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Sumo: Practice tour

Sumo grand champion Terunofuji (C) takes on Onosato during a spring provincial practice tour in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 18, 2024.

Cherry blossoms in northeastern Japan

Cherry blossoms are lit up at Hirosaki Park in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2024.

Crown prince in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R) visits an earthquake-hit farm in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Anamizu on April 18, 2024, following the Jan. 1 disaster in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

U.S. ambassador to U.N. in Tokyo

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield answers a student's question on artificial intelligence at Keio University in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.

Cherry blossoms in northern Japan

Cherry blossoms begin to bloom in Hakodate on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on April 18, 2024.

Hall of Fame museum in N.Y. to display collections themed on Japan-U.S. baseball exchanges

(from L) Josh Rawitch, president of the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese national to become a Major League Baseball player, attend a press conference at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. Rawitch said a jersey (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way star Shohei Ohtani will be on display during a special exhibition themed on transpacific baseball exchanges starting at the museum in Cooperstown, New York, in July 2025.

U.S. President Biden in Pittsburgh

U.S. President Joe Biden makes a speech at United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 2024.

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[Breaking News] New monkey troop leader at southwestern Japan zoo

OITA, Japan, April 15 Kyodo -Video taken on April 15, 2024, shows Omugi, a Japanese macaque monkey who has recently become the new leader of the troop at the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japan city of Oita. (Kyodo)

1 year before 2025 World Expo

OSAKA, Japan, April 12 Kyodo - Video taken on April 12, 2024 -- exactly a year before the opening of the 2025 World Expo -- shows the event's site under construction in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo)

Anniv. of N. Korea founder's birth

Pyongyang,North Korea, April 15 Kyodo - People visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2024, to offer flowers as North Korea marks the 112th anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il Sung's birth.(Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in central Japan

Toyama, Japan, April 15 Kyodo - Tourists walk along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on April 15, 2024, as the snow-walled mountain road in Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, fully reopens to the general public after its winter closure.(Kyodo)

Honda's all-new EV series for China

BEIJING, China, April 16 Kyodo - Honda Motor Co. unveils in Beijing on April 16, 2024, the Ye Series, its next-generation electric vehicles for the Chinese market. (Kyodo)

[Breaking news] 10th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

ANSAN, South Korea, April 16 Kyodo - Bereaved families and many other South Koreans gather in Ansan near Seoul on April 16, 2024, for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 high school students on a school trip from Ansan. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News] OpenAI sets up first Asian base in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, April 15 Kyodo - Brad Lightcap, chief operating officer of OpenAI, the developer of generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2024, after the San Francisco-based company launched its first Asian base in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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EXPO2025 OSAKA

From April 13, 2025 to October 13, 2025,Osaka/Kansai Expo 2025 (EXPO 2025 Osaka/Kansai) will be held on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka City, with the main theme of "Designing a Future Society that Brightens Life." Expo)

2024 Haneda Airport runway collision

A runway collision occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, between an Airbus A350, operating Japan Airlines Flight 516 (JAL516), and a De Havilland Canada Dash 8 operated by the Japan Coast Guard.