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A-bomb exhibition begins in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (far R) attend a tape-cutting ceremony on the first day of an exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Osaka International Peace Center in the western Japan city on Aug. 22, 2025. Twenty-six items provided by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb museums are on display at the event, which is being held until Dec. 27 to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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Japan PM Ishiba visits quantum research center

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the main building of the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology, housed in the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Pavilion featuring Taiwan opens at Osaka Expo

A tape-cutting ceremony is held to mark the opening of the Tech World pavilion featuring Taiwan's culture and technology at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 22, 2025. A senior Chinese official earlier expressed displeasure over the pavilion, hosted by a Tokyo-based Japanese company that has received investment from a Taiwanese company, saying the pavilion's name, Tech World, could remind the public of the word "Taiwan."

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World Exposition opens in Osaka

A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Hungary's pavilion on the opening day of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers exhibition in Tokyo

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Takashi Saito (C) and Michael Spetner, the club's business analytics vice president, attend a tape-cutting ceremony on March 5, 2025, for the "Dodgers Experience" exhibition in Tokyo ahead of the March 18-19 season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs.

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Ceremony to open British Embassy memorial park in Tochigi Pref.

British Ambassador to Japan Tim Hitchens (3rd from L) attends a tape-cutting ceremony in Nikko, a resort city in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, on June 30, 2016, a day ahead of the opening of the British Embassy Villa Memorial Park. The building inside the premises, built in 1896 as a private villa of a British diplomat, had been used as the British Embassy's villa until 2008.

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Osaka Metro station connected to World Expo venue

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 19 Kyodo - A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Osaka on Jan. 19, 2025, to mark the opening of new Osaka Metro Chuo Line station Yumeshima, directly connected to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition starting in April on an artificial island called Yumeshima in the western Japan city. (Kyodo)

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Osaka Metro station connected to World Expo venue

A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Osaka on Jan. 19, 2025, to mark the opening of new Osaka Metro Chuo Line station Yumeshima, directly connected to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition starting in April on an artificial island called Yumeshima in the western Japan city.

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Osaka Metro station connected to World Expo venue

The first train departs new Osaka Metro Chuo Line station Yumeshima in Osaka on Jan. 19, 2025, following a tape-cutting ceremony marking its opening. The station is directly connected to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition starting in April on an artificial island called Yumeshima in the western Japan city.

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New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards. (Kyodo)

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (C, R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.

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JAL's new flagship A350-1000

Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 24, 2024, prior to a maiden flight by JAL's new flagship plane for international services, an Airbus A350-1000, for the Tokyo-New York route.

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Tokyu Kabukicho Tower

A tape-cutting ceremony is held to celebrate the opening of the Tokyu Kabukicho Tower amusement and entertainment complex in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 14, 2023. The 225-meter tower houses a theater, eight-screen cinema house, game facilities and two hotels.

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Exhibition of Chinese artifacts loaned from Taiwan opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo's Taito Ward on June 23, 2014, for an exhibition of ancient Chinese artifacts on loan from Taiwan. Feng Ming-chu, director of Taiwan's National Palace Museum, can be seen second from right.

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H.I.S. affiliate to rebuild Laguna Gamagori marine resort

NAGOYA, Japan - Hideo Sawada (C front), chairman of major Japanese travel company H.I.S. Co., joins other guests at a tape-cutting ceremony in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2014, after announcing a business restructuring plan for the central Japan city's Laguna Gamagori marine resort by H.I.S.-affiliate Laguna Ten Bosch Co.

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Princess Mako attends int'l book fair in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako (C), the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, attends a tape-cutting ceremony to open the Tokyo International Book Fair in Tokyo on July 2, 2014. Princess Mako serves as honorary president of the fair in which around 1,530 publishing companies from 25 countries are taking part.

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JETRO office in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi (3rd from L) and Japan External Trade Organization Chairman Hiroyuki Ishige (4th from L) attend a tape-cutting ceremony as JETRO opened an office in the Laotian capital Vientiane on April 28, 2014.

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Road modeled on Champs-Elysees opens in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Akihiro Ota (2nd from L) and Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (C) attend a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a newly built road between the Shimbashi and Toranomon business districts in central Tokyo on March 29, 2014. The new road, part of the capital's loop No. 2, will eventually be connected with bayside areas where the athletes' village and competition venues will be built for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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New station building near World Heritage candidate site

MAEBASHI, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held to mark the completion of a new building at Joshin Dentetsu railway company's Joshu Tomioka station in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on March 17, 2014. The station is located about 15 minutes by foot from the Tomioka Silk Mill, a pioneer in Japan's industrial modernization and a UNESCO World Heritage candidate site.

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Sightseeing train resembling Shinkansen bullet train debuts

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held on March 15, 2014, at JR Uwajima Station in the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, to mark the start of Shikoku Railway Co.'s operation of a sightseeing train that resembles the 0 series Shinkansen bullet trains. The one-car train runs at a maximum speed of 85 kilometers per hour.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas fully opens

OSAKA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held March 7, 2014, in front of Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, which fully opened that day in Osaka, western Japan.

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New nuclear test monitoring system

VIENNA, Austria - Lassina Zerbo (C), executive secretary of the preparatory commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and Toshiro Ozawa (R), ambassador at Japan's permanent mission to the international organizations in Vienna, attend a tape-cutting ceremony during an event marking the launch of a new system to detect radioactive substances from nuclear tests in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 26, 2013. The new system for Atmospheric Transport Modeling has been installed at the headquarters of the preparatory commission through Japan's contribution of around $737,000, according to the commission.

