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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, waves at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Nobel laureate Kitagawa leaves for Stockholm

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 3, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.(Kyodo)

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Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - The season's first auction of salted herring roe is held at a wholesale market in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 21, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Christmas show at USJ

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - A ceremony kicking off a Christmas show is held at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2025, a day before the opening of the show, set to run through Jan. 4, to the general public. (Kyodo)

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Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

A monument of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the World Exposition in Osaka, is removed by a crane from the event's venue on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (3rd from L, back row) and the members of a Japanese dance group Avantgardey pose for a photo with one of the monuments of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the World Exposition in Osaka, during a farewell ceremony at the event's venue in Osaka on Nov. 29, 2025, before all similar statues are removed from the site.

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Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

Farewell ceremony for Osaka expo mascot

People take photos of a monument of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the World Exposition in Osaka, before the statue is removed from the event's venue on Nov. 29, 2025.

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"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls of 2025 newsmakers

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025, shows "hina" traditional dolls depicting the World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled by a local doll maker as one of a series of dolls modeled after the news events of 2025.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

Photo taken in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025, shows a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. About 20 people were rescued from the 123-meter-tall structure in the early hours of Nov. 26, after it stopped moving following a lightning strike in the late afternoon of Nov. 25.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

People are wrapped in blankets after firefighters rescued them from a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were trapped inside the 123-meter-tall structure when it stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

A crane carrying a firefighter approaches a giant Ferris wheel gondola to rescue people inside it at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were rescued after the 123-meter-tall structure stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hanshin Tigers holding a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hanshin Tigers holding a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hanshin Tigers holding a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' victory parade

The Hanshin Tigers hold a parade along Osaka's Midosuji street in western Japan on Nov. 22, 2025, to celebrate their Central League baseball title.

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Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

The season's first auction of salted herring roe is held at a wholesale market in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 21, 2025.

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Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

The season's first auction of salted herring roe is held at a wholesale market in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 21, 2025.

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Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

Auction of salted herring roe in Osaka

The season's first auction of salted herring roe is held at a wholesale market in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 21, 2025.

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1 month after Osaka expo's closing

1 month after Osaka expo's closing

Dismantling work is under way at Kuwait's pavilion at the former World Exposition site in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2025, about a month after the event's closing.

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1 month after Osaka expo's closing

1 month after Osaka expo's closing

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows pavilions and other facilities being dismantled at what was the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2025, about a month after the event's closing.

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1 month after Osaka expo's closing

1 month after Osaka expo's closing

Pavilions and other facilities are being dismantled at the former World Exposition site in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2025, about a month after the event's closing.

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1 month after Osaka expo's closing

1 month after Osaka expo's closing

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows pavilions and other facilities being dismantled at what was the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2025, about a month after the event's closing.

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Christmas show at USJ

Christmas show at USJ

A Christmas show is performed for the media at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2025, a day before its opening to the general public.

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Christmas show at USJ

Christmas show at USJ

A ceremony kicking off a Christmas show is held at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2025, a day before the opening of the show, set to run through Jan. 4, to the general public.

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Christmas show at USJ

Christmas show at USJ

A Christmas show is performed for the media at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2025, a day before its opening to the general public.

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Christmas show at USJ

Christmas show at USJ

A Christmas show is performed for the media at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2025, a day before its opening to the general public.

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Santa Claus decoration in Kobe

Santa Claus decoration in Kobe

Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2025, shows a Christmas decoration featuring Santa Claus posing as the Osaka expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku (bottom) alongside Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (top, far R), Dodgers pitcher and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (top, 2nd from R) raising the MVP trophy, Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (top, 3rd from R) holding his newborn baby, Japan's first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (top, 2nd from L) and farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi carrying a sack of rice, on top of the Uroko no Ie building in the historical Kitano Ijinkan district of the western Japan city of Kobe.

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[Breaking News]Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa pose for a photo at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.(Kyodo)

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1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

Dismantling work is underway at the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2025, one month after the event's conclusion.

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1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

Dismantling work is underway at the Osaka Healthcare Pavillion at the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2025, one month after the event's conclusion.

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1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

1 month after World Exposition in Osaka

Dismantling work is underway at the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2025, one month after the event's conclusion.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

A digital news board in Osaka's Umeda area, western Japan, reports on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

A digital news board in Osaka's Umeda area, western Japan, reports on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

TVs at a consumer electronic shop in the western Japan city of Osaka show reports on Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career.

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Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi (L) and Susumu Kitagawa hold talks at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi (L) and Susumu Kitagawa hold talks at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi (L) and Susumu Kitagawa shake hands after holding talks at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates hold talks in Kyoto

Nobel laureates Shimon Sakaguchi (L) and Susumu Kitagawa hold talks at Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. Osaka University distinguished professor Sakaguchi is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Kyoto University distinguished professor Kitagawa is a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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