 in Japan. The compact car maintained its leadership in the market for vehicles with engines of up to 660 cc for the seventh consecutive year, industry sources said Jan. 6, 2011, with about 195,000 units sold in 2010.

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Hitachi develops technology to recycle rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, shows separated parts of hard disk drive motors which contain rare earths in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. Hitachi Ltd. said it had developed technology to collect rare earths from components in electric appliances and recycle enough for about 10 percent of the group's usage from 2013.

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Demonstration in Tokyo over Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - About 4,000 people rallied in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2010, criticizing both the Japanese and Chinese governments over collisions involving ships of the two countries in waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands.

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Balloons for peace

OTSU, Japan - Worshippers release about 3,000 balloons into sky during an event to pray for peace and to console the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Mii Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the bombing that day.

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Sendai star festival

SENDAI, Japan - Colorful streamers decorate an arcade as an annual star festival begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2010. About 2.2 million people are expected to visit the city for the three-day ''Tanabata'' festival.

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N. Korea begins celebratory events for founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The 15th April Holiday Food Festival started in Pyongyang on April 6, 2010, for a three-day run, featuring local and traditional dishes prepared by about 40 restaurants from across the country as North Korea began a series of events the same day to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15.

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N. Korea begins celebratory events for founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Cooks look at local and traditional dishes prepared by about 40 restaurants from across the country at the 15th April Holiday Food Festival which started in Pyongyang on April 6, 2010, for a three-day run. North Korea began a series of events the same day to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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5 years on, it's still a struggle to travel in western Aceh

LAMBEUSO, Indonesia - This photo taken Dec. 6, 2009 in Lambeuso in Aceh Province, Indonesia, shows an ambulance crossing the Lambeuso River on a wooden raft to pick up a patient in the town of Calang in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, about 155 kilometers away. The reconstruction of a highway and bridges, devastated by the 2004 tsunami, on the western coast of the province has been halted.

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Antinuclear torch relay begins in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An antinuclear torch relay begins in Hiroshima Prefecture on June 19 to underscore the hope that the world will be free of war and nuclear attacks during the 21st century. A 12-member leadoff group of runners started the 20th relay from Hiroshima Peace Park at 8:15 a.m., the time the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The relay will cover about 1,816 kilometers in the prefecture, ending on July 26.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

An old model passenger train led by a diesel locomotive arrives in Aizukawaguchi station in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services fully on Oct. 1 for the first time in about 11 years.

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3-yr-old girl dies after left in bus for hours

Police investigators enter a kindergarten in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, after a 3-year-old girl died the previous day after being left for about five hours inside a school bus.

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3-yr-old dies after left in bus for hours

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2022, shows a kindergarten in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Makinohara, central Japan, where a 3-year-old girl died on Sept. 5 after she was left for about five hours inside its school bus earlier in the day.

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Women in Okano Garden

A woman sitting on the porch welcoming a guest. A pair of shoes are placed on the shoe stone. The woman to the right with her back to the camera is just about to take off her shoes, holding the hem of her kimono. The interior is dark, but a light can be seen in the rear of the room. The same photo as no. 6-44.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐44‐0]

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Women in Okano Garden

Two women walking around the garden wearing kimono. The woman in the front is just about to cross the bridge, holding her kimono. In the back is a grove of trees in the garden. The model used may be the same as in photo no. 6-44.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐41‐0]