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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Shun Sato of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Mone Chiba of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Shun Sato of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Mone Chiba of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Shun Sato of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ami Nakai of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ami Nakai of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Mone Chiba of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ami Nakai of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs a back flip during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ilia Malinin of the United States trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Figure skating: World championships in Prague

Ilia Malinin of the United States trains during an official practice session in Prague on March 24, 2026, ahead of the world figure skating championships beginning the following day.

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GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Press Conference One Year Before the Event. The photo shows, from left to right, the official mascot character “Tunk Tunk,” official ambassador Mana Ashida, Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition Association, Toshiro Ino, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Norikazu Suzuki, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Satoru Mizushima, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, and the new official ambassadors, Yuzu (Yujin Kitagawa and Koji Iwasawa).=March 19,2026,Tokyo

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GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Press Conference One Year Before the Event. The photo shows, from left: the official mascot character “Tunk Tunk,” official ambassador Mana Ashida, new official ambassadors Yuzu (Yujin Kitagawa and Koji Iwasawa), and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition Association.=March 19,2026,Tokyo

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GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Press Conference One Year Before the Event. The photo shows, from left to right, the official mascot character “Tunk Tunk,” Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition Association.=March 19,2026,Tokyo

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[Breaking News]Annual wage negotiations in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, March 18 Kyodo - An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down responses from its member companies in wage negotiations in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, as many major Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp. fully meet their labor unions' pay hike demands. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, March 19 Kyodo - The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year. (Kyodo)

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Annual wage negotiations in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, March 18 Kyodo - An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down responses from its member companies in wage negotiations in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, as many major Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp. fully meet their labor unions' pay hike demands. (Kyodo)

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Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year.

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Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year.

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Japanese mathematician Hironaka dies

Japanese mathematician Hironaka dies

Japanese mathematician Heisuke Hironaka (L) shakes hands with French Ambassador Bernard de Montferrand at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo in January 2004 at an event to award Hironaka the Legion of Honor, France's most prestigious award. Kyoto University professor emeritus Hironaka died in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, aged 94.

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Japan PM Takaichi's visit to U.S.

Japan PM Takaichi's visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, before leaving for the United States for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Japan PM Takaichi's visit to U.S.

Japan PM Takaichi's visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, before leaving for the United States for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Annual wage negotiations in Japan

Annual wage negotiations in Japan

An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down responses from its member companies in wage negotiations in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, as many major Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp. fully meet their labor unions' pay hike demands.

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Annual wage negotiations in Japan

Annual wage negotiations in Japan

An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down responses from its member companies in wage negotiations in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, as many major Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp. fully meet their labor unions' pay hike demands.

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Annual wage negotiations in Japan

Annual wage negotiations in Japan

An official of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes down responses from its member companies in wage negotiations in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, as many major Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp. fully meet their labor unions' pay hike demands.

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Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her official residence in Tokyo on March 11, 2026, announcing that Japan would release 15 days' worth of reserves held by the private sector and then one month's worth of government-held oil in response to surging crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The announcement was made hours before International Energy Agency member countries unanimously agreed on the largest-ever oil stockpile release.

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Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her official residence in Tokyo on March 11, 2026, announcing that Japan would release 15 days' worth of reserves held by the private sector and then one month's worth of government-held oil in response to surging crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The announcement was made hours before International Energy Agency member countries unanimously agreed on the largest-ever oil stockpile release.

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Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her official residence in Tokyo on March 11, 2026, announcing that Japan would release 15 days' worth of reserves held by the private sector and then one month's worth of government-held oil in response to surging crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The announcement was made hours before International Energy Agency member countries unanimously agreed on the largest-ever oil stockpile release.

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Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her official residence in Tokyo on March 11, 2026, announcing that Japan would release 15 days' worth of reserves held by the private sector and then one month's worth of government-held oil in response to surging crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The announcement was made hours before International Energy Agency member countries unanimously agreed on the largest-ever oil stockpile release.

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Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Japan to release government-held oil reserves

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her official residence in Tokyo on March 11, 2026, announcing that Japan would release one month's worth of government-held oil in response to surging crude oil prices triggered by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The announcement was made hours before International Energy Agency member countries unanimously agreed on the largest-ever oil stockpile release.

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US: Voters Form Long Lines in Harris County for Texas Primary Elections

Voters formed long lines outside polling stations across Harris County, Texas, on Tuesday, March 3, for the Republican and Democratic primaries to cast their ballots. Despite the official 7 p.m. closing time, many residents remained in line as of 8 p.m. to cast their ballots for the upcoming November midterm elections.

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UAE: Drone Intercepted in Ras Al Khaimah, No Injuries Reported

Ras Al Khaimah authorities said debris fell in Al Hamra Village on Monday morning after air defence systems intercepted an Iranian drone. No injuries were reported. Officials urged the public to rely on official sources and avoid spreading unverified information.

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Overseas tourists at Japanese ski resort

Overseas tourists at Japanese ski resort

A local police official (R) hands out safety brochures to foreign visitors at a ski resort in the village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in January 2026, amid a surge of incidents involving foreign skiers getting stranded while backcountry skiing.

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Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Photo shows a statue of Myaku-Myaku (R), the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, and the Tower of the Sun, a symbol of the 1970 Osaka expo, on Feb. 21, 2026, at Expo'70 Commemorative Park in Suita in Osaka Prefecture. A ceremony to celebrate the relocation of the Myaku-Myaku statue from the expo venue was held the same day.

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Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Photo shows a statue of Myaku-Myaku (L), the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, and the Tower of the Sun, a symbol of the 1970 Osaka expo, on Feb. 21, 2026, at Expo'70 Commemorative Park in Suita in Osaka Prefecture. A ceremony to celebrate the relocation of the Myaku-Myaku stutue from the expo venue was held the same day.

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Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

A ceremony is held on Feb. 21, 2026, to celebrate the relocation of two statues of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, from the expo venue to Expo'70 Commemorative Park in Suita in Osaka Prefecture.

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Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

Relocation of Osaka expo mascot monuments

A ceremony is held on Feb. 21, 2026, to celebrate the relocation of two monuments of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, from the expo venue to Expo'70 Commemorative Park in Suita in Osaka Prefecture.

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International Horticultural Expo 2027

International Horticultural Expo 2027

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at the prime minister's office on Feb. 16, 2026, with a mechanical version of Tunku Tunku, the official mascot of the International Horticultural Expo 2027, to be held in Yokohama from March to September.

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METI uses Toyota vehicle assembled in U.S.

METI uses Toyota vehicle assembled in U.S.

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2026, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Highlander sport utility vehicle built in the United States and imported to Japan to be used for the ministry's official duties.

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International Horticultural Expo 2027

International Horticultural Expo 2027

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at the prime minister's office on Feb. 16, 2026, with a mechanical version of Tunku Tunku, the official mascot of the International Horticultural Expo 2027, to be held in Yokohama from March to September.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama (R) and U.S. rival Ilia Malinin smile ahead of an official training session at the Milan Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 12, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama and U.S. rival Ilia Malinin interact after an official training session at the Milan Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 12, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama (front) and U.S. rival Ilia Malinin pose for a photo following an official training session at the Milan Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 12, 2026.

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