Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (bottom row, R).

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