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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025, marking the start the following day of a ceramics exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Over 200 ceramic dogs donated by the princess are on display at the exhibition that runs through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025, marking the start the following day of a ceramics exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Over 200 ceramic dogs donated by the princess are on display at the exhibition that runs through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako stand at a stone monument for deceased patients during a visit to a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako (R) visit a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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Tugboat, pleasure boat collide in western Japan sea

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 17, 2024, shows the area off Kudamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi where a pleasure boat and a tugboat collided earlier in the day. The pleasure boat sank after the collision in the Seto Inland Sea, leaving three of the four people aboard dead.

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Japan Paralympic athletes return home from Paris

Yujiro Seto, Japan's gold medalist in the men's judo 73-kilogram J2 event at the Paris Paralympics, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo upon his return from France on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan (front) is pictured with Leon Marchand of France after competing in the men's 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan (facing camera) congratulates Leon Marchand of France after competing in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan is pictured after finishing seventh in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan (R) and Leon Marchand of France shake hands after competing in the men's 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Swimmers, including Daiya Seto of Japan and Leon Marchand of France, start the men's 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan (L) and Leon Marchand of France compete in the men's 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-SWIMMING

(240801) -- PARIS, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Leon Marchand (L) of France and Seto Daiya of Japan shake hands after the men's 200m individual medley semifinals of swimming at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan swims the breaststroke leg in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan swims the breaststroke leg in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

People in the central Japan city of Seto, shogi star Sota Fujii's hometown, celebrate on July 1, 2024, after he earned lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in Nagoya. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Swimming: Sette Colli Trophy

(From L) Massimiliano Matteazzi of Italy, Daiya Seto of Japan and Alberto Razzetti of Italy pose for photos after winning bronze, gold and silver, respectively, in the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Sette Colli Trophy international swimming competition in Rome on June 23, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Lewis Clareburt (C) of New Zealand is pictured after winning gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024, alongside Max Litchfield (L) of Britain who finished second and Daiya Seto of Japan third.

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World aquatics championships

Lewis Clareburt (C) of New Zealand poses for photos after winning gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024, alongside Max Litchfield (L) of Britain who finished second and Daiya Seto of Japan third.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan reacts after finishing third in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan swims breaststroke in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan swims backstroke in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan swims butterfly in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan swims butterfly in the men's 400-meter individual medley final at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan poses for photos after receiving the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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World aquatics championships

Daiya Seto of Japan poses for photos after receiving the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world aquatics championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 18, 2024.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-SWIMMING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

(240219) -- DOHA, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Lewis Clareburt (C) of New Zealand, silver medalist Max Litchfeild (L) of Britain and bronze medalist Seto Daiya of Japan pose for photograph during the awarding ceremony of the men's 400m individual medley final of swimming event at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-SWIMMING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

(240219) -- DOHA, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Lewis Clareburt (C) of New Zealand, silver medalist Max Litchfeild (L) of Britain and bronze medalist Seto Daiya of Japan pose for photograph after the awarding ceremony of the men's 400m individual medley final of swimming event at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-SWIMMING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

(240219) -- DOHA, Feb. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Seto Daiya of Japan competes during the men's 400m individual medley final of swimming event at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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Asian Games: Swimming

Daiya Seto of Japan swims the breaststroke leg in the final of the men's 400-meter individual medley swimming event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Tomoru Honda (L) of Japan and compatriot Daiya Seto pose for photos after winning gold and silver, respectively in the men's 400-meter individual medley swimming event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.