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Space World amusement park

Fireworks go off at the Space World amusement park in Kitakyushu in southwestern Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 31, 2017. The event is the theme park's grand finale before it closes after 27 years of operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oita zoo names baby monkey Piko after PPAP singer

Piko Taro, a Japanese comedian and singer-songwriter, attends a press conference in Tokyo in this file photo taken in October 2016. A zoo in Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan named a monkey that was born in May 2017 Piko after the "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" singer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"PPAP" sets Guinness record as shortest song to enter Billboard 100

Piko Taro, a Japanese comedian and singer-songwriter, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2016. His song "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen," lasting just 45 seconds, was recognized as the shortest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart by Guinness World Records the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"PPAP" sets Guinness record as shortest song to enter Billboard 100

Piko Taro (L), a Japanese comedian and singer-songwriter, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2016. His song "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen," lasting just 45 seconds, was recognized as the shortest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart by Guinness World Records the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"PPAP" sets Guinness record as shortest song to enter Billboard 100

Japanese comedian and singer-songwriter Piko Taro (R) receives a certificate from a Guinness World Records representative during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2016, after his song "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen," lasting just 45 seconds, was recognized as the shortest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo