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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newton's apple tree in Shanghai blossoms outdoors for first time

STORY: Newton's apple tree in Shanghai blossoms outdoors for first time DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Newton's apple tree STORYLINE: The Newton's apple tree grown at Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden has blossomed for the first time after being transplanted outdoors recently. The apple tree, which was transplanted to the mine garden last year and displayed to the public, has now entered its flowering period under the careful care of horticultural experts. Newton's apple tree is a national cultural relic in the UK, managed by the UK National Trust. In March 2015, with the support of the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, five branches of Newton's apple tree introduced from the UK were successfully grafted at the Chenshan Botanical Garden in Shanghai. After eight years of careful care, the apple tree has grown vigorously and has bloomed multiple times. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shangh

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Tokyo's Imperial Palace blossom-viewing path opens

Photo taken on March 25, 2023, shows cherry blossoms on Inui Street within the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, on the day the route opened to the public in the spring for the first time in four years.

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Couple lives dream lifestyle by running coffee van business in China's Tibet

STORY: Couple lives dream lifestyle by running coffee van business in China's Tibet DATELINE: March 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of peach blossoms in Bome County, Nyingchi 2. various of the couple 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MU YIPING & TAN YAN 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MU YIPING & TAN YAN 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MU YIPING & TAN YAN STORYLINE: The peach blossoms in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region have attracted a large number of tourists. Mu Yiping and Tan Yan, a young couple from Chongqing, are among them. But there is one thing that makes their trip special -- a coffee van. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MU YIPING & TAN YAN "I really looked forward to another trip to Tibet. Then I thought of the idea of driving a coffee van. So we did a DIY conversion of our van and drove all the way here from Chongqing. It's our first time. I think it is a good thing to earn travel expenses while traveling and also sharing coffee with everyone. It's also a

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Cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Tokyo

STORY: Cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Tokyo DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 various of cherry blossoms in Tokyo STORYLINE: The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Wednesday that cherry blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, which came nine days earlier than average and five days earlier than in 2022. A cherry tree monitored in Tokyo has reached full bloom when about 80 percent or more of its buds are open, becoming this year's first sample cherry tree to do so in Japan. The Somei-Yoshino cherry tree, used by the agency as a yardstick to measure the annual event, started blooming on March 14, also the earliest in the country this year. According to the agency, the full bloom matched 2013, 2020, and 2021 to become the second-earliest day in the year for the seasonal phenomena to occur since records began. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Rugby: Japan vs. New Zealand

CHOFU, Japan, Nov. 3 Kyodo - Players of Japan's Brave Blossoms celebrate after Samuela Anise (2nd from R) scores a try in the first half of a match against New Zealand at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Nov. 3, 2018. Japan lost 69-31.

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Cherry blossoms at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - People view cherry trees along the Inui promenade at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 4, 2014. In commemoration of Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday last December, the Inui promenade was opened to the public for the first time the same day, in time for viewing cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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Cherry blossoms at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 4, 2014, shows a promenade flanked by cherry trees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The Inui promenade was opened to the public for the first time the same day, in commemoration of Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday last December, in time for viewing cherry blossoms in full bloom. The Inui Gate (front) and the Sakashita Gate (top, C) can be seen.

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Cherry blossoms at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 4, 2014, shows a crowd lining up in front of the Sakashita Gate to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to walk along a promenade flanked by cherry trees. In commemoration of Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday last December, the Inui promenade was opened to the public for the first time the same day, in time for viewing cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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Cherry blossoms draw crowds to Beijing's Yuyuantan Park

BEIJING, China - Huang Qian (L), a Beijing University student majoring in Japanese, and her dormitory friends pose for photos in front of cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park (Jade Lake Park) in Beijing on March 23, 2014. The first 180 cherry trees were planted in the park as a gift from Japan upon the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic ties in 1972, and the tree population has grown to some 2,000 trees including native Chinese species.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent cherry blossoms on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent cherry blossoms on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken in the city of Kochi on March 21, 2012, shows blossoms of the ''someiyoshino'' breed of cherry tree. The cherry blossoms bloomed the same day in the city, western Japan, with the city reporting Japan's first blossoms of the season, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Cherry blossom viewing in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors view cherry blossoms at the annual ''Cherry Blossom Viewing in Osaka'' event at the Finance Ministry's Osaka Mint Bureau on April 14, 2011, the first day of the event which runs through April 20.

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Cherry trees start blooming in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A woman points to the first blossoms on ''someiyoshino'' cherry trees in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 22, 2011. The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory declared the same day that cherry trees had started to bloom in the city, the third location this season in Japan after Shizuoka and Kumamoto among designated observation areas across the country. The blossoming of the cherry trees in Fukuoka is four days earlier than the average year.

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Flowers for a moment

KYOTO, Japan - Visitors view fallen Japanese stuartia at the Torin-in temple garden at Kyoto's Myoshinji Temple, on June 15, 2010, the first day of a 15-day flower-viewing event. The flower is used as a symbol of transience described in ''The Tale of the Heike,'' because it blossoms and falls from the tree in one day.

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Crested ibis in Japan's Sado

SADO, Japan - A crested ibis, an endangered species, flies over ''sakura'' cherry blossoms in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. A pair of the birds is taking care of eggs in the island city that could herald the birth of the country's first wild-born ibis in 36 years.

