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Still from the film Deliverance, 1919. The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. View shows Keller in the cockpit/front seat of an airplane.
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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How snow monkeys survive winter in the Japanese Alps
Learn about Japanese macaques (also known as snow monkeys).
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Size and eating habits of Japan's giant salamanders
Learn about the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Survival of Japanese cranes in Kushiro Shitsugen National Park
Learn about the red-crowned cranes in Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, eastern Hokkaido,...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
A traditional Shintō wedding ceremony in Japan
Learn about traditional Shintō wedding ceremonies in Japan.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
High-tech urban farming: A new hope for Japan?
Learn about urban farming in Japan, which relies on LED lighting and hydroponics.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Ancient tradition of cormorant fishing in Japan
Learn about cormorant fishing, a traditional method of fishing practiced in Japan...
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Managing crowds at the world's busiest train station
Learn what's being done to improve crowd flow in Japan's train stations—and how that...
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The challenge of affordable living in Tokyo
Overview of the housing market in Tokyo, 2009 video.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Robots assisting the elderly in Japan
The development of robot suits that aid the elderly and disabled.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Norman Chan/Dreamstime.com; © Sarah Holmlund/Dreamstime.com
How Japan prepares for potential earthquakes
Amid predictions that Tokyo will be struck by a major earthquake by 2040, local officials...
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Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji from its northern side, Yamanashi prefecture, east-central Honshu, Japan.
T. Okuda/Aspect Picture Library, London
Kinkaku Temple
The Kinkaku Temple (Golden Pavilion) in Kyōto, Japan, was originally built in the...
Consulate General of Japan, New York
Akihabara district in Tokyo
Train of the Sōbu Line passing through Akihabara, a district of Tokyo renowned for...
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Japan
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Tōjimbō Point
Cliffs at Tōjimbō Point on the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), Fukui prefecture,...
Akiharu Fujikura/Bon
Mount Fuji
The near-perfect volcanic cone of Japan's Mount Fuji.
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Taishō Pond
Taishō Pond in Kamikōchi Valley, central Honshu, Japan. Mount Hotaka, highest in...
T. Okuda/Aspect Picture Library, London
Lake Towada
Lake Towada, Towada-Hachimantai National Park, northern Honshu, Japan.
Asao Fujita/Bon
Hida Range
The Hida Range, part of the Japanese Alps, in central Honshu, Japan.
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coast of the Inland Sea
Coast of the Inland Sea, Okayama prefecture, Japan.
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Akiyoshi Plateau
Limestone outcroppings on the Akiyoshi Plateau, Yamaguchi prefecture, southwestern...
Orion Press-FPG
Mount Aso
The caldera of Mount Aso in central Kyushu, Japan
Kazumi Yahagi/Bon
waterfall in Yamanashi prefecture
Waterfall in Yamanashi prefecture, east-central Honshu, Japan.
Cosio/Shostal Associates
Ishikari River
Ishikari River, western Hokkaido, Japan.
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Ukimi Temple
Ukimi Temple, Lake Biwa, Shiga prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.
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spring cherry blossoms surrounding a pagoda
Spring cherry blossoms surrounding a pagoda in Kyōto, Japan.
© Corbis
stone path in Shiga prefecture
Autumn foliage along a stone path, Shiga prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.
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Japanese sika
Japanese sika (Cervus nippon nippon).
Kirtley-Perkins—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Japanese macaques
Japanese macaques groom each other at a spa in Nagano prefecture, east-central Honshu,...
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Japanese badger
Japanese badger (Meles anakuma).
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koi
Ornamental carp, or koi, swimming in a pond in Japan.
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purification shrine
Purification shrine in Kiyomizu Temple, Kyōto.
D.E. Cox from TSW—CLICK/Chicago
Asahikawa Winter Festival, Japan
People of Ainu descent dancing before a palace made of snow at the Asahikawa Winter...
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Okinawa, Japan: shisa
A traditional guardian diety, called a shisa (Japanese komainu),...
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Shintō shrine gateway
Torii (gateway) at the entrance to a Shintō shrine on Mount Hakone, east-central...
R. Manley/Shostal Associates
Shintō shrine
Strips of paper with prayers written on them outside a Shintō shrine in Japan.
© TOMO/Fotolia
Ise Shrine: Outer Shrine
Entrance to the Outer Shrine (Gekū) of the Ise Shrine, Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan.
FPG
Kawasaki, Japan: temple
Kawasaki Daishi (or Heigen) Temple, Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.
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traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses
Traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.
W.H. Hodge
castle in Matsumoto
Castle at Matsumoto, Japan.
