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Mud hopper jumps in courting

FUKUOKA, Japan - A male bluespotted mud hopper, an endangered species called "mutsugoro" in Japan, jumps in an act of courting in tideland waters of Ariake Bay in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 1, 2012.

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Oita fishermen resume traditional method of catching clams by hand

OITA, Japan - People catch clams in the tideland in the Buzen Sea in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture.

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Oita fishermen resume traditional method of catching clams by hand

OITA, Japan - A fisherman shows clams caught by hands in the tideland in the Buzen Sea in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture.

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People mourn mudskippers killed in Isahaya land reclamation

NAGASAKI, Japan - Environmentalists held a ceremony April 14 to mourn for mudskippers and other tideland creatures presumed dead in the state's land reclamation work in Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Emperor, empress visit Saga Prefecture

SAGA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at a tideland in Ariake Sea during their visit to Saga Prefecture on Oct. 29.

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People enjoy seashell-digging in Chiba

FUNABASHI, Japan - Adults and children are seen seashell-digging in tideland area of a beach park in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 28.

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Chiba governor scraps tideland reclamation plan

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto announces the cancellation of a project to reclaim the 101-hectare Sambanze tideland in Tokyo Bay, at a press conference at the Chiba prefectural government office on Sept. 26. The Sambanze tideland, which becomes a beach at low tide, is home to more than 600 species of flora and fauna, including 170 types of migratory waterfowl and 100 types of fish.

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Gov. Domoto to send reclamation plan back to drawing board

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto gives her first policy speech to the Chiba prefectural assembly April 20. Domoto repeated her pledge to send a project to reclaim 101 hectares of tideland in Tokyo Bay back to the drawing board.

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People mourn mudskippers killed in Isahaya land reclamation

NAGASAKI, Japan - Environmentalists held a ceremony April 14 to mourn for mudskippers and other tideland creatures presumed dead in the state's land reclamation work in Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Saga Prefecture

SAGA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at a tideland in Ariake Sea during their visit to Saga Prefecture on Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

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"Gatalympics" at Ariake Sea

A participant falls off a bicycle into mudflats at a park in the city of Kashima facing the Ariake Sea, Saga Prefecture, during the annual Kashima Gatalympic event on June 11, 2017. About 1,200 people took part in the event, which was originally started by a local group with the aim of regional development. It takes its name from the Japanese word "higata" meaning tideland or wetland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People enjoy seashell-digging in Chiba

FUNABASHI, Japan - Adults and children are seen seashell-digging in tideland area of a beach park in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 28.

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Chiba governor scraps tideland reclamation plan

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto announces the cancellation of a project to reclaim the 101-hectare Sambanze tideland in Tokyo Bay, at a press conference at the Chiba prefectural government office on Sept. 26. The Sambanze tideland, which becomes a beach at low tide, is home to more than 600 species of flora and fauna, including 170 types of migratory waterfowl and 100 types of fish.

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Gov. Domoto to send reclamation plan back to drawing board

CHIBA, Japan - New Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto gives her first policy speech to the Chiba prefectural assembly April 20. Domoto repeated her pledge to send a project to reclaim 101 hectares of tideland in Tokyo Bay back to the drawing board.