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Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko was taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, is pictured during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Arimoto, who strenuously fought for her return and that of the other abductees, died of natural causes aged 96 at his home in Kobe, western Japan, without seeing her, his family said on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Pet industry in China

A citizen walks his dog on the beach in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, Oct 23, 2024.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighter at Japan base

A U.S. F-22 stealth fighter is pictured at Nyutabaru Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighter at Japan base

A U.S. F-22 stealth fighter is pictured at Nyutabaru Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighter at Japan base

A U.S. F-22 stealth fighter is pictured at Nyutabaru Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Oct. 23, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 mobile combat vehicle, during a Japan-U.S. joint drill on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Oct. 23, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle driving through a residential area during a Japan-U.S. joint drill on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Staff sort parcels at the Fuyang distribution center of ZTO Express in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Staff sort parcels at the Fuyang distribution center of ZTO Express in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Staff sort parcels at the Fuyang distribution center of ZTO Express in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Staff members of ZTO Express Fuyang Distribution center use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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China Express Service

FUYANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - Workers use automatic sorting equipment to sort parcels at the Fuyang Mail Processing Center of China Post in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, Oct 23, 2024.

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Japan-China meeting on maritime issues

Senior officials from the Japanese and Chinese governments hold a working-level meeting on maritime issues in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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Tokyo Metro shares debut on Tokyo bourse

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - President Akiyoshi Yamamura of Tokyo Metro Co. rings the bell in a ceremony to mark the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime Market debut of the Asia's oldest subway operator on Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Bottles of imported Beaujolais Nouveau wine are shown to the media after their arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 23, 2024, prior to the French wine's release on Nov. 21. (Kyodo)

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New JAXA astronauts

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa, newly approved Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts, pose for a photo at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: U.S. hall of fame chief Rawitch

NEW YORK, United States, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Josh Rawitch, president of the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, gives an interview in Cooperstown, New York, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Year of Snake in 2025

TANABE, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Making of a giant votive tablet with an illustration of a snake is completed at Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, in preparation for the coming of 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac. (Kyodo)

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[breaking News]Ohtani's 50th home run ball at U.S. auction

RUNNEMEDE, United States, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Video taken on Oct. 16, 2024, in Runnemede, New Jersey, shows Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball of the 2024 season. The ball was sold for $4,392,000 at an online auction, a record for one used in a game, according to the organizer. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Tokyo Metro shares debut on Tokyo bourse

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - President Akiyoshi Yamamura of Tokyo Metro Co. rings the bell in a ceremony to mark the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime Market debut of the Asia's oldest subway operator on Oct. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Football: Champions League

Reo Hatate (R) of Celtic plays in a Champions League football match against Atalanta on Oct. 23, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy.

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Football: Champions League

Ayase Ueda (L) of Feyenoord vies for the ball with Tomas Araujo of Benfica in a Champions League football match on Oct. 23, 2024, in Lisbon.

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Football: Champions League

Ayase Ueda (L) of Feyenoord celebrates with a teammate after opening the scoring in the first half of a Champions League football match against Benfica on Oct. 23, 2024, in Lisbon.

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Japan Crown Prince at Blue Planet Prize ceremony

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L) attend an award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Southwestern Japan students attend papal audience

Junior high school students from Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, pose for a photo after attending a general audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2024, clad in costumes simulating four Japanese teenagers sent to Rome as emissaries of a Catholic landlord in the 1580s. The southwestern Japan city, where the 16th-century emissaries studied at a Jesuit school, has sent delegations of local students since 2012, with the 2024 cohort being the first after the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan Crown Prince at Blue Planet Prize ceremony

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito speaks at an award ceremony for the Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award, in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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Football: Champions League

Ayase Ueda (R) of Feyenoord attempts a shot on goal in a Champions League football match against Benfica on Oct. 23, 2024, in Lisbon.

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Japan-China meeting on maritime issues

Hiroyuki Namazu (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and his counterpart Hong Liang of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at China's Foreign Ministry, shake hands as they hold a working-level meeting on maritime issues in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani (R) receives flowers from teammate Hayato Sakamoto at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Football: Champions League

Ayase Ueda (R) of Feyenoord plays in a Champions League football match against Benfica on Oct. 23, 2024, in Lisbon.

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Football: Champions League

Daizen Maeda of Celtic plays in a Champions League football match against Atalanta on Oct. 23, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy.

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Football: Champions League

Reo Hatate (R) of Celtic plays in a Champions League football match against Atalanta on Oct. 23, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy.

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Football: Champions League

Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic heads the ball in the second half of a Champions League football match against Atalanta on Oct. 23, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy.

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Football: Champions League

Takuya Ogiwara (R) of Dinamo Zagreb plays in a Champions League football match against Red Bull Salzburg on Oct. 23, 2024, in Salzburg, Austria.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

The Kansai Pavilion, a showcase by nine prefectures from the Kansai region in western Japan for the 2025 World Exposition, is lit up during a press preview on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025, on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

The Osaka Healthcare Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition is unveiled to the media on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Photo shows the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, unveiled to the media on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki (C) speaks to reporters during a press preview of the Kansai Pavilion, a showcase by nine prefectures, including Shiga Prefecture, from the Kansai region in western Japan for the 2025 World Exposition, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025, on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

The Osaka Healthcare Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition is unveiled to the media on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

The Kansai Pavilion, a showcase by nine prefectures from the Kansai region in western Japan for the 2025 World Exposition, is lit up during a press preview on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025, on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Photo shows the Kansai Pavilion, a showcase by nine prefectures from the Kansai region in western Japan for the 2025 World Exposition, on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, unveiled to the media on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Photo shows the interior of the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, unveiled to the media on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Photo shows the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan, unveiled to the media on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025.