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Tokyo Gov. Koike

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Symposium on N. Korea's abductions

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - 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. (Kyodo)

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New Year address by Tokyo Gov. Koike

New Year address by Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike delivers a New Year address at the metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from front) speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from front) speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japan government's growth strategy meeting

A meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

Koichi Nakano, a professor of international politics at Sophia University in Tokyo, speaks during a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

People holding signs attend a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, delivers a speech during a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

A person attends a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

A sign is pictured during a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

People holding signs attend a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

People attend a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

A sign is pictured during a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 26-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.015 percent, its highest in about 26 years and four months, on Dec. 19, 2025, following a Bank of Japan raise earlier in the day in its key interest rate to a 30-year high of around 0.75 percent.

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Government meeting on AI strategy

Government meeting on AI strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a government meeting on the nation's strategy on the use and development of artificial intelligence at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Government meeting on AI strategy

Government meeting on AI strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (4th from front in left row) and other ministers attend a government meeting on the nation's strategy on the use and development of artificial intelligence at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Government meeting on AI strategy

Government meeting on AI strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from front) speaks at a government meeting on the nation's strategy on the use and development of artificial intelligence at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Symposium on N. Korea's abductions

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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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

A government disaster response meeting is held at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025, following a powerful earthquake that hit northeastern Japan.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

Members of a citizens group rally in front of the Niigata prefectural government office in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, in protest over Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi's decision the same day to approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Japan PM Takaichi's economic package

Japan PM Takaichi's economic package

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, following the government's approval of a massive economic package worth 21.3 trillion yen ($135 billion).

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State Guest House lit in orange

State Guest House lit in orange

State Guest House in Tokyo is illuminated in orange as part of a government campaign against child abuse on Nov. 18, 2025.

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State Guest House lit in orange

State Guest House lit in orange

State Guest House in Tokyo is illuminated in orange as part of a government campaign against child abuse on Nov. 18, 2025.

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Feb. 1936 military revolt in Tokyo

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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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree in anti-gendered violence color

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in purple on Nov. 12, 2025, as the Japanese government launches a campaign to tackle gender-based violence the same day ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25.

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Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from L) speaks during an inaugural meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from L) speaks during an inaugural meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R) speaks during an inaugural meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Inaugural gov't meeting to discuss Japan's growth strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during an inaugural meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Tokyo governor meets Deaflympics athletes

Tokyo governor meets Deaflympics athletes

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (bottom, C) poses for a photo with Japanese athletes competing in the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics with ties to the Japanese capital, at the metropolitan government headquarters building on Nov. 6, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on Nov. 15.

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