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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

File photo shows Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto speaking at a press conference in Fukui, central Japan, on Dec. 4, 2025, after the prefectural parliament approved his resignation over a sexual harassment allegation. An investigative report by external lawyers said on Jan. 7, 2026, that he sent some 1,000 sexually harassing texts to multiple female staff of the local government and touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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New Year's Day in New York

A New Year countdown event is held at New York's Times Square on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in New York

A New Year countdown event is held at New York's Times Square on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in New York

A New Year countdown event is held at New York's Times Square on Jan. 1, 2026.

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New Year's Day in New York

A New Year countdown event is held at New York's Times Square on Jan. 1, 2026.

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Anti-Trump protest in New York

A protest against President Donald Trump is held at New York's Times Square on Oct. 18, 2025, with a participant blasting the Trump administration's authoritarian policies while holding a placard with the "No Kings" slogan.

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Anti-Trump protest in New York

A protest against President Donald Trump is held at New York's Times Square on Oct. 18, 2025, with participants blasting the Trump administration's authoritarian policies while holding placards with the "No Kings" slogan.

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China paper on Ishiba resignation

Photo taken in Beijing on Sept. 8, 2025, shows the front page of the Global Times daily reporting on Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to resign.

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China paper on Ishiba resignation

Photo taken at a shop in Beijing on Sept. 8, 2025, shows the front page of the Global Times daily reporting on Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to resign.

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US: Explosion at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland, Louisiana Prompts Evacuations

An explosion occurred at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland, Louisiana on Friday, August 22, prompted mandatory evacuations within a one-mile radius. The blast at the automotive manufacturing facility, which employs around 400 people, caused no reported injuries. Residents reported feeling the ground shake and saw black residue, believed to be oil, falling from the sky.

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Illustration - Nantes - France

FRANCE, LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE (44) NANTES. STATUE OF ARISTIDE BRIAND. BORN IN NANTES, DEPUTY FOR LOIRE-INFERIEURE FROM 1924 TO 1932, ARISTIDE BRIAND WAS MINISTER TWENTY-THREE TIMES AND PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ELEVEN TIMES. KNOWN FOR HIS ELOQUENCE AND PERSUASIVENESS, ARISTIDE BRIAND WAS COMMITTED TO DEFENDING TWO ESSENTIAL VALUES OF OUR DEMOCRACIES: SECULARISM AND SOLIDARITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN STATES. Photo by Renaudeau Michel/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows the Water Plaza at the World Exposition in Osaka where a water show has been suspended following the detection in early June of legionella bacteria 20 times more than the standard.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on June 10, 2025, shows the Water Plaza at the World Exposition in Osaka where a water show has been suspended following the detection in early June of legionella bacteria 20 times more than the standard.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on June 5, 2025, shows a water-playing area for children in the Forest of Tranquility at the World Exposition in Osaka. Public access to a pond in the area is currently prohibited following the detection of legionella bacteria 20 times more than the standard.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on June 5, 2025, shows a water-playing area for children in the Forest of Tranquility at the World Exposition in Osaka. Public access to a pond in the area is currently prohibited following the detection of legionella bacteria 20 times more than the standard.

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Toyama makes New York Times's list of 52 places to go in 2025

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a building housing Toyama Glass Art Museum in Toyama, a central Japan city selected for the New York Times's list of "52 places to go in 2025." The newspaper called the museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, "a towering cathedral of timber and light."

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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Anti-war demonstration in New York

People gather at Times Square in New York on Oct. 5, 2024, to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza ahead of the first anniversary on Oct. 7 of the start of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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Anti-war demonstration in New York

People gather at Times Square in New York on Oct. 5, 2024, to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza ahead of the first anniversary on Oct. 7 of the start of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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Anti-war demonstration in New York

People gather at Times Square in New York on Oct. 5, 2024, to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza ahead of the first anniversary on Oct. 7 of the start of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times the previous day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times the previous day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (back, R) meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in New York on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in New York on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Japan-bound tourism promotion event in New York

Waitresses serve a small portion of soba noodles into contestants' bowls during an all-you-can-eat soba-eating contest at Japan Village in New York on Aug. 31, 2024. The contest was part of a Japan tourism promotion event, with Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, home of the popular "wanko soba" noodles, and Yamaguchi in western Japan, taking part. Morioka was listed second on the New York Times' list of "52 Places to Go in 2023" and Yamaguchi third on the list of "52 Places to Go in 2024."

