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[Breaking News]New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - 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. (Kyodo)

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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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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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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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US: Mid-Missouri Hit by Severe Storms and Possible Tornado, Thousands Lose Power

Severe storms swept through mid-Missouri on Sunday, April 20, prompting tornado warnings and causing widespread damage. A possible tornado in Callaway County injured one person in New Bloomfield. Thousands of customers experienced power outages.

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023.

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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New BOJ governor Ueda

New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends his first press conference since assuming the post at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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JP Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JP Tower (C) next to the Tokyo railway station (bottom) on May 31, 2012. The 200-meter-tall tower was completed the same day at the site of the landmark central post office building following a suspension of the project due to a government objection based on the existing building's heritage value.

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JP Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JP Tower (C) next to the Tokyo railway station (bottom L) on May 31, 2012. The 200-meter-tall tower was completed the same day at the site of the landmark central post office building following a suspension of the project due to a government objection based on the existing building's heritage value.

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Miyagi Gov. Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2011, to attend a meeting of the central government's panel on reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas. At the meeting, he proposed establishing a new institution linking the state and three prefectures devastated by the March 11 mega earthquake and tsunami, as well as disaster-hit municipalities in the region, to promote integrated post-quake reconstruction.

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NHK's new president Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, a former vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks during a press conference at public broadcaster NHK's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, after assuming his new post as president of NHK. Matsumoto is the second person in a row to be selected from a private organization to assume the top post of Japan Broadcasting Corp.

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Demolition of Tokyo Central Post Office postponed

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken in May 2007 shows the Tokyo Central Post Office building in front of Tokyo Station. Japan Post Holdings Co. decided March 6 to postpone demolishing the post office after Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama claimed that the 78-year-old building could be a valuable cultural property.

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Gov't nominates Shirakawa for BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda responds to questions from reporters at his office on April 7 over the government's nomination of acting Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa for the post of governor of the central bank.

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Japan Post faces opposition to demolishing famous buildings

TOKYO, Japan - The five-story central post office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward was built in 1931.

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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - People (in back) gather at the Tokyo Central Post Office on Oct. 1 to buy memorial stamps as Japan began the process of privatizing state-run postal services the same day by reorganizing Japan Post into four firms dealing respectively with banking, insurance, mail-delivery and over-the-counter services under a holding company.

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Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

TOKYO, Japan - Kumamoto prefectural police on Feb. 3 show a suspected counterfeit coin (below), which was discovered at an automated teller machine at the Kumamoto Central Post Office in the city of Kumamoto on Jan. 22. A man in his 40s allegedly used 14 fake coins Jan. 22. The 500-yen coin above is genuine. Over 5,500 suspected counterfeit coins have been found in Fukuoka prefecture, Tokyo as well as Kumamoto.

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New Year postcards put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to buy New Year postcards at the Tokyo central post office on Nov. 10, when the postcards went on sale nationwide.

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New Year's postcards go on sale nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Officials at the Tokyo Central Post Office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward sell customers New Year's postcards Nov. 1, when some 3,865 million postcards went on sale nationwide.

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New Year's postcards go on sale nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Customers purchase New Year's postcards at the Tokyo Central Post Office on Nov. 1, the first day the cards went on sale nationwide.

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Post offices start accepting New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Misato Tanaka deposits her New Year's greeting cards in a specially arranged posting box at the Tokyo Central Post Office in Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 15. Tanaka, who was born in the year of the Serpent, next year's symbol in the 12-year cycle, was ceremonially opening the posting of New Year's greeting cards at post offices across Japan for delivery on the first day of the 21st century.

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New Year's postcards go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People buy 2001 New Year's postcards at Tokyo's central post office in the Marunouchi district Nov. 1 after they went on sale the same day nationwide. Japanese traditionally send each other New Year's greetings on postcards, which are called ''nengojo.''

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Firefighters investigate smoke from package

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters on Sept. 11 investigate an area in the Nihombashi Post Office in central Tokyo where pungent-smelling smoke escaped from a package. The smoke, which came from a package mailed to a Tokyo medical company from China, irritated the eyes of 45 people who were later treated at a hospital.

