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1st hearing for impeached S. Korea president

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's motorcade heads to the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 20, 2025, for the first preparatory hearing for his criminal trial following his indictment for insurrection for having declared martial law in December 2024.

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Baby box at South Korean church

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on June 20, 2022, shows Jusarang Community Church in Seoul where a baby hatch has been set up for unwanted babies. Senior pastor Lee Jong Rak installed the box -- where parents can give away their newborns anonymously -- in December 2009.

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Baby box at South Korean church

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 8 Kyodo - Lee Jong Rak (L), the senior pastor of Jusarang Community Church in Seoul, explains about a baby hatch, set up there for an unwanted babies on June 20, 2022. Lee installed the hatch -- where parents can give away their newborns anonymously -- in December 2009.

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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Top court's decision on 2012 election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013, following the same day's Supreme Court's decision on the House of Representatives election in December 2012. The top court ruled that disparities of up to 2.43 times in the weight of votes in the election were "in a state of unconstitutionality." Abe told reporters that he takes the ruling seriously and will closely examine it.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (R) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (C) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

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Game creator Eno dies

TOKYO, Japan - A December 1998 file photo shows game creator Kenji Eno. The designer of the "D" series of mystery adventure games died of hypertensive heart failure at the age of 42 at his Tokyo home on Feb. 20, 2013.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo. The BOJ decided Dec. 20, 2012, to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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Tunisia in Jasmine Revolution

TOKYO, Japan - Mannoubia, mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, sits at her home in Sidi Bouzid, central Tunisia, on Jan. 20, 2011. The 26-year-old unemployed man died by setting himself on fire in protest in December 2010, inciting antigovernment demonstrations across the nation.

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Suzuki finishes 2nd in Cup of Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Akiko Suzuki skates during the free program of the Cup of Russia competition on Nov. 20, 2010, in Moscow. Suzuki finished second overall in the event and secured her spot in the Grand Prix Final in Beijing in December.

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Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru may not seek 2nd term

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks to reporters at Miyazaki airport Sept. 20, 2010. The comedian-turned politician said he has yet to decide to seek a second four-year term in the December gubernatorial election.

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China's GDP grows 10.7% on year

BEIJING, China - People walk past a luxury brand store in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2010. China said the following day that its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7 percent for 2009.

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China's GDP grows 10.7% on year

BEIJING, China - High-rise condominiums are seen under construction in downtown Beijing on Jan. 20, 2010. China said the following day that its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7 percent for 2009.

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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a well-known luxury brand store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 20, 2010. China said the following day that its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Toyota to launch hybrid-only Sai sedan in December

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils a new hybrid-only compact sedan, the Sai, in Nagoya on Oct. 20, 2009, which the Japanese automaker will launch in Japan on Dec. 7.

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Hitoshi Ashida

Hidoshi AshidaBorn on Nov. 15, 1887 and died on June 20, 1959. Ashida joined the Foreign Ministry after graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1912 but resigned from the ministry in protest over the Manchurian Incident. Ashida became prime minister on March 10, 1948 but was forced to resign on Oct. 15 of the same year because of being involved in the Showa Denko scandal. In December of that year, Ashida was arrested but finally acquitted in 1958.

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Itami Juzo attacked by Yakuza

Juzo ITAMI, a film director at the press conference after he was attacked by members of ""Yakuza"" (Japanese gang) in May, 1992. Mr. Itami commited sucide on December 20, 1997.