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Symposium on N. Korea's abductions

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, speaks at a government-sponsored symposium on the issue in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025. He called for the early return of abductees including his older sister Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13. (Kyodo)

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Symposium on N. Korea's abductions

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, speaks at a government-sponsored symposium on the issue in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025. He called for the early return of abductees including his older sister Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

People tour a new kindergarten lunch center partially financed by Japanese official development assistance in Demydiv near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan-sponsored kindergarten lunch center in Ukraine

People tour a new kindergarten lunch center partially financed by Japanese official development assistance in Demydiv near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Abe siblings get 'Best Smiles' award

Japan two-time Olympic judo champion Hifumi Abe (L) and his sister, world champion Uta, pose for a photo after winning the "Best Smiles of the Year" award, sponsored by the Japan Dental Association, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Nuke victims forum opens in Hiroshima

The two-day World Nuclear Victims Forum begins in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2025. About 40 people from Japan, South Korea, the United States and Pacific island nations affected by nuclear accidents, nuclear bomb tests and uranium mining attended the forum, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

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Pope Leo XVI Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XVI receives in private audience Participants in the seminar sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Theology at the Vatican, on September 13, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XVI Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XVI receives in private audience Participants in the seminar sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Theology at the Vatican, on September 13, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XVI Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XVI receives in private audience Participants in the seminar sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Theology at the Vatican, on September 13, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XVI Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XVI receives in private audience Participants in the seminar sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Theology at the Vatican, on September 13, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XVI Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XVI receives in private audience Participants in the seminar sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Theology at the Vatican, on September 13, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of the abduction issue. His sister Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977.

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Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo Receives In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Astrophysics Summer School sponsored by the Specola Vaticana at the Vatican, on June 16, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako (C) attends a welcoming ceremony sponsored by a local community for people of Japanese descent in Maringa, southern Brazil, on June 8, 2025.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a government-sponsored memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 26, 2025, to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a government-sponsored memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 26, 2025, to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba offers flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a government-sponsored memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on May 26, 2025.

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A-bomb exhibition at U.N. headquarters

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki explains on May 1, 2025, about a photo shown at an exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in New York that aims to convey the reality of the damage caused by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The exhibition, sponsored by Mayors for Peace, an international organization of cities committed to peace, runs through May 9.

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A-bomb exhibition at U.N. headquarters

Photo taken on May 1, 2025, shows an exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in New York that aims to convey the reality of the damage caused by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The exhibition, sponsored by Mayors for Peace, an international organization of cities committed to peace, runs through May 9.

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests pose for a photo at a stations sponsored by Meta during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

A family gets their photo taken at a station sponsored by Amazon during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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DC: 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll Preview

Guests participate in various sponsored activities during the 2025 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - Video taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October. (Kyodo)

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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Saint Patrick Day Parade - Madrid

Participants during the 3rd Saint Patrick Day Parade on Gran Via Street in Madrid, Spain, on March 15, 2025. The parade is organized by the piper Bras Rodrigo, framed within the Ireland Week of Tourism Ireland and sponsored by Guinness. It has started at the Metrópoli building in Gran Vía, to culminate with a surprise concert in the Plaza de Callao. Photo by Jesús Hellin/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saint Patrick Day Parade - Madrid

Participants during the 3rd Saint Patrick Day Parade on Gran Via Street in Madrid, Spain, on March 15, 2025. The parade is organized by the piper Bras Rodrigo, framed within the Ireland Week of Tourism Ireland and sponsored by Guinness. It has started at the Metrópoli building in Gran Vía, to culminate with a surprise concert in the Plaza de Callao. Photo by Jesús Hellin/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM