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Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

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Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

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Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

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Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants walk at a University of Tokyo campus in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

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Power outage stops train in Japan

Power outage stops train in Japan

Commuters crowd the Keikyu Kamata Station in Tokyo after JR train services were suspended due to a power outage between JR Shimbashi and Shinagawa stations, disrupting major rail lines in the Japanese capital on Jan. 16, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung clap during a joint press appearance following their talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung following a joint press appearance in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung makes a joint press appearance with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, following their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes a joint press appearance with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, following their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are pictured in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, ahead of their talks on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung make a joint press appearance following their talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japan-S. Korea summit

CORRECTED: Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (front, L) hold talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Japan-S. Korea summit

Japan-S. Korea summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture of Nara, western Japan, ahead of their talks on Jan. 13, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department unit that guards the prime minister's office take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's riot squad take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's dog units take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's mounted unit take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department special counter-disaster unit take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's mounted unit take part in an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department chief Yuji Sakoda pays tribute to members of the Tokyo police during an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 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 in Okinawa

Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's Nago, where land reclamation work is under way for the relocation of a U.S. military base, meets the press following a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the southern Japan prefecture's capital Naha on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Snow in Tokyo

Snow in Tokyo

A park near Tokyo Tower is dusted with snow in the Japanese capital on the morning of Jan. 3, 2026.

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Snow in Tokyo

Snow in Tokyo

A park near Tokyo Tower is dusted with snow in the Japanese capital on the morning of Jan. 3, 2026.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 3rd from R) attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front) attends the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rings the bell to mark the closing of the year's final trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, far R) rings the bell to mark the closing of the year's final trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025. Japan national football team manager Hajime Moriyasu (front, far L) joined the ceremony.

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2025 final trading day at TSE

2025 final trading day at TSE

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 3rd from R) claps her hands during the year-end ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital on Dec. 30, 2025. Japan national football team manager Hajime Moriyasu (front, far L) joined the ceremony.

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Mizuho Financial to buy Indian investment bank

Mizuho Financial to buy Indian investment bank

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Masahiro Kihara (L) and Gaurav Deepak, CEO of Avendus Capital Private Ltd., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025. The major Japanese financial group said it will buy the major Indian investment bank to strengthen operations in the South Asian country with high growth potential.

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Bo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Xiang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Bo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Bo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Ji Chunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Xiang /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Ji Chunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Ji Chunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Ji Chunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Bo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Ji Chunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

Memorial For Nanjing Massacre Victims - China

A national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2025. The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday to honor about 300,000 victims killed by Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre, in a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II WWII. Photo by Li Bo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Japanese Nobel laureates in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (R) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, and professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attend a reception in Stockholm hosted by the Japanese Embassy in the Swedish capital on Dec. 9, 2025, the eve of the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

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