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CO2-reducing pavement at Osaka expo

CO2-reducing pavement at Osaka expo

Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025, shows pavement on the premises of Germany's pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, made of blocks containing woodchips for absorption and containment of carbon dioxide emissions in the air.

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TICAD in Yokohama

TICAD in Yokohama

Norihiko Ishiguro, chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization, speaks during a public-private dialogue session in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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TICAD in Yokohama

TICAD in Yokohama

Akihiko Tanaka (L), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during a public-private dialogue session in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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TICAD in Yokohama

TICAD in Yokohama

Akihiko Tanaka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during a public-private dialogue session in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Early-ripening rice in Japan

Early-ripening rice in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025, shows early-ripening rice just before harvesting in Tako in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba.

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Early-ripening rice in Japan

Early-ripening rice in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025, shows early-ripening rice harvested in Tako in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates after their win in a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates after their win in a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates after their win in a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts to a hit by one of his teammates in a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies from the dugout at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers smiles in the dugout during a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (L) exchanges low fives with catcher Reese McGuire, after throwing the seventh inning in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 21, 2025, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Brice Turang of the Milwaukee Brewers in the second inning of a baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga heads to the mound in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga is greeted by teammates in the dugout after throwing seven innings in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga reacts after ending the top of the fifth inning in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga pitches in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 21, 2025, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga pitches in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 21, 2025, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga pitches in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 21, 2025, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Baseball: Brewers vs. Cubs

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga pitches in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 21, 2025, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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South African President Ramaphosa in Japan

South African President Ramaphosa in Japan

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gives an interview in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2025.

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South Sudan's foreign minister in Japan

South Sudan's foreign minister in Japan

South Sudan's foreign minister Semaya Kumba gives an interview in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Cameroonian prime minister in Japan

Cameroonian prime minister in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) holds talks with Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute (2nd from R) in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Cameroonian prime minister in Japan

Cameroonian prime minister in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) shakes hands with Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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S. African president in Japan

S. African president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) holds talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd from R) in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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S. African president in Japan

S. African president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) holds talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd from R) in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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S. African president in Japan

S. African president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Self-driving truck test

Self-driving truck test

A truck driver takes his hands off the steering wheel during an autonomous driving test in a logistics facility in Shirosato in the eastern Japan prefecture of Ibaraki on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Self-driving truck test

Self-driving truck test

A truck driver takes his hands off the steering wheel during an autonomous driving test in a logistics facility in Shirosato in the eastern Japan prefecture of Ibaraki on Aug. 21, 2025.

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High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

Matsumoto Arigasaki Senior High School students perform calligraphy in a high school calligraphy contest at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025. The public school based in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, won the title.

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High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

High school calligraphy contest at Osaka expo

Matsumoto Arigasaki Senior High School students perform calligraphy in a high school calligraphy contest at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025. The public school based in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, won the title.

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Snowboard: Beijing Olympic champ Hirano

Snowboard: Beijing Olympic champ Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, performs during a skateboard event in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Snowboard: Beijing Olympic champ Hirano

Snowboard: Beijing Olympic champ Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, speaks during a skateboard event in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Farm minister, Osaka gov. visit Osaka expo

Farm minister, Osaka gov. visit Osaka expo

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from L) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (L) meet the press during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Farm minister, Osaka gov. visit Osaka expo

Farm minister, Osaka gov. visit Osaka expo

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura meet the press during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Central African Republic's president in Japan

Central African Republic's president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) holds talks with Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera (2nd from R) in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Central African Republic's president in Japan

Central African Republic's president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) shakes hands with Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Rwandan foreign minister in Japan

Rwandan foreign minister in Japan

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe gives an interview in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Gambian vice president in Japan

Gambian vice president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) holds talks with Gambian Vice President Muhammad Jallow (far R) in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Gambian vice president in Japan

Gambian vice president in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) shakes hands with Gambian Vice President Muhammad Jallow in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Public-private business dialog in Yokohama

Public-private business dialog in Yokohama

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a speech at a public-private business dialog held on the fringes of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development on Aug. 21, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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IFAD head in Japan

IFAD head in Japan

International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario gives an interview in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C, L) and former Empress Michiko (C, R) arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Ex-Japan emperor, empress in Karuizawa for retreat

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko arrive at JR Karuizawa Station in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2025, for a nine-day retreat. (Pool photo)

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U.N. chief in Japan

U.N. chief in Japan

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is pictured after attending a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2025.

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U.N. chief in Japan

U.N. chief in Japan

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is pictured after attending a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2025.

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