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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (Pool photo)

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Bank of Japan headquarters

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2025, shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo.

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Bank of Japan headquarters

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2025, shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front) attends a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025.

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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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Boxing: Naoya Inoue opens training

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (R) of Japan opens a training session to the media at his gym in Yokohama near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025, before taking on challenger Alan Picasso of Mexico in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 27.

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Boxing: Naoya Inoue opens training

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan opens a training session to the media at his gym in Yokohama near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025, before taking on challenger Alan Picasso of Mexico in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 27.

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Boxing: Naoya Inoue opens training

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan opens a training session to the media at his gym in Yokohama near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025, before taking on challenger Alan Picasso of Mexico in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 27.

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Boxing: Naoya Inoue opens training

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan opens a training session to the media at his gym in Yokohama near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025, before taking on challenger Alan Picasso of Mexico in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 27.

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, speaks in front of disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako meet with disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R) and Empress Masako meet with disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Japan: M4.9 Quake Strikes Southern Ibaraki, Tremors Felt in Tokyo

An earthquake jolted the greater Tokyo area on Friday, December 12. It struck around 7:05 p.m., with the epicenter in southern Ibaraki Prefecture and an estimated magnitude of 4.9.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

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Defense Minister Koizumi

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after talking via telephone with his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, over the recent radar lock incident involving Japanese and Chinese fighter jets.

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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SmartDrive signboard and logo

SmartDrive signboard and logo=December 9,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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JFE Holdings signboard and logo

JFE Holdings signboard and logo=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right) and President Hideharu Maro.=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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TOPPAN Holdings President Change Press Conference

TOPPAN Holdings President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Satoshi Oya (right).=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Iris Ohyama signboard and logo

Iris Ohyama signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Sojitz signboard and logo

Sojitz signboard and logo=December 11,2025,Tokyo

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Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs

Bankers' Association Building · National Bankers' Association Signs=December 10,2025,Tokyo

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

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Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.