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Japan's H-2A rocket, which carries the Himawari-8 weather satellite, soars into the space from the Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima prefecture, in southwestern Japan in a bid to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts related to natural disasters. The successful launch comes the day after a typhoon strafed Japan and just over a week after a volcano killed more than 60 people when it erupted without warning. AFP PHOTO/Jiji Press JAPAN OUTJIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images

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