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Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa

File photo taken on Dec. 16, 1950, at an unknown location shows Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa.

Japan PM Ishiba at parliamentary session

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raises his hand to speak at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba at parliamentary session

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japanese Princess Kako attends an award ceremony for companies and other organizations that contributed to urban afforestation on Dec. 16, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japanese Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japanese Princess Kako addresses an award ceremony for companies and other organizations that contributed to urban afforestation on Dec. 16, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japanese Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japanese Princess Kako addresses an award ceremony for companies and other organizations that contributed to urban afforestation on Dec. 16, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (L) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (C) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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South Korean ruling party leader Han Dong Hoon

South Korea's ruling People Power Party leader Han Dong Hoon speaks at a press conference at the parliament in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2024.

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South Korean ruling party leader Han Dong Hoon

South Korea's ruling People Power Party leader Han Dong Hoon speaks at a press conference at the parliament in Seoul on Dec. 16, 2024.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

A child heads to an elementary school escorted by a guardian in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Dec. 16, 2024, with a man believed responsible for stabbing two junior high school students in a local McDonald's restaurant two days earlier remaining at large. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died. ==Kyodo

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Shizuoka Pref. launches tourist campaign amid COVID pandemic

Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2020, shows panels featuring characters from popular Japanese anime Yuru Camp, literally translated as "laid-back camp," beside rental car counters at Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. Local authorities launched a campaign earlier in the month offering camping and outdoor goods on a rental basis for rental car users planning to visit camping sites in Shizuoka Prefecture, in response to dwindling tourist numbers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 16, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 16, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Japanese icebreaker ship plows through Antarctic

Japanese Antarctic observation ship, the icebreaker Shirase, plows through settled ice in the Antarctic on Dec. 16, 2023, carrying Japan's 65th Antarctic expedition team. The ship is expected to anchor at the closest point to Japan's Showa base in the Antarctic later this month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese icebreaker ship plows through Antarctic

Japanese Antarctic observation ship, the icebreaker Shirase, plows through settled ice in the Antarctic on Dec. 16, 2023, carrying Japan's 65th Antarctic expedition team. The ship is expected to anchor at the closest point to Japan's Showa base in the Antarctic later this month. (Pool photo)

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Photo session on eve of special Japan-ASEAN summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, 4th from L) and his wife Yuko (front row, 5th from L) pose for a photo at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023, together with leaders of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the eve of a special summit to mark the 50th anniversary of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the 10-member group. (Pool photo)

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Dinner on eve of special Japan-ASEAN summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from R) and his wife Yuko (2nd from R) are pictured at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023, during a banquet with leaders of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the eve of a special summit to mark the 50th anniversary of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the 10-member group. (Pool photo)

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Dinner on eve of special Japan-ASEAN summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023, at a dinner with leaders of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the eve of a special summit to mark the 50th anniversary of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the 10-member group. (Pool photo)

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Dinner on eve of special Japan-ASEAN summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, back) speaks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023, at a dinner with leaders of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the eve of a special summit to mark the 50th anniversary of friendship and cooperation between Japan and the 10-member group. (Pool photo)

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Top gov't spokesman meets college students over abduction issue

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (facing camera) meets in Tokyo with college students on Dec. 16, 2023, to discuss how the subject of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s should be taught at school.

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Thai PM in Tokyo

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Top gov't spokesman meets college students over abduction issue

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) meets in Tokyo with college students on Dec. 16, 2023, to discuss how the subject of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s should be taught at school.

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Thai PM in Tokyo

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Symposium on abduction issue

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a government-sponsored symposium on Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Symposium on abduction issue

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a government-sponsored symposium on Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Symposium on abduction issue

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, speaks during a government-sponsored symposium on the abduction issue in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Vietnamese PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Vietnamese PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Indonesian president in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Indonesian president in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Lao PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) holds talks with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (far L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Lao PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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East Timor PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds talks with East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (3rd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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East Timor PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Singapore PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) holds talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Singapore PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Indonesian foreign minister in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) holds talks with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Brunei Sultan Bolkiah in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds talks with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Brunei Sultan Bolkiah in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Malaysian PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (3rd from L) prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Malaysian PM in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2023.

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Scene in Kyiv

Family members spend time under an emergency light on Dec. 16, 2022, as a power outage hits their home in Kyiv following Russian missile attacks.

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Scene in Kyiv

Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2022, shows Ukraine's capital Kyiv draped in darkness following Russian missile attacks.

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Scene in Kyiv

Family members spend time under candlelight on Dec. 16, 2022, as a power outage hits their home in Kyiv following Russian missile attacks.

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Scene in Kyiv

A resident walks in Kyiv during a power outage following Russian missile attacks on Dec. 16, 2022.

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Japan PM Kishida speaks on defense policy shift

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2022. Japan decided the same day to acquire the capability to strike enemy bases and double defense spending in a dramatic shift in its postwar security policy.

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Japan PM Kishida speaks on defense policy shift

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2022. Japan decided the same day to acquire the capability to strike enemy bases and double defense spending in a dramatic shift in its postwar security policy.