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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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'Lucky man race' held at Nishonomiya Shrine in western Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Jan. 10 Kyodo - The top three finishers of a New Year race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) hold up framed Chinese characters and paintings, all suggesting luck, at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2016. The 16-year-old Michinari Mizuta (C) became the year's "luckiest man" among about 6,000 participants, winning the 230-meter race from the shrine's gate to the main hall.

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Anti-TPP rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants at a rally against Japan joining talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, raise their fists and chant a slogan in unison at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Nov. 8, 2011. About 6,000 people took part in the rally organized by farming and fishing groups and consumers' organizations.

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Nissan only delivers 60 of 6,000 orders for electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle. Nissan officials said Jan. 17, 2011, the company has only delivered about 60 units of the vehicle in Japan as of Jan. 14 even though it has already taken 6,000 orders due to be sold by March 31. Nissan attributed the slow pace to the need for careful work in the manufacturing process but denied any delay of the delivery of the pre-ordered cars.

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Fans line up for replay of men's handball Olympic qualifiers

TOKYO, Japan - Fans line up in front of Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on Jan. 30 for tickets to the replay of the men's handball Olympic qualifying game between Japan and South Korea. By 10 a.m., the line had swelled to 50 people. The International Handball Federation ordered the replays of Asian handball Olympic qualifiers after Japan and South Korea lodged protests over officiating by Middle Eastern referees in last year's qualifying tournament. Only Japan and South Korea are playing in the replays, which attracted huge interest among handball fans. About 6,000 advance tickets for the men's game sold out in only 40 minutes.

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Nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier calls at Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is seen off Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 25. Later in the day, the 102,000-ton flattop with about 6,000 crew members entered Sasebo port for a five-day stay aimed at providing rest for its personnel and to replenish supplies.

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(3)Japanese rally against Iraq war

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 6,000 people from throughout Japan gather at a rally in a Hiroshima park to protest U.S. plans to go to war on Iraq, forming the words ''NO WAR'' and ''NO DU!'' on March 2. DU refers to depleted uranium, which the United States used in bombs in the Persian Gulf War.

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Yokozuna Takanohana, Musashimaru perform dhyo-iri at Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana (R) performs the dohyo-iri or ''entering the ring'' ceremony Jan. 6 at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. His fellow yokozuna Musashimaru also performed the dohyo-iri before about 6,000 visitors to the shrine.

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McCartney, Japan's Kodo drummers play at Nobel award concert

OSLO, Norway - Japanese drum outfit Kodo perform at a concert in Oslo on Dec. 11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Among some 200 musicians from nine countries was ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who played the Beatles classic ''Let It Be'' before an audience of about 6,000 that included U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.

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Fishermen's wharf at Saikaiminato port damaged by quake

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - A wharf for fishing boats at Sakaiminato port, shown in this Oct. 7 photo, was damaged by a powerful quake that shook wide areas of western Japan the previous day. The magnitude-7.3 quake hit at 1:30 p.m., injuring more than 100 people in nine prefectures in western Japan. It registered upper 6 on the Japanese intensity scale of 7 in Sakaiminato and Hino in Tottori Prefecture. In terms of magnitude, it was stronger than the Great Hanshin quake of Jan. 17, 1995, which registered 7.2 and killed more than 6,000 people, mainly in Kobe and its vicinity. Kobe is about 200 km from the focus of the Oct. 6 quake.

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Memorial plaque to Sugihara to go up at Foreign Ministry

TOKYO, Japan - A plaque commemorating Chiune Sugihara (shown in this file photo), a Japanese diplomat who saved about 6,000 Jews from Nazi Germany during World War II, will go up at the Foreign Ministry. While working as vice consul at the Japanese mission in Kovno, Lithuania, Sugihara ignored orders from Tokyo and issued thousands of Japanese transit visas in 1940 to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. In 1947, he retired and returned to the country, but reportedly faced punitive action for disobeying orders. He died in 1986.

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H.K. teachers protest 'insulting' language exam

HONG KONG, China - About 6,000 schoolteachers in Hong Kong take to the streets June 10 to protest a government proposal to introduce an examination aimed at gauging their ability to speak and write English and Mandarin. The teachers marched silently to the Hong Kong government headquarters. They called the proposal ''insulting.''

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Exhibition honors diplomats who saved Jews from Nazis

NEW YORK, United States - A visitor looks at photos dating from the Holocaust at an exhibition entitled, ''Visas for Life: the Righteous Diplomats,'' that opened at the United Nations in New York on April 3. The exhibit honors some 80 diplomats from more than 20 countries who saved hundreds of thousands of Jews from Nazi persecution during World War II by issuing them visas. On the far left is the photo of Chiune Sugihara, a former Japanese consul who served in Lithuania and is credited with saving the lives of about 6,000 Jews.

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6,000 attend outdoor opera at Matsumoto Castle

MATSUMOTO, Japan - About 6,000 people attend a concert-style opera conducted by Seiji Ozawa in the gardens of Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture on Sept. 4. The opera performed was the ''Hell-like pains of Faust,'' based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust.''

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Oldest participant to war memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Tamako Nishino (R), 90, a resident of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, is the oldest among about 6,000 relatives of Japanese war dead, who attended the government-sponsored memorial service for them during World War II at Nippon Budokan Hall in downtown Tokyo on Aug. 15. Of the relatives, some 600 are aged 80 or older.