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Cats crowd the harbour on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan

Cats crowd the harbour on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan February 25, 2015. An army of cats rules the remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one. Picture taken February 25, 2015. To match story JAPAN-CATS/ REUTERS/Thomas Peter (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TRAVEL) - GM1EB331IF701

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A loggerhead sea turtle swims inside a bucket before being released into the sea as part of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium's turtle release programme at Emerald beach in Motobu town, on Japan's southern island of Okinawa July 8, 2007. Loggerhead turtle numbers are declining due to various reasons, including pollution, garbage, especially indigestible plastics goods, and the development of breakwaters and beach fronts that deprives the turtles of egg-laying grounds, Konomi Maeda, the turtle keeper at the aquarium said. Over 1, 700 turtles have been released over the past 17 years by the aquarium's programme, which aims to increase understanding of the turtles and raise awareness of marine environment conservation. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)

Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa - built in the UK

The Mikasa - a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s, and was the only ship of her class. The ship served as the flagship of Admiral Togo Heihachiro throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 19041905, including the Battle of Port Arthur Built at Vickers shipyard, Barrow-in-Furness Date: 1904

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