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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (L) arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (back, C) attends a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother

Sakie Yokota (far R), 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to junior high school students during an event in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with graduate school students during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with graduate school students during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Sprinter Tebogo at Tokyo elementary school

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, winner of the men's 200-meter event at the Paris Olympics, speaks to reporters after participating in an event with 130 children at an elementary school in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2025.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in Tokyo in October 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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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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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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Wife of Finnish president

Suzanne Innes-Stubb, wife of Finnish President Alexander Stubb, speaks about women's empowerment during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 11, 2025. On June 9, she visited an Ishikawa Prefecture high school, where she taught English during the early 1990s.

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[Breaking News]2 arrested over break-in at Tokyo school

TOKYO, Japan, May 8 Kyodo - A police officer stands guard at the entrance of a public elementary school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on May 8, 2025, after two men were arrested for breaking into the school and injuring five teachers. (Kyodo)

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2 arrested over break-in at Tokyo school

Police officers stand at the entrance of a public elementary school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on May 8, 2025, after two men were arrested for breaking into the school and injuring five teachers.

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2 arrested over break-in at Tokyo school

Police restrict traffic near a public elementary school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on May 8, 2025, after two men were arrested for breaking into the school and injuring five teachers.

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2 arrested over break-in at Tokyo school

A police officer stands guard at the entrance of a public elementary school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on May 8, 2025, after two men were arrested for breaking into the school and injuring five teachers.

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Japan nationwide achievement test

Elementary school students in Tokyo sit for nationwide academic achievement test on April 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan nationwide achievement test

Elementary school students in Tokyo sit for nationwide academic achievement test on April 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan nationwide achievement test

Elementary school students in Tokyo sit for nationwide academic achievement test on April 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Prince Hisahito

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is pictured ahead of his high school graduation ceremony in Tokyo on March 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Prince Hisahito

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is pictured ahead of his high school graduation ceremony in Tokyo on March 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Prince Hisahito

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is pictured ahead of his high school graduation ceremony in Tokyo on March 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Prince Hisahito

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is pictured ahead of his high school graduation ceremony in Tokyo on March 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Prince Hisahito

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is pictured ahead of his high school graduation ceremony in Tokyo on March 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

(From L) Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who leads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito pose for a photo after formally agreeing on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who leads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C), leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura (far L) and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito (far R) in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito speaks during a meeting with Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized the tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Baseball: Japan teenager Morii signs with A's

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old baseball player from Japan's Toho Senior High School, speaks at a press conference in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, on Feb. 11, 2025, after signing a minor league contract with U.S. Major League Baseball's Athletics in January.

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Japan crown prince at ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito makes a speech at a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Oji Elementary School in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko wave to students after receiving bouquets during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Oji Elementary School in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko receive bouquets from students during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Oji Elementary School in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito makes a speech at a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Oji Elementary School in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Oji Elementary School in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2024.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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Japan: Voting Begins For Lower House General Election

Voting in Japan's general election took place on Sunday, October 27, following the early dissolution of the Lower House by new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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[Breaking News]Jet-pulling event at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan, Oct. 6 Kyodo - Around 350 elementary school students and their guardians pull an Airbus A380 jet, the world's largest passenger plane, measuring about 73 meters and weighing some 340 tons, during an event at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024. (Kyodo)