By KATSUHISA SAITO/ Staff Writer
December 11, 2025 at 15:23 JST
A firefighter descends from the Ushiku Daibutsu statue's eye during a rescue training exercise in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 10. (Shota Tomonaga)
USHIKU, Ibaraki Prefecture—Local fire departments in the prefecture conducted a rescue training exercise with the 120-meter-tall Buddha statue that holds the Guinness World Record for height here on Dec. 10. [Read More]
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