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U.N. spokesman Dujarric at press conference

U.N. spokesman Dujarric at press conference

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 8, 2026.

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U.N. spokesman Dujarric at press conference

U.N. spokesman Dujarric at press conference

Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to reporters following a meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) holds talks with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters following a meeting with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the rooftop of the Ginowan city government building in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the rooftop of the Ginowan city government building in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) visits the Japan Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) boards a Japan Air Self-Defense Force jet during a visit to its base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Smoke rises as a wildfire continues to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Takayuki Kobayashi (L), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Jan. 8, 2026, in Seoul.

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Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Takayuki Kobayashi (L), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Jan. 8, 2026, in Seoul.

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Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Japan LDP policy chief in S. Korea

Takayuki Kobayashi (L), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is pictured with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Jan. 8, 2026, in Seoul.

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U.N. flag

U.N. flag

File photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2026, shows a United Nations flag.

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U.N. flag

U.N. flag

File photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2026, shows a United Nations flag.

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U.N. flag

U.N. flag

File photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2026, shows a United Nations flag.

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U.N. University in Tokyo

U.N. University in Tokyo

File photo taken on Jan. 8, 2026, shows the building housing the United Nations University headquarters in Tokyo.

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Remotely controlled excavator

Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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Remotely controlled excavator

Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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Japanese woman killed in Hungary

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

People hold a memorial gathering on Feb. 8, 2025, in front of an apartment in Budapest where the charred body of a Japanese woman was found on Jan. 29. Her Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

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Japanese woman killed in Hungary

Japanese woman killed in Hungary

People pray on Feb. 8, 2025, in front of an apartment in Budapest where the charred body of a Japanese woman was found on Jan. 29. Her Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People celebrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, following the release the same day of three Israeli hostages by Palestinian group Hamas after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Hostages released from Hamas

Hostages released from Hamas

People wait for the arrival of Israeli hostages released by Palestinian group Hamas in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2025, after a cease-fire agreement came into effect on Jan. 19.

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Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Ryuta Ohtani (L), brother of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and new manager of the Toyota Motor East Japan corporate league baseball team, watches the squad's training on Jan. 8, 2025, in Kanegasaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Baseball: Ohtani's brother becomes corporate league team manager

Ryuta Ohtani, brother of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, poses for a photo in front of the press on Jan. 8, 2025, in Kanegasaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where he was formally introduced as new manager of the Toyota Motor East Japan corporate league baseball team.

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CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

A model demonstrates technology that projects a chosen makeup image onto the user's face, adjusting it to their facial shape. The technology, developed by Japanese cosmetics maker Kose Corp. and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., was unveiled at CES, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Jimmy Carter's casket

Jimmy Carter's casket

People visit the flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 8, 2025.

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CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a Suzuki Motor Corp. booth at the CES technology show, one of the world's largest IT and home appliance trade fairs, in Las Vegas.

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CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki meets the press in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2025, as the CES technology show, one of the world's largest IT and home appliance trade fairs, is under way.

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Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (L) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

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Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (3) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

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Football: English League Cup

Football: English League Cup

Liverpool's Wataru Endo (3) plays in an English League Cup semifinal first leg football match against Tottenham Hotspur on Jan. 8, 2025, in London.

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U.N. Security Council on N. Korea's missile firing

U.N. Security Council on N. Korea's missile firing

A U.N. Security Council emergency meeting is held at U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 8, 2025, on North Korea's launch on Jan. 6 of what it described as a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (C, L) heads the ball in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (L) vies for the ball in the first half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Reo Hatate (facing camera) hugs teammate Daizen Maeda after scoring a goal in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (L) shoots on goal in the second half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) opens the scoring in the first half of a Scottish Premiership football match against Dundee United on Jan. 8, 2025, at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Japan financial minister and Vietnam PM

Japan financial minister and Vietnam PM

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh as they hold talks in Hanoi on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japan PM Ishiba meets A-bomb survivor group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) poses with Terumi Tanaka (C) and Toshiyuki Mimaki, representatives of Nihon Hidankyo, the leading Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors that received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2025.

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