W.H. Hodge
Yokohama
Central Yokohama, Japan, at dusk.
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Japanese bullet train
Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) passing on a bridge, with Mount Fuji in the background.
© Hiroshi Ichikawa/Shutterstock.com
terrace cultivation in Japan
Terrace cultivation in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
John Launois/Black Star
farms on the Obihiro Plain
Farms on the Obihiro Plain, Hokkaido, Japan
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Japanese burial ground
Burial ground with harvested rice fields in the distance, Tottori prefecture, Japan
F. Olson/Shostal Associates
drying fish at Nakamura port
Drying fish at Nakamura port in Kōchi prefecture, Japan.
Imperial Press/FPG
drying edible algae in Fukushima prefecture, Japan
Drying edible algae on a beach in the Hisanohama district of Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture,...
W.H. Hodge
petroleum plant in the Keihin Industrial Zone
Petroleum plant, Keihin Industrial Zone, Japan.
Imperial Press/FPG
defunct mine in Fukuoka prefecture
Mine waste remaining from a defunct mine at the Chikuhō Coalfield, Iizuka, Fukuoka...
Nobuyuki Tanaka/Orion Press, Tokyo
radioactive-waste storage facility in Japan
Radioactive-waste storage facility at Rokkasho-mura, Japan.
© Kirstie Hansen/IAEA
Imabari Japan: towel factory
Towel factory, Imabari, Ehime prefecture, Japan.
FPG
Kure, Japan: shipyard
A shipyard in Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.
William C. Gagnon/Shostal Associates
Japanese iron mill
Iron mill in Muroran, Japan.
Imperial Press—FPG
Toyota assembly line
Robotic welding on the automobile assembly line at the Toyota Motor Corporation,...
Courtesy, Toyota Motor Corporation
one-thousand-yen banknote
One-thousand-yen banknote from Japan (obverse).
Courtesy of Isabella Saccà
one-thousand-yen banknote (reverse)
One-thousand-yen banknote from Japan (reverse).
Courtesy of Isabella Saccà
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange building, Tokyo, Japan.
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port facilities in Onomichi
Port facilities on the industrial channel of Onomichi, Japan.
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Shibuya shopping district
Shibuya shopping district, Tokyo.
© marcociannarel/iStock.com
Seto Great Bridge
The multiple-span Seto Great Bridge over the Inland Sea, linking Kojima, Honshu,...
Orion Press, Tokyo
bullet train near Yonezawa
Shinkansen (bullet train) near Yonezawa, northeastern Honshu, Japan.
© Thomas Nord/Shutterstock.com
Landmark Tower
The Landmark Tower rising above Yokohama Harbor.
Orion Press
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400.
© Radarman70/Dreamstime.com
Diet
The Diet building, Tokyo.
Chris 73
Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opening the first session of the Diet in 2007.
Junko Kimura/Getty Images
Koizumi Junichiro
Koizumi Junichiro, 2010.
Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr
Metropolitan Police Department command center
Command center of the Metropolitan Police Department, Tokyo, Japan.
© Metropolitan Police Department, Tokyo; all rights reserved, used with permission
Tokyo, University of
Yasuda Auditorium, University of Tokyo.
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Tsukuba Science City: University of Tsukuba quadrangle
University of Tsukuba quadrangle, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.
Dinakar Radhakrishnan
interior of a cha-shitsu
Interior of a cha-shitsu (tea house).
Harumi Konishi
Japanese contemplative garden
Rock-and-gravel kare sansui (“dry mountain stream”) contemplative garden...
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.
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Katsura Imperial Gardens
Pond and moss-covered bridge, Katsura Imperial Gardens, Kyōto, Japan.
William G. Froelich, Jr.
sashimi
Salmon sashimi.
© Bunlue Nantaprom—Moment/Getty Images
sukiyaki
Sukiyaki.
Kapichu
tea cultivation
Rows of tea (Camellia sinensis) growing in Japan, with Mount Fuji in the...
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matcha
Arrangement of a chawan (drinking bowl) of steeped matcha green tea, a bowl...
© Natalia Hanin/stock.adobe.com
Shichi-go-san
Japanese girls dressed for the Shichi-go-san festival.
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Star Festival in Sendai
Tanabata Matsuri (Star Festival) in Sendai, Japan.
Cosio/Shostal Associates
cherry blossoms
Japanese students walking among cherry blossoms.
© Varandah/Dreamstime.com
Asahi shimbun headquarters
The headquarters of Asahi shimbun, Tokyo.
Lover of Romance
NKH broadcasting station
Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) broadcasting station in Ōsaka, Japan.
