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Fed chief Powell

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Jan. 29, 2025, following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to hold the central bank's benchmark interest rate steady at 4.25-4.50 percent.

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Fed chief Powell

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Jan. 29, 2025, following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to hold the central bank's benchmark interest rate steady at 4.25-4.50 percent.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

Rescue operations continue on Jan. 29, 2025, at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a sinkhole opened up the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver.

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irector Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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irector Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 29, 2025, with a huge Chinese phoenix statue on display at a lighting ceremony that coincides with the start of the Year of Snake Lunar New Year in China.

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"Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train retires

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows the "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines making its final run with a five-story pagoda at the World Heritage-listed Toji temple in Kyoto in the background. Owned by JR Central, the T4 made its debut in 2001 and will not be replaced as the N700S passenger trains will carry test and observation equipment from 2027.

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"Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train retires

The "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines arrives at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital after making its final run on Jan. 29, 2025, as train enthusiasts wait to take photos of the train. Owned by JR Central, the T4 made its debut in 2001 and will not be replaced as the N700S passenger trains will carry test and observation equipment from 2027.

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"Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train retires

The "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines makes its final run in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 29, 2025. Owned by JR Central, the T4 made its debut in 2001 and will not be replaced as the N700S passenger trains will carry test and observation equipment from 2027.

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China's Lunar New Year celebrations

Lion dance is performed at a park in Beijing on Jan. 29, 2025, the first day of the Year of the Snake amid Lunar Year celebrations.

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China's Lunar New Year celebrations

Lion dance is performed at a park in Beijing on Jan. 29, 2025, the first day of the Year of the Snake amid Lunar Year celebrations.

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China's Lunar New Year celebrations

Lion dance is performed at a park in Beijing on Jan. 29, 2025, the first day of the Year of the Snake amid Lunar Year celebrations.

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Lunar New Year event in Yokohama

Lion dance is performed in Yokohama's Chinatown, near Tokyo, on Jan. 29, 2025, the first day of the Year of the Snake amid Lunar Year celebrations.

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Lunar New Year event in Yokohama

Lion dance is performed in Yokohama's Chinatown, near Tokyo, on Jan. 29, 2025, the first day of the Year of the Snake amid Lunar Year celebrations.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu waves to fans in front of his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu attends a press conference at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu waves to fans in front of his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (R) attends a press conference with his stablemaster Tatsunami at their stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following Hoshoryu's promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion. (Pool photo)

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (C) is kissed by his parents at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, earlier in the day.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, at a ceremony at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one in the background appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one on the right appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Sinkholes at intersection near Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, shows sinkholes at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The one on the right appeared the previous day, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver, while the other opened up during work to rescue him.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (front, 2nd from L) celebrates at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, following his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (2nd from R) accepts his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, at a ceremony at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Sumo: Hoshoryu promoted to yokozuna

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Hoshoryu (C) is pictured ahead of a ceremony at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2025, at which he is to be notified of his promotion to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Rescue operation at sinkhole in eastern Japan

Rescuers continue to work at a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the small hours of Jan. 29, 2025, after it swallowed a truck the previous day, trapping a man believed to be its driver.

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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins steals second base in a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 29, 2016, marking his 500th stolen base in MLB. It was announced on Jan. 21, 2025, that Ichiro, who also played for the Seattle Mariners, became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a wavy road in Uchinada in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2024 (top), following soil liquefaction caused by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 21, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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Snowplow test-runs in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. town

A snowplow test runs at a yard of Noto Railway's Anamizu Station in Anamizu, an Ishikawa Prefecture town devastated by the Jan. 1 massive earthquake, on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the snow season.

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Snowplow test-runs in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. town

A snowplow test runs at a yard of Noto Railway's Anamizu Station in Anamizu, an Ishikawa Prefecture town devastated by the Jan. 1 massive earthquake, on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the snow season.

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6 months after strong quake in central Japan

A temporary shopping mall is under construction in Anamizu in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on June 29, 2024, about six months after a powerful earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

Publicly subsidized work to remove debris is under way in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Wajima, central Japan, on June 29, 2024, about six months after a powerful earthquake hit the area on Jan. 1.

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6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

Publicly subsidized work to remove debris is under way in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Wajima, central Japan, on June 29, 2024, about six months after a powerful earthquake hit the area on Jan. 1.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Fireworks launched in Toyama to cheer up quake evacuees

Fireworks light up the night sky above Toyama, central Japan, on Feb. 29, 2024, in a show of support for evacuees from the quake-hit city of Suzu in neighboring Ishikawa Prefecture who are currently staying in a nearby resort hotel following the Jan. 1 disaster.

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Czech foreign minister in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) shakes hands with her Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky during a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2024.

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ISO headquarters

File photo taken Jan. 29, 2024, shows a building housing the head office of the International Organization for Standardization in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2024, shows protruding manholes in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 29, 2024, shows protruding manholes in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

The Wakura hot spring resort area in Nanao in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture is seen deserted on Jan. 29, 2024, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

The Wakura hot spring resort area in Nanao in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture is seen deserted on Jan. 29, 2024, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

The Wakura hot spring resort area in Nanao in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture is seen deserted on Jan. 29, 2024, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.