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Football World Cup in Qatar

Taiyo, a river otter at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, predicts Japan's win against Germany by putting a miniature ball inside the blue bucket with a Japanese flag, snubbing the red one with a German flag and yellow one labeled "draw," on Nov. 22, 2022, a day before their World Cup group stage football match.

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Total lunar and planetary eclipse at the same time

Photo taken on Nov. 8, 2022 shows the moon during a total lunar eclipse and autumn gingko leaves in Osaka, western Japan. People in many parts of Japan were able to witness a total lunar eclipse that occurred at the same time as a lunar occultation of Uranus, a celestial event that has not occurred in 442 years.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans flying over Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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Autumn trees lit up at Fukushima temple

Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13.

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Jidai Matsuri festival in Kyoto

A group of people in ancient costumes carry a portable shrine from Heian Jingu shrine during the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Autumn leaves in northern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 30, 2022, shows fall foliage on the Daisetsu mountain range in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ritual ahead of Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament

A ritual is held at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 10, 2022, to pray for the safety of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting the following day.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks wearing white clean the Great Buddha at Todaiji temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2022, in an annual "ominugui" cleaning event, which resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Combined photo shows various facial expressions by two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu gestures during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu waves after a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu poses for photographers after a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu poses for photographers after a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu reacts as he receives flowers after announcing his retirement from competition during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022. The 27-year-old announced his retirement from competition.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Figure skating: Hanyu retires from competition

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition at a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2022.

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Night vigil for late ex-Japan PM Abe

People pray at an altar at Zojoji temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, following the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8. A night vigil for Abe was held at the temple the same day. A wake was held later Monday for Abe, the longest serving leader, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other lawmakers attending.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by a man wielding a shotgun. Video taken July 8, 2022, shows Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara, western Japan, where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was taken after being shot in Nara while delivering a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel signs a condolence book at the headquarters of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on July 14, 2022, following former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination during upper house election campaigning on July 8.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets the press after signing a condolence book at the headquarters of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on July 14, 2022, following former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination during upper house election campaigning on July 8.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

Mourners get a glimpse of the hearse carrying the coffin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following his funeral at Zojoji temple in Tokyo on July 12, 2022. Abe was fatally shot during upper house election campaigning in Nara on July 8.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R in front row), staff of the prime minister's office and others pray as the hearse carrying the coffin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passes in front of the premier's office in Tokyo on July 12, 2022, following his funeral. Abe was fatally shot during upper house election campaigning in Nara on July 8.

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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, saying that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 is a follower of the religious group. Investigative sources said earlier the man harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."

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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, saying that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 is a follower of the religious group. Investigative sources said earlier the man harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

A woman prays on July 11, 2022, at the location of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

Photo taken on July 9, 2022, shows flowers placed in front of the Japanese Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, following the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8.

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Night vigil for late ex-Japan PM Abe

A woman looks at a picture of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an altar set up at Zojoji temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. A night vigil for Abe was held at the temple the same day, following the fatal shooting of him during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8.

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Night vigil for late ex-Japan PM Abe

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (front) visits Zojoji temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, to attend a night vigil for the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, following the fatal shooting of Abe during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8.

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Condolences over ex-Japan PM Abe's death

Photo taken on July 11, 2022, shows a condolence book placed on a table at the headquarters building of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo, following the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during upper house election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, on July 8.

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Blinken meets with Kishida as U.S. mourns ex-Japan PM Abe's death

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), along with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to express his condolences over the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Three days before, Abe was fatally shot while delivering a stump speech ahead of the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L) and other executives of his Liberal Democratic Party observe a moment of silence in Tokyo for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot to death in Nara during election campaigning, on July 10, 2022, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Day after ex-Japan PM Abe's assassination

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike visits former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's home in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 9, 2022, to express her condolences over his death. Abe was fatally shot by a gunman during election campaigning in Nara, western Japan, the previous day.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot to death in Nara

Copies of an extra edition of newspaper are handed out in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on July 8, 2022 following the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman during a House of Councillors election stump speech in Nara, western Japan, earlier in the day.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Photo taken in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fallen on the ground on the side of a road after being shot from behind by a man. Abe was giving a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election at the time of the attack. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital later in the day. (No trimming permitted)

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Photo taken in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fallen on the ground on the side of a road after being shot from behind by a man. Abe was giving a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election at the time of the attack. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital later in the day. (No trimming permitted)

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Japan: Former PM Shinzo Abe Shot In Nara 3

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech on a street in Nara, western Japan on July 8. The unconscious Abe was rushed to a hospital by helicopter after being shot in the chest multiple times from behind, according to reports.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot in Nara

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 8, 2022, after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a stump speech in Nara, western Japan, earlier in the day for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Former Japanese PM Abe shot in Nara

An emergency team pushes a stretcher believed to be bearing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, on July 8, 2022. Abe was shot while making a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by a man wielding a shotgun. Abe was giving a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election at the time of the attack.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Photo taken in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by a man wielding a shotgun. Abe was giving a stump speech for the July 10 House of Councillors election at the time of the attack.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Photo taken in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by an unidentified man wielding a shotgun. Abe was giving a stump speech for the weekend's House of Councillors election at the time of the attack.