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Special stamps celebrating emperor's enthronement on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo Central Post Office official postmarks special stamps issued Nov. 12 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement.

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Day of ''Six Ones'' marked in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People stamp the '11.11.11' date on commemorative postcards put on sale at the Tokyo Central Post Office on Nov. 11 to mark the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th year of the Japanese era of Heisei.

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New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards are dropped into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2021, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

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New Year's greeting cards in Japan

New Year's greeting cards are dropped into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2021, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

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The exterior of the Japan Post Bank's head office

The corporate head office of Japan Post Bank in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on July 26, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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The exterior of the Japan Post Bank's head office

The corporate head office of Japan Post Bank in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on July 26, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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The exterior of the Japan Post Bank's head office

The corporate head office of Japan Post Bank in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on July 26, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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New Year postcards put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to buy New Year postcards at the Tokyo central post office on Nov. 10, when the postcards went on sale nationwide. (Kyodo)

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Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

TOKYO, Japan - Kumamoto prefectural police on Feb. 3 show a suspected counterfeit coin (below), which was discovered at an automated teller machine at the Kumamoto Central Post Office in the city of Kumamoto on Jan. 22. A man in his 40s allegedly used 14 fake coins Jan. 22. The 500-yen coin above is genuine. Over 5,500 suspected counterfeit coins have been found in Fukuoka prefecture, Tokyo as well as Kumamoto. (Kyodo)

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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - People (in back) gather at the Tokyo Central Post Office on Oct. 1 to buy memorial stamps as Japan began the process of privatizing state-run postal services the same day by reorganizing Japan Post into four firms dealing respectively with banking, insurance, mail-delivery and over-the-counter services under a holding company. (Kyodo)

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Gov't nominates Shirakawa for BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda responds to questions from reporters at his office on April 7 over the government's nomination of acting Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa for the post of governor of the central bank. (Kyodo)

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Demolition of Tokyo Central Post Office postponed

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken in May 2007 shows the Tokyo Central Post Office building in front of Tokyo Station. Japan Post Holdings Co. decided March 6 to postpone demolishing the post office after Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama claimed that the 78-year-old building could be a valuable cultural property. (Kyodo)

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Miyagi Gov. Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2011, to attend a meeting of the central government's panel on reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas. At the meeting, he proposed establishing a new institution linking the state and three prefectures devastated by the March 11 mega earthquake and tsunami, as well as disaster-hit municipalities in the region, to promote integrated post-quake reconstruction. (Kyodo)

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NHK's new president Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Matsumoto, a former vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., speaks during a press conference at public broadcaster NHK's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, after assuming his new post as president of NHK. Matsumoto is the second person in a row to be selected from a private organization to assume the top post of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (Kyodo)

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman drops New Year's greeting cards into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2020, as post offices across Japan begin accepting such cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

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New Year's greeting cards

A woman drops New Year's greeting cards into a mailbox at the Tokyo central post office on Dec. 15, 2020, as post offices across Japan begin accepting such cards for delivery on Jan. 1.

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Japan's new era under Emperor Naruhito

A worker at Tokyo Central Post Office stamps a postmark on May 1, 2019, the first day of Reiwa, Japan's new imperial era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japan's Heisei Era

People wait for their turn to get a commemorative stamp postmarked April 30, 2019, the final day of the Heisei Era, at Tokyo Central Post Office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Photo taken at Tokyo Central Post Office on April 30, 2019, shows a woman showing a stamp postmarked April 30, the final day of the Heisei Era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Photo taken at Tokyo Central Post Office on April 30, 2019, shows a woman showing a stamp postmarked April 30, the final day of the Heisei Era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Photo taken at Tokyo Central Post Office on April 30, 2019, shows a woman showing stamps postmarked April 30, the final day of the Heisei Era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Photo taken at Tokyo Central Post Office on April 30, 2019, shows a commemorative stamp postmarked April 30, the final day of Japan's Heisei Era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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End of Japanese Heisei Era

Photo taken at Tokyo Central Post Office on April 30, 2019, shows a man holding a postcard with stamps dated Jan. 8, 1989, the first day of the Heisei Era, and April 30, 2019, the final day of the era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo