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Tokyo Deaflympics

Entry is restricted at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025, ahead of a basketball match at the Tokyo Deaflympics due to the number of people trying to get in.

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Tokyo Deaflympics

Spectators cheer in sign language during a Tokyo Deaflympics handball match at the Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground Indoor Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics

People form a long line in front of the Tokyo Budokan martial arts hall in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025, ahead of judo matches at the Tokyo Deaflympics.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Femke Kok of the Netherlands celebrates after winning gold in the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Femke Kok of the Netherlands competes in the women's 500-meter race at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Alysa Liu of the United States competes in the women's free program en route to winning gold at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi -- react after winning the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from R) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- compete in the women's team pursuit at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Alysa Liu of the United States competes in the women's free program en route to winning gold at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from 2nd from R) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi, -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from 2nd from R) Ayano Sato, Hana Noake and Miho Takagi, -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato and Hana Noake -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Salt Lake City

Japanese speed skaters -- (from L) Miho Takagi, Hana Noake and Ayano Sato -- pose for photos after winning the gold in the women's team pursuit event at a World Cup speed skating event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Santa Claus charity parade in Tokyo

People dressing as Santa Claus take part in a 2.5-kilometer charity parade in central Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. Participation fees collected from about 2,600 people will finance purchases of Christmas gifts for children with illnesses.

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Santa Claus charity parade in Tokyo

People dressing as Santa Claus take part in a 2.5-kilometer charity parade in central Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. Participation fees collected from about 2,600 people will finance purchases of Christmas gifts for children with illnesses.

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Santa Claus charity parade in Tokyo

People dressing as Santa Claus take part in a 2.5-kilometer charity parade in central Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. Participation fees collected from about 2,600 people will finance purchases of Christmas gifts for children with illnesses.

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Golf: The Annika

Linn Grant of Sweden (L) holds the victor's trophy after winning The Annika golf tournament, with tournament host Annika Sorenstam, at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (L) arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (back, C) attends a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Figure skating: Skate America

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025, alongside silver medalist Rinka Watanabe (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025, alongside silver medalist Rinka Watanabe (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Wakaba Higuchi of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Wakaba Higuchi of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Wakaba Higuchi of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Hana Yoshida of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Hana Yoshida of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Hana Yoshida of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Figure skating: Skate America

Rinka Watanabe of Japan competes in the women's free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Couche-Tard drops $47 bil. bid to buy Seven-Eleven parent company

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024, shows the headquarters of Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. near Montreal. The retailer said on July 16, 2025, that it has withdrawn its $47 billion buyout proposal for Japanese rival Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, following a year of talks.

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Couche-Tard drops $47 bil. bid to buy Seven-Eleven parent company

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024, shows a convenience store operated by Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in Montreal. The retailer said on July 16, 2025, that it has withdrawn its $47 billion buyout proposal for Japanese rival Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, following a year of talks.

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Actor Kazami attends traffic safety event

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor Shingo Kazami speaks at a traffic safety event at Police Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2007. His eldest daughter was killed in a traffic accident in January 2007.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 16, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 10 battle tank on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

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APEC summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in the second day of a two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Lima on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

Kenichi Yoda (C), director of Studio Ghibli, co-founded by Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, attends a ceremony of the Ramon Magsaysay Award on behalf of Miyazaki, one of the five recipients in 2024, in Manila on Nov. 16, 2024. The organization behind the award -- named after the Philippines' seventh president and known as "Asia's Nobel Prize" -- said in August that the 83-year-old makes complex issues like environmental destruction and conflict understandable to children in his works, including the Oscar-winning films "The Boy and the Heron" and "Spirited Away."

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to reporters on Nov. 16, 2024, after attending an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction of Megumi Yokota. Yokota was abducted by North Korea at age 13 on Nov. 15, 1977, and has become a symbol of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Tetsuya Yokota, a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks on Nov. 16, 2024, at an event in the central Japan city of Niigata to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Tetsuya (L) and Takuya Yokota, younger brothers of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to reporters on Nov. 16, 2024, after attending an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks online on Nov. 16, 2024, at an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Protesters at COP29

Protesters gather at the venue of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 16, 2024, calling for developed countries to take responsibility for the greenhouse gasses they have emitted.