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Baseball: Stanford slugger Sasaki to join Marlins

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki wipes away some tears during a press conference in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2026. The 21-year-old infielder, a graduate of Hanamaki Higashi High School, said he will begin his professional baseball career with the Miami Marlins, following his draft selection by the Major League Baseball team earlier in the month.

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Baseball: Stanford slugger Sasaki to join Marlins

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki holds a press conference in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2026. The 21-year-old infielder, a graduate of Hanamaki Higashi High School, said he will begin his professional baseball career with the Miami Marlins, following his draft selection by the Major League Baseball team earlier in the month.

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Baseball: Stanford slugger Sasaki to join Marlins

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki holds a press conference in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2026. The 21-year-old infielder, a graduate of Hanamaki Higashi High School, said he will begin his professional baseball career with the Miami Marlins, following his draft selection by the Major League Baseball team earlier in the month.

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Baseball: Stanford slugger Sasaki to join Marlins

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki holds a press conference in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2026. The 21-year-old infielder, a graduate of Hanamaki Higashi High School, said he will begin his professional baseball career with the Miami Marlins, following his draft selection by the Major League Baseball team earlier in the month.

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Nintendo's sales in FY 2025 top 2 tril. yen

File photo taken on April 3, 2025, in Tokyo shows the Switch 2 gaming console of Nintendo Co. The video game company reported on May 8, 2026, that its sales for the year ended March that year rose 98.6 percent from a year earlier to 2.31 trillion yen, the first time the company has topped the 2 trillion yen mark.

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Toyota FY 2025 sales top 50 trillion yen, 1st for Japan firm

File photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023, shows the headquarters building of Toyota Motor Corp. in Toyota in Aichi Pref., central Japan. Toyota reported on May 8, 2026, that its sales for the year ended March that year rose 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 50.68 trillion yen, becoming the first Japanese company to post annual sales of over 50 trillion yen.

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[Breaking News]Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, March 19 Kyodo - The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Tokyo’s Cherry Blossom Season Officially Begins, Five Days Ahead of Average

Tokyo's cherry blossom season officially began on Thursday, March 19, after the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed blooms on the sample Somei-yoshino tree at Yasukuni Shrine, five days earlier than the average year.

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Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year.

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Cherry blossoms in Tokyo

The Somei Yoshino cherry tree that the Japan Meteorological Agency uses as a benchmark tree to declare the official start of the spring cherry blossom season, comes into bloom at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026, five days earlier than the average year.

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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María Corina Machado Visits US Capitol

Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, is encircled by security, media and supporters as she departs the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026. Earlier she met United States President Donald J Trump at the White House where he presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Photo taken at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025, shows a moving walkway where a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy occurred earlier in the day. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in the moving walkway.

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QUEEN SILVIA BIRTHDAY

STOCKHOLMQueen Silvia turns 82 on her birthday 23 December 2025. The photo was taken earlier this year. Stockholm, Sweden 23 December 2025.**MANDATORY BYLINE: Sara Friberg / Kungliga Hovstaterna ****For editorial use only. The photo comes from an external source and is distributed in its original form as a service to our subscribers***** SWEDEN OUT ***

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QUEEN SILVIA BIRTHDAY

STOCKHOLMQueen Silvia turns 82 on her birthday 23 December 2025. The photo was taken earlier this year. Stockholm, Sweden 23 December 2025.**MANDATORY BYLINE: Sara Friberg / Kungliga Hovstaterna ****For editorial use only. The photo comes from an external source and is distributed in its original form as a service to our subscribers***** SWEDEN OUT ***

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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

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

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

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

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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Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

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Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

A rescue worker inspects a shattered interior wall inside the house of Abdul Karim Snobar following its demolition by Israeli forces in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

A rescue worker inspects a shattered interior wall inside the house of Abdul Karim Snobar following its demolition by Israeli forces in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

A rescue worker inspects a shattered interior wall inside the house of Abdul Karim Snobar following its demolition by Israeli forces in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

An Israeli military vehicle is positioned near the area where the house of Abdul Karim Snobar was demolished in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

An Israeli military vehicle is positioned near the area where the house of Abdul Karim Snobar was demolished in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Rubble lie inside the destroyed house of Abdul Karim Snobar, with buildings in Nablus visible in the background, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Rubble lie inside the destroyed house of Abdul Karim Snobar, with buildings in Nablus visible in the background, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Emergency workers walk through a debris-filled room inside the demolished house of Abdul Karim Snobar in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

A woman stands on the roof near a large collapsed slab from the house of Abdul Karim Snobar following its demolition by Israeli forces in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Residents look through barred windows toward the demolished remains of the house of Abdul Karim Snobar in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Israeli military vehicles block a roadway as forces carry out the demolition of the house of Abdul Karim Snobar in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

People walk through the damaged interior of the house of Abdul Karim Snobar after an Israeli demolition in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Rubble lie inside the destroyed house of Abdul Karim Snobar, with buildings in Nablus visible in the background, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nablus Home Destroyed In Israeli Raid - West Bank

Emergency workers walk through a debris-filled room inside the demolished house of Abdul Karim Snobar in Nablus, occupied West Bank, on December 2, 2025. Snobar who was detained earlier this year after being accused of plotting bus bombings. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM