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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Defense Minister Koizumi

Defense Minister Koizumi

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after talking via telephone with his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, over the recent radar lock incident involving Japanese and Chinese fighter jets.

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right).=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto high-fives his teammates after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Officials from the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Cabinet Office hold a press conference at the agency in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, after a powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Officials from the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Cabinet Office hold a press conference at the agency in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, after a powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Officials from the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Cabinet Office hold a press conference at the agency in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, after a powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan.

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Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan Motor Co. CEO Ivan Espinosa (L) and Wayve Technologies Ltd. CEO Alex Kendall pose for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025, after announcing an agreement to jointly develop next-generation autonomous vehicles, with plans to roll them out in Japan's mass market from fiscal 2027 and later in North America.

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Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan Motor Co. CEO Ivan Espinosa (L) and Wayve Technologies Ltd. CEO Alex Kendall pose for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025, after announcing an agreement to jointly develop next-generation autonomous vehicles, with plans to roll them out in Japan's mass market from fiscal 2027 and later in North America.

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Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan Motor Co. CEO Ivan Espinosa (L) and Wayve Technologies Ltd. CEO Alex Kendall show a Nissan prototype car equipped with next-generation driver-assistance technology in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025, after announcing an agreement to jointly develop such vehicles and roll them out in Japan's mass market from fiscal 2027 and later in North America.

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Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan, Britain's Wayve tie up for autonomous cars

Nissan Motor Co. CEO Ivan Espinosa announces a partnership with British startup Wayve Technologies Ltd. during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. The companies agreed to jointly develop next-generation autonomous vehicles, with plans to roll them out in Japan's mass market from fiscal 2027 and later in North America.

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Japan's Empress Masako turns 62

Japan's Empress Masako turns 62

Japan's Emperor Naruhito travels to the residence of former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo for customary birthday greetings on Dec. 9, 2025, Empress Masako's 62nd birthday. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Empress Masako turns 62

Japan's Empress Masako turns 62

Japan's Empress Masako travels to the residence of former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on her 62nd birthday on Dec. 9, 2025, for customary birthday greetings. (Pool photo)

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News photo exhibition in Tokyo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Japanese gymnast Aiko Sugihara jumps in front of a photo of herself celebrating the women's floor exercise gold she won at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Jakarta in October, as an exhibition of news photos from 2025 kicks off at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Around 300 photos are on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22.

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News photo exhibition in Tokyo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Japanese gymnast Aiko Sugihara poses in front of a photo of herself celebrating the women's floor exercise gold she won at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Jakarta in October, as an exhibition of news photos from 2025 kicks off at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Around 300 photos are on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22.

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News photo exhibition in Tokyo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Japanese gymnast Aiko Sugihara signs on a photo of herself celebrating the women's floor exercise gold she won at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Jakarta in October, as an exhibition of news photos from 2025 kicks off at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Around 300 photos are on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22.

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News photo exhibition in Tokyo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Artistic gymnast Aiko Sugihara (4th from L) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of an exhibition of news photos from 2025 at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Among the 300 photos on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22 is a photo of Sugihara celebrating after winning gold in the women's floor exercise at the artistic gymnastic world championship in Jakarta in October. ==Kyodo

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News photo exhibition in Tokyo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Artistic gymnast Aiko Sugihara (4th from L) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of an exhibition of news photos from 2025 at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Among the 300 photos on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22 is a photo of Sugihara celebrating after winning gold in the women's floor exercise at the artistic gymnastic world championship in Jakarta in October. ==Kyodo

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Sapporo Beer sign and logo

Sapporo Beer sign and logo

Sapporo Beer sign and logo=December 8,2025,Tokyo

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