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Cleaning of Himeji Castle ahead of New Year

KOBE, Japan, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Ground Self-Defense Force members on Dec. 20, 2017, sweep the soot off Himeji Castle, a hilltop castle complex located in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan ahead of New Year. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the castle, known as White Heron Castle because of its brilliant white exterior, is one of the most visited castles in Japan.

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Charity cafe in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Yurie Hane, a member of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network, stands in front of Kalye Cafe in Manila on Oct. 20, 2017. The cafe was set up in September 2015 with the backing of Hane's nonprofit charity organ to support young homeless people in the Philippines.

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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japan's reigning Winter Olympic men's figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu, pictured during official practice at the Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix event in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2017, performs his ritual of touching the ice when he leaves the rink.

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Taipei

People walk past the Taipei Beimen (North Gate) Post Office on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taipei

Photo shows the North Gate in Taipei on Dec. 20, 2017, near the century-old Taipei Beimen (North Gate) Post Office (left). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taipei

Photo shows the newly restored Japanese Railway Administration Building in Taipei on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan sign search and rescue MOU

Mitsuo Ohashi (R), chairman of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, and Taiwan-Japan Relations Association President Chiou I-jen shake hands in Taipei on Dec. 20, 2017, after signing a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation over search and rescue at sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Former Yomiuri starter Mikolas

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2017, shows Miles Mikolas (L), then a Yomiuri Giants starter, fielding a ball during spring training in Naha, southwestern Japan. Mikolas has signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the club announced Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior N. Korean military official likely punished: S. Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) is pictured with Hwang Pyong So, head of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, during a memorial service for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2016. South Korea's National Intelligence Service told a group of lawmakers Nov. 20, 2017, that Hwang and Kim Won Hong, the bureau's deputy chief, might have been punished as the result of a rare inspection carried out on the bureau for the first time in 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani makes partial 18-man list for WBC

Nippon Ham Fighters slugging right-hander Shohei Otani pitches at the speed of 165 kilometers per hour in this file photo taken in Sapporo Dome on Oct. 16, 2016. Otani is among the 18 players who were named to the Japan team for the World Baseball Classic in March 2017 as the organizers released the partial list on Dec. 20, 2016 ahead of the final 28-man squad announcement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's "research whaling"

File photo taken in September 2017 shows a minke whale being landed at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido. Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling, government sources said on Dec. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Space World

Space World amusement park official Naoyuki Shimada (C) and visitors pose for a photo near a Space Shuttle replica in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on Dec. 20, 2017, before its closure on Dec. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indonesian tsunami in 2004

Wirdawati, a 20-year-old Indonesian college student whose grandmother was killed in the massive tsunami that hit Sumatra in 2004, shares her thought on the tragedy on Dec. 23, 2017 with the general public through her letter on the topic, being exhibited at a postal box set up at Aceh Tsunami Museum. The 9.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggering history's deadliest tsunami and leaving more than 160,000 dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legendary Mazda engineer dies

Undated file photo shows the Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S, the world's first rotary-powered production car, launched in 1967. Kenichi Yamamoto, former Mazda president and chief engineer of the team that developed the vehicle, died at 95 on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump on tax bill

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech in Washington on Dec. 20, 2017. The U.S. Congress passed the same day a $1.5 trillion tax bill featuring a cut in the corporate tax rate, in what became Trump's first major legislative victory since taking office in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte Group founder gets jail term, chairman handed suspended sentence

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong Bin leaves the Seoul Central District Court on Dec. 22, 2017, after being handed a suspended 20-month sentence for financial crimes. His father and founder Shin Kyuk Ho was sentenced to a four-year prison term on charges including embezzlement and tax evasion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Olympics: Yoshiro Mori

Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese Prime Minister and the head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, speaks at a press conference after a board of directors meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Tokyo Olympics venue

The rink for Japan's figure skating national championships is set up at Tokyo's Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, as seen on Dec. 20, 2017, for the first sports event to be held there. The site will be the venue for badminton competitions during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda Insight

Honda Motor Co. announces on Dec. 20, 2017, it will revive the hybrid Insight, as seen in undated photo, with a prototype of the new model to be unveiled at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya maglev train station

Construction for the maglev train route's Nagaya Station is underway in the city in central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017. Four major Japanese contractors are being investigated for antitrust violations related to construction of the Tokyo-Osaka maglev train route. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya maglev train station

Construction for the maglev train route's Nagaya Station is underway in the city in central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017. Four major Japanese contractors are being investigated for antitrust violations related to construction of the Tokyo-Osaka maglev train route. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Lights on a stonebridge (foreground) and the "fushimi yagura" turret at Tokyo's Imperial Palace are switched on for a test-run on Dec. 20, 2017, ahead of winter illuminations that will run from Dec. 23, Emperor Akihito's birthday, to Jan. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Rika Kihira

Rika Kihira of Japan skates during official practice ahead of the national championships at Tokyo's Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Shoma Uno

Shoma Uno (L) of Japan gets ready for official practice at the national championships at Tokyo's Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Japan's Seto wins 200m butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne

Daiya Seto of Japan competes during his victory in the men's 200-meter butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne in Switzerland on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Japan's Ohashi wins 400m medley at Swim Cup Lausanne

Yui Ohashi of Japan smiles after winning the women's 400-meter individual medley at Swim Cup Lausanne in Switzerland on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Japan's Ikee wins 50m butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne

Rikako Ikee (front) of Japan competes on her way to winning the women's 50-meter butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne in Switzerland on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Japan's Ikee wins 50m butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne

Rikako Ikee of Japan is pictured on the podium after winning the women's 50-meter butterfly at Swim Cup Lausanne in Switzerland on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan House in L.A.

