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Timeline for February 2016

  • The Sakurajima eruption recorded on Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism cameras in Kagoshima Prefecture on February 5, 2016. Photograph provided by Ōsumi River and National Highway Office. (© Jiji)

    The Sakurajima eruption recorded on Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism cameras in Kagoshima Prefecture on February 5, 2016. Photograph provided by Ōsumi River and National Highway Office. (© Jiji)

  • Ozawa Seiji (second from right) smiles at a curtain call after conducting Die Fledermaus—the first opera he has conducted following his Grammy win—in Kyoto on February 18, 2016. (© Jiji)

    Ozawa Seiji (second from right) smiles at a curtain call after conducting Die Fledermaus—the first opera he has conducted following his Grammy win—in Kyoto on February 18, 2016. (© Jiji)

  • The Astro-H X-ray observatory—formally given the name Hitomi after its successful launch—was unveiled to the media at the Tsukuba Space Center, Ibaraki Prefecture, on November 27, 2015. (© Jiji)

    The Astro-H X-ray observatory—formally given the name Hitomi after its successful launch—was unveiled to the media at the Tsukuba Space Center, Ibaraki Prefecture, on November 27, 2015. (© Jiji)

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