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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Japanese astronaut Onishi to assume ISS commander

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced on Dec. 2 that he will serve as commander at the International Space Station when he heads to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule in February 2025 at the earliest, becoming the third Japanese to assume the post.

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Football: UEFA Conference League

Ryoya Morishita of Legia Warsaw reacts after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a UEFA Conference League football match against Omonoia in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Conference League

Ryoya Morishita of Legia Warsaw opens the scoring in the first half of a UEFA Conference League football match against Omonoia in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo dribbles the ball in a UEFA Europa League football match against Ajax in San Sebastian, Spain, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) plays in the second half of a UEFA Europa League football match against Ajax in San Sebastian, Spain, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring in the second half of a UEFA Europa League football match against Ajax in San Sebastian, Spain, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Football: UEFA Europa League

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) vies for the ball in the first half of a UEFA Europa League football match against Ajax in San Sebastian, Spain, on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Motor show in Thailand

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024, shows a Honda Motor Co. booth at the 41st Thailand International Motor EXPO in Bangkok during a media preview held ahead of its public opening on Nov. 29.

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Motor show in Thailand

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024, shows a BYD Co. booth at the 41st Thailand International Motor EXPO in Bangkok during a media preview held ahead of its public opening on Nov. 29.

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Motor show in Thailand

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024, shows a Toyota Motor Corp. booth at the 41st Thailand International Motor EXPO in Bangkok during a media preview held ahead of its public opening on Nov. 29.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Unitika Ltd. President Shuji Ueno bows during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 28, 2024. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, announced the same day it will pull out of the loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Unitika Ltd. President Shuji Ueno holds a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 28, 2024. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, announced the same day it will pull out of the loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Unitika Ltd. President Shuji Ueno holds a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 28, 2024. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, announced the same day it will pull out of the loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products.

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UNRWA executive in Tokyo

Akihiro Seita, director of health of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024.

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UNRWA executive in Tokyo

Akihiro Seita, director of health of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2024, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese chemical firm Unitika Ltd. in Osaka, western Japan. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, announced the same day its decision to pull out of that loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products.

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Reconstruction in flood-hit North Korean city

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024, from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows construction workers on a high-rise condominium building under construction in Sinuiju, a North Korean city heavily damaged by floods in late July.

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Reconstruction in flood-hit North Korean city

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024, from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows high-rise condominium buildings under construction in Sinuiju, a North Korean city heavily damaged by floods in late July.

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Unopened China-N. Korea border bridge

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2024, from the Chinese city of Dandong, shows the New Yalu River Bridge linking Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju, which has yet to open even though construction was nearly completed in 2014.

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Reconstruction in flood-hit North Korean city

Photo taken at dawn on Nov. 28, 2024, from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows a high-rise condominium building under construction in Sinuiju, a North Korean city heavily damaged by floods in late July.

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Ex-top Japan currency official to head ADB

Masato Kanda, special advisor to Japan's prime minister, meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after being elected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank. The former vice finance minister for international affairs will take up the office on Feb. 24, 2025.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2024, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese chemical firm Unitika Ltd. in Osaka, western Japan. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, has decided to pull out of that loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

Yoshihiko Noda (C), head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, as a 24-day extraordinary parliamentary session began the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (top, L) attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, as a 24-day extraordinary parliamentary session began the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, ahead of the start of a 24-day extraordinary session of Japan's Diet.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

The House of Representatives holds a plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after a 24-day extraordinary parliamentary session opened the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

The House of Councillors holds a plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after a 24-day extraordinary parliamentary session opened the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

The House of Representatives holds a plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after a 24-day extraordinary parliamentary session opened the same day.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, ahead of the start of a 24-day extraordinary session of Japan's Diet.

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"Hina" dolls of 2024 newsmakers

Sets of "Hina" traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers of 2024 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, including (bottom R) MLB star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, his wife Mamiko and the couple's dog Decoy.

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"Hina" dolls of 2024 newsmakers

"Hina" traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers of 2024 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, including MLB star Shohei Ohtani (bottom, L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, his wife Mamiko and the couple's dog Decoy.

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"Hina" dolls of 2024 newsmakers

"Hina" traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers of 2024 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, including MLB star Shohei Ohtani (bottom, L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, his wife Mamiko and the couple's dog Decoy.

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"Hina" dolls of 2024 newsmakers

"Hina" traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers of 2024 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, including MLB star Shohei Ohtani (bottom, front) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, his wife Mamiko and the couple's dog Decoy.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Firefighters investigate on Nov. 28, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Buddhist ritual in Kyoto

Buddhist monks sway while chanting at Higashi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2024, during a ritual to commemorate the death of Shinran, a famous 13th-century monk who founded the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.