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Parliament building

Parliament building

File photo taken on Jan. 13, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo.

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Parliament building

Parliament building

File photo taken on Jan. 13, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Rare earths in Beijing

Rare earths in Beijing

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2026, shows a mineral containing rare earths at a museum in Beijing. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven countries recently discussed in Washington ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals supply including rare earths amid their tightened export controls by the country.

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Rare earths in Beijing

Rare earths in Beijing

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2026, shows a mineral containing rare earths at a museum in Beijing. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven countries recently discussed in Washington ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals supply including rare earths amid their tightened export controls by the country.

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Parliament building

Parliament building

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2026, shows Japan's parliament building in Tokyo.

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Football: Copa del Rey

Football: Copa del Rey

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) squares off against Osasuna's Enzo Boyomo in the first half of a Copa del Rey fourth-round football match in San Sebastian, Spain, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Football: Copa del Rey

Football: Copa del Rey

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (front) fends off an Osasuna player in the first half of a Copa del Rey fourth-round football match in San Sebastian, Spain, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Football: Copa del Rey

Football: Copa del Rey

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (front) fends off an Osasuna player in the first half of a Copa del Rey fourth-round football match in San Sebastian, Spain, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Nikkei hits all-time closing high

Nikkei hits all-time closing high

A financial monitor in a building in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average hitting an all-time closing high above 53,000 on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Hong Kong court hearing for Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong court hearing for Jimmy Lai

A vehicle apparently carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building in Hong Kong on Jan. 13, 2026, following his mitigation hearing.

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Dollar nears 160 yen

Dollar nears 160 yen

Financial monitors at a currency exchange company in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2026, show the dollar rising above the 159 yen line for the first time since July 2024.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung clap during a joint press appearance following their talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung following a joint press appearance in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung makes a joint press appearance with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, following their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes a joint press appearance with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, following their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are pictured in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, ahead of their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung make a joint press appearance following their talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2026.

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CORRECTED: Japan-S. Korea summit

CORRECTED: Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (front, L) hold talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, ahead of their talks on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Nikkei stock index closes at record high

Nikkei stock index closes at record high

A financial data board in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at 53,549.16, an all-time closing high, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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S. Korean President Lee in Japan

S. Korean President Lee in Japan

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (3rd from L) arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean President Lee in Japan

S. Korean President Lee in Japan

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L) arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean President Lee in Japan

S. Korean President Lee in Japan

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (2nd from L) is greeted upon arrival at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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S. Korean President Lee in Japan

S. Korean President Lee in Japan

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L) arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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S. Korean President Lee in Japan

S. Korean President Lee in Japan

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (L) arrives at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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S. Korean President Lee

S. Korean President Lee

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) prepares to board a government plane near Seoul before flying to Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2026.

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S. Korean President Lee

S. Korean President Lee

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (2nd from L, front row) prepare to board a government plane near Seoul before flying to Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Court hearing for ex-S. Korean President Yoon

Court hearing for ex-S. Korean President Yoon

A vehicle carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Jan. 13, 2026, for his insurrection sentencing hearing.

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New cat stationmaster

New cat stationmaster

Calico cat Yontama (R) is pictured after being appointed the third feline stationmaster alongside a feline apprentice recruit, Rokutama, at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

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Bank of Japan

Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan's head office is pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Bank of Japan

Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan's head office is pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

A morning market is near empty on Dec. 13, 2025, in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the national weather agency warned of the possibility of a strong earthquake striking the region following a magnitude 7.5 quake that jolted Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8.

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Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

A morning market is near empty on Dec. 13, 2025, in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the national weather agency warned of the possibility of a strong earthquake striking the region following a magnitude 7.5 quake that jolted Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8.

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Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in Japan

A morning market is near empty on Dec. 13, 2025, in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after the national weather agency warned of the possibility of a strong earthquake striking the region following a magnitude 7.5 quake that jolted Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8.

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Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Staff dust off Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple during annual year-end cleaning in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Staff dust off Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple during annual year-end cleaning in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Staff dust off Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple during annual year-end cleaning in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Staff dust off Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple during annual year-end cleaning in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Year-end cleanup at eastern Japan temple

Staff dust off Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple during annual year-end cleaning in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

People pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

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Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Children pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

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Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

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Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

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