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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 27 Kyodo - Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Police officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players celebrate after defeating Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players and staff celebrate after the team defeated Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players and staff celebrate after the team defeated Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players and staff celebrate after the team defeated Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players celebrate after defeating Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players celebrate after defeating Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Machida Zelvia players celebrate after defeating Vissel Kobe 3-1 to claim the Emperor's Cup football title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Shota Fujio of Machida Zelvia celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of the Emperor's Cup football final against Vissel Kobe at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Shota Fujio (9) of Machida Zelvia scores the opening goal in the first half of the Emperor's Cup football final against Vissel Kobe at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Shota Fujio (9) of Machida Zelvia scores the opening goal in the first half of the Emperor's Cup football final against Vissel Kobe at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Football: Emperor's Cup

Football: Emperor's Cup

Shota Fujio (C, top) of Machida Zelvia scores the opening goal in the first half of the Emperor's Cup football final against Vissel Kobe at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 22, 2025.

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel exterior and signboard

Kobe Steel exterior and signboard

Kobe Steel exterior and signboard=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Santa Claus decoration in Kobe

Santa Claus decoration in Kobe

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2025, shows a Christmas decoration featuring Santa Claus posing as the Osaka expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku (bottom) alongside Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (top, far R), Dodgers pitcher and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (top, 2nd from R) raising the MVP trophy, Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (top, 3rd from R) holding his newborn baby, Japan's first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (top, 2nd from L) and farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi carrying a sack of rice, on top of the Uroko no Ie building in the historical Kitano Ijinkan district of the western Japan city of Kobe.

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MSDF's new submarine launched

MSDF's new submarine launched

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's newly built submarine Sogei is held at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 14, 2025.

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MSDF's new submarine launched

MSDF's new submarine launched

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's newly built submarine Sogei is held at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 14, 2025.

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Madame Tussauds BEIJING Closed

Madame Tussauds BEIJING Closed

Wax figure of Athlete Kobe in Madame Tussauds BEIJING, Beijing, China on September 30, 2025.

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Japan's forced sterilization victim

Japan's forced sterilization victim

Yumi Suzuki, one of the plaintiffs who sued the Japanese government over forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenics protection law, is pictured at her home in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, in March 2019.

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

A woman prays on Aug. 27, 2025, in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2025, shows flowers and drinks offered in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo

GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo

GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo=July 30,2025,Hyogo

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GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo

GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo

GLION ARENA KOBE signboard and logo=July 30,2025,Hyogo

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TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo

TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo

TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo=July 30,2025,Hyogo

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Exterior of GLION ARENA KOBE

Exterior of GLION ARENA KOBE

Exterior of GLION ARENA KOBE=July 30,2025,Hyogo

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TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo

TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo

TOTTEI KOBE signboard and logo=July 30,2025,Hyogo

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Lamine Yamal (R) of Barcelona shoots in the first half of a club international friendly against Vissel Kobe at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Andreas Christensen (L) of Barcelona and Ren Komatsu of Vissel Kobe jump for the ball in the second half of a club international friendly at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Taisei Miyashiro (L) of Vissel Kobe prepares to shoot in the first half of a club international friendly against Barcelona at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Raphinha of Barcelona heads at goal in the first half of a club international friendly against Vissel Kobe at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Lamine Yamal (L) of Barcelona and Katsuya Nagato of Vissel Kobe vie for the ball in the first half of a club international friendly at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona president

Football: Barcelona president

Joan Laporta, president of Spanish football club Barcelona, gives an interview in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Football: Barcelona vs. Kobe

Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona passes the ball in the second half of a club international friendly against Vissel Kobe at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona president

Football: Barcelona president

Joan Laporta, president of Spanish football club Barcelona, gives an interview in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona president

Football: Barcelona president

Joan Laporta, president of Spanish football club Barcelona, gives an interview in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Football: Barcelona president

Football: Barcelona president

Joan Laporta, president of Spanish football club Barcelona, gives an interview in Kobe, western Japan, on July 27, 2025.

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Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, speaks during a press conference in Kobe, western, Japan, on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, speaks during a press conference in Kobe, western, Japan, on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, speaks during a press conference in Kobe, western, Japan, on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, speaks during a press conference in Kobe, western, Japan, on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Takashi Tachibana, head of the fringe NHK Party, speaks during a press conference in Kobe, western, Japan, on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Screenshot taken on July 10, 2025, shows Japan head coach Eddie Jones (R) and captain Michael Leitch attending an online press conference ahead of the second rugby match of their two-test series in Kobe, western Japan, on July 12.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japan upper house election campaign

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japan upper house election campaign

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, makes a stump speech in Kobe, western Japan, on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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