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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland.

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Miyake high school welcomes new students

MIYKE ISLAND, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government-run Miyake High School on Miyake Island holds an entrance ceremony on April 7, the first one since all islanders were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000.

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350 Miyakejima residents briefly return home

TOKYO, Japan - Residents of Miyakejima Island, south of Tokyo, head for their homes wearing helmets on Sept. 18 after arriving at a port in Sabigahama in western Miyakejima by a chartered ship from Tokyo. About 350 residents temporarily visited their homes one year after all islanders were forced to evacuate following volcanic eruptions.

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Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Cows are loaded on a cargo ship Sept. 2 at a port on Miyakejima Island as islanders leave the volcanic island. Miyake village authorities decided Sept. 1 to evacuate all residents within three days from Sept. 2 due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows. About 600 village officials and disaster relief workers are to stay behind on the island, located 200 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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Miyake high school welcomes new students

MIYKE ISLAND, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government-run Miyake High School on Miyake Island holds an entrance ceremony on April 7, the first one since all islanders were evacuated following volcanic eruptions in the summer of 2000. (Kyodo)

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Reuion islanders hold special mass for all aboard MH370

A total of 239 candles are lit up at a church in Saint Andre on the French Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on Aug. 1, 2015, for a special mass for victims of Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight, which went missing in March last year with 239 people on board. A piece of plane wreckage, believed to be part of a wing, was found on the island on July 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano on southwestern Japan island erupts again: weather agency

Noritake Nishide, director-general of the Japan Meteorological Agency, speaks at a regular press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2015. The agency said a volcano is likely to have erupted again the same day on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the May 29 violent eruption of Mt. Shindake on the small island forced all 137 islanders to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people conducting checks at houses on the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu on June 1, 2015. Following a volcano eruption there on May 29, all of the islanders have been evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and they briefly returned home on June 1 to unplug electrical appliances and check on their farm animals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people conducting checks at houses on the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu on June 1, 2015. Following a volcano eruption there on May 29, all of the islanders have been evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and they briefly returned home on June 1 to unplug electrical appliances and check on their farm animals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on small Japanese island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 30, 2015, shows Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on which Mt. Shindake erupted the previous day. All 137 islanders and visitors were evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and now must consider how to live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Ryosei Akazawa (far L), senior vice minister of disaster prevention, meets with Yakushima town mayor Koji Araki (far R) in Yakushima on May 30, 2015, after Mt. Shindake on the nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, erupted. All of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to Yakushima Island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Evacuees from Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, stay at an evacuation center on May 30, 2015, on the nearby Yakushima Island, after spending the night there. Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu erupted the previous day, forcing all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 30, 2015, shows volcanic smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, a day after its explosive eruption. It forced all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

An evacuee from Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, feeds a pet dog on May 30, 2015, at a community center on the nearby Yakushima Island, after he spent the night there. Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu erupted the previous day, forcing all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows a road on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, covered with volcanic ash, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows cars on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, covered with volcanic ash, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island arrive at a port on nearby Yakushima Island on May 29, 2015. An eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

A man (L) arrives by helicopter on Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on May 29, 2015, from nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, where the eruption of Mt. Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Shindake erupting on Kuchinoerabu Island, southwestern Japan, on May 29, 2015. Authorities evacuated all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a ferry evacuating islanders from Kuchinoerabu Island in southwestern Japan, following the eruption of Mt. Shindake (back) on May 29, 2015. All 137 islanders were evacuated by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

A woman talks to reporters after arriving by helicopter on Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on May 29, 2015, from nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, where the eruption of Mt. Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows residents of Kuchinoerabu Island in southwestern Japan gathering at an evacuation center on May 29, 2015. The eruption of Mt. Shindake on the island prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows residents of Kuchinoerabu Island in southwestern Japan gathering at an evacuation center on May 29, 2015. The eruption of Mt. Shindake on the island prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on southwestern Japan island

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces the government's responses to a volcano eruption on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 29, 2015. Abe instructed the relevant personnel to do all they can to ensure the safety of the islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland. (Kyodo)

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350 Miyakejima residents briefly return home

TOKYO, Japan - Residents of Miyakejima Island, south of Tokyo, head for their homes wearing helmets on Sept. 18 after arriving at a port in Sabigahama in western Miyakejima by a chartered ship from Tokyo. About 350 residents temporarily visited their homes one year after all islanders were forced to evacuate following volcanic eruptions.

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Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Cows are loaded on a cargo ship Sept. 2 at a port on Miyakejima Island as islanders leave the volcanic island. Miyake village authorities decided Sept. 1 to evacuate all residents within three days from Sept. 2 due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows. About 600 village officials and disaster relief workers are to stay behind on the island, located 200 kilometers south of Tokyo.