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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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Pokemon-themed park

Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026, shows a Pokemon-themed park in Tokyo, which was unveiled to the media before its public opening on Feb. 5. Visitors can encounter about 600 Pokemon at PokePark Kanto, situated within Yomiuri Land amusement park.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

Photo taken in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025, shows a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. About 20 people were rescued from the 123-meter-tall structure in the early hours of Nov. 26, after it stopped moving following a lightning strike in the late afternoon of Nov. 25.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

People are wrapped in blankets after firefighters rescued them from a giant Ferris wheel at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were trapped inside the 123-meter-tall structure when it stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

A crane carrying a firefighter approaches a giant Ferris wheel gondola to rescue people inside it at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were rescued after the 123-meter-tall structure stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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ASEAN-G7 Next Leaders Forum in Tokyo

Participants pose for photos during an ASEAN-G7 Next Leaders Forum in Tokyo on June 26, 2024. About 60 judicial officials from 17 countries, including the Group of Seven countries and Association of Southeast Asian Nations members, attended the forum, which runs through July 2.

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ASEAN-G7 Next Leaders Forum in Tokyo

Japanese Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi (back, R) speaks at the opening ceremony of an ASEAN-G7 Next Leaders Forum in Tokyo on June 26, 2024. About 60 judicial officials from 17 countries, including the Group of Seven countries and Association of Southeast Asian Nations members, attended the forum, which runs through July 2.

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Meeting of abductees' families

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s and their supporters staged a rally in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2023, with about 800 people including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida taking part.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

Japan's transport ministry conducts an anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, with about 700 people from 96 organizations taking part, under the scenario that a passenger airplane has caught fire after crash landing at the airport.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

Japan's transport ministry conducts an anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, with about 700 people from 96 organizations taking part, under the scenario that a passenger airplane has caught fire after crash landing at the airport.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

Japan's transport ministry conducts an anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, with about 700 people from 96 organizations taking part, under the scenario that a passenger airplane has caught fire after crash landing at the airport.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

Torches about 3 meters tall are lit along a way leading to a shrine at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2023. The festival, dating back 400 years, marks the end of the summer climbing season of Japan's highest mountain.

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Paris Olympics opening ceremony test

A boat and barge cruise on the Seine River on July 17, 2023, during a test for the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Thousands of Olympic athletes are scheduled to cruise on about 160 boats along the river for the games opening ceremony on July 26, 2024.

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Paris Olympics opening ceremony test

Paris Olympics organizing committee chief Tony Estanguet (front, R) meets the press in Paris on July 17, 2023, after the committee held a test for the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River. Thousands of Olympic athletes are scheduled to cruise on about 160 boats along the river for the games opening ceremony on July 26, 2024.

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Toyota presidency change

Screenshot shows Toyota Motor Corp. Operating Officer Koji Sato (L) speaking at an online press conference on Jan. 26, 2023. President Akio Toyoda (R), 66, who also attended the press conference, announced the promotion of Sato, 53, to president on April 1. Toyoda will become chairman of the board of directors after heading the company for about 14 years.

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Toyota presidency change

Screenshot shows Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holding an online press conference on Jan. 26, 2023, to announce the promotion of Operating Officer Koji Sato, 53, to president on April 1. Toyoda, 66, said he will become chairman of the board of directors after heading the company for about 14 years.

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Toyota presidency change

Undated photo shows Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (R) and Operating Officer Koji Sato test-riding Lexus's first electric vehicle model, RZ. President Toyoda, 66, announced on Jan. 26, 2023, the promotion of Sato, 53, to president on April 1. Toyoda will become chairman of the board of directors after heading the company for about 14 years.

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Toyota presidency change

Screenshot shows Toyota Motor Corp. Operating Officer Koji Sato holding an online press conference on Jan. 26, 2023. President Akio Toyoda, 66, who also attended the press conference, announced the promotion of Sato, 53, to president on April 1. Toyoda will become chairman of the board of directors after heading the company for about 14 years.

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People dance to tune of antiwar music near prime minister's office

A disc jockey (L) plays antiwar music as about 250 people dance to its tune in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2015, in a show of their opposition against government moves to change peace-oriented security policies.

