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Renault CEO Luca de Meo

Renault CEO Luca de Meo speaks at a press conference in London on Feb. 6, 2023.

CORRECTED: Balloon flying over Japan in 2020

Photo taken on June 17, 2020, shows a flying object spotted in the sky over Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The object has come under the spotlight again after a Chinese balloon similar to the one seen over Japan was detected traveling over the continental United States in early February 2023.

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Japan PM inspects factory in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) visits a plant of Tokyo-based major machinery maker Komatsu Ltd. on Feb. 4, 2023, in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Komatsu, central Japan, where the company was founded in 1921.

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Japan PM inspects factory in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits a plant of Tokyo-based major machinery maker Komatsu Ltd. on Feb. 4, 2023, in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Komatsu, central Japan, where the company was founded in 1921.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Futaba Ito poses after winning the Japan Cup women's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Futaba Ito competes en route to winning the Japan Cup women's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Futaba Ito competes en route to winning the Japan Cup women's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Futaba Ito competes en route to winning the Japan Cup women's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Futaba Ito competes en route to winning the Japan Cup women's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Meichi Narasaki competes en route to winning the Japan Cup men's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Sport Climbing: Bouldering

Sport climber Meichi Narasaki competes en route to winning the Japan Cup men's bouldering event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Japan PM rides self-driving car

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) is pictured after riding a self-driving vehicle in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2023. The vehicle already runs on a public road in the central Japan town for commercial service.

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium

A whale shark swims in a tank at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in western Japan on Feb. 2, 2023.

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium

A whale shark swims in a tank at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in western Japan on Feb. 2, 2023.

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Football: Former Japan star Kagawa returns to Cerezo

Former Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa poses for a photo during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023, while wearing a jersey of his new football team Cerezo Osaka. The 33-year-old returned to the J-League first-division's Cerezo Osaka on a full transfer from Belgium's Sint-Truiden.

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Football: Former Japan star Kagawa returns to Cerezo

Former Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa holds a jersey of his new team Cerezo Osaka during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2023. The 33-year-old returned to the J-League first-division football team on a full transfer from Belgium's Sint-Truiden.

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Tennis: Davis Cup

Doubles pair Ben McLachlan (front) and Yosuke Watanuki of Japan play against Lukasz Kubot and Jan Zielinski of Poland in a Davis Cup World Group I playoff in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Tennis: Davis Cup

Doubles pair Ben McLachlan (R) and Yosuke Watanuki of Japan celebrate after beating Lukasz Kubot and Jan Zielinski of Poland in a Davis Cup World Group I playoff in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Tennis: Davis Cup

Doubles pair Ben McLachlan (R) and Yosuke Watanuki of Japan play against Lukasz Kubot and Jan Zielinski of Poland in a Davis Cup World Group I playoff in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Tennis: Davis Cup

Doubles pair Ben McLachlan (R) and Yosuke Watanuki of Japan celebrate after beating Lukasz Kubot and Jan Zielinski of Poland in a Davis Cup World Group I playoff in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Tennis: Davis Cup

Doubles pair Ben McLachlan (R) and Yosuke Watanuki of Japan play against Lukasz Kubot and Jan Zielinski of Poland in a Davis Cup World Group I playoff in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita marathon

Ibrahim Hassan of Djibouti crosses the finish line to win the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita marathon

Japan's Tsubasa Ichiyama finishes third in the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita marathon

Japan's Tsubasa Ichiyama finishes third in the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2023.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma reacts after scoring his side's winning goal with a header in the second half of a football match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Feb. 4, 2023, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (C) reacts after scoring his side's winning goal with a header in the second half of a football match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Feb. 4, 2023, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (22) scores his side's winning goal with a header in the second half of a football match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Feb. 4, 2023, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (22) reacts after scoring his side's winning goal with a header in the second half of a football match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Feb. 4, 2023, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (22) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's winning goal in the second half of a football match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Feb. 4, 2023, in Brighton, England.

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

People visit Sapporo Snow Festival in the Hokkaido prefectural capital city in northern Japan on Feb. 4, 2023, with the event starting the same day after a two-year, coronavirus-induced hiatus.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

People visit Sapporo Snow Festival in the Hokkaido prefectural capital city in northern Japan on Feb. 4, 2023, with the event starting the same day after a two-year, coronavirus-induced hiatus.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

People visit Sapporo Snow Festival in the Hokkaido prefectural capital city in northern Japan on Feb. 4, 2023, with the event starting the same day after a two-year, coronavirus-induced hiatus.

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Japanese Crown Princess Kiko at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko meets an awardee of a juvenile book report competition as she attends its award ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan finance minister Suzuki

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Japan finance minister Suzuki

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont

World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Japan defense minister Hamada

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Japan defense minister Hamada

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Traditional naked festival in Japan

Thousands of men wearing only "fundoshi" undergarments jostle to touch a chosen "shin otoko" (holy man) during the traditional naked festival at Konomiya shrine in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2023, hoping to ward off evil spirits. The event, involving close body contact, took place after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.

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Traditional naked festival in Japan

Thousands of men wearing only "fundoshi" undergarments jostle to touch a chosen "shin otoko" (holy man) during the traditional naked festival at Konomiya shrine in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2023, hoping to ward off evil spirits. The event, involving close body contact, took place after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.

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Traditional naked festival in Japan

Thousands of men wearing only "fundoshi" undergarments jostle to touch a chosen "shin otoko" (holy man) during the traditional naked festival at Konomiya shrine in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2023, hoping to ward off evil spirits. The event, involving close body contact, took place after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.

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Traditional naked festival in Japan

Thousands of men wearing only "fundoshi" undergarments jostle to touch a chosen "shin otoko" (holy man) during the traditional naked festival at Konomiya shrine in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 3, 2023, hoping to ward off evil spirits. The event, involving close body contact, took place after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.

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Angels Ohtani speaks in Tokyo ahead of WBC

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2023, ahead of the March 8-21 World Baseball Classic. Ohtani was named among the first 12 members of the squad.

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Angels Ohtani speaks in Tokyo ahead of WBC

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani poses for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2023, ahead of the March 8-21 World Baseball Classic. Ohtani was named among the first 12 members of the squad.

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CORRECTED: Bean-throwing event at Japanese temple

Actress Haruka Fukuhara (L) scatters roasted beans during the annual "Setsubun" event marking the turn from winter to spring at a Naritasan temple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture in western Japan on Feb. 3, 2023.

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EU ambassador in Nagasaki

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue on Feb. 3, 2023, asks Jean-Eric Paquet, the ambassador of the European Union to Japan, and EU member state ambassadors for support for nuclear abolition during their visit to the southwestern Japan city, which the United States hit with an atomic bomb in the final days of World War II.