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Photo shows a tattoo on a swimmer that features the Japanese proverb "Fall down seven times, get up eight," meaning to never give up, during a swimming event at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Ohtani, his interpreter Mizuhara

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara attend a press conference in Seoul on March 16, 2024, prior to Major League Baseball's season-opening two-game series. Mizuhara was dismissed on March 20, after allegations surfaced that he stole millions of dollars of Ohtani's money, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Ohtani, his interpreter Mizuhara

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara watch Major League Baseball's season-opening game against the San Diego Padres from the dugout at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome on March 20, 2024. Mizuhara was dismissed the same day after allegations surfaced that he stole millions of dollars of Ohtani's money, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Ohtani, his interpreter Mizuhara

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara watch Major League Baseball's season-opening game against the San Diego Padres from the dugout at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome on March 20, 2024. Mizuhara was dismissed the same day after allegations surfaced that he stole millions of dollars of Ohtani's money, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Baseball: Ohtani's interpreter Mizuhara

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2023, in Los Angeles shows Ippei Mizuhara, Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter. Mizuhara was dismissed on March 20, 2024, after allegations surfaced that he stole millions of dollars of Ohtani's money, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Annual equestrian event at Mie shrine

A horse and its rider attempt to get over a 2-meter-high mud wall at Tado Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, on May 4, 2023, during a festival to pray for good harvests. The festival is said to date back to the 14th century, and it is believed the greater the number of times the horse makes it over the wall, the larger the crop yield in the region.

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Annual wall-climbing event at Mie shrine

A horse and its rider attempt to get over a 2-meter-high mud wall at Tado Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, on May 4, 2023, during a festival to pray for good harvests. The festival is said to date back to the 14th century, and it is believed the greater the number of times the horse makes it over the wall, the larger the crop yield in the region.

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Japan probe lands on Moon

Photo taken at a Sharp Corp. plant in Yamatokoriyama in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 19, 2024, shows a solar battery, weighing about five times less than a conventional solar panel, mounted on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's SLIM lunar lander. The spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon in the small hours of Jan. 20, marking Japan's first lunar landing.

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Countdown event in NY's Times Square

People celebrate New Year during a countdown event on New York's Times Square in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2024.

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Countdown event in NY's Times Square

People celebrate New Year during a countdown event on New York's Times Square in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2024.

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Chip design firm ARM debuts on Nasdaq

An electronic bulletin board outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square displays chip design firm ARM Holdings CEO Rene Haas (C) taking part in the opening bell ceremony as his company began trading on the high tech-focused market on Sept. 14, 2023.

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Palestinian athletes look forward to Hangzhou Asian Games: official

STORY: Palestinian athletes look forward to Hangzhou Asian Games: official DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial shots of Hangzhou 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): NADER JAYOUSI, Head of Palestine Asian Games delegation 3. various of Hangzhou Asian Games related footage STORYLINE: According to a senior Palestinian official, over 100 Palestinian athletes are preparing for the 19th Asian Games, which will open on Sept. 23 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. They are looking forward to this high-level sports event. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): NADER JAYOUSI, Head of Palestine Asian Games delegation "This is my first visit to China, and some of our athletes have visited China many times. We expect China to show a high level of performance in organizing events. During the preparations for the event, I had exchanges with Chinese friends on organization, registration, transportation, etc. Obviously, there is no problem, I think this Asian Games i

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use to ascend the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front, R) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front) begins climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.