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560-meter 'sakura' flower corridor in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People admire the ''sakura'' cherry blossoms along a path at the Japan Mint in Osaka on April 14, 2010, the first day of the annual ''sakura no torinuke'' (Cherry Blossom Viewing) event. A total of 354 trees stand along the 560-meter-long path.

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Cherry blossoms come out in Tokyo, Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - The first blossoms on ''someiyoshino'' cherry trees designated as ''sample trees'' at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine bloomed March 21 in Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Cherry blossoms also bloomed in Nagasaki Prefecture the same day, added the agency, which reports on this closely watched marker of spring every year.

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Cherry seeds to be carried to Japan's space lab

MIHARU, Japan - Visitors enjoy waterfall-like cherry blossoms called Takizakura in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, home to what is said to be one of the three most beautiful cherry trees in Japan, on April 21. Seeds from the tree will be taken to Japan's first space science laboratory in the International Space Station in October for research purposes.

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Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People converge on Ueno Park in Tokyo to view cherry blossoms on March 27. Cherry blossoms reached full bloom in Tokyo the same day, nine days earlier than normal and the third earliest day since 1953, when records were first kept.

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Tokyo sees snow in April, first time in 19 years

TOKYO, Japan - Sleet falls in central Tokyo in the evening of April 4 as an unseasonal cold front blankets extensive areas of Japan. Weather officials say this is the first time since 1988 that Tokyo has seen snow in April, when cherry blossoms as the herald of spring. While Tokyo snows, winter-like weather hit many localities in Japan, with the temperature dropping to minus 9.1 C in Gifu and minus 9.0 in Nagano in the early morning of April 4.

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Tokyo sees snow in April, first time in 19 years

TOKYO, Japan - Sleet falls in central Tokyo in the evening of April 4 as an unseasonal cold front blankets extensive areas of Japan. Weather officials say this is the first time since 1988 that Tokyo has seen snow in April, when cherry blossoms as the herald of spring. While Tokyo snows, winter-like weather hit many localities in Japan, with the temperature dropping to minus 9.1 C in Gifu and minus 9.0 in Nagano in the early morning of April 4.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tokyo, ahead of nation

TOKYO, Japan - The cherry blossoms bloom at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on March 20, eight days earlier than usual, the Japan Meteorological Agency says. The agency certified the first blossoms in Tokyo, the third earliest confirmation on record, making the capital the first place in the nation this year to report on this closely watched barometer of spring.

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Cherry blossoms bloom at Aichi Expo site

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors to the Aichi World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, enjoy the first cherry blossoms on April 6 as morning temperatures rose to 21 C.

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Cherry blossoms come out in Tokyo, Yokohama, Shizuoka

TOKYO, Japan - Cherry blossoms at Hama-Rikyu Gardens in Tokyo's Minato Ward started blooming on March 18. In the background are high-rise buildings at the Shiodome commercial and business area. The Meteorological Agency declared the same day that cherry trees started blooming in Tokyo, Yokohama and Shizuoka, the second-earliest date for the three cities since data were first collected in 1953.

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Mexican maguey blossoms at Tokyo's Hama detached palace

TOKYO, Japan - A maguey originally from Mexico blossomed at Tokyo's Hama Detached Palace on July 18 in what is thought to be the first such blossoming in Japan for 70 years.

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Cherry blossoms come out in Ehime Pref.

UWAJIMA, Japan - A ''someiyoshino'' cherry tree blossoms in Maruyama Park in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on March 21. It was the first blossoming of this type of tree in Japan this year.

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Cherry seeds to be carried to Japan's space lab

MIHARU, Japan - Visitors enjoy waterfall-like cherry blossoms called Takizakura in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, home to what is said to be one of the three most beautiful cherry trees in Japan, on April 21. Seeds from the tree will be taken to Japan's first space science laboratory in the International Space Station in October for research purposes. (Kyodo)

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Indiscipline costs Japan royal command performance against Scots

Japan's Kaito Shigeno scores a try during the first half of an international rugby test match against Scotland at Ajinomoto Stadium in the city of Chofu, Tokyo, on June 25, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 21-16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indiscipline costs Japan royal command performance against Scots

Japan's Yu Tamura (L) and Amanaki Lelei Mafi (R) tackles Scotland's Josh Strauss during the first half of an international rugby test match at Ajinomoto Stadium in the city of Chofu, Tokyo, on June 25, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 21-16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Japan's Shota Horie scores a try during the first half of an international rugby test match against Scotland at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Scotland's Greig Laidlaw (C) passes the ball as Japan's Shota Horie (R) looks on during the first half of an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Japan's Keita Inagaki (L) attempts to carry the ball past Scotland's Willem Nel during the first half of an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan hold on to beat Canada despite Hosoda red card

Japan's Harumichi Tatekawa (C), followed by teammate Kotaro Matsushima (R), attempts to carry the ball past Canada's Aaron Carpenter during the first half of an international rugby test match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on June 11, 2016. The Brave Blossoms won 26-22, despite having to play with 14 men following Yoshiya Hosoda's red card in the second half. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goromaru arrives in Brisbane

Brave Blossoms' superstar fullback Ayumu Goromaru is welcomed by fans on Feb. 6, 2016, after arriving in Brisbane, Australia, to join the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Goromaru will attend a press conference on Feb. 8 and will take part in a team training session for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goromaru arrives in Brisbane

Brave Blossoms' superstar fullback Ayumu Goromaru is welcomed by fans on Feb. 6, 2016, after arriving in Brisbane, Australia, to join the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Goromaru will attend a press conference on Feb. 8 and will take part in a team training session for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo