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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hits a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hits for the cycle with an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru become the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (8) of the Yomiuri Giants reacts after hitting an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. With the triple, Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (far L) of the Yomiuri Giants celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants strikes his signature pose following an interview after hitting for the cycle in a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru became the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants slides into third base head first as he hits an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. With the triple, Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Combined photo shows Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hitting (from L) a two-run home run in the first inning, a single in the third inning, a double in the fifth inning and an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (R) of the Yomiuri Giants is greeted by teammate Yuta Izuguchi after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

A memorial ceremony for those killed when the Ukishima Maru sank as it was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II, is held in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the tragedy. The transport ship exploded in Maizuru Bay, leaving over 500 people dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.

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European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

Director Fei Zhenxiang poses for photos during the European premiere of the film Dongji Rescue, in London, Britain, Aug. 15, 2025. Dongji Rescue tells the story of how Chinese fishermen risked their lives to rescue over 300 British prisoners of war from the Japanese ship Lisbon Maru in 1942. The European premiere of the film opened Friday night in London. Photo by Wang Muhan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

Chinese actress Ni Ni waves during the European premiere of the film Dongji Rescue, in London, Britain, Aug. 15, 2025. Dongji Rescue tells the story of how Chinese fishermen risked their lives to rescue over 300 British prisoners of war from the Japanese ship Lisbon Maru in 1942. The European premiere of the film opened Friday night in London. Photo by Wu Lu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

Chinese actor Zhu Yilong waves during the European premiere of the film Dongji Rescue, in London, Britain, Aug. 15, 2025. Dongji Rescue tells the story of how Chinese fishermen risked their lives to rescue over 300 British prisoners of war from the Japanese ship Lisbon Maru in 1942. The European premiere of the film opened Friday night in London. Photo by Wu Lu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

European Premiere of Dongji Rescue - London

Creators pose for photos during the European premiere of the film Dongji Rescue, in London, Britain, Aug. 15, 2025. Dongji Rescue tells the story of how Chinese fishermen risked their lives to rescue over 300 British prisoners of war from the Japanese ship Lisbon Maru in 1942. The European premiere of the film opened Friday night in London. Photo by Wu Lu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from 2nd from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk to a survivor of the U.S. torpedo attack on the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II on June 5, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko talk to a survivor of the U.S. torpedo attack on the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II on June 5, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R), Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (not seen in picture) bow after offering flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Imperial family in Okinawa

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R), Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko offer flowers at a monument commemorating the victims of the U.S. torpedo attack of the transport ship Tsushima Maru during World War II, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 5, 2025. The August 1944 attack killed nearly 1,500 evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren.

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, June 2 Kyodo - A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay. (Kyodo)

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

Marine parade near Osaka expo

A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru (front) took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay.

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

Marine parade near Osaka expo

A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru (front) took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay.

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

Marine parade near Osaka expo

A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru (front) took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay.

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

Marine parade near Osaka expo

A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru (R) took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay.

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Marine parade near Osaka expo

Marine parade near Osaka expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a marine parade held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru (far R) took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay.

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Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, departs from its home port in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on April 21, 2025, for the season's first commercial whale hunt, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, prepares to depart from its home port in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on April 21, 2025, for the season's first commercial whale hunt, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Sudo-maru Kuji Port" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kuji was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2025, shows a cenotaph built in Hawaii's Honolulu in memory of those killed in a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Japan's Ehime Prefecture and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members exactly 24 years earlier.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Fumiaki Okahara, mayor of Uwajima, a western Japan city, prays at a memorial ceremony held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2025, to mark the 24th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

The tanker Sanwa Maru runs aground off Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 8, 2025, with Japan Coast Guard officials confirming heavy oil is leaking due to suspected damage to a fuel tank. All 11 crew members are safe, according to the JSG.

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World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Photo shows the first World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1955, the 10th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. The conference gained momentum after Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 was irradiated by fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Photo shows the first World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 1955, the 10th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The conference gained momentum after Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 was irradiated by fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, shows the ocean cruise ship Nippon Maru at a port in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. The ship, operated by MOL Cruises Ltd., arrived at the port earlier in the day for its first port call in the central Japan city since it was severely hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, shows the ocean cruise ship Nippon Maru at a port in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. The ship, operated by MOL Cruises Ltd., arrived at the port earlier in the day for its first port call in the central Japan city since it was severely hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

A ceremony is held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Silent prayers are offered during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru after it was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (front, C) and Hanako Jimi (front, R), minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, attended the ceremony.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Silent prayers are offered during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren.

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Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is presented with a certificate of appreciation for the Komagata Maru formal apology that was delivered in the House of Commons in 2016, by Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation founder Sahib Thind, front right, while attending the Mela Gadri Babian Da festival in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. The festival commemorates 77 years since people of South Asian descent won the right to vote in Canada. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures after being wrapped in a blanket by Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation founder Sahib Thind, left, and MP Sukh Dhaliwal, right, as a thank you gift after being presented with a certificate of appreciation for the Komagata Maru formal apology that was delivered in the House of Commons in 2016, while attending the Mela Gadri Babian Da festival in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. The festival commemorates 77 years since people of South Asian descent won the right to vote in Canada. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Trudeau Attends The Mela Gadri Babian Da Festival - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs a woman at the 28th annual Mela Gadri Babian Da festival, commemorating 77 years since people of South Asian descent won the right to vote in Canada, in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Trudeau was also presented a certificate of appreciation by the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation for the Komagata Maru formal apology that was delivered in the House of Commons in 2016. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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