Customers check out products at Japan House Los Angeles in Hollywood on Dec. 20, 2017. The Japanese government set up shop on the second floor of a shopping mall in the center of Hollywood, partially opening Japan House Los Angeles to promote the country's culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Marseille vs Troyes in French 1st division

Troyes' Stephane Darbion (L) and Marseille's Hiroki Sakai vie for the ball during the second half of a French first-division match at Orange Velodrome in Marseille on Dec. 20, 2017. Marseille won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Heidenheim vs Eintracht in German Cup

Makoto Hasebe (L) of Eintracht Frankfurt keeps the ball ahead of Kevin Lankford of Heidenheim during the first half of a German Cup third-round match at Voith Arena in Heidenheim on Dec. 20, 2017. Eintracht won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Bayern vs Dortmund in German Cup

Shinji Kagawa (R) of Borussia Dortmund shields the ball against Arturo Vidal of Bayern Munich during the second half of a German Cup third-round match at Allianz Arena in Munich on Dec. 20, 2017. Bayern won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Bayern vs Dortmund in German Cup

Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund controls the ball against Javi Martinez of Bayern Munich during the second half of a German Cup third-round match at Allianz Arena in Munich on Dec. 20, 2017. Bayern won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump on tax bill

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech in Washington on Dec. 20, 2017. The U.S. Congress passed the same day a $1.5 trillion tax bill featuring a cut in the corporate tax rate, in what became Trump's first major legislative victory since taking office in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: JSA begins disciplinary measures over Harumafuji scandal

Sumo stablemaster Takanohana attends a meeting of the Japan Sumo Association board of directors in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. A decision on punishment for Takanohana, who failed to fulfill his required reporting duties as the regional tour director, was delayed by the governing body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Pyongyang

People walk in the snow in front of giant portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Pyongyang

A woman looks outside from a bus running in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Pyongyang

A man pushes his bicycle in the snow in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line to start bike-sharing service in Japan with Chinese firm

Takeshi Idezawa (L), president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shakes hands with a senior official of Beijing Mobike Technology Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. Line will launch a bicycle-sharing service in Japan in 2018 through business and capital tie-ups with the Chinese firm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 19% in Jan.-Nov.

Akihiko Tamura, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2017 totaled 26,169,400 by the end of November, up 19.0 percent from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Tokyo fish market to open in October 2018

A council set up by the Tokyo metropolitan government and businesses has a meeting at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji market on Dec. 20, 2017. The council said a new fish market to replace the Tsukiji market will open in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Tokyo fish market to open in October 2018

Hiroyasu Ito (L), head of the Tsukiji Market Association in Tokyo, holds a press conference on Dec. 20, 2017, after attending a council set up by the Tokyo metropolitan government and businesses. The council said a new fish market to replace the famed Tsukiji fish market will open in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Tokyo fish market to open in October 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announces that a new fish market to replace the famed Tsukiji fish market will open in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11, 2018, during a press conference at the metropolitan government building on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Tokyo fish market to open in October 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announces that a new fish market to replace the famed Tsukiji fish market will open in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11, 2018, during a press conference at the metropolitan government building on Dec. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka court orders retrial of ex-nurse's aide convicted of murder

(From L) Mika Nishiyama, a former nurse's aide who was convicted of murdering a male patient in 2003 by removing his respirator at a hospital in Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, and her parents Teruo and Reiko attend a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 20, 2017. The Osaka High Court ordered a retrial for Nishiyama, based on a medical expert's opinion that the patient may have died of heart arrhythmia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's LDP divided over war-renouncing Article 9 revision

Liberal Democratic Party member Hiroyuki Hosoda (C), who heads the Japanese ruling party's panel to promote constitutional reform, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. The party said the same day it is weighing both moderate and drastic revisions of the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, as it summarized its discussions so far. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi transfer of RVR production to Mizushima plant

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. CEO Osamu Masuko (R) and other employees of the Tokyo carmaker stand beside an RVR compact SUV at the Mizushima plant in Okayama Prefecture on Dec. 20, 2017. The company announced the same day it will transfer RVR production from its Okazaki plant in Aichi Prefecture to Mizushima at the end of December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi transfer of RVR production to Mizushima plant

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. CEO Osamu Masuko (3rd from R) and other employees of the Tokyo carmaker raise their fists at a ceremony at the Mizushima plant in Okayama Prefecture on Dec. 20, 2017 to announce the transfer of RVR compact SUV production from its Okazaki plant in Aichi Prefecture to Mizushima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympics: Para sports gym to be built in Tokyo Bay area

Japanese wheelchair rugby national team member Shinichi Shimakawa speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017, after a body promoting Paralympic sports said a new gymnasium exclusively for para sports will be built in the Tokyo Bay area by the end of May 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo hall

Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017, shows a life-size picture of grand champion Hakuho erected in front of Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall, the center of Japan's national sport sumo. The sumo community has been rocked by yokozuna Harumafuji's assault of a lower-ranked wrestler in October, an incident that led to his retirement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo