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New Year's Eve bell-ringing rehearsal at Kyoto temple

Monks ring a giant bell at Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2025, in a rehearsal for a bell-ringing ritual on New Year's Eve.

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New Year's Eve bell-ringing rehearsal at Kyoto temple

Monks ring a giant bell at Chion-in temple in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2025, in a rehearsal for a bell-ringing ritual on New Year's Eve.

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Icebreaker Shirase off Japan Antarctic base

The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrives at the closest point to Japan's Syowa Station in the Antarctic on Dec. 27, 2025. (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Icebreaker Shirase off Japan Antarctic base

The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrives at the closest point to Japan's Syowa Station (back, L) in the Antarctic on Dec. 27, 2025. (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Icebreaker Shirase off Japan Antarctic base

The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrives at the closest point to Japan's Syowa Station (back, L) in the Antarctic on Dec. 27, 2025. (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dea

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Fatal vehicle pileup on eastern Japan expressway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a 67-vehicle pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Minakami in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025. The pileup occurred on the evening of Dec. 26, after vehicles lost traction on the icy road surface, triggering collisions stretching over about 300 meters and leaving two people dead.

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Year-end ritual at Nachi Falls

Priests from Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine replace a giant sacred "shimenawa" rope with a new one above Nachi Falls during a year-end ritual in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2025.

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Year-end holiday travelers

A departure lobby for domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on Dec. 27, 2025, with people heading to their hometowns, resort areas and elsewhere for year-end and New Year holidays.

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Year-end holiday travelers

A departure lobby for domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on Dec. 27, 2025, with people heading to their hometowns, resort areas and elsewhere for year-end and New Year holidays.

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Year-end holiday travelers

A departure lobby for domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on Dec. 27, 2025, with people heading to their hometowns, resort areas and elsewhere for year-end and New Year holidays.

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Year-end holiday travelers

A departure lobby for domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded on Dec. 27, 2025, with people heading to their hometowns, resort areas and elsewhere for year-end and New Year holidays.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a speech in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea votes to impeach Acting President Han

South Korea's parliament votes in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2024, to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck Soo.

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Japan main opposition party head Noda

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Foreign Minister Iwaya

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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S. Korea court holds preparatory hearing over Yoon's impeachment

South Korea's Constitutional Court holds its first preparatory hearing in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2024, for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration in early December.

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S. Korea court holds preparatory hearing over Yoon's impeachment

South Korea's Constitutional Court holds its first preparatory hearing in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2024, for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration in early December.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki at press conference

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki holds a press conference at the prefectural government office in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Nikkei tops 40,000 mark

A monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 40,000 threshold during the morning session on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japanese prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Construction work continues off Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japanese prefecture.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Former Japan PM Kishida meets incumbent PM Ishiba

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) leaves after having lunch with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Former Japan PM Kishida meets incumbent PM Ishiba

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, for talks over lunch with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (facing camera) poses for a photo at the mound of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles prior to an introductory press conference on Dec. 27, 2023. The National League baseball club announced a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2023, shows Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles during an introductory press conference by newly signed right-hand pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The National League baseball club announced a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) prepares to attend an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023, as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2nd from R) attends an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023, as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (C) prepares to attend an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023, as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto smiles as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto speaks as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto speaks as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto speaks as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wears No. 18 jersey as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wears No. 18 jersey as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Baseball: Dodgers announce deal with Japan pitcher

Newly signed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wears No. 18 jersey as the National League baseball club announces a 12-year deal with the prize Japanese pitcher during an introductory press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2023.