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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Japan: Large Swarm of Fish Appears in Osaka’s Dotonbori River

An unusual sight was seen in the Dotonbori River, Minami district of central Osaka, on Thursday, December 18, as a large number of fish filled the river. According to experts, "It is possible that mullet, which are sensitive to temperature changes, have escaped to a relatively warmer place in response to the drop in water temperature."

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Local city commends Nobel laureate Kitagawa

A banner celebrating Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is displayed on a wall of the Neyagawa city office in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2025. Kitagawa lives in the city.

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Japan: Autumn Colors Reach Their Peak Across Kyoto, Attracting Visitors 4

Kyoto and neighbouring areas witnessed the peak autumn foliage across various locations, attracting large numbers of both domestic and international tourists.

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Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows clay bells each topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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Year of Horse in 2026

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows a clay bell topped with a horse at Konda Hachimangu shrine in Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. A total of 1,300 bells are on sale at the shrine ahead of 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

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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.

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.

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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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

You Young of South Korea performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

You Young of South Korea performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Loena Hendrickx of Belgium performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuna Aoki of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuna Aoki of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuna Aoki of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Shun Sato of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Shun Sato of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Shun Sato of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Shun Sato of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Yuma Kagiyama (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the men's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Shun Sato of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan (L) and bronze medalist Loena Hendrickx of Belgium.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan (L) and bronze medalist Loena Hendrickx of Belgium.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025, alongside silver medalist Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan (L) and bronze medalist Loena Hendrickx of Belgium.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan celebrates after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Sofia Samodelkina of Kazakhstan performs in the women's free program at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2025.

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