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JP Tower's commercial facility opens

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Tokyo on March 21, 2013, to open a seven-floor commercial facility inside the 38-story JP Tower building near the Japan Railway group's Tokyo Station. The 9,400-square-meter facility called ''Kitte,'' which means postage stamp, accommodates 27 restaurants and 71 shops including fashion outlets.

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JP Tower's commercial facility opens

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Tokyo on March 21, 2013, to open a seven-floor commercial facility inside the 38-story JP Tower building near the Japan Railway group's Tokyo Station. The 9,400-square-meter facility called ''Kitte,'' which means postage stamp, accommodates 27 restaurants and 71 shops including fashion outlets.

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New Ishigaki Airport

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at a new airport with a longer runway as it opened on the remote island of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture on March 7, 2013.

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Iwakuni airport opens

IWAKUNI, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at a new military-civilian airport opened on Dec. 13, 2012, in the western Japan city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the U.S. Marine Corps operates an air station.

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Suzuki Motor opens Thai plant

RAYONG, Thailand - Osamu Suzuki (C), president and chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., takes part in a tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the company's new plant in Rayong, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 12, 2012.

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ANA resumes Myanmar flights

NARITA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, as All Nippon Airways Co. resumed direct flights between Japan and Myanmar after 12 years amid an increase in the number of business travelers to the Southeast Asian country.

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ANA resumes Myanmar flights

NARITA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, as All Nippon Airways Co. resumed direct flights between Japan and Myanmar after 12 years amid an increase in the number of business travelers to the Southeast Asian country.

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Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held in the rain for Tokyo Skytree Town, a commercial complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree (back), the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, in the capital's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2012. The tower also opened to the public the same day.

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EU opens representative office in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton (C) attend a tape-cutting ceremony to open a representative office of the European Union in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on April 28, 2012.

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Kyoto Aquarium opens

KYOTO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Kyoto Aquarium in Kyoto, western Japan, to mark its opening on March 14, 2012.

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Kobelco Cranes in India

MUMBAI, India - Officials of crane maker Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd. take part in a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of a new plant in Andhra Pradesh, a southeastern Indian state, on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Saga-Shanghai flight route launched

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa (2nd from R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at Ariake Saga Airport on Jan. 18, 2012, to celebrate the start of a regular chartered passenger service between Shanghai and Saga, southwestern Japan, which was launched by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines.

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Toyota celebrates Aqua production in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the start of production of its new Aqua hybrid compact car at a plant operated by subsidiary Kanto Auto Works Ltd. in Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2012.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held Nov. 15, 2011, to open a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The facility was built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore.

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New shipping route over Sea of Japan

SEIRO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (2nd from R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony in Seiro, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2011, on the inauguration of a new shipping and trucking route linking Japan's Niigata Prefecture and Huichuan in China's Jilin Province via Russia's Zarubino, all on the Sea of Japan coast.

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ANA's Narita-Chengdu service

CHENGDU, China - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Chengdu airport in China's Sichuan Province on June 20, 2011, as All Nippon Airways Co. launched direct flights between Chengdu and Japan's Narita airport. On the right is Japanese table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (2nd from L) and President Masaru Onishi (3rd from L) take part in a tape-cutting ceremony at the opening of a new runway and international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2010, as the airport prepares to resume full-fledged international operations.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held to mark the opening of a new runway and international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport early on Oct. 21, 2010, as the airport prepares to resume full-fledged international operations.

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ANA launches Narita-Munich flights

NARITA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo marks the launch of All Nippon Airways Co.'s regular flights linking Narita and Munich, Germany, on July 1, 2010.

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Kansai-Seattle flight route opens

OSAKA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on June 8, 2010, to mark the launch by Delta Air Lines of daily flights linking Kansai and Seattle on the U.S. West Coast.

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U.S. military begins operating new Iwakuni runway

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Representatives from Japan and the United States take part in a tape-cutting ceremony at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on May 29, 2010, to mark the opening of a new offshore runway.

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Yamada Denki outlet opens in Shinjuku

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held for the opening of a new outlet of Yamada Denki Co. in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 16, 2010. The opening of the giant store is expected to intensify competition between major electronics retail chain operators in the area.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul

OMITAMA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Ibaraki Airport in Komitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 11, 2010, to mark its opening. The airport opened as the third one in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a daily flight to and from Seoul by South Korea's Asiana Airlines serving as the only regular flight at the initial stage.

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JAL's Brazil-made jets begin flying domestic routes in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony at Nagoya airport on Feb. 1 marks the introduction of the Brazilian-made Embraer 170 jet on Japan Airlines domestic routes. JAL is operating two of the planes, the first time that a jet manufactured in Brazil has been used for domestic flights in Japan.

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38-story office-retail building opens near Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Estate Co. opens its 38-story Shin-Marunouchi Building in front of JR Tokyo Station as a new landmark in a tape-cutting ceremony on April 27. The office-retail complex is projected to attract 20 million visitors and generate 22 billion yen of revenue per year, according to the leading real estate company.

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Common IC fare card Pasmo debuts for Tokyo trains, buses

TOKYO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of the Pasmo card is held March 18 at Keio Corp.'s Shinjuku station in Tokyo, with JR and private railway executives attending. The new card can be used for most train, subway and bus lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16 to open the three-day Tokyo Game Show 2005. Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition features products from a record 131 companies.