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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (far L) chats with University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner, the winner of the 1985 International Prize for Biology, while Japanese Crown Princess Michiko (2nd from R) chats with the professor's wife after the award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985. (Kyodo)

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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner (L, front) receives the 1985 International Prize for Biology in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985, with Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (top, L) and Crown Princess Michiko attending the award ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Rice for undernourished children in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Young monks at Tokyo's Zojoji temple prepare to send collected rice to undernourished children in the city on Aug. 11, 1930. (Photo by Japan Telegraphic Communication Co.)

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Feb. 1936 military revolt in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - A group of young Imperial Japanese Army officers enter the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 1936, in an attempt to seize control of key locations, including the prime minister's residence, in the so-called 2.26 incident that started in the early morning of Feb. 26. The coup, conducted by a faction of officers within the Army who were dissatisfied with the government's perceived weakness and corruption, ended in failure.

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Radio broadcasting in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken at an unidentified location shows family members in Japan spending time together while listening to the radio in 1928. Radio broadcasting began in Japan in 1925. (Kyodo)

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Japanese singer and actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Yoshiko Yamaguchi, a China-born Japanese singer and actress, sings the song "Fragrance of the Night" with piano accompaniment by composer Ryoichi Hattori as she reunites with Li Jinguang, composer of the song, for the first time in 37 years at a hotel in Tokyo on July 29, 1981. Born in Manchuria in northeast China in 1920, Yamaguchi made her debut under the name of Li Xianglan, hiding her Japanese nationality, and became popular both in China and Japan. Her real name was Yoshiko Otaka. (Kyodo) =Kyodo

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Novelist Yoshiko Shibaki

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken at an unidentified place on June 20, 1960, shows Japanese novelist Yoshiko Shibaki. Shibaki (1914-1991) was awarded numerous prizes, including the Akutagawa Award and the Japan Art Academy's Imperial Prize. (Kyodo)

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Holdout of students inside University of Tokyo auditorium

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Riot police fire a water cannon toward the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 1969, after hardline leftist students barricaded themselves inside the building during a siege by the police. (Kyodo)

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Lawsuit by chloroquine side-effect victims

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - A group of victims who suffer side effects from the drug chloroquine rally in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on Dec. 22, 1975, while holding a banner reading, "Give us back light." The plaintiffs lodged a damages suit later in the day for the state's alleged failure to warn patients of the danger of chloroquine, which was used to treat kidney disease. Patients were not informed that it could damage to the eyes, leading gradually to permanent blindness.(Kyodo)

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Confrontation among leftist Japanese students in 1960s

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Leftist students aligned with the Japanese Communist Party (R) clash with students critical of the party (L) at a University of Tokyo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 1969. (Kyodo)

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Diet summons key figure in HIV scandal

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Takeshi Abe, former head of the Health and Welfare Ministry's AIDS study team and former vice president of Teikyo University, raises his hand to testify as unsworn witness at a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo in April 1996 over his connection with HIV infections through tainted blood products in the early 1980s. An expert on hemophilia treatment, Abe is regarded as the key figure who influenced a ministry decision to continue the use of unheated blood products in 1984.(Kyodo)

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Japanese TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada are pictured during a press conference on April 11, 2007, after the Supreme Court repealed in March a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court finalized Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the 2003 births of the boys.(Kyodo)

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Recruiting of people for illicit jobs

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - A flow chart shows the process of recruiting people for illicit part-time jobs.1) A potential applicant searches for part-time jobs by entering such key phrases as "highly paid jobs" on X and other social media platforms before contacting a group offering illicit jobs.2) The applicant is asked to use high-secrecy apps like Signal for further communication with the group.3) The applicant submits his or her personal data such as ID to the group.4) The group orders the applicant to commit theft and other illegal conduct, threatening to disclose his or her ID if they refuse.(Kyodo)

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Babies born via surrogate mother

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Former pro wrestler Nobuhiko Takada and TV personality Aki Mukai hold up a piece of paper showing the names of their twin babies, born through a surrogate mother in the United States, during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2004.

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Gynecologist Song

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated photo taken at an unidentified location shows obstetrician and gynecologist Mihyon Song.(Kyodo)

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Timee president

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Ryo Ogawa, president of Timee Inc., a Tokyo-based company providing a side job matching service, speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Surrogate arrangement for babies

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated combined photo shows TV personality Aki Mukai and medical doctor Yahiro Netsu. Mukai's twin babies were born through a surrogate mother in the United States in 2003. Netsu said in 2001 his maternity clinic had made a surrogacy arrangement for a woman, becoming the first Japanese medical institution to officially announce such a procedure.(Kyodo)

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2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese "manzai" comedian duo Toro Salmon -- Hideaki Murata (L) and Kazunobu Kubota -- pose at the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2017, after winning the 2017 M-1 Grand Prix contest. (Kyodo)

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Osamu Suzuki gets best father award

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Former television writer Osamu Suzuki speaks in Tokyo on June 4, 2024, after receiving the Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award.(Kyodo)

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Tokyo Drama Award 2021

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Photo taken during a ceremony for the Tokyo Drama Award shows Noriko Eguchi posing at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2021, after receiving the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Story of My Family."(Kyodo)

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Japan's first May Day in 1920

TOKYO, Japan, May 29 Kyodo - Ueno Park in Tokyo is packed with people participating in Japan's first May Day gathering on May 2, 1920.

