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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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M7.7 quake jolts northeastern, northern Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Tokyo on April 20, 2026, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted northeastern and northern Japan.

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[Breaking News]Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Northern boobook

Photo taken on Nov. 16, 2025, shows a northern boobook at Hamura municipal zoo in Hamura, western Tokyo.

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Northern boobook

Photo taken on Nov. 16, 2025, shows a northern boobook at Hamura municipal zoo in Hamura, western Tokyo.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 28, 2025, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 28, 2025, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Parliament addresses bear attacks in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a recent spate of bear attacks on humans in Japan, mainly in northern and northeastern Japan, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2025. The prime minister unveiled a plan to dip into the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget to finance countermeasures.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain and Flooding from West to East 6

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m. Peipah caused travel disruptions and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued heavy rain and flood warnings for several areas including Tokyo.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain and Flooding from West to East 5

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m. Peipah caused travel disruptions and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued heavy rain and flood warnings for several areas including Tokyo.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 29, 2024, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 29, 2024, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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[Breaking News]Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 10 Kyodo - Video taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Photo taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (C) sees off specially painted bullet trains adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse poses in front of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (2nd from L) gestures prior to the departure of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan PM Kishida given Okinawan shirt

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L), Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (3rd from L) and Hanako Jimi, minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, show off the traditional Okinawan "kariyushi" short-sleeve shirts that were given to them by Takekuni Ikeda (far L), vice governor of Okinawa Prefecture, at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2024.

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Rally to demand return of 4 Russian-held islets

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at an annual rally held in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024, to demand the return of Russia-controlled, Japan-claimed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Rally to demand return of 4 Russian-held islets

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at an annual rally held in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024, to demand the return of Russia-controlled, Japan-claimed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Rally to demand return of 4 Russian-held islets

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks at an annual rally held in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2024, to demand the return of Russia-controlled, Japan-claimed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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New LCC Toki Air

Toki Air propeller plane takes off from Niigata airport in Niigata northwest of Tokyo for the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 31, 2024, as the Niigata-based new low cost carrier launched its maiden commercial flight.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan from Finland

NARITA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, from Finland on Dec. 1, 2023 as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair. (Kyodo)

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan from Finland

Santa Claus shakes hands with a child after arriving at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, from Finland on Dec. 1, 2023 as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan from Finland

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, from Finland on Dec. 1, 2023 as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials take to the streets after a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 1, 2023, seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of four Russian-held, Japanese claimed islets off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials march the streets in Tokyo's Ginza area on Dec. 1, 2023 in a rally seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido

Japanese former residents of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials hold a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 1, 2023, seeking the early return of the islets, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto speaks during a press conference held jointly with Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita speaks during a press conference held jointly with Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sapporo drops bid for 2030 Winter Games

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (L) and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2023, announcing the northern Japanese city's decision to drop out of the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Harvest moon

A harvest moon is seen over Matsushima Bay, known as one of Japan's three most scenic views, off Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 29, 2023. A harvest moon is seen behind Osaka's landmark Tsutenkaku Tower on Sept. 29, 2023. A harvest moon is seen in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Sept. 29, 2023. A harvest moon is seen behind Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 29, 2023. A harvest moon is seen behind a Ferris wheel at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Japan sees 1st foreign cruise ship arrival in 3 years amid pandemic

A foreign cruise ship docked in a Shizuoka Prefecture port Wednesday to become the first such vessel to arrive in Japan in about three years following a government-mandated suspension of cruises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 29,000-ton ship, which departed Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Feb. 25, is scheduled to leave Shizuoka for Tokyo on Wednesday night. Acceptance of foreign cruise ships was suspended in March 2020 following a mass coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which caused thousands to be quarantined in Yokohama in February 2020 and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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Japan PM Kishida at rally seeking return of 4 Russian-held islets

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during a rally in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2023, seeking the return of four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islets off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Japan PM Kishida at rally seeking return of 4 Russian-held islets

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during a rally in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2023, seeking the return of four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islets off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.

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Japan braces for heavy snow, warns of traffic disruption

Snow fell in parts of northern and western Japan facing the Sea of Japan as a cold air mass blew into the archipelago Tuesday, with flights canceled and the weather agency warning of heavy snow in other areas and traffic disruption due to frozen roads. Wide areas of the country, including the Pacific side, could see heavy snowfall from Tuesday evening to Wednesday, as low-pressure systems near Hokkaido and south of Japan will bring the coldest air of this winter, making atmospheric conditions extremely unstable, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. As the strong winter patterns are expected to take hold through Thursday, some parts of the country could see their lowest temperatures in a decade, leading to a possibility of snowfall in Tokyo and Osaka, the agency said.