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[Breaking News]Japan H3 rocket mission fails

MINAMITANE, Japan, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 22, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket lifting off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with a Michibiki No. 5 satellite in its payload. The rocket failed to place the satellite into orbit after its second-stage engine prematurely cut off shortly after liftoff. (Kyodo)

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BOJ raises key rate to 30-year-high of 0.75%

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025, following the second day of a two-day policy-setting meeting at which the BOJ raised its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent from 0.50 percent. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Japan PM Takaichi visits news photo exhibition

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits an exhibition of news photos from 2025 at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Takaichi at ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers remarks at a ceremony marking the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Cabinet system at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi at ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers remarks at a ceremony marking the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Cabinet system at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Ex-Japan PM Suga at ceremony

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front) attends a ceremony marking the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Cabinet system at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Ex-Japan PM Aso at ceremony

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) attends a ceremony marking the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Cabinet system at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Photo shows the area near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion, which occurred in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building, left at least three people injured, though all were conscious.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Photo shows the area near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion, which occurred in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building, left at least three people injured, though all were conscious.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Firefighters work near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion that occurred at a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building left at least three people injured, but all were conscious.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Firefighters work near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion that occurred at a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building left at least three people injured, but all were conscious.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Ambulances and fire trucks respond near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion that occurred at a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building left at least three people injured, but all were conscious.

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Chemical explosion at Nagoya University campus

Ambulances and fire trucks respond near the scene of a chemical explosion at Nagoya University in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2025. The explosion that occurred at a laboratory on the fourth floor of the science department building left at least three people injured, but all were conscious.

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Japan's former emperor turns 92

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to meet with former Emperor Akihito on Dec. 23, 2025, to celebrate his 92nd birthday. (Pool photo)

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Japan's former emperor turns 92

Japanese Princess Aiko, only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visits the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to meet with former Emperor Akihito on Dec. 23, 2025, to celebrate his 92nd birthday. (Pool photo)

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Japan's former emperor turns 92

Japan's Empress Masako visits the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to meet with former Emperor Akihito on Dec. 23, 2025, to celebrate his 92nd birthday. (Pool photo)

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Japan's former emperor turns 92

Japan's Emperor Naruhito visits the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to meet with former Emperor Akihito on Dec. 23, 2025, to celebrate his 92nd birthday. (Pool photo)

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H3 rocket launch canceled

MINAMITANE, Japan, Dec. 17 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 17, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency canceled the launch of the No. 8 rocket, loaded with the No. 5 Michibiki satellite for enhanced global positioning, due to an equipment malfunction. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm. (Kyodo)

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Japanese H3 rocket fails to put satellite into orbit

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Makoto Arita attends a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2025, after a Japanese H3 rocket failed to deliver the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into the target orbit.

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Japanese H3 rocket fails to put satellite into orbit

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Makoto Arita attends a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2025, after a Japanese H3 rocket failed to deliver the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into the target orbit.

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Japanese H3 rocket fails to put satellite into orbit

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Vice President Masashi Okada attends a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2025, after a Japanese H3 rocket failed to deliver the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into the target orbit.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami puts on his new team cap and jersey during a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (L) shakes hands with General Manager Chris Getz on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami holds up a pair of white socks during a press conference where he was introduced at Rate Field in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (R) holds his jersey with General Manager Chris Getz during a press conference where he was introduced at Rate Field in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up during a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami attends a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami attends a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Japan: Car Bursts Into Flames After Hit by Train in Kyoto, Leaving Driver Dead 3

A train collided with a car at a railroad crossing near Shin-Hosono Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line in Kyoto on Saturday, December 20, causing the car to burst into flames. Police said a body was found in the driver’s seat of the car. The vehicle had reportedly rear-ended another car that was stopped at the crossing before entering it and being struck by the train.

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Japan H3 rocket mission fails

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025, shows smoke billowing from the Japanese H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 5 satellite after liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The rocket failed to place the satellite into orbit after its second-stage engine prematurely cut off shortly after liftoff.

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Japan H3 rocket mission fails

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Masashi Okada attends a press conference on Dec. 22, 2025, after an H3 rocket failure the same day at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan H3 rocket mission fails

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 22, 2025, shows a Japanese H3 rocket lifting off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with a Michibiki No. 5 satellite in its payload. The rocket failed to place the satellite into orbit after its second-stage engine prematurely cut off shortly after liftoff.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Sabine Payer (C) of Austria poses after winning gold in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025, alongside silver medalist Aleksandra Krol-Walas (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Tsubaki Miki of Japan.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Sabine Payer (C) of Austria poses after winning gold in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025, alongside silver medalist Aleksandra Krol-Walas (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Tsubaki Miki of Japan.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Sabine Payer (C) of Austria poses after winning gold in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025, alongside silver medalist Aleksandra Krol-Walas (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Tsubaki Miki of Japan.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Japan's Tsubaki Miki poses after winning bronze in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Japan's Tsubaki Miki signs autographs for fans after winning bronze in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Japan's Tsubaki Miki competes en route to winning bronze in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Japan's Tsubaki Miki reacts after winning bronze in the women's parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy, on Dec. 18, 2025.

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