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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Combined photo shows the presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- attending a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kaori Sakamoto performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Wakaba Higuchi performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Shun Sato performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Yuma Kagiyama performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kaori Sakamoto performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Yuma Kagiyama performs during the exhibition gala of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan Motor Co. President Makoto Uchida attends a joint press conference with presidents of Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Takao Kato attends a joint press conference with presidents of Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Honda Motor Co. President Toshihiro Mibe attends a joint press conference with presidents of Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Nissan Motor Co. President Makoto Uchida and Honda Motor Co. President Toshihiro Mibe attend a joint press conference with Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- pose for photos after attending a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- pose for photos after attending a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Three major Japanese automakers' logos

Three major Japanese automakers' logos

Combined file photo shows the logos of Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., three major Japanese automakers. Honda and Nissan said on Dec. 23, 2024, that they have agreed to begin talks on a merger, while Mitsubishi, Nissan's partner, will decide by the end of January 2025 whether to join the merger.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi automakers' joint press conference

(From L) Presidents of Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. -- Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe and Takao Kato -- attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit Wajima

Temporary housing in quake-hit Wajima

Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2024, shows temporary housing completed nearly a year after a New Year's Day earthquake devastated Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit Wajima

Temporary housing in quake-hit Wajima

Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2024, shows temporary housing completed nearly a year after a New Year's Day earthquake devastated Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa.

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Former Nissan Motor Chairman Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor Chairman Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn (on screen), who fled Japan in December 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, speaks during an online press conference linking Lebanon's capital Beirut with the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Former Nissan Motor Chairman Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor Chairman Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn (on screen), who fled Japan in December 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, speaks during an online press conference linking Lebanon's capital Beirut with the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Keidanren chairman Tokura

Keidanren chairman Tokura

Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Sumo: Kotozakura

Sumo: Kotozakura

Ozeki Kotozakura holds a press conference at his stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12. Winner of the Emperor's Cup in the November Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, Kotozakura seeks promotion to sumo's highest-ranked yokozuna during the forthcoming tournament.

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1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

A memorial service is held at a Japan Coast Guard base at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 2 of a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft on a runway at the airport that killed five coast guard members.

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1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

A memorial service is held at a Japan Coast Guard base at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 2 of a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft on a runway at the airport that killed five coast guard members.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Figure skating: Spots for March worlds in Boston announced

Figure skating: Spots for March worlds in Boston announced

Yuma Kagiyama (front, L) and Kaori Sakamoto (front, R) attend a press conference in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2024, after winning the gold medals in the men's and women' events at the national figure skating championships in the western Japan city. Their victories helped them earn spots for the world figure skating championships slated for March in Boston, together with pairs gold medalists Riku Miura (back, L) and Ryuichi Kihara.

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Figure skating: Kagiyama qualifies for worlds

Figure skating: Kagiyama qualifies for worlds

Yuma Kagiyama speaks during a press conference in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2024, after winning gold in the men's event at the national figure skating championships in the western Japan city. The victory helped him earn a spot for the world figure skating championships slated for March in Boston.

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Figure skating: Sakamoto qualifies for worlds

Figure skating: Sakamoto qualifies for worlds

Kaori Sakamoto speaks during a press conference in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2024, after winning gold in the women's event at the national figure skating championships in the western Japan city. The victory helped her earn a spot for the world figure skating championships slated for March in Boston.

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