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Traditional "Nagashi-bina" event in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan, April 18 Kyodo - Girls in kimono float a flower on the Sendai River in Tottori, western Japan, on April 18, 2018, the day according to the lunar calendar corresponding to the March 3 "Hina Matsuri" or Girls' Day, during a traditional event.

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(1)Crowds flock to Chichibu night festival

CHICHIBU, Japan - Crowds of people watch a ''hoko'' float, a kind of ornamental tower, during the Chichibu night festival on Dec. 3 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, one of three festivals featuring such floats in Japan.

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Thai students hold parade in demonstration against military junta

Thai university students risk arrest by carrying a handmade float depicting a huge dragon that is about to swallow a boy playing with a toy train, during a parade in Bangkok on Feb. 13, 2016. The float, a criticism of the country's military junta, likened the boy to Thailand "being a pushover" to China, which is represented as the dragon. The two countries have launched a joint railway project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing

Children float a candle-lit lantern on a river in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015, in memory of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing on its 70th anniversary. The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floating "lanterns of wish" in Harbin, China

People in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, light fuel to float a lantern on a square crowded even past midnight of July 11, 2015. "Lanterns of wish" were on sale on the square, allowing purchasers to scribble messages such as "It was good to see you" and "I want to go to many different places" on them before floating them in the air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Traditional "Nagashi-bina" event in Japan

Girls in kimono float a flower on the Sendai River in Tottori, western Japan, on April 18, 2018, the day according to the lunar calendar corresponding to the March 3 "Hina Matsuri" or Girls' Day, during a traditional event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British scholar compares JAL crash to loss of 'Titanic'

UENO, Japan - Christopher Hood, a British academic who is writing a book about the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, prepares to float a paper lantern on a river in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2010, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crash at an event to commemorate the victims. (Kyodo)

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(1)Crowds flock to Chichibu night festival

CHICHIBU, Japan - Crowds of people watch a ''hoko'' float, a kind of ornamental tower, during the Chichibu night festival on Dec. 3 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, one of three festivals featuring such floats in Japan. (Kyodo)