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New Zealand: Rare Red Warnings Issued as Powerful Wind Storm Rips Through Country

A powerful storm with winds up to 96 mph swept across New Zealand's North and South Islands, causing massive disruption that left around 90,000 homes without power and forced flight cancellations. Authorities issued rare red wind warnings as the storm ripped roofs off houses, knocked down trees and power lines, and tragically resulted in at least one fatality in Wellington.

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Japanese author Osamu Dazai's eldest daughter

Sonoko Tsushima, the eldest daughter of renowned Japanese author Osamu Dazai, speaks at a celebration marking the 109th anniversary of his birth in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 19, 2018.

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Japanese author Osamu Dazai

Undated file photo shows Japanese author Osamu Dazai, who lived from 1909 to 1948.

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Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamoto Gov. Takashi Kimura (2nd from L), poses for photos with Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture, during a ceremony to unveil a mural featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," at Kumamoto airport on Dec. 2, 2024. The mural was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, where the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda is from, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

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Mural featuring "One Piece" characters

Kumamon, the official black bear mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, poses during a ceremony to unveil a mural featuring characters from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece" at Kumamoto airport on Dec. 2, 2024. The mural was produced as part of a project to help Kumamoto, where the pirate manga's author Eiichiro Oda is from, recover from the April 2016 earthquakes.

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Japan author Mieko Kanai

Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic Mieko Kanai (L) and Polly Barton, the English translator of her 1997 novel "Mild Vertigo," pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2024, shows Japanese-language editions of books written by South Korean author Han Kang. The Swedish Academy announced earlier in the day she won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2024, shows Japanese-language editions of books written by South Korean author Han Kang. The Swedish Academy announced earlier in the day she won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (top) boards a plane with his wife Hideko at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 3, 1968, heading for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 2, 1971, shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Princess of Asturias Awards Ceremony - Oviedo

Japanese author Haruki Murakami attending the Princesa de Asturias Awards at Teatro Campoamor on October 20, 2023 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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