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Crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko chat with awardees after an International Prize for Biology award ceremony at the Japan Academy hall in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko chat with awardees after an International Prize for Biology award ceremony at the Japan Academy hall in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, speaks in front of disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako meet with disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with disabled awardees

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R) and Empress