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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on Dec. 28, 2024, with people heading to their hometowns and resort areas for New Year holidays.

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New Year holiday exodus in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station is crowded on Dec. 28, 2024, with people heading to their hometowns and resort areas for New Year holidays.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

Monks throw charms and amulets onto a fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes during a year-end "otakiage" ritual at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2024.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

Monks throw charms and amulets onto a fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes during a year-end "otakiage" ritual at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2024.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi to assume ISS commander

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Thomas the Tank Engine in Japan

A steam locomotive, modeled on Thomas the Tank Engine and operated by Oigawa Railway Co., is pictured in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Shimada, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. The train will begin operating from the following day to Dec. 25, mainly on weekends.

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TSMC to build 2nd Japan plant in Kumamoto

File photo taken Dec. 28, 2023, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chip plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC announced on Feb. 6, 2024, that it plans to build a second factory in the same prefecture.

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TSMC to build 2nd Japan plant in Kumamoto

File photo taken Dec. 28, 2023, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chip plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC announced on Feb. 6, 2024, that it plans to build a second factory in the same prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

Plaintiffs and others celebrate in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Japanese companies Hitachi Zosen Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay the plaintiffs damages over wartime labor.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L, back) meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) walks around the area where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, in Niigata, Japan, on Dec. 28, 2023.

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Japan's parliament

File photo taken on Dec. 28, 2023, shows Japan's parliament in Tokyo.

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Sumo: Asanoyama

Asanoyama (R) trains at his stable in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting Jan. 14.

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Sumo: Asanoyama

Asanoyama trains at his stable in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, ahead of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament starting Jan. 14.

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Controversial U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a sit-in on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be controversially relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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Controversial U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a sit-in on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be controversially relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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Japanese Defense Minister Kihara

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the Japanese government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture transferred within the southern Japan island prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the local government's objections.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A year-end "otakiage" ritual, in which monks throw charms and amulets onto a temple fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes, is held at Naritasan Shinsho-ji in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2023.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A year-end "otakiage" ritual, in which monks throw charms and amulets onto a temple fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes, is held at Naritasan Shinsho-ji in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2023.

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Charm burning ritual at eastern Japan temple

A year-end "otakiage" ritual, in which monks throw charms and amulets onto a temple fire in appreciation for the granting of worshippers' wishes, is held at Naritasan Shinsho-ji in Narita in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2023.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during an interview at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the Japanese government gave the green light the same day for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base transferred within the the southern island prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the local government's objections.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to the press at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023. The Japanese government gave the green light the same day for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base transferred within the prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the local government's objections.

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Thomas the Tank Engine in Japan

A steam locomotive, modeled on Thomas the Tank Engine and operated by Oigawa Railway Co., is pictured in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Shimada, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. The train will begin operating from the following day to Dec. 25, mainly on weekends.

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German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze

German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze gives an interview at the embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze

German Ambassador to Japan Clemens von Goetze gives an interview at the embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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Closure of ex-Japan PM Abe's offices in his constituency

Akie Abe, widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, helps to take down a signboard at his office in Shimonoseki, his Yamaguchi Prefecture constituency, on Dec. 28, 2022, as the office was closed the same day. Another office in Nagato, also in his constituency, was closed the previous day.

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Scene in Kyiv

People visit an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Japan PM Kishida gives interview

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gives an interview at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2022.

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Scene in Kyiv

Children ride on a carrousel at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2022, shows a hot wine shop at an amusement park in Kyiv as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

A Ukrainian soldier (C) spends time with family members in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People visit an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

Children buy confectionery at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People pose at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People skate at a rink at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Scene in Kyiv

People skate at a rink at an amusement park in Kyiv on Dec. 28, 2022, as Russian missile attacks continue.

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

File photo taken in July 2009 shows Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, 2022, aged 91.