© BirgerNiss—iStock/Getty Images
Japanese historical sites
Important Japanese historical sites.
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Buddha
The Great Buddha, or Daibutsu, at Kamakura, Japan.
© Corbis
wood-and-stucco pagoda at the Hōryū Temple complex
The five-story wood-and-stucco pagoda, originally built in 607, reconstructed c....
Sybil Sassoon/Robert Harding Picture Library, London
Great Buddha Hall
Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsu-den) of the Tōdai Temple, Nara, Japan. The original Late...
Orion Press—Scala/Art Resource, New York
Shūkongōjin
Shūkongōjin, painted clay, 733; in the Hekkedō (Sangatsudō), Tōdai Temple, Nara,...
Sakamoto Photo Laboratory, Tokyo
Sōtatsu: Genji monogatari: Miotsukushi
Genji monogatari: Miotsukushi, center detail of left screen of a pair of...
The Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo, color on silk cloth attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu; in the collection...
World History Archive/Ann Ronan Collection/age fotostock
Minamoto Yoshitsune on horseback
Minamoto Yoshitsune on horseback, illustration by Utagawa Yoshimori, 1886.
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Mongol empire
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Kōshō: wood sculpture
The priest Koya (Kuya), wood sculpture by Kōshō, Kamakura period; in the Rokuharamitsuji,...
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Grand Shrine of Kasuga
The middle gate of the Grand Shrine of Kasuga, Nara, Japan.
Milt and Joan Mann—CAMERAMANN INTERNATIONAL
shoin-zukuri interior in the Ginkaku Temple
Shoin-zukuri interior in the Ginkaku Temple, Kyōto, showing a chigai-dana...
Oguro Planning Co.—FPG
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Landscape of Four Seasons, ink and light color on paper, detail of a painting...
Bōfu Mori Hōkō-kai, Yamaguchi, Japan
Sesshū: View of Amanohashidate
View of Amanohashidate, detail of an ink painting in the suiboku-ga...
Courtesy of the Kyoto National Museum
Tai-an tea room
The sukiya-style Tai-an tea room, used for the tea ceremony (cha-no-yu);...
Courtesy of Sakamoto Photo Research Laboratory
Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle, Hyōgo prefecture, Japan, built in the 14th century by the Akamatsu...
Katsum Tomita-Orion Press—SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Nijo Castle
Goten (“palace”) of Nijo Castle, Kyōto, an Azuchi-Momoyama-style building constructed...
H. Roger-Viollet
Gate of Sunlight
Gate of Sunlight (Yomei-mon) of the Tōshō Shrine, carved, painted wood decorated...
Orion Press, Tokyo
interior of a Kabuki theater
Interior of a Kabuki theater, colored woodcut triptych by Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1800;...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
writing box decorated with cranes in reeds
Writing box decorated with cranes in reeds, black lacquered wood with gold paint,...
Courtesy of the Seattle Art Museum, Washington
inro
Five-case inro with samurai design done in taka-makie (style of high-relief...
From Melvin and Betty Janss, Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art; Charles E. Tuttle, Inc.
Okumura Masanobu: Hanshozuku Bijin Soroi
Hanshozuku Bijin Soroi, ukiyo-e color woodcut by Okumura Masanobu, Tokugawa...
Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, given by Mrs. Anne Archbold
Woodcutter Gazing at Waterfall
Woodcutter Gazing at Waterfall, detail of a paper scroll in ink and color...
Courtesy of the Stanford University Museum of Art, California, Ikeda Collection
Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry, detail of a Japanese watercolor, c. 1853; in the Chrysler Museum of...
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk Newspapers' Art Trust Purchase and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Spark in Memory of their Son Donald, 52.55.2
Japanese expansion
Japanese expansion in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Battle of Midway
Panoramic combination of two photos depicting the Battle of Midway. The USS Yorktown...
2rd Class William G. Roy—U.S. Navy/NARA
Discover more about the first atomic bombs, tested and used during World War II
The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the...
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atomic bombing of Hiroshima
A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after...
U.S. Air Force photograph
USS Missouri: Japanese surrender
Japanese representatives, including Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru (with walking...
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Harajuku Girl
A female dressed in the “Gothic Lolita” or “Harajuku Girl” style of fashion in the...
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Pedestrian and automobile traffic competing for space in a busy Japanese intersection.
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Japan: bamboo grove
Dense grove of bamboo in Japan.
© Tracey Kimmeskamp/Fotolia
Mount Fuji
Field of green tea growing near Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, with Mount Fuji...
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Japanese mon, or heraldic emblems; the mon is worn as a badge to...
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National anthem of Japan
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