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Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press during a spring imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 17, 2026.

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Japanese imperial garden party

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press during a spring imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Kanji for "kin," meaning gold or money, chosen as best to characterize 2024

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2024. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as Japanese athletes had their second-best ever performance at the Olympics with 20 gold medals in Paris, while a money scandal rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Kanji for "kin," meaning gold or money, chosen as best to characterize 2024

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2024. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as Japanese athletes had their second-best ever performance at the Olympics with 20 gold medals in Paris, while a money scandal rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Actress Mizuki takes part in ancient imperial boating party reenacted in Kyoto

Japanese actress and singer Arisa Mizuki rides a boat in a reenactment of an imperial boating party from the Heian period (794-late 12th century) during the annual Mifune festival in Kyoto on May 21, 2023.

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Ancient imperial boat celebration reenacted in Kyoto

People dressed in ancient Japanese court-style attire are seen on boats floating down the Oigawa River in the western Japan city of Kyoto on May 19, 2024, during the annual Mifune festival, known for its reenactment of an imperial boating party from the Heian period (794-1185).

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Ancient imperial boat celebration reenacted in Kyoto

People dressed in ancient Japanese court-style attire are seen on boats floating down the Oigawa River in the western Japan city of Kyoto on May 19, 2024, during the annual Mifune festival, known for its reenactment of an imperial boating party from the Heian period (794-1185).

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Outdoor poetry party in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire take part in "Kyokusui no En," a reenactment of the Heian aristocrats' poetry party, in a garden at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Nov. 3, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Outdoor poetry party in Kyoto

A sake cup is sent flowing down a stream in a garden during Kyokusui no En, a reenactment of the Heian aristocrats' poetry party, at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Outdoor poetry party in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire take part in "Kyokusui no En," a reenactment of the Heian aristocrats' poetry party, in a garden at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Song Tao, a key figure for China-Japan ties

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Song Tao (2nd from L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, and Toshihiro Nikai (3rd from L), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visit a monument to the memory of former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in Kyoto on Aug. 10, 2017.

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Song Tao, a key figure for China-Japan ties

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Song Tao (R), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, and Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands in front of a monument to the memory of former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in Kyoto on Aug. 10, 2017.

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LDP secretary general makes speech ahead of election

KYOTO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech in a meeting with LDP chapter members in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 22, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 14 general election.

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JA group promotes Kyoto-raised farm produce in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Women from the Kyoto chapter of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group make a sales pitch for vegetables and other farm products grown in Kyoto Prefecture at a dinner party at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul on Aug. 26, 2014, to mark the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Turkey.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka speaks at LDP headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (C), co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent," delivers a speech at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on June 4, 204.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L in front) and Empress Michiko (L in front) exchange words with Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his advanced research on iPS cells, during a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 18, 2013.

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Kyoto geisha visit Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - The Hula Girls dance group and a party of geisha and ''maiko'' apprentice geisha from Kyoto are pictured at the Spa Resort Hawaiians leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2012. The geisha visited the facility to assist in efforts to bring back tourists to the area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing nuclear disaster.

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Maehara ahead of DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) arrives at Tokyo Station on a shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto on Aug. 22, 2011. Attention is focused on whether he will run in the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election to pick a successor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (R), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish.

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (C), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish.

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Ex-LDP No. 2 man Ibuki narrowly secures reelection

KYOTO, Japan - Bummei Ibuki, a past secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows in Kyoto on Aug. 30 after losing in the No. 1 single-seat constituency of Kyoto Prefecture in the House of Representatives election. But Ibuki regained a lower house seat in the proportional representation block.

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Hatoyama in general election campaigning

KYOTO, Japan - Japan's opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, greets a member of the public during a stump stop in Kyoto on Aug. 18. Hatoyama is among candidates seeking reelection as a House of Representatives member. Official campaigning started the same day for the Aug. 30 lower house election.

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Aso, Hatoyama trade criticism over policy platforms

KYOTO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama visits the Kyoto International Manga Museum on Aug. 1 during a tour of Kyoto and Gifu cities ahead of the Aug. 30 general election.

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Aso, Hatoyama trade criticism over policy platforms

KYOTO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama speaks gives a stump speech in front of the Kyoto city government office on Aug. 1 ahead of the Aug. 30 general election.

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Taiwan presidential hopeful evokes memory of Japan rule

KYOTO, Japan - Visiting Taiwanese presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou delivers a speech at Doshisha University in Kyoto on Nov. 21. Ma of the main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a three-day trip.

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Maiko dancers prepare for annual Gion dance party

KYOTO, Japan - Maiko dancers meet each other in Kyodo on Sept. 15 to pick kimono to be worn at their annual dance show to be held at the ancient capital's Gion Kaburenjo hall for 10 days from Nov. 1.

