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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja meets the press in Naha on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after Genta Koja, a candidate backed by her Liberal Democratic Party, won the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to support a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after Genta Koja, a candidate backed by her Liberal Democratic Party, won the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to support a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja reads a newspaper in Naha on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja reads a newspaper in Naha on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja meets the press in Naha on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja meets the press in Naha on Sept. 14, 2026, a day after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Liberal Democratic Pary Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki meets the press at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2026, after LDP-backed Genta Koja won the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to support a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Liberal Democratic Pary Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki meets the press at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2026, after LDP-backed Genta Koja won the Okinawa gubernatorial election, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to support a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja meets the press after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha on Sept. 13, 2026, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja (back, L) meets the press after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha on Sept. 13, 2026, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja celebrates after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha on Sept. 13, 2026, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja receives a bouquet after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha on Sept. 13, 2026, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial election

Genta Koja receives a bouquet after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha on Sept. 13, 2026, becoming the southern island prefecture's first leader in 12 years to back a key U.S. base relocation plan.

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New Zealand warship makes port call in Yokosuka

New Zealand navy personnel pose for a photo with members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as the patrol vessel Te Mana makes a port call at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2026.

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Baseball: Nationals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani chats with third base coach Dino Ebel in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 2026, as he remains out of the lineup for a fourth straight day.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea hold East China Sea drill

Japanese Defense Ministry Joint Staff Operations Department chief Yoshiyasu Ishimaki (L) and U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost (C) speak to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2026, as Japan, the United States and South Korea launch a trilateral multidomain exercise in the East China Sea.

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Baseball: Blue Jays vs. Royals

Kazuma Okamoto (L) of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates with first base coach Mark Budzinski after hitting an RBI single in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sept. 5, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani steals second base in the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani steals second base in the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (R) is greeted by teammates Tommy Edman (L) and Shohei Ohtani at home base after his three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani heads to first base after being hit by a pitch in the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and Tommy Edman greet Freddie Freeman at home base after scoring on Freeman's three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani heads to first base after drawing a walk in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Italian Navy vessel docks in Yokosuka

The Giovanni delle Bande Nere, an Italian Navy multi-purpose offshore patrol vessel, makes a port call at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Astros

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox runs to third base on a single by teammate Miguel Vargas in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park in Houston on Aug. 31, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Astros

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox runs to third base on a single by teammate Miguel Vargas in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park in Houston on Aug. 31, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Astros

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox runs to third base on a single by teammate Miguel Vargas in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park in Houston on Aug. 31, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reaches second base after hitting a double in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani runs to third base on a single by Freddie Freeman in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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China: Enormous Waterspout Reaches Into Dark Clouds Over Hohhot

An enormous funnel cloud appeared to connect the ground with the sky above Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, on August 20, 2026, as a massive rotating column rose into dark storm clouds. Video shows the towering vortex twisting beneath the cloud base, creating the striking impression of a link between earth and sky.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani slides to third base after hitting a triple in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 25, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani attempts to steal second base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reaches third base on a single by first baseman Freddie Freeman in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani runs to third base on a single by first baseman Freddie Freeman in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) steals second base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) steals second base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 23, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) steals second base in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 21, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) steals second base in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Aug. 21, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Mets vs. White Sox

Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami (L) poses on first base after hitting a single in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Rate Field in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Cubs

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs heads to first base after drawing a walk in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Cubs

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs celebrates with first base coach Jose Javier as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (back) runs to first base after hitting a single in the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 17, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Tigers

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox heads to third base on a single by teammate Andrew Benintendi in the third inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Tigers

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox heads for second base after hitting a double in the third inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani strikes a pose on third base after hitting an RBI triple in the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani returns to the dugout after popping out to third base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.

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Baseball: Brewers vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani heads to third base after hitting an RBI triple in the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2026.