'Daruma sunrise' entrances lensmen

'Daruma sunrise' entrances lensmen

A group of amateur photographers set their sights on an unusual rising sun.

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Lavish trips for the well-heeled

Lavish trips for the well-heeled

Japan is coming up with lavish trips to lure affluent foreign tourists.

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Monkeys walk a tightrope

Monkeys walk a tightrope

Camera captures monkeys walking on an electric wire in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan.

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Japan braves cold weather

Japan braves cold weather

A 120-meter-tall waterfall in Ibarakai Prefecture is about to freeze completely.

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Department store sells works of gold

Department store sells works of gold

A department store in Tokyo sells more than 1000 works made of gold.

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Huge tuna placed in shrine as offering

Huge tuna placed in shrine as offering

A huge tuna is placed in a shrine as an offering to business success in western Japan.

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Women play sumo, blindfolded

Women play sumo, blindfolded

Women enact a rare style of blindfolded sumo in southwest Japan.

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Final Heisei eclipse wows

Final Heisei eclipse wows

The last solar eclipse of the Heisei period wows people around Japan.

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Quake can't stop coming of age ceremony

Quake can't stop coming of age ceremony

New adults in a quake-hit town in southwest Japan celebrate their coming of age.

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Powerful quake rattles southwestern Japan

Powerful quake rattles southwestern Japan

A M-5.1 earthquake shakes Kumamoto Prefecture, but leaves only minor damage.

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