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Actor and novelist Midori Utsumi

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor and novelist Midori Utsumi attends a press conference at Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo on July 19, 1983.

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Actor Kazami attends traffic safety event

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor Shingo Kazami speaks at a traffic safety event at Police Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2007. His eldest daughter was killed in a traffic accident in January 2007.

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Actor and novelist Midori Utsumi

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor and novelist Midori Utsumi attends a press conference at Nakameguro Kinkero Theater in Tokyo on May 10, 2015, following the death of her husband and actor, Kinya Aikawa, who was based at the theater, on April 15, 2015.

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Singer Ikuzo Yoshi

TOKYO, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - Photo taken on Aug. 29, 1991, shows Japanese enka (sentimental ballad music) singer-songwriter Ikuzo Yoshi.

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Fatal stabbing of young woman on Tokyo street

TOKYO, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - A cross mark on the map shows the site of a fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old woman near JR Takadanobaba Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A 42-year-old man, Kenichi Takano, was arrested on March 11, 2025, over his alleged stabbing of Airi Sato while she was livestreaming on a street earlier in the day. The man was quoted by investigative sources as saying the woman had failed to repay debts to him.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

TOKYO, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Recipients of Japanese grand cordons pose for photos following a ceremony of conferment at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 9, 2025. Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (9th from L) and former speaker of the House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima (10th from L) received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, while International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (2nd from L) was among the recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. (Kyodo)

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Japanese singer Koizumi and actor Nagase

TOKYO, Japan, March 5 Kyodo - Japanese singer and actress Kyoko Koizumi and actor Masatoshi Nagase attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 1995, to announce their marriage.

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Anisakis larvae

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken on July 7, 2022, in Tokyo shows Anisakis larvae taken from host Alaska pollock.

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Koji Hara

TOKYO, Japan,October 29 Kyodo - Photo taken on October. 29,2018,shows Japanese Architect Koji Hara.(Kyodo)

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category.

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category. (Kyodo)

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki attends the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, after receiving the Best Performance by an Actress award for her role in the TBS drama series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist." (Kyodo)

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Actress Aragaki presents Kose's new skincare product

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki presents a new product from cosmetics maker Kose Corp's Sekkisei skin care brand at a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2016. (Kyodo)

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Former Japan national volleyball team player Kano

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken in 2012 shows Japanese volleyball player Maiko Kano. On Jan. 3, 2025, Akito Kiriyama, a member of Japanese idol group WEST., announced on his agency's website that he married the former Japan national team player.

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Former Japan national volleyball team player Kano

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Japanese volleyball player Maiko Kano. On Jan. 3, 2025, Akito Kiriyama, a member of Japanese idol group WEST., announced on his agency's website that he married the former Japan national team player. (Kyodo)

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Japanese playwright Ryuta Horai

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2016, shows Japanese playwright and director Ryuta Horai in Tokyo.

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Japanese actresses Sairi Ito, Kanna Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Japanese actresses Sairi Ito (L) and Kanna Hashimoto exchange presents during a ceremony in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 4, 2024, to mark the upcoming end of public broadcaster NHK's morning drama series and start of the next one. The handover ceremony involves the actors playing the lead roles of the two series.

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Former Japan national volleyball team player Kano

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Japanese volleyball player Maiko Kano. On Jan. 3, 2025, Akito Kiriyama, a member of Japanese idol group WEST., announced on his agency's website that he married the former Japan national team player.

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Expected epicenter area for Nankai Trough megaquake

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The shaded area on the map shows the likely epicenter zone for a megaquake that is expected to occur with a probability of 70-80 percent within 30 years around the Nankai Trough (red line) running along Japan's Pacific coast. The Japanese government issued a megaquake advisory after an M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8, 2024, with its epicenter (circle in lower L) located within the area.

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World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Photo shows the first World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 1955, the 10th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The conference gained momentum after Japanese tuna fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 was irradiated by fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Japanese actress, singer Miho Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama attends a press conference for the movie "Nami no Kazu dake Dakishimete" in Tokyo on April 23, 1991.