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Japan PM Takaichi celebrates Italian PM Meloni's birthday

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) gives gifts to her Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2026, to celebrate her 49th birthday the previous day.

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[Breaking News]Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

UENOHARA, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,800 points from the previous trading day, setting an intraday record high above the 53,000 line on the morning of Jan. 13, 2026.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire that started the previous day continuing to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire that started the previous day continuing to burn on Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

People including firefighters watch a helicopter engaged in firefighting operations on Mt. Ogi, which straddles the cities of Uenohara and Otsuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows a helicopter engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 9, 2026, shows smoke rising from Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations at Mt. Ogi straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2026, as a wildfire that started the previous day continues to burn.

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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Expressway interchange congested due to snow

IWAKUNI, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2026, shows traffic congestion at the Sanyo Expressway interchange in Iwakuni in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, due to heavy snow the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Expressway interchange congested due to snow

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2026, shows traffic congestion at the Sanyo Expressway interchange in Iwakuni in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, due to heavy snow the previous day.

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Photo taken at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025, shows a moving walkway (L) where a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy occurred the previous day. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in the moving walkway.

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Flowers and juice bottles are placed at the site of a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in a moving walkway at the resort the previous day.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a press conference in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025, after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of the day. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, waves to the crowd in front of the Grand Hotel in Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, waves to the crowd in front of the Grand Hotel in Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a press conference in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025, after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of the day. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a press conference in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025, after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of the day. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a press conference in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025, after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of the day. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, attends a press conference in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2025, after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of the day. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, acknowledges a crowd of people from the balcony of Grand Hotel Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day, with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, acknowledges a crowd of people from the balcony of Grand Hotel Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day, with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado in Oslo

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, acknowledges a crowd of people from the balcony of Grand Hotel Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day, with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, acknowledges a crowd of people from the balcony of Grand Hotel Oslo after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11. The award ceremony took place the previous day, with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, leaves the Grand Hotel Oslo to greet supporters after arriving in the Norwegian capital in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day, with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, shakes hands with a supporter after arriving in Oslo in the small hours of Dec. 11, 2025. The award ceremony took place the previous day with her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado attending on her behalf.

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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day. (Pool photo)

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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day. (Pool photo)

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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) meets the press in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day.

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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day.

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Hong Kong fire

A woman bursts into tears on Nov. 27, 2025, after coming out of a center where relatives identify family members from photos, following a massive fire that broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

A woman receives meals provided by volunteers on Nov. 27, 2025, after a massive fire broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

A woman receives meals provided by volunteers on Nov. 27, 2025, after a massive fire broke out the previous day in a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Hong Kong fire

People pick up clothes given as relief supplies on Nov. 27, 2025, outside of a high-rise residential complex (in background) in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong where a massive fire broke out the previous day, leaving at least 94 people dead and 279 unaccounted for.

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Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Screenshot shows Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani holding an online press conference on Nov. 25, 2025, following his announcement the previous day that he will play for defending champion Japan at the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March.

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Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Screenshot shows Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani holding an online press conference on Nov. 25, 2025, following his announcement the previous day that he will play for defending champion Japan at the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March.

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Massive fire in southwestern Japan

Smoke rises from the site of a massive fire in a residential area of the southwestern Japan city of Oita on Nov. 19, 2025. One person died and more than 170 buildings were damaged in the fire that started the previous day.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data board in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing below the 49,000 line for the first time in about four weeks on Nov. 18, 2025, down over 1,600 points from the previous trading day.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data board in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing below the 49,000 line for the first time in about four weeks on Nov. 18, 2025, down over 1,600 points from the previous trading day.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial data board in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing below the 49,000 line for the first time in about four weeks on Nov. 18, 2025, down over 1,600 points from the previous trading day.

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Illustration US Capitol - Washington

Photo taken on November 5, 2025 shows U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the United States. On Wednesday, the U.S. federal government shutdown entered its 36th day, surpassing the previous 35-day record set during the 2018-2019 shutdown, making it the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Yousong/ABACAPRESS.CO

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Homeless in Portland - Oregon

A homeless person is seen resting on the sidewalk outside a free meal distribution facility in Portland, Oregon, the United States, November 5, 2025. On Wednesday, the U.S. federal government shutdown entered its 36th day, surpassing the previous 35-day record set during the 2018-2019 shutdown, making it the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Photo by Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling/ABACAPRESS.CO