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Sumo: London tournament

A sumo ring is under reconstruction at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 13, 2025, ahead of a five-day sumo tournament from Oct. 15. About 120 sumo wrestlers will take part in the event, the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years.

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Sumo: London tournament

A sumo ring is under reconstruction at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 13, 2025, ahead of a five-day sumo tournament from Oct. 15. About 120 sumo wrestlers will take part in the event, the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 13, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2024, two days before its official start.

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2024, two days before its official start.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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Art festival in Niigata Pref.

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi speaks during the opening ceremony for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13, 2024. Artists from about 40 countries will display over 300 artworks for the art festival, which will be held through Nov. 10 on a 760-square-kilometer field straddling Tokamachi and Tsunan.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in water tanks during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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Goldfish festival in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a water tank during a goldfish festival at Art Aquarium Museum Ginza in Tokyo on July 13, 2024. About 150 fish tanks containing a total of 5,000 goldfish are on display at the special summer event that runs through Sept. 25.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company's plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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Maglev train tunnel

A 710-meter tunnel is completed in Fujikawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2023, for Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev trains that will run between Nagoya and Tokyo at speeds of about 500 kilometers per hour.

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Maglev train tunnel

A 710-meter tunnel is completed in Fujikawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2023, for Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev trains that will run between Nagoya and Tokyo at speeds of about 500 kilometers per hour.

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Japanese "war orphans" visit tombs of Chinese foster parents in Harbin

HARBIN, July 16 Kyodo - A group of about 30 Japanese "war orphans" and their family members visit tombs honoring their foster parents in suburban Harbin in the northeastern Chinese Province of Heilongjiang Province on July 13, 2015. The visitors, who got separated from their parents toward the end of World War II and later returned to Japan, traveled to Beijing on July 14 for a meeting with a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official.

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Kyoto's Kiyomizu temple lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The wooden stage of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward is lit up on a trial basis on Nov. 13, 2014. About 500 lights illuminated the temple, one of Japan's most celebrated temples, founded in 780 in the wooded hills east of Kyoto. The stage just out from the temple's main hall is 13 meters above the hillside below.

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Kyoto's Kiyomizu temple lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The wooden stage of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward is lit up on a trial basis on Nov. 13, 2014. About 500 lights illuminated the temple, one of Japan's most celebrated temples, founded in 780 in the wooded hills east of Kyoto. The stage just out from the temple's main hall is 13 meters above the hillside below.

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Kyoto's Kiyomizu temple lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The wooden stage of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward is lit up on a trial basis on Nov. 13, 2014. About 500 lights illuminated the temple, one of Japan's most celebrated temples, founded in 780 in the wooded hills east of Kyoto. The stage just out from the temple's main hall is 13 meters above the hillside below.

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her two children ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in a 30-minute trial ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A screen monitor inside a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train shows the train running at a speed of 500 km/h during a demonstration ride on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - A screen monitor inside a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train shows the train running at a speed of 500 km/h during a demonstration ride on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. The railway company aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Maglev train demonstration ride for general public

TSURU, Japan - About 100 people take a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train on Nov. 13, 2014. The railway company conducted a 30-minute ride for them on a test line of 42.8 kilometers between Fuefuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. It aims to start operation of the train, capable of running at a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, in 2027. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - A boy holds his ticket for a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2014. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line in the prefecture to experience the speed of 500 kilometers per hour. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her child await the departure in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2014 of a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train for its 30-minute demonstration ride. About 100 people experienced the speed of 500 kilometers per hour during the ride. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - A mother and her child walk through a boarding gate in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2014, to participate in a demonstration ride on a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train. About 100 people took part in the 30-minute ride on a test line in the prefecture to experience the speed of 500 kilometers per hour. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Demonstration ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - People step into a Central Japan Railway Co. L0 series maglev train in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2014 for a 30-minute demonstration ride. About 100 people experienced the speed of 500 kilometers per hour during the ride. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A police officer grabs the arm of a man wearing a mask and holding a metal tool, who is against protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014. About 1,000 people who support mainland China and are opposed to pro-democracy protests gathered in Admiralty, where the government headquarters is located, the same day.

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Disaster-hit 'miracle pine' in Rikuzentakata, Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - The "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was the only tree to survive among a forest of about 70,000 pines swept away by tsunami in March 2011, stands tall on Feb. 13, 2014. The tree went through preservation work after its roots died due to exposure to seawater, and replica branches were added to restore its appearance.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). People still live in temporary housing units (R) on the school ground, where survivors wrote "SOS." (L).

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 'prepaid card' service in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean actor Jang Keun Suk (2nd from L) poses with officials from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. and South Korea's Hana SK Card Co. during a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2012. Sumitomo Mitsui Card said at the press conference it will launch a "prepaid card" service on Nov. 14 for Japanese travelers visiting South Korea, which can be used at about 2.2 million shops affiliated with Hana SK Card.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). A shopping area has been established at bottom R.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tohoku

IWAKI, Japan - Some blossoms bloom on the someiyoshino breed of cherry tree in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13, 2012. The tree, located some 300 meters from seashore, was flooded about 80 meters high at the time of the March 2011 tsunami.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with Japan women's national soccer team coach Norio Sasaki (2nd from L, front) and team captain Homare Sawa (2nd from R, front) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (C front), author of the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' and Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura (R) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Explosion at French nuclear facility

CODOLET, France - An official of the Codolet village in Gard, southern France, shows packages of iodine in stock at the village office on Sept. 13, 2011. A furnace exploded the previous day at a nuclear waste treatment facility, known as the Marcoule site, located about 2 kilometers from the village. One person was killed, but no radioactive material leaked out.

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Militants attack U.S. embassy in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan soldier (front) stands near a building under construction (R back) at Abdul Haq square, which is about 300 meters from the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban insurgents, who took over the building, launched an attack the same day toward the area of the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, firing rocket-propelled grenades and guns.

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Militants attack U.S. embassy in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Sept. 13, 2011, shows a building under construction at Abdul Haq square, which is about 300 meters from the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents, who took over the building, launched an attack the same day toward the area of the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, firing rocket-propelled grenades and guns.