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Italian week at Osaka expo

Photo shows an android representing Ito Mancio, head of the 16th century Tensho embassy, the first Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe including Italy, on display at Italy's pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025, the opening day of the expo's eight-day Italian week.

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Italian week at Osaka expo

Photo shows an android representing Ito Mancio, head of the 16th century Tensho embassy, the first Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe including Italy, on display at Italy's pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025, the opening day of the expo's eight-day Italian week.

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Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Chopin week at Osaka expo

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi performs Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra during the Chopin week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Chopin week at Osaka expo

Japanese pianist Aimi Kobayashi performs Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra during the Chopin week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Osaka Week at World Exposition

A "danjiri" cart-pulling performance is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025, marking the start of Osaka Week, during which various events are scheduled through May 18 to pitch the culture of the western Japan city.

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Osaka Week at World Exposition

A "danjiri" cart-pulling performance is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025, marking the start of Osaka Week, during which various events are scheduled through May 18 to pitch the culture of the western Japan city.

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Osaka Week at World Exposition

A "danjiri" cart-pulling performance is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025, marking the start of Osaka Week, during which various events are scheduled through May 18 to pitch the culture of the western Japan city.

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Osaka Week at World Exposition

A drum performance is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025, marking the start of Osaka Week, during which various events are scheduled through May 18 to pitch the culture of the western Japan city.

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Osaka Week at World Exposition

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (C) waves during an event to pitch the local culture as Osaka Week begins at the World Exposition in the western Japan city on May 9, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a view of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 6, 2025, the final day of the Golden Week spring holiday season in Japan.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a view of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 6, 2025, the final day of the Golden Week spring holiday season in Japan.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a view of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 6, 2025, the final day of the Golden Week spring holiday season in Japan.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A shinkansen platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Reach Full Bloom Across Country 4

Cherry blossoms have begun to bloom all over Japan, and are expected to reach full bloom in many places this week. This video shows cherry blossom trees along the Okawa River in Osaka City.

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File - Ubisoft Closes XDefiant Servers and Studios

Illustration of the UBISOFT logo at the Paris Games Week, France's biggest video game trade show, on November 1, 2023. Barely six months after the launch of its XDefiant video game, the French giant has announced that it will be shutting down the online game's servers in June. “This decision also entails the closure of our San Francisco and Osaka production studios and the gradual reduction of our Sydney production site, with the departure of 143 people in San Francisco and 134 people in Osaka and Sydney,” Ubisoft detailed in a message sent to AFP on December 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Ubisoft Closes XDefiant Servers and Studios

Illustration of the UBISOFT logo at the Paris Games Week, France's biggest video game trade show, on November 1, 2023. Barely six months after the launch of its XDefiant video game, the French giant has announced that it will be shutting down the online game's servers in June. “This decision also entails the closure of our San Francisco and Osaka production studios and the gradual reduction of our Sydney production site, with the departure of 143 people in San Francisco and 134 people in Osaka and Sydney,” Ubisoft detailed in a message sent to AFP on December 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rice price futures index's listing

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange. (Kyodo)

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga speaks in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, during a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the western Japan exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga speaks in Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, during a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the western Japan exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao speaks in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga break a sake cask in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

An international flight departure lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season after the lifting of COVID-19 countermeasures.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

An international flight departure lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season after the lifting of COVID-19 countermeasures.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

An arrival lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

An international flight departure lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season after the lifting of COVID-19 countermeasures.

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Golden Week begins in Japan

An international flight departure lobby at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on April 29, 2023, as Japan enters the Golden Week holiday season after the lifting of COVID-19 countermeasures.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

A child waves his cap as port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities use a boat to tow a dead sperm whale back out to sea in Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities tie a rope around a dead sperm whale in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Stray whale in Osaka dies

Port authorities watch as a dead sperm whale is transported in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2023. The stray whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in Osaka's Yodo River and confirmed dead later in the week.

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Whale in rare sighting in Osaka confirmed dead

An 8-meter-long whale spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka earlier this week was confirmed dead Friday, local officials said, after it had remained in the same spot for days and was not observed spouting water. Workers of the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the western Japan city had approached the large mammal by boat to check if it was breathing, while Tsutomu Tamura of the Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research said that the blowhole that the whale would use to breathe had been submerged underwater since Wednesday. The Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau is expected to discuss how to dispose of the whale's carcass.

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Whale spotted in Osaka

Photo taken Jan. 13, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a whale floating near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan. A stray whale spotted around there earlier in the week was confirmed dead.

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Whale spotted in Osaka

Photo taken Jan. 13, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a whale floating near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan. A stray whale spotted around there earlier in the week was confirmed dead.

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Tennis: U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States, Sept. 2 Kyodo - Naomi Osaka of Japan attends a press conference after losing to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York on Sept. 2, 2019. With the loss, Osaka will fall out of the top spot in the following week's official WTA rankings.