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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A wildfire continues to burn Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A wildfire continues to burn Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

UENOHARA, Japan, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 10, 2026. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking news]Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

UENOHARA, Japan, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 11, 2026. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

UENOHARA, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn. (Kyodo)

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 11, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 10, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 10, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire that started the previous day continuing to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire that started the previous day continuing to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

People including firefighters watch a helicopter engaged in firefighting operations on Mt. Ogi, which straddles the cities of Uenohara and Otsuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows a helicopter engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

SHINGU, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2025, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual. (Kyodo)

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2025, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2025, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2025, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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[Breaking News]Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

SHINGU, Japan, July 3 Kyodo - Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2024, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual. (Kyodo)

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2024, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2024, ahead of the annual July 14 Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Byodo-in Ogi-no-Shiba (Lawn of Fan)

Byodo-in, Byodo-in Temple, Ogi-no-Shiba (Lawn of Fan), Minamoto no Yorimasa=22 December 2023, Place:Kyoto

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Byodo-in Ogi-no-Shiba (Lawn of Fan)

Byodo-in, Byodo-in Temple, Ogi-no-Shiba (Lawn of Fan), Minamoto no Yorimasa=22 December 2023, Place:Kyoto

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2023, ahead of the annual Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Cypress fans at western Japan shrine

Hiogi fans, whose blades are made from cypress wood, are aired out at the World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2023, ahead of the annual Ogi-tate Matsuri ritual.

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Japan's ex-House of Councillors President Ogi dies at 89

Japan's former House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi (background) presides at the upper house plenary session in the Diet Building in Tokyo in August 2004 as then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses the upper house. The actress-turned-lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, whose real name was Hiroko Hayashi, died of cancer on March 9, 2023, at age 89.

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Japan's ex-House of Councillors President Ogi dies at 89

Photo taken in November 2010 in Tokyo shows Japan's former House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi. The actress-turned-lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, whose real name was Hiroko Hayashi, died of cancer on March 9, 2023, at age 89.

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(6)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono and House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi attend the funeral for Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92 earlier this month, held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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Mud hoppers on increase

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows mud hoppers in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, in June 2012. The population of mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan has shown an eight-fold increase in the first survey in 16 years, as they have been able to easily survive winters amid a temperature rise, a research institute said on May 29, 2013.

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Mud hoppers on increase

OGI, Japan - Photo shows a mud hopper in the Ariake Sea in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on May 29, 2013. The population of mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan has shown an eight-fold increase in the first survey in 16 years, as they have been able to easily survive winters amid a temperature rise, a research institute said the same day.

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Mud hoppers on increase

OGI, Japan - Photo shows mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on May 29, 2013. The population of mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan has shown an eight-fold increase in the first survey in 16 years, as they have been able to easily survive winters amid a temperature rise, a research institute said the same day.

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Ogi at autumn decoration ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2010, to attend an award ceremony for autumn decorations. Ogi became the first woman to receive the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, one of the highest awards.

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Upper house president ends 30-year career in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi is seen off by upper house staff in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on July 27 as she ends her 30-year career as a parliamentarian. Ogi had served as president of the upper chamber of the Diet since 2004 and was the country's first female head of the upper house.

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Upper house president ends 30-year career in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi is seen off by upper house staff in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on July 27 as she ends her 30-year career as a parliamentarian. Ogi had served as president of the upper chamber of the Diet since 2004 and was the country's first female head of the upper house.

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House of Councillors celebrates 60th founding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi (on the rostrum) addresses a celebration commemorating the 60th founding anniversary of the upper house.

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House of Councillors celebrates 60th founding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi (2nd from R) plants a tree near the Diet building in Tokyo on May 18 in commemoration of the 60th founding anniversary of the upper house.

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Upper house head Ogi to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on May 11. She said she will not run in July's upper house election and retire from politics after occupying a seat there for 30 years.

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Wen urges Japan to face up to history for better ties with China

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (fore) makes a speech in the House of Representatives chamber on April 12 as Speaker Yohei Kono (back left) and House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi listen. Wen urged Japan to take ''concrete action'' to face up to wartime history and outlined China's vision for building a strategic relationship with Japan through building mutual trust and working on common interests.

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Imaizumi picked as House of Councillors vice president

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Imaizumi of the Democratic Party of Japan addresses the plenary session of the House of Councillors in the Diet on Jan. 30 after being elected vice president of the upper chamber with upper house President Chikage Ogi listening behind him.

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Japan's 166th regular Diet session opens

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi, House of Representatives Vice Speaker Takahiro Yokomichi and House of Councillors Vice President Giichi Tsunoda (from L to R) await the arrival of Emperor Akihito at the House of Councillors during the opening ceremony of the 166th regular Diet session.