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DPJ lawmaker Matsui admits Murakami Fund links

KYOTO, Japan - Koji Matsui, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, apologizes during a press conference in Kyoto on June 20. He said a company affiliated with the Murakami Fund temporarily paid the salaries of his two secretaries and he himself received payments from the fund under an employment contract.

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DPJ seeks to settle Livedoor-e-mail controversy with nobody resigning

KYOTO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting in Kyoto on Feb. 25. He ruled out stepping down as party leader over the controversy surrounding the credibility of an e-mail that a DPJ lawmaker claimed revealed a shady money transfer involving a top ruling party official.

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N. Korea unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons: LDP's Abe

KYOTO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Shinzo Abe speaks at a seminar in Kyoto on Feb. 5. He said North Korea is unlikely to agree to give up its nuclear arsenal during the next round of six-country talks later in February in Beijing.

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Koizumi pledges to continue pressing U.S. over Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R standing) and Takako Doi (L sitting), leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party, locks horns during a Diet ''Question Time'' session on June 20. Koizumi said Japan will continue pressing the United States to change its mind about abandoning the Kyoto Protocol on combating global warming.

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LDP's Nonaka, Aoki discuss ways to deal with Kato

KYOTO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), discuss with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki how to deal with confusion within the LDP at a Kyoto hotel on Nov. 11, a day after party heavyweight Koichi Kato intensified his pressure on embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by saying he has no plans to defend Mori in the event of a no-confidence motion.

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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Farewell party for Kyocera founder Inamori

Attendees of a farewell service for Kazuo Inamori, founder of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. and one of Japan's most influential business leaders, look at portraits displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2022. Inamori died at the age of 90 in August.

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Farewell party for Kyocera founder Inamori

Mourners attend a farewell service for Kazuo Inamori, founder of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. and one of Japan's most influential business leaders, held in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2022. Inamori died at the age of 90 in August.

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Campaigning for Japanese general election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Kyoto on Oct. 25, 2021, ahead of a general election on Oct. 31.

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Campaigning for Japanese general election

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii makes a stump speech in Kyoto on Oct. 24, 2021, ahead of a general election on Oct. 31.

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DPJ seeks to settle Livedoor-e-mail controversy with nobody resi

KYOTO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting in Kyoto on Feb. 25. He ruled out stepping down as party leader over the controversy surrounding the credibility of an e-mail that a DPJ lawmaker claimed revealed a shady money transfer involving a top ruling party official. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Matsui admits Murakami Fund links

KYOTO, Japan - Koji Matsui, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, apologizes during a press conference in Kyoto on June 20. He said a company affiliated with the Murakami Fund temporarily paid the salaries of his two secretaries and he himself received payments from the fund under an employment contract. (Kyodo)

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Osaka Gov. Yoshimura

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told executives of his ruling party the same day that he plans to expand a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic to cover Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures amid a resurgence of infections in western Japan.

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Democratic Party's Izumi set to win lower house by-election in Kyoto

Democratic Party candidate Kenta Izumi smiles as his supporters cheer in Kyoto on April 24, 2016, after projections show he is set to win a House of Representatives by-election for the Kyoto No. 3 single-seat constituency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Yukiko Ono of the Party for Japanese Kokoro -- formerly the Party for Future Generations -- seeks voters' support at the start of official campaigning for the lower house Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election in the city of Kyoto on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Maki Ikeda, endorsed by the Democratic Party and three other opposition parties, seeks voters' support at the start of official campaigning for the lower house Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election in the city of Ebetsu, near Sapporo, on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (R) seeks voters' support for Natsue Mori (L), an Initiatives from Osaka party candidate for the lower house Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election, in the city of Kyoto on April 12, 2016, when official campaigning started. Campaigning for the Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Yoshiaki Wada of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party seeks voters' support at the start of official campaigning for the lower house Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election in Sapporo on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada (R) seeks voters' support for Kenta Izumi (L) at the start of the official campaigning for the lower house Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election in the city of Kyoto on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house by-elections set for April 24

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki attends a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. Tanigaki said the party is looking at various options on a lower house by-election for a district in Kyoto on April 24, following the resignation of party member Kensuke Miyazaki who had an affair with a woman while his wife, a fellow LDP parliamentarian, was pregnant. Another by-election for a district in Hokkaido is scheduled the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NLD spokesman gives interview to Kyodo News

Nyan Win, a spokesman of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2015. He expressed a willingness to maintain a good relationship with the military when his party, which recently won a landslide election victory, forms a democratic government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime ministers of Japan, France meet in Kyoto

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (C) feed carp prior to a dinner party in Japan's ancient city of Kyoto on Oct. 3, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime ministers of Japan, France meet in Kyoto

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (2nd from L) feed carp prior to a dinner party in Japan's ancient city of Kyoto on Oct. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo