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Japan PM speaks at meeting of private-sector group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a speech during a meeting of a private-sector group in Tokyo on June 29, 2025. Dubbed "Reiwa Rincho," the group, composed of about 100 people from business, labor and academia, was inaugurated in June 2022 to make policy proposals to the government.

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Japan PM speaks at meeting of private-sector group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a speech during a meeting of a private-sector group in Tokyo on June 29, 2025. Dubbed "Reiwa Rincho," the group, composed of about 100 people from business, labor and academia, was inaugurated in June 2022 to make policy proposals to the government.

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Japan PM speaks at meeting of private-sector group

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a speech during a meeting of a private-sector group in Tokyo on June 29, 2025. Dubbed "Reiwa Rincho," the group, composed of about 100 people from business, labor and academia, was inaugurated in June 2022 to make policy proposals to the government.

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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a memorial monument on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean, erected to commemorate the Japanese soldiers who died in the war against the United States. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a memorial tower on Iwoto Island, a World War II battleground in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a discarded tank on Iwoto Island, a World War II battleground in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) meets the press after attending a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front) visits Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, on March 29, 2025, to attend a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service to commemorate the war dead on the Pacific Ocean island. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

A Japan-U.S. joint memorial service is held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) offers flowers during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (2nd from L) offers flowers during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are pictured after attending a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Site of 2021 military crackdown in central Myanmar

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a main street in Bago, central Mynamar, where security forces killed about 80 people in a crackdown on an anti-military protest on April 9, 2021.

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Site of 2021 military crackdown in central Myanmar

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a downtown area of Bago, central Mynamar, where security forces killed about 80 people in a crackdown on an anti-military protest on April 9, 2021.

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CORRECTED: Kyoto tour boat with 30 aboard capsized

Tomoya Toyota (C), head of the Hozugawa Yusen Kigyo Kumiai river cruise operator, bows during a press conference with two other executives on March 29, 2023, in Kyoto Prefecture's Kameoka. One of the company's traditional tourist boats capsized the day before in the Hozu River in the western Japan city, after becoming stranded while on a cruise with about 30 people on board.

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CORRECTED: Kyoto tour boat with 30 aboard capsized

Tomoya Toyota (C), head of the Hozugawa Yusen Kigyo Kumiai river cruise operator, holds a press conference with two other executives on March 29, 2023, in Kyoto Prefecture's Kameoka. One of the company's traditional tourist boats capsized the day before in the Hozu River in the western Japan city, after becoming stranded while on a cruise with about 30 people on board.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Sumida River Fireworks Festival lights up rainy Tokyo night

TOKYO, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Fireworks light up the rain-filled night sky over the Sumida River in Tokyo on July 29, 2017, during the annual fireworks festival. Organizers said about 748,000 people attended the event, with umbrellas and rain gear close at hand, as some 22,000 fireworks were set off.

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Officials gather on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds.

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N. Korea unveils part of offices in charge of probe into Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Japanese reporters in the hallway on the second floor of the offices of North Korea's special investigation committee in Pyongyang on Oct. 29, 2014. North Korea invited the Japanese press to the hallway about 15 meters in length as officials from the two countries were holding talks on missing Japanese in the room of the committee's chairman in the offices.

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Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. envisages expanding sales in its elderly care-related business to the 200 billion-yen (about $1.91 billion as of Sept. 2, 2014) level in fiscal 2025 as increased demand is expected from aging postwar baby boomers. Employees conduct maintenance of a care bed at its Osaka Rental Center in Osaka Prefecture's Kadoma on Aug. 29, 2014.

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Thai laborer working near Israel's Erez Crossing

JERUSALEM, Israel - A Thai laborer works at a farm near the Erez Crossing in Israel's HaDarom district bordering with the Gaza Strip on July 29, 2014, despite frequent fighting between Israel and Palestine's Hamas resistance group. About 4,200 Thais are said to be working near the Gaza Strip.

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Kabuki motif drawn with flower petals

ROME, Italy - Photo shows a kabuki motif drawn with flower petals by a Japanese group in front of St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, during the Infiorata art event on June 29, 2014. About 70 groups from various countries took part in the event.

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Nagasaki mayor asks students in N.Y. to think whether nukes needed

NEW YORK, the United States - Tomihisa Taue, mayor of the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, gives a speech to high school students at the Japan Society in New York on April 29, 2014. He urged about 200 students from schools in the city and elsewhere including Japanese students in the United States to "think with your heart if the world really needs nuclear weapons."

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Atomic bomb survivors speaks about experiences in N.Y.

NEW YORK, the United States - Reiko Yamada (standing), an 80-year-old survivor from the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences to high school students at the Japan Society in New York on April 29, 2014, with Michio Hakariya (R), a 76-year-old survivor from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, sitting by her side. About 200 students from schools in the city and elsewhere including Japanese students in the United States listened to their speeches.

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Earth Hour event in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Primary school students dressed as Spider-Man pose for photos during an "Earth Hour" event in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 29, 2014. Lights went off simultaneously at about 40 major sites in Yokohama that day in support of a worldwide movement to generate awareness about global warming.

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People compete in chair race in Kyotonabe

OSAKA, Japan - Participants sitting on office chairs compete in a race at a shopping district in the city of Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 29, 2014. About 40 three-person teams took part in the race, in which teams competed to see how many laps of a 180-meter course they could complete in two hours.

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Deserted city near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Photo taken Sept. 29, 2013, shows a Ferris wheel at an amusement park in Pripyat, a deserted city near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The park has never been used as the facility was scheduled to open five days after the Chernobyl disaster occurred in 1986, and all residents of the city, about 2 kilometers from the plant, were forced to evacuate.

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Gibson Guitar to buy 54% stake in Teac

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Henry Juszkiewicz (L), chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp., and Yuji Hanabusa, president of Teac Corp., at a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2013. U.S. guitar maker Gibson Guitar announced the same day it is buying a controlling 54.4 percent stake in Japanese audio equipment manufacturer Teac for about 4.8 billion yen.

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Gibson Guitar to buy 54% stake in Teac

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yuji Hanabusa (R), president of Teac Corp., playing the guitar, and Henry Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp., at a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2013. U.S. guitar maker Gibson Guitar announced the same day it is buying a controlling 54.4 percent stake in Japanese audio equipment manufacturer Teac for about 4.8 billion yen.

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Daikin to acquire Goodman

OSAKA, Japan - Noriyuki Inoue (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Daikin Industries Ltd., and David Swift, president and chief executive officer of Goodman Global Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 29, 2012. Daikin, the world's largest air conditioner maker, said the same day it will acquire U.S. rival Goodman for $3.7 billion, or about 290 billion yen, by the end of 2012.

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Fukushima city launches solar power plant

SOMA, Japan - Hidekiyo Tachiya (R), mayor of the city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, and U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk shake hands in front of a solar power panel in Soma on July 29, 2011. The city began work on a solar power plant the same day using a $250,000 donation from a U.S. foundation led by Musk, the founder of the online settlement service PayPal. The city is about 40 kilometers north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Vietnam criticizes China over maritime incident

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga speaks during a press conference in Hanoi on May 29, 2011, criticizing China after Chinese patrol boats allegedly interfered with a Vietnamese oil and gas survey ship in the South China Sea. The two countries dispute the sovereignty of the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands in the sea but the incident occurred away from the disputed waters, about 220 kilometers off the eastern Vietnamese coast, according to the Vietnamese side.

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Ishikawa to donate all season's money for quake relief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese teen professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa, who said March 29, 2011, that he will donate all of the money he earns on major tours overseas and JGTO tours during the 2011 season to relief efforts for the victims of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. Ishikawa earned about 150 million yen last season.

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Nissan plans reopening Fukushima factory

TOKYO, Japan -Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks to employees at the automaker's Iwaki plant, which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake, in Fukushima Prefecture on March 29, 2011. Ghosn said the company plans to resume partial production at the plant in mid-April, and it will not pull out of operation. The message in the back reads ''carry on Iwaki!'' The facility is located about 50 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Egyptian protests in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Protestors, mostly Egyptians living in Japan, gather in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2011, to call for an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule of the country. About 100 people took part in the demonstration.

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Osaka mayor visits shelter for day workers

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Kunio Hiramatsu visits a shelter mainly aimed at accommodating day workers during the year-end and New Year holidays in Osaka's Suminoe Ward on Dec. 29, 2010. About 390 people have checked in to the shelter so far that opened the same day.

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Budget bus at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - A Super Shuttle budget bus arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 29, 2010, during its test run ahead of the start of regular operation between the airport and the capital's Ueno and Asakusa districts. The bus charges 1,000 yen for a one-way trip, about one-third of that of similar buses bound for downtown Tokyo.

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Budget bus at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - A Super Shuttle budget bus arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 29, 2010, during its test run ahead of the start of regular operation between the airport and the capital's Ueno and Asakusa districts. The bus charges 1,000 yen for a one-way trip, about one-third of that of similar buses bound for downtown Tokyo.

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Japanese and Chinese youth luncheon

SHANGHAI, China - Young Japanese people and Chinese volunteers attend a luncheon in Shanghai on Oct. 29, 2010. A group of about 680 Japanese are on a visit to promote exchanges with young Chinese after their trip was previously postponed due to a bilateral spat stemming from maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands. (Pool photo)

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Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

NAHA, Japan - A ship carrying about 470 bereaved family members of the victims of U.S. naval attacks during World War II near islands between Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures leave Naha port Nov. 29, 2001. They will take part in a series of government-sponsored memorial services to mourn for people who were on some 130 ships sunk by U.S. submarines around the Ryukyu Islands.