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Crown prince, crown princess visit Imperial Palace

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko enter the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2026, to meet with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako following their official trip to Paraguay.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess return from Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko meet officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 26, 2026, after returning from their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet reporters in Yguazu on Aug. 23, 2026, during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet reporters in Yguazu on Aug. 23, 2026, during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese immigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese-Paraguayans near Asuncion during an official trip to Paraguay on Aug. 21, 2026.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese-Paraguayans in La Colmena, Paraguay, known as the first Japanese colony in the South American country, on Aug. 22, 2026.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese-Paraguayans in La Colmena, Paraguay, known as the first Japanese colony in the South American country, on Aug. 22, 2026.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion to meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena on Aug. 20, 2026, during an official visit to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion to meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena on Aug. 20, 2026, during an official visit to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion to meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena on Aug. 20, 2026, during an official visit to the South American country. (Pool Photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C, L) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife Leticia Ocampos at Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion on Aug. 20, 2026, during their official trip to the South American country.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (R) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife Leticia Ocampos at Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion on Aug. 20, 2026, during their official trip to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C, L) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife Leticia Ocampos at Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion on Aug. 20, 2026, during their official trip to the South American country. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (far L) meet with Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife Leticia Ocampos at Palacio de Lopez in Asuncion on Aug. 20, 2026, during their official trip to the South American country.

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Japan-Oman talks in Muscat

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and his Oman counterpart Badr al-Busaidi meet the press following their talks in Muscat on Aug. 20, 2026.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese nationals living in Paraguay on Aug. 19, 2026, near Asuncion during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool Photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C, R) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese nationals living in Paraguay on Aug. 19, 2026, near Asuncion during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool Photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Paraguay

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese nationals living in Paraguay on Aug. 19, 2026, near Asuncion during their official trip to Paraguay to mark 90 years of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool Photo)

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Japan-Australia defense talks in Canberra

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles meet the press following their meeting in Canberra on Aug. 18, 2026.

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Nippon Steel's new hot strip mill line

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2026, shows a hot strip mill line newly completed at Nippon Steel Corp.'s Nagoya Works in Tokai in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi. The next-generation mill is designed to meet the growing need for high-grade steel sheets for electric vehicles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (seated, far L) meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. The group complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (seated, far L) meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. The group complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. The group complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (back, far L) meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. The group complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Kunihiko Sakuma (L), head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' groups, including Sakuma's, complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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A-bomb survivors' groups meet PM Takaichi in Hiroshima

Kunihiko Sakuma, head of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2026, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' groups, including Sakuma's, complained to Takaichi about discussions by the government and ruling parties on reviewing Japan's nonnuclear principles.

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Emperor meets Japan Academy Prize winners

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet Japan Academy Prize winners at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

(From L) Belgium's King Philippe, Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Queen Mathilde meet children from a local Japanese school outside the Brussels City Hall on June 23, 2026, in Brussels, during the Japanese imperial couple's official visit to Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

(From L) Belgium's King Philippe, Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Queen Mathilde meet children from a local Japanese school outside the Brussels City Hall on June 23, 2026, in Brussels, during the Japanese imperial couple's official visit to Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple meet grandchild of ex-Dutch general in Amsterdam

Inez Schelfhout (L), the granddaughter of a former Dutch general who survived a Japanese internment camp as a child during World War II, is pictured before meeting with Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. Her late grandfather was imprisoned in what is now Indonesia after the country was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. In 2000, he attended a ceremony in which Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a war memorial during their visit to the Netherlands. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple meet grandchild of ex-Dutch general in Amsterdam

Inez Schelfhout, the granddaughter of a former Dutch general who survived a Japanese internment camp as a child during World War II, speaks to the press after meeting with Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. Her late grandfather was imprisoned in what is now Indonesia after the country was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. In 2000, he attended a ceremony in which Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a war memorial during their visit to the Netherlands. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, L) and her daughter Princess Kako (far L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far L) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) meet Kyrgyz women with hearing impediments at Tsukuba University of Technology in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on June 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi, Philippine Defense Minister Teodoro meet

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front, R) and Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro pose for a photo in Singapore on May 31, 2026. Koizumi and Teodoro agreed during their talks to work on realizing the export of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Abukuma-class destroyers promptly after decommissioning.

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi, S. Korea Defense Minister Ahn meet

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front, L) and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back pose for a photo in Singapore on May 30, 2026. Koizumi and Ahn confirmed during their talks that Japan and South Korea will resume a joint search-and-rescue exercise, reflecting improving ties between the nations after years of strained diplomatic and defense relations.

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi, British Defense Secretary Healey meet

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and British Defense Secretary John Healey pose for a photo in Singapore on May 30, 2026. Koizumi and Healey reaffirmed close defense cooperation during their talks, including on the Global Combat Air Program, a trilateral project involving Japan, Britain and Italy to develop a next-generation fighter aircraft.

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth meet

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pose for a photo in Singapore on May 30, 2026. Koizumi and Hegseth agreed to accelerate cooperation on the joint development and production of advanced missiles in their talks.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. in Japan

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) meet with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2026. (Pool photo)

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US: Clashes Erupt at Delaney Hall as Hunger Strike Continues

Protesters clashed with ICE agents outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, May 25, as a hunger strike by detainees entered its fourth day. Gov. Mikie Sherrill visited Delaney Hall on Monday to meet with families of detainees but was denied access to the facility.

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Baseball: Rockies vs. Dodgers

Milan Cortina Olympic figure skating pairs gold medalists Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara meet the press at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on May 25, 2026. The pair visited the ballpark to throw the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium.

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Private space station project

Former Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (L) shakes hands with Jonathan Cirtain, CEO of Axiom Space, in Tokyo on May 14, 2026, as they meet the media over the U.S. company's plan to develop a private space station to replace the outmoded International Space Station. Cirtain said Wakata will head the Japan unit of Axiom, to be set up in July. ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (C) visits the Japanese leader's office in Tokyo on May 12, 2026, to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

File photo taken on Jan. 25, 2026, shows Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki, who has withdrawn from the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. The demotion-threatened "kadoban" ozeki was not named in the list of bouts released on May 8, 2026, for the first two days of the 15-day meet, and could drop to the lower rank of sekiwake unless he enters the meet and gets a winning record with eight or more wins.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

File photo shows Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki, who has withdrawn from the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. The demotion-threatened "kadoban" ozeki was not named in the list of bouts released on May 8, 2026, for the first two days of the 15-day meet, and could drop to the lower rank of sekiwake unless he enters the meet and gets a winning record with eight or more wins.

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Ex-Japan PM Kishida in Philippines

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, C) speaks during a visit to a liquefied natural gas terminal in Batangas on the Philippines' main island of Luzon on May 1, 2026. The terminal, operated by Japan's Tokyo Gas Co. and local energy provider First Gen, is intended to meet strong power demand in the Philippines.

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Olympic, Paralympic athletes at PM's office

Japanese athletes who competed in the Milan Cortina Olympics and Paralympics meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (back, C) at her office in Tokyo on April 24, 2026.

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Japan emperor, empress meet with Montenegrin president

Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic (2nd from L) greets Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress meet with Montenegrin president

Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic (2nd from L) meets with Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 21, 2026. (Pool photo)