Battledores of 2019 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2019. Those featured include Emperor Naruhito, rugby captain Michael Leitch and Akira Yoshino, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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