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Search after U.S. military Osprey crash

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel conducts a search on Dec. 3, 2023, for a U.S. military CV-22 Osprey aircraft that crashed on Nov. 29 off the island of Yakushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Giant float festival in Japan

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix de France

Japan's Mone Chiba performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix de France

Japan's Wakaba Higuchi performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix de France

Japan's Rion Sumiyoshi performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Israeli tank

The Israeli military unveils a Merkava tank, to be used in the war with Hamas in Gaza, to the media in the suburbs of Tze'elim, southern Israel, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Israeli tanks

The Israeli military unveils Merkava tanks, to be used in the war with Hamas in Gaza, to the media in the suburbs of Tze'elim, southern Israel, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Padres' Darvish named honorary citizen of hometown

A video message from San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is played at a ceremony in his hometown of Habikino recognizing him as an honorary citizen of the western Japan city in Osaka Prefecture on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Bochum's Takuma Asano (C) celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of a Bundesliga football match against Darmstadt on Nov. 3, 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Bochum's Takuma Asano (C) scores a goal in the first half of a Bundesliga football match against Darmstadt on Nov. 3, 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Bochum's Takuma Asano (11) celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of a Bundesliga football match against Darmstadt on Nov. 3, 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany.

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Meeting of Japan, China environment ministers

Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito (R) and his Chinese counterpart Huang Runqiu shake hands during a meeting on Nov. 3, 2023, in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako chats with Japanese Peruvians in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, during an official visit to Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako claps after elderly people sing in chorus at their facility in Callao near Lima on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako visits a facility for elderly people in Callao near Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, during an official trip to Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako attends a tree-planting ceremony in a Japanese garden at a cultural hall in Lima operated by Japanese Peruvians on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako walks in a Japanese garden at a cultural hall in Lima operated by Japanese Peruvians on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako (front, L) chats with a first-generation Japanese Peruvian in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, during an official visit to Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako (L) chats with a first-generation Japanese Peruvian in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, during an official visit to Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Photo taken in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, shows Japanese Princess Kako unveiling commemorative stamps being issued in Peru to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako makes a speech during a ceremony in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako makes a speech during a ceremony in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako attends a ceremony in Lima on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako makes a speech during a ceremony in Lima hosted by Japanese Peruvians on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako makes a speech during a ceremony in Lima hosted by Japanese Peruvians on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Princess Kako in Peru

Japanese Princess Kako makes a speech during a ceremony in Lima hosted by Japanese Peruvians on Nov. 3, 2023, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Peru.

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Giant float festival in Japan

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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5th confab of signatory states for mercury pollution prevention

Signatory states to an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury pollution hold their fifth conference in Geneva on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Christmas tree in Sapporo

A 15-meter-high Christmas tree is lit in six colors at the Sapporo Factory shopping and restaurant complex in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Figure Skating: Grand Prix de France

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs during the men's short program at the Grand Prix de France figure skating competition in Angers, France, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Christmas tree in Sapporo

A 15-meter-high Christmas tree is lit in six colors at the Sapporo Factory shopping and restaurant complex in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Christmas tree in Sapporo

A 15-meter-high Christmas tree is lit in six colors at the Sapporo Factory shopping and restaurant complex in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Japan's Princess Kako arrives in Peru

Japan's Princess Kako (C) arrives in the Peruvian capital of Lima in the early hours of Nov. 3, 2023, to attend events marking 150 years of diplomatic ties between the countries.

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Japan's Princess Kako arrives in Peru

Japan's Princess Kako (R) arrives in the Peruvian capital of Lima in the early hours of Nov. 3, 2023, to attend events marking 150 years of diplomatic ties between the countries.

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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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Japan PM Kishida in Philippines

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, L) arrives at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Nov. 3, 2023, for a two-day official visit that includes a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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Order of Culture award ceremony

Novelist and historian Nanami Shiono (C, R) receives the prestigious Order of Culture medal from Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Order of Culture award ceremony

Former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (C, R) receives the prestigious Order of Culture medal from Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Order of Culture medal

Photo taken at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023, shows the medal given to Order of Culture recipients who have made outstanding contributions to Japanese culture. The medal features three magadama, comet-shaped stones, surrounded by five petals of a mandarin orange blossom.

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Float topples on Shizuoka street

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a festival float that toppled over on a street in Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Float topples on Shizuoka street

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a festival float that toppled over on a street in Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida off to Philippines, Malaysia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) leaves for the Philippines and Malaysia with his wife, Yuko, aboard a government plane from Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023, to meet with leaders of both countries.

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Japan PM Kishida off to Philippines, Malaysia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) leaves for the Philippines and Malaysia with his wife, Yuko, aboard a government plane from Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023, to meet with leaders of both countries.

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Baseball: Fighters' new ballpark in Hokkaido

File photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium, Es Con Field Hokkaido, in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, which opened on March 30, 2023. The new stadium boasts a retractable roof to shield the game and its natural grass turf from Hokkaido's frigid winters and snowy weather, as well as a 70-meter glass wall behind the bleachers to allow sunlight onto the turf. It includes a tower in left field complete with a hotel and spa, where patrons can view the game in style.