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U.N. disaster reduction office chief

Mami Mizutori, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Reduction, gives an interview in Geneva on Dec. 12, 2023.

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U.N. disaster reduction office chief

Mami Mizutori, head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Reduction, gives an interview in Geneva on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Baseball: Ohtani's No. 17 Dodgers jersey

A No. 17 Los Angeles Dodgers replica jersey of two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani is pictured at a sporting goods store in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2023. Ohtani has agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the club, his agent's office said Dec. 9.

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Baseball: Ohtani's No. 17 Dodgers jerseys

Two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani's No. 17 Los Angeles Dodgers replica jerseys (C, bottom) are sold at a sporting goods store in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2023. Ohtani has agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the club, his agent's office said Dec. 9.

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Baseball: Ohtani's No. 17 Dodgers jerseys

Two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani's No. 17 Los Angeles Dodgers replica jerseys are sold at a sporting goods store in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2023. Ohtani has agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the club, his agent's office said Dec. 9.

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Baseball: Ohtani's No. 17 Dodgers jerseys

Two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani's No. 17 Los Angeles Dodgers replica jerseys are sold at a sporting goods store in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2023. Ohtani has agreed to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the club, his agent's office said Dec. 9.

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U.N. General Assembly agrees to demand cease-fire in Gaza

The U.N. General Assembly adopts a resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during an unscheduled session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Football: Champions League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (bottom) and Inter Milan's Carlos Augusto clash in a contest for the ball during a Champions League football match in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Football: Champions League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) and Inter Milan's Federico Dimarco vie for the ball during a Champions League football match in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Football: Champions League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (R) heads the ball during a Champions League football match against Inter Milan in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Football: Champions League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (R) dribbles the ball during a Champions League football match against Inter Milan in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Ex-Japan GSDF member Gonoi

Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Dec. 12, 2023, after the court convicted three former GSDF members for acts of sexual indecency in 2021 committed against her. Gonoi made the rare move of coming forward to report the offenses.

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Ex-Japan GSDF member Gonoi

Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Dec. 12, 2023, after the court convicted three former GSDF members for acts of sexual indecency in 2021 committed against her. Gonoi made the rare move of coming forward to report the offenses.

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Ex-Japan GSDF member Gonoi

Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Dec. 12, 2023, after the court convicted three former GSDF members for acts of sexual indecency in 2021 committed against her. Gonoi made the rare move of coming forward to report the offenses.

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Ex-Japan GSDF member Gonoi

Rina Gonoi, who filed a civil lawsuit over sexual harassment she was subjected to while serving in Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, walks to the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern city of Fukushima to attend the trial on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Ex-Japan GSDF member Gonoi

Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Dec. 12, 2023, after the court convicted three former GSDF members for acts of sexual indecency in 2021 committed against her. Gonoi made the rare move of coming forward to report the offenses.

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No-confidence motion against Japan's top gov't spokesman voted down

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023, after the House of Representatives voted down earlier in the day a no-confidence motion against Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, submitted by the main opposition party over a political fundraising scandal.

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No-confidence motion against Japan's top gov't spokesman voted down

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023, after the House of Representatives voted down earlier in the day a no-confidence motion against Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, submitted by the main opposition party over a political fundraising scandal.

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No-confidence motion against Japan's top gov't spokesman voted down

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno bows during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023, after the lower house voted down earlier in the day a no-confidence motion against the top government spokesman, submitted by the main opposition party over a political fundraising scandal.

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U.S. ambassador to NATO

U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Julianne Smith meets the press at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Kanji for "tax" chosen to symbolize Japan's social mood in 2023

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "zei," meaning tax, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2023. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as tax-related issues hit headlines, including the government's temporary income tax cut of 40,000 yen per person planned next fiscal year.

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Japan's oldest person dies at 116

Photo taken in Kashiwara in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on June 30, 2022, shows 115-year-old Fusa Tatsumi, who became Japan's oldest person when a 119-year-old woman died in April 2022. Tatsumi died on Dec. 12, 2023, at age 116.

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Japan's top government spokesman

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (C) arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023, after the nation's largest opposition party submitted a no-confidence motion against him the previous day over a faction fundraising scandal.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2023.

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Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken on Dec. 12, 2022, shows the No. 3 (L) and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama, central Japan. The No.4 reactor was automatically halted on Jan. 30, 2023, after an alert went off warning of a rapid decrease in the number of neutrons within the unit.