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New Year greeting cards for mascot Hikonyan

HIKONE, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Hikonyan, the popular cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, poses for a photo with New Year greeting cards addressed to it at the city hall on Jan. 7, 2026. The western Japan city said Hikonyan received 13,220 cards from across the country and abroad. (Kyodo)

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New Year greeting cards for mascot Hikonyan

Hikonyan, the popular cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, poses for a photo with New Year greeting cards and a "hagoita" traditional battledore sent to it at the city hall on Jan. 7, 2026. The western Japan city said Hikonyan received 13,220 cards from across the country and abroad.

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New Year greeting cards for mascot Hikonyan

Hikonyan, the popular cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, poses for a photo with New Year greeting cards addressed to it at the city hall on Jan. 7, 2026. The western Japan city said Hikonyan received 13,220 cards from across the country and abroad.

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New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2026, to deliver New Year's greeting cards. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026. (Kyodo)

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2026, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2026, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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World Hello Day

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Elementary school students display greeting cards at the "Mutual Greetings" themed event in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Popular mascot Hikonyan

HIKONE, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, poses with New Year greeting cards addressed to the cat mascot at the city government headquarters on Jan. 9, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Popular mascot Hikonyan

Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, poses with New Year greeting cards addressed to the cat mascot at the city government headquarters on Jan. 9, 2025.

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Popular mascot Hikonyan

Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, poses with New Year greeting cards addressed to the cat mascot at the city government headquarters on Jan. 9, 2025.

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New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards. (Kyodo)

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A postal worker delivering New Year's greeting cards drives on Jan. 1, 2025, past the former site of a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, exactly one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area.

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.

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New Year's greeting cards

Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.

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New Year's greeting cards

A postal worker in a uniform worn by Meiji-era mailmen delivers New Year's greeting cards in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2025.

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World Hello Day

Students display smiley face cards and greeting cards in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Nov 20, 2024.

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World Hello Day

Students display smiley face cards and greeting cards in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Nov 20, 2024.

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World Hello Day

Students display smiley face cards and greeting cards in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Nov 20, 2024.

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World Hello Day

Students display smiley face cards and greeting cards in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Nov 20, 2024.

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World Hello Day

Students display smiley face cards and greeting cards in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Nov 20, 2024.

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