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Snowboarding: Ayumu Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, attends an event in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February 2026. Hirano won the World Cup opener in the current season in China earlier in the month.

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Snowboarding: Ayumu Hirano

Ayumu Hirano, the 2022 Beijing Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe gold medalist, attends an event in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February 2026. Hirano won the World Cup opener in the current season in China earlier in the month.

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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Baseball: Japanese major leaguer Yoshida

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts, shows Major League Baseball player Masataka Yoshida, who joined the Boston Red Sox.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama poses for a photo as he gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022.

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Scene in China

People line up for fever outpatient services at a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia's head coach Zlatko Dalic watches his players during a training session in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia's Josko Gvardiol speaks at a press conference in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic trains in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia's Ivan Perisic (L) trains with teammates in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia's Luka Modric (C) trains with teammates in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Croatia's Josko Gvardiol trains in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, two days before a World Cup third-place football match against Morocco.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Argentina's Angel Di Maria (R) trains in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, three days before a World Cup final football match against France.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Argentina players train in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, three days before a World Cup final football match against France.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni (front) watches his players during the team's training session in Doha on Dec. 15, 2022, three days before a World Cup final football match against France.

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Baseball: Red Sox, Yoshida agree to deal

Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida shows his No. 7 jersey at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox.

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Red Sox, Japanese outfielder Yoshida agree to deal

Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida puts on a team cap at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox.

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Baseball: Red Sox, Yoshida agree to deal

Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida speaks at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox.

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Baseball: Red Sox, Yoshida agree to deal

Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida speaks at an introductory press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 15, 2022, after joining the Boston Red Sox.

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Japan-Georgia talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (front, R) holds talks with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili (front, L) in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Georgia talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) shakes hands with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Japan's farm export promotion policy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a persimmon at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, after a farm cooperative head in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Ukiha, southwestern Japan, gives it to him during a meeting. Kishida asked the cooperative head to back the government's policy of promoting agricultural, forestry and fisheries exports.

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Year of Rabbit in 2023

Photo shows a giant "ema" votive tablet featuring an illustration of rabbits at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2022, ahead of the start of the Year of Rabbit in 2023.

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International cruise ship services from Japan resumes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru (front) leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship services from Japan resumes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship services from Japan resumes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru prior to leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship services from Japan resumes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the cruise ship Nippon Maru leaving Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship service from Japan resumes

People see off the cruise ship Nippon Maru as it departs from Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship service from Japan resumes

People see off the cruise ship Nippon Maru as it departs from Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship service from Japan resumes

People see off the cruise ship Nippon Maru as it departs from Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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International cruise ship service from Japan resumes

People see off the cruise ship Nippon Maru as it departs from Yokohama port near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2022, marking the resumption of cruise ship operations from Japan following a hiatus of about two years and nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Scene in China

People wait for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People receive medicine at a pharmacy in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People wait for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People line up for fever outpatient services at a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People line up for fever outpatient services at a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People line up for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Scene in China

People line up for fever outpatient services in a gym in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2022, after China recently eased its "zero-COVID" policy.

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Giant votive at western Japan shrine

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2022, at Kumanonachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of rabbits, the next year's Chinese zodiac sign.