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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

A 23-meter-tall Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 3, 2025

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Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

People tour a new kindergarten lunch center partially financed by Japanese official development assistance in Demydiv near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, waves at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

People tour a new kindergarten lunch center partially financed by Japanese official development assistance in Demydiv near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japanese sake promotion in Cambodia

Japanese sake promotion in Cambodia

Cambodian government officials and people involved in the food and beverage industry take part in an event promoting rice wine made in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025, at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh.

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Japanese sake promotion in Cambodia

Japanese sake promotion in Cambodia

Cambodian government officials (2nd and 3rd from L) taste sake at an event promoting rice wine made in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025, at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan's National Police Agency chief Yoshinobu Kusunoki addresses a meeting of senior officials of the Fukushima Prefectural Police at its headquarters in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan's National Police Agency chief Yoshinobu Kusunoki meets the press at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, straddling Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan's National Police Agency chief Yoshinobu Kusunoki offers flowers at a memorial for victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan PM meets ASEAN entrepreneurs

Japan PM meets ASEAN entrepreneurs

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi (C, R) poses for a photo at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025, upon meeting with young business leaders from Japan and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Japan PM meets ASEAN entrepreneurs

Japan PM meets ASEAN entrepreneurs

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi (C, R) poses for a photo at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025, upon meeting with young business leaders from Japan and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Trial of shooter of ex-Japan PM Abe

Akie Abe (C), widow of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves the Nara District Court in Nara on Dec. 3, 2025, after attending for the first time the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, indicted for fatally shooting Abe during an election stump speech in the western Japan city in 2022.

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Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Fireworks glitter above decorated floats during Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Fireworks glitter above decorated floats during Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Fireworks glitter above decorated floats during Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Chichibu Night Festival in eastern Japan

Fireworks glitter above decorated floats during Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

A woman is pictured in front of the remnants of a factory in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

A woman looks on in front of a muddy stream where her house once stood in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

A woman looks on in front of a muddy stream where her house once stood in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

Photo shows a national highway covered with debris in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

A woman is pictured in front of a muddy stream where her house once stood in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods in Indonesia

Sisters stand in front of a muddy stream where their house once stood in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region.

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1st anniv. of S. Korea martial law declaration

1st anniv. of S. Korea martial law declaration

Supporters of South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally near the parliament in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2025, the first anniversary of his failed martial law declaration.

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1st anniv. of S. Korea martial law declaration

1st anniv. of S. Korea martial law declaration

Supporters of South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally near the parliament in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2025, the first anniversary of his failed martial law declaration.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

A person hangs paper cranes near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, dedicated to the victims of a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

A man carries his belongings on Dec. 3, 2025, out of his room in the only building that escaped a deadly fire in late November at the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

A person hangs a paper crane near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, commemorating the victims of a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

People fold paper cranes near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, to commemorate the victims of a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

A woman carries a washing machine and other belongings on Dec. 3, 2025, out of her room in the only building that escaped a deadly fire in late November at the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

People pray and console each other near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

People fold paper cranes near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, to commemorate the victims of a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

A woman lays flowers near the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

People stare at the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Photo shows the Wang Fuk Court high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko is pictured following her visit to the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Officials head to a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Officials head to a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 3, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

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S. Korean President Lee

S. Korean President Lee

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holds a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama

Japan Finance Minister Katayama

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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S. Korean President Lee

S. Korean President Lee

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holds a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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