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Baseball: Reliever Matsui signs 5-year deal with Padres

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Yuki Matsui pitches against the Nippon Ham Fighters in their Pacific League game at Sendai's Rakuten Mobile Park on Oct. 5, 2023. The Japanese left-handed reliever has signed a five-year contract with the San Diego Padres, the major league club said Dec. 23, with the deal expected to be worth $28 million.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama poses for a photo as he gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama poses for a photo as he gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama

Japanese pro golfer Hideki Matsuyama poses for a photo as he gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Anti-Taliban resistance leader Massoud in Vienna

Ahmad Massoud (3rd from L), leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, attends a press conference following a meeting of anti-Taliban forces in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Anti-Taliban resistance leader Massoud in Vienna

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, speaks at a press conference after attending a meeting of anti-Taliban forces in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida at Cabinet meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) prepares to attend a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida at Cabinet meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Shogi prodigy Fujii at ceremony

Eight-title-holding shogi player Sota Fujii speaks at a ceremony celebrating his recent defense of the game's most prestigious Ryuo title in Daisen in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Shogi prodigy Fujii at ceremony

Eight-title-holding shogi player Sota Fujii receives a bouquet of flowers at a ceremony celebrating his recent defense of the game's most prestigious Ryuo title in Daisen in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

FC Tokyo attacker Ryoma Watanabe poses at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, after winning the Best Goal award for his goal against Cerezo Osaka on April 15 when he chest-controlled the ball and scored a 20-meter volley on the turn.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

Albirex Niigata's 21-year-old winger Shunsuke Mito poses at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, after being named the Best Young Player in the Japanese top flight this season.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

Vissel Kobe striker Yuya Osako (R) and Yokohama F Marinos' Anderson Lopes pose at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, after finishing joint top scorers in the Japanese top flight this season.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

Vissel Kobe striker Yuya Osako waves while at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, as he was named the J-League Player of the Year after finishing joint top scorer in the Japanese top flight this season.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

Vissel Kobe striker Yuya Osako smiles while holding a bouquet of flowers at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, as he was named the J-League Player of the Year after finishing joint top scorer in the Japanese top flight this season.

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Football: J League awards ceremony

Vissel Kobe striker Yuya Osako poses at the J-League awards ceremony in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2023, as he was named the J-League Player of the Year after finishing joint top scorer in the Japanese top flight this season.

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Czech Sen. Fischer in Taipei

Czech Sen. Pavel Fischer (L) and Taiwanese Foreign Minister Wu Jaushieh pose for a photo in Taipei on Dec. 5, 2023. Taiwan's Foreign Ministry awarded Fischer a medal of friendship for his contributions to promoting closer relations between the two sides.

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Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Gavan

Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Ronnie Gil Gavan meets Japanese press in Manila on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Gavan

Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Ronnie Gil Gavan meets Japanese press in Manila on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japan's lower house plenary session

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2023, shows a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Japan's parliament in Tokyo as it passes a bill to prevent the outflow of the Unification Church's assets and to ensure sufficient financial support for those who have fallen victim to the group's activities.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel in Tokyo

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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JAXA's lunar lander to reach moon surface on Jan. 20, 2024

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Shinichiro Sakai, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) project manager, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, announcing that the lunar lander will conduct its moon landing on Jan. 20, 2024. An H2A rocket carrying the lander was launched on Sept. 7.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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METI chief meets with Nvidia CEO

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (front, R) holds talks with U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang (front, L) in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Search after U.S. military Osprey crash

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel conducts a search on Dec. 5, 2023, in waters around the Nov. 29 crash site of a U.S. military CV-22 Osprey aircraft off the island of Yakushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. The remains of five people and the main part of the Osprey were discovered underwater the previous day and recovery efforts continue.

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Search after U.S. military Osprey crash

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel conducts a search on Dec. 5, 2023, in waters around the Nov. 29 crash site of a U.S. military CV-22 Osprey aircraft off the island of Yakushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. The remains of five people and the main part of the Osprey were discovered underwater the previous day and recovery efforts continue.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (3rd from R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (2nd from L, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.