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The gate of Myotoku-ji temple collapses after an earthquake hit Ibaraki City, Osaka, in western Japan on Monday, June 18. A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka on Monday morning.

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Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 3, knocks over walls

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Ken Moritsugu Associated PressJune 18, 2018

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party arrives at ballot counting for the lower house elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Japanese Prime Minister Abe heads to impressive election win

by Ken Moritsugu Associated PressOctober 22, 2017

The damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain, is visible while docked at Singapore's Changi naval base on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 in Singapore. The focus of the search for the U.S. sailors missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters shifted Tuesday to the damaged destroyer's flooded compartments. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents

by Ken Moritsugu Associated PressAugust 23, 2017

In this image made from video released by Miyagi Prefectural Police, the water flows up river in the Sunaoshi River in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, as a tsunami warning is issued following a strong earthquake Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. A powerful earthquake off the northeast Japanese shore Tuesday sent residents fleeing to higher ground and prompted worries about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami five year ago. The warning was lifted nearly four hours later. (Miyagi Prefectural Police/Kyodo News via AP)

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Fear then relief after strong Japan quake, tsunami

by Ken Moritsugu Associated PressNovember 22, 2016

Police officers stand guard at a crossroad near the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the mentally disabled where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack in Sagamihara, outside of Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. A young Japanese man went on a stabbing rampage Tuesday at the facility where he had been fired, officials said, killing many people months after he gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan and saying all disabled people should be put to death. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Rare mass killing raises questions about security in Japan

by Ken Moritsugu Associated Press, and Satoshi Sugiyama Associated PressJuly 26, 2016