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Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, walk about 1.5 kilometers along a 6-kilometer L-shaped tunnel intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" some 200 meters below the surface of the Kamioka mining area near the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory on Oct. 26, 2014.

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High school students join boycott in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - About 1,200 students from Hong Kong secondary schools boycott classes on Sept. 26, 2014, to participate in sit-in protests against Beijing's restrictive political reform blueprint for the territory's leadership election.

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Drug-related crime in China increasing rapidly

BEIJING, China - A "No Drugs!" warning is displayed at a restaurant in a Beijing amusement center on Aug. 26, 2014, as the number of criminal cases related to drugs reached about 43,000 nationwide during the January-May period this year, up by 30% over the same period of last year.

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Man Utd midfielder Kagawa sidelined due to concussion

MILTON KEYNES, Britain - Japan international Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United is replaced about 20 minutes into an English League Cup match, his first game of the season, against third-tier MK Dons as he suffers concussion after tangling with a Dons player in Manchester's 4-0 rout in Milton Keynes on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks explode over the Sumida River in Tokyo on July 26, 2014, at the annual fireworks festival. Organizers said about 965,000 people enjoyed the event, in which some 20,000 fireworks were set off. At right is the lit-up 634-meter tall Tokyo Skytree.

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Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks explode over the Sumida River in Tokyo on July 26, 2014, at the annual fireworks festival. Organizers said about 965,000 people enjoyed the event, in which some 20,000 fireworks were set off. At right is the lit-up 634-meter tall Tokyo Skytree.

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Japanese arrive in N. Korea to visit burial sites of loved ones

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese arrives in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 26, 2014, to visit burial sites believed to contain the remains of their loved ones, who died in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. About 34,600 Japanese are believed to have died of hunger and disease around the end of the war in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, which was under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945.

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White tiger cub reappears in zoo after surgery

SAITAMA, Japan - White tiger cub "Sky" is shown to the public again at Tobu Zoo on June 26, 2014, after successful surgery on his congenitally troubled right hind leg and subsequent rehabilitation for about six months.

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Holiday traveler exodus starts as Japan enters Golden Week

NARITA, Japan - The departure lobby at Narita International Airport near Tokyo is crowded by holiday travelers on April 26, 2014, as the Golden Week spring holiday season started in Japan. About 36,000 travelers were expected to depart that day from the airport for overseas, with Taiwan and Singapore ranking high among destinations.

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Coal sold on streets in Mongolian capital

BEIJING, China - Bags of coal are sold in the streets of Mongolia's Ulan Bator on Jan. 26, 2014, for use in stoves inside ger tents. A bag with 10 kilograms of coal costs about 120 yen and three bags a day are needed to keep a ger warm.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - Kang Jian, a lawyer representing a group of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, holds up a copy of charging documents during a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - A man, one of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, is surrounded by reporters in front of the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - A man, one of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, is surrounded by reporters in front of the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Japanese and Chinese experts attend a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Japanese and Chinese experts attend a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Gen Nakatani (R), former Japanese Defense Agency chief, speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists, including scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists, attended the forum.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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BOJ expects inflation rate to reach 1.9% in FY 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. The central bank said the same day it expects Japan's inflation rate to reach 1.9 percent in fiscal 2015, almost achieving its target of 2 percent in about two years, backed by its aggressive monetary easing.

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Orchid festival in Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - An orchid festival starts at Tottori Hanakairo park in the town of Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2013, displaying some 2,500 flowers of about 20 different species.

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Improving wheat in Afghanistan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomohiro Ban (L), a professor at Yokohama City University, and research students from Afghanistan examine a sheaf of wheat cultivated from Afghan wheat seeds in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 26, 2012. A project is under way to help Afghanistan produce wheat based on Afghan wheat seeds brought to Japan about a half century ago.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Narita airport near Tokyo. Its operator, Narita International Airport Corp., said Jan. 26, 2012, that the combined number of Japanese passengers using the airport for outbound and inbound international flights stood at about 1,276,000 in December, marking the first year-on-year rise after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Anti-nuclear power rally in Germany

DANNENBERG, Germany - About 20,000 people gather at an anti-nuclear power rally in Dannenberg, northern Germany, on Nov. 26, 2011. The demonstrators are against the transportation of nuclear waste from France to a facility in Gorleben, near Dannenberg.