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In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, photo, men stand on top of a lantern-covered float as fireworks light up the sky during the Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Japan. Moving six towering floats up a hill and into the town center is the culminating moment of a Shinto festival that has evolved from a harvest thanksgiving into a once-a-year meeting between two local gods. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai)

Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan

By MALCOLM FOSTER - Associated Press

Japanese Emperor Akihito, second right, visits Ise Grand Shrine, or Ise Jingu, in Ise, central Japan Thursday, April 18, 2019. This is the last trip to a local region for emperor and empress before emperor's abdication.(Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)

Emperor performs ritual to report abdication to Shinto gods

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press