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UK: Storm Goretti Triggers Snow Warnings, Wreaking Havoc Across Country

The Met Office issued weather warnings for heavy snow as Storm Goretti approaches the UK, warning of potential injuries and a danger to life. The severe weather caused major travel disruptions, thousands of power outages, and the closure of many schools.

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Baseball star Ohtani statue on sale

Former Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama poses by a life-size gold-leaf statue of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, displayed for sale at a gold fair held at a Yokohama Takashimaya department store in Yokohama near Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025, carrying a price tag of 55 million yen ($371,872).

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Taiwan: Rain And Winds Pick Up As Typhoon Krathon Approaches

Rain and winds started to pick up in Taipei on Monday, September 30 as Typhoon Krathon approached Taiwan.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Angels has a samurai warrior helmet placed on his head by Luis Rengifo after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on June 12, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Angels has a samurai warrior helmet placed on his head by Luis Rengifo after hitting a solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on June 12, 2023.

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Forum held on feudal Japanese warlord Sanada Yukimura

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A forum on feudal warlord Sanada Yukimura is held in Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2014. The Japanese samurai warrior (1567-1615) hid himself there for 14 years in the evening of his life.

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Tokyo monument showing where feudal lord Asano died

This is the monument in Tokyo's Shimbashi District, taken on March 28, 2015, showing the former site of a samurai palace where feudal lord Asanotakuminokami ended his life by committing hara-kiri in 1701, triggering the famous vendetta carried out by his retainers known as the "47 Ronin of Ako." The "kanji" characters engraved on the monument mean "This is the place where Asanotakuminokami ended his life." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seppuku,self-disembowelment

A dramatized photo of a samurai committing seppuku (ritual suicide) and wearing white garments, with the kaishaku (man to behead the samurai when too much pain occurs) and tachiai (witness) standing nearby.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐10‐0]

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Hairdressing

A woman is looking in a mirror, preparing to go out. Her obi sash is tied in the darari-musubi (hanging tie) fashion popular among the daughters of wealthy merchants and samurai. They often wear brightly coloured collar attachments.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐27‐0]

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Samurai and women greeting each other

The man has placed his sword to the right and is exchanging greetings with two women in front of an alcove with a hanging scroll. They have one hand placed over the other. The English title reads VISITING CEREMONIALS. A gekkin (moon lute) is hanging on the alcove pillar.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐138‐0]

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A samurai warrior on an errand in the morning

This photograph was staged to depict a samurai leaving home for work in the morning. This is one of a set of photographs in a Yokohama album. The samurai, accompanied by servants, is wearing official attire with a family crest. One of his servants is holding a spear, and the other one slippers. The horse is rather weak-looking.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐18‐0]

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Painting of a tycoon and his wife

A portrait of the shogun in formal attire wearing eboshi (head gear worn by nobles in court dress) and kariginu (silk garment worn traditionally by nobles or court officials) and his wife wearing a long overgarment and hair done in Japanese style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐44‐0]

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Samurai wearing noshi and a page

A warrior sits facing the front wearing formal attire and eboshi (headgear worn by nobles in court dress), and his bearer sits by his side holding a sword in his right hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐3‐0]

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Forum held on feudal Japanese warlord Sanada Yukimura

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A forum on feudal warlord Sanada Yukimura is held in Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2014. The Japanese samurai warrior (1567-1615) hid himself there for 14 years in the evening of his life. (Kyodo)