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Year-end cleaning at Himeji Castle

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel perform year-end cleaning of Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Dec. 16, 2025, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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Year-end cleaning at Himeji Castle

A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force performs year-end cleaning of Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Dec. 16, 2025, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 4 Kyodo - Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 4 Kyodo - 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. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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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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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

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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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Snow crab fishing season in Japan

The season's first catch of snow crabs is landed at a fishing port in Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

AMAGASAKI, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants. (Kyodo)

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Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants.

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Japan's forced sterilization victim

Yumi Suzuki, one of the plaintiffs who sued the Japanese government over forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenics protection law, is pictured at her home in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, in March 2019.

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Yanmar appearance, logo and signboards

Yanmar appearance, logo and signboards=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Yanmar signboard and logo

Yanmar signboard and logo=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Yanmar signboard and logo

Yanmar signboard and logo=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Yanmar signboard and logo

Yanmar signboard and logo=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Kubota exterior, logo, and signboard

Kubota exterior, logo, and signboard=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Yanmar signboard and logo

Yanmar signboard and logo=August 25,2025,Hyogo

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

A woman prays on Aug. 27, 2025, in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2025, shows flowers and drinks offered in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate with those cheering them in the stand as the team claims its first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate with those cheering them in the stand as it claims its first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Japan marks 80th anniv. of WWII surrender

Spectators observe a moment of silence to honor the war dead at the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan marks 80th anniv. of WWII surrender

Spectators observe a moment of silence to honor the war dead at the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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