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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michel Drucker's Studio Closed After A Serious Accident - Paris

Illustration by Gabriel studio. Contrary to what Michel Drucker told Le Parisien, Studio Gabriel is not closed due to work. In reality, on August 26, a serious accident occurred on the set of Vivement Dimanche. A stagehand, who had worked for the show for more than ten years, had a violent fall into a retractable pit, designed to house the studio's famous glass floor. The fall of more than 10 meters caused serious injuries to the employee, who remained in a coma for several weeks. Even today, the latter is still hospitalized. A tragic event which led the courts to order the immediate closure of the studio for security reasons in Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roland Garros 2024 - Opening Ceremony

Dancers perform during the inauguration ceremony of new retractable roof of the Court Suzanne-Lenglen on day one of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on May 26, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roland Garros 2024 - Opening Ceremony

Dancers perform during the inauguration ceremony of new retractable roof of the Court Suzanne-Lenglen on day one of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on May 26, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Beijing International Audiovisual Integrated Equipment and Technology Exhibition

BEIJING, CHIAN - APRIL 17, 2024 - Visitors visit the "LED creative retractable ball" at the "Beijing International Audiovisual Integrated Equipment and Technology Exhibition" in Beijing, China, April 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

A ceremony is held ahead of Game 3 of the MLB World Series at Chase Field, a retractable-roof baseball park in Phoenix, Arizona, on Oct. 30, 2023.

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Baseball: Fighters' new ballpark in Hokkaido

File photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium, Es Con Field Hokkaido, in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, which opened on March 30, 2023. The new stadium boasts a retractable roof to shield the game and its natural grass turf from Hokkaido's frigid winters and snowy weather, as well as a 70-meter glass wall behind the bleachers to allow sunlight onto the turf. It includes a tower in left field complete with a hotel and spa, where patrons can view the game in style.

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Baseball: Fighters' new ballpark in Hokkaido

The Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium, Es Con Field Hokkaido, in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, opens with Nippon Professional Baseball's season-opening game against the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles on March 30, 2023. The stadium boasts huge screens above the spectators seats on the right and left sides, as well as a retractable roof to shield the game and its natural grass turf from Hokkaido's frigid winters and snowy weather.

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Baseball: NPB season opener at new Hokkaido ballpark

Baseball fans pack the Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium, Es Con Field Hokkaido, in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, ahead of Nippon Professional Baseball's season-opening game against the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles on March 30, 2023. The new stadium boasts a retractable roof to shield the game and its natural grass turf from Hokkaido's frigid winters and snowy weather, as well as a 70-meter glass wall behind the bleachers to allow sunlight onto the turf.

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Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows novelty stationery goods featuring subway trains its operator Tokyo Metro Co. has put on sale. The toy train ''Info Pen'' with a retractable route map and a tape measure with case featuring the train front are gaining popularity among railway fans.

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Retractable roof of Wimbledon court in 1st use

WIMBLEDON, England - The retractable roof of Wimbledon's center court is closed for the first time since its installment earlier this year while a match is under way following rain at the All England Club on June 29.

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Retractable roof of Wimbledon court in 1st use

WIMBLEDON, England - The retractable roof of Wimbledon's center court is closed for the first time since its installment earlier this year while a match is under way following rain at the All England Club on June 29.

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV traveling as a microbus on road in Abashiri.

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV as a single-carriage train crossing a bridge in Abashiri.

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture above shows the single-carriage train running on tracks in Abashiri, while the photo below shows the DMV traveling as a microbus.

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV switching to steel wheels for use on tracks in the town of Koshimizu.

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Unique dome with retractable roof unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A unique dome with a retractable glass roof is unveiled in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 4. The three photos show how the roof's triangular panels open and shut. The roof is composed of 24 panels of triangulate glass, with each panel measuring 10 meters in length. The dome will be the centerpiece of Sapporo Television's event park, called Spica, where concerts and other events will be held. Spica will open next April.

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Dual-mode vehicle

File photo taken in the Tokushima Prefecture town of Kaiyo, western Japan, in August 2021, shows a dual-mode vehicle with its train wheels down for use on tracks. The former microbus with retractable train wheels is expected to begin commercial service by the end of the year.

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Dual-mode vehicle

File photo taken in the Tokushima Prefecture town of Kaiyo, western Japan, in August 2021, shows a dual-mode vehicle with its tire wheels down for use on roads. The former microbus with retractable train wheels is expected to begin commercial service by the end of the year.

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV traveling as a microbus on road in Abashiri. (Kyodo)

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV switching to steel wheels for use on tracks in the town of Koshimizu. (Kyodo)

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture above shows the single-carriage train running on tracks in Abashiri, while the photo below shows the DMV traveling as a microbus. (Kyodo)

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JR Hokkaido begins commercially operating Dual-Mode Vehicle

ABASHIRI, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) on April 14 began commercial operations on a test basis of its Dual-Mode Vehicle -- a minibus with retractable train wheels for use on tracks -- on part of the Semmo Line along the Sea of Okhotsk in Japan's northernmost prefecture. The picture shows the DMV as a single-carriage train crossing a bridge in Abashiri. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo governor criticizes stadium plan changes

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on May 19, 2015. Masuzoe criticized the prospect of the retractable roof for the new National Stadium being delayed until after the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carving tools with retractable covers put on sale

Sakura Color Products Corp. releases in February 2015 a set of five carving tools with retractable covers for the blades, selling at 2,700 yen. The edges come in five shapes, each with a different colored rubberoid grip. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Main stadium of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Photo taken in December 2013 shows the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games (domed building in foreground) with a retractable roof in Russia. According to a study by Martin Muller of the University of Birmingham, the Sochi Games was the most expensive Olympics ever in terms of cost per event. Total costs, including capital costs, stood at $55 billion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dual-Mode Vehicle

Photo taken in Kaiyo, western Japan, on March 9, 2019, shows a Dual-Mode Vehicle with its train wheels down for use on tracks. The former microbus with retractable train wheels is designed to provide support between roads and railways when transportation is disrupted in natural disasters such as a massive earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dual-Mode Vehicle

Photo taken in Kaiyo, western Japan, on March 9, 2019, shows a Dual-Mode Vehicle with its train wheels down for use on tracks. The former microbus with retractable train wheels is designed to provide support between roads and railways when transportation is disrupted in natural disasters such as a massive earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mazda to launch Roadster RF in Japan

Mazda Motor Corp. unveils its Roadster RF in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. The compact sports car equipped with a power retractable hardtop roof will go on sale in Japan on Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mazda to launch Roadster RF in Japan

Mazda Motor Corp. President Masamichi Kogai gets in the automaker's Roadster RF unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. The compact sports car equipped with a power retractable hardtop roof will go on sale in Japan on Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Novelty 'Tokyo subway' goods get on right track

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows novelty stationery goods featuring subway trains its operator Tokyo Metro Co. has put on sale. The toy train ''Info Pen'' with a retractable route map and a tape measure with case featuring the train front are gaining popularity among railway fans. (Kyodo)

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Retractable roof of Wimbledon court in 1st use

WIMBLEDON, England - The retractable roof of Wimbledon's center court is closed for the first time since its installment earlier this year while a match is under way following rain at the All England Club on June 29. (Kyodo)

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Retractable roof of Wimbledon court in 1st use

WIMBLEDON, England - The retractable roof of Wimbledon's center court is closed for the first time since its installment earlier this year while a match is under way following rain at the All England Club on June 29. (Kyodo)

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Unique dome with retractable roof unveiled in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - A unique dome with a retractable glass roof is unveiled in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 4. The three photos show how the roof's triangular panels open and shut. The roof is composed of 24 panels of triangulate glass, with each panel measuring 10 meters in length. The dome will be the centerpiece of Sapporo Television's event park, called Spica, where concerts and other events will be held. Spica will open next April.