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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

A lantern remains collapsed at a shrine in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

South Korean soldiers conduct an investigation on Dec. 30, 2024, near the wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger plane following its crash at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, shows wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger plane following its crash at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, shows wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger plane following its crash at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, shows wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger plane following its crash at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, in a gymnasium in Muan County, South Korea, shows people mourning those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, in a gymnasium in Muan County, South Korea, shows people mourning those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, in a gymnasium in Muan County, South Korea, shows people mourning those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024, in a gymnasium in Muan County, South Korea, shows people mourning those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

South Korean national flags are flown at half-staff at a South Korean government building in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2024, to mourn those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport in the province of South Jeolla, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

South Korean national flags are flown at half-staff at a South Korean government building in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2024, to mourn those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport in the province of South Jeolla, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading at year-end record high

Market officials perform a ceremonial hand-clapping at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading session of the year, as the Nikkei stock index closed at a record year-end high.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading at year-end record high

Market officials perform a ceremonial hand-clapping at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading session of the year, as the Nikkei stock index closed at a record year-end high.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji (3rd from R) speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto poses for a photo during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto poses for a photo during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) shakes hands with Orix Buffaloes General Manager Junichi Fukura during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Tennis: Ex-world No.1 Naomi Osaka

Former world No.1 women's tennis player Naomi Osaka attends a press conference on Dec. 30, 2023, in Brisbane, Australia, ahead of the 2024 Brisbane International, her first tournament after giving birth to her daughter in July.

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Tennis: Ex-world No.1 Naomi Osaka

Former world No.1 women's tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks to the press on Dec. 30, 2023, in Brisbane, Australia, ahead of the 2024 Brisbane International, her first tournament after giving birth to her daughter in July.

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Tennis: Ex-world No.1 Naomi Osaka

Former world No.1 women's tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks to the press on Dec. 30, 2023, in Brisbane, Australia, ahead of the 2024 Brisbane International, her first tournament after giving birth to her daughter in July.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Japan's oldest person dies at 116

Photo taken in Kashiwara in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on June 30, 2022, shows 115-year-old Fusa Tatsumi, who became Japan's oldest person when a 119-year-old woman died in April 2022. Tatsumi died on Dec. 12, 2023, at age 116.

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Zootopia-themed attraction at Shanghai Disneyland

Photo taken in Shanghai on Nov. 30, 2023, shows Shanghai Disneyland's Zootopia-themed attraction area unveiled to the media ahead of its opening to the public on Dec. 20.

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Zootopia-themed attraction at Shanghai Disneyland

Photo taken in Shanghai on Nov. 30, 2023, shows Shanghai Disneyland's Zootopia-themed attraction area unveiled to the media ahead of its opening to the public on Dec. 20.

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Zootopia-themed attraction at Shanghai Disneyland

Photo taken in Shanghai on Nov. 30, 2023, shows Shanghai Disneyland's Zootopia-themed attraction unveiled to the media ahead of its opening to the public on Dec. 20.

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Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken on Dec. 12, 2022, shows the No. 3 (L) and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the Fukui Prefecture town of Takahama, central Japan. The No.4 reactor was automatically halted on Jan. 30, 2023, after an alert went off warning of a rapid decrease in the number of neutrons within the unit.

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Scene in Kyiv

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2022, shows dimly lit condominium buildings in Kyiv following Russian missile attacks.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Two-time Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura performs in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Former Olympic gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (2nd from L) and Kenzo Shirai (3rd from L) perform in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Two-time Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura performs in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Ex-S. Korea Pres. Lee Myung Bak returns home

Former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L, facing camera), who had been serving a 17-year sentence for embezzlement and bribery since 2020, meets the press in front of his house in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2022, as he returns home after being granted a special pardon for poor health.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi plays Aya Ohori en route to winning the women's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi acknowledges the crowd after winning the women's singles final against Aya Ohori at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Akane Yamaguchi poses with the gold medal and the trophy after winning the women's singles final against Aya Ohori at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota plays Kenta Nishimoto en route to winning the men's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota plays Kenta Nishimoto en route to winning the men's singles final at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Badminton: Japan national c'ships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota celebrates after winning the men's singles final against Kenta Nishimoto at the national badminton championships on Dec. 30, 2022, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo.

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Japan Komeito party head visits S. Korea

Japan's Komeito party head Natsuo Yamaguchi (2nd from R) visits Odusan Unification Tower in Paju near Seoul, an observatory overlooking the border of North and South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Japan Komeito party head visits S. Korea

Japan's Komeito party head Natsuo Yamaguchi visits Odusan Unification Tower in Paju near Seoul, an observatory overlooking the border of North and South Korea, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Final trading day at Osaka Exchange

Japanese pro golfer Yuna Nishimura rings the bell at the Osaka Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Final trading day at Osaka Exchange

Japanese pro golfer Miyuu Yamashita rings the bell at the Osaka Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2022, shows Tsukuba Center Building in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, aged 91.

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Final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 30, 2022.