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Foreign visitors to Japan rise at record pace

Foreign tourists walk around Gotokuji temple in Tokyo on October 7, 2025. The number of foreign visitors to Japan between January and September was around 31.65 million, marking the fastest pace on record to surpass 30 million within a year.

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Peace Boat resumes voyages after COVID hiatus

Peace Boat's ship departs from Yokohama port near Tokyo on April 7, 2023, for a 108-day trip with stops in 17 countries, as the nongovernmental organization resumes ocean voyages after a hiatus of around three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kagawa inks sponsorship deal with Audi

IZUMISANO, Japan - Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa is pictured with an Audi car in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2013, as he inked a three-year sponsorship deal with Audi Japan that will give him use of a red Audi, valued at around 20 million yen, in Britain.

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Nagaoka fireworks fill Washington sky

WASHINGTON, United States - A firework lights up the sky over Washington on April 7, 2012. Around 700 fireworks from Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, were set off as part of this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival marking the 100th anniversary of the planting of cherry trees in the city.

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Hitachi President Nakanishi

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2011. Hitachi has agreed to sell its wholly owned hard disk drive subsidiary Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to rival Western Digital Corp. in a cash and stock transaction valued at around $4.3 billion.

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Japan holds security training held to prepare for APEC

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard patrol boats subdue a small boat carrying mock protesters during a maritime security training session in Tokyo Bay on July 7, 2010. Around 250 people from police, customs authorities and the Coast Guard took part in the training session as part of preparations for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings in November.

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Runners pass under full-bloom cherry trees on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Amateur marathon runners pass under full-bloom early flowering cherry trees, called ''higan-zakura,'' on Amami-Oshima, a semi-tropical island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2010, during the Amami Cherry marathon race. Around 1,300 runners took part in the event.

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Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - A replica of an old train on the Yamanote Line arrives at JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009, as East Japan Railway Co. began running it to commemorate the centennial of naming the Tokyo line. The dark brown train, which resembles the type of train used until around 50 years ago, will run on the Yamanote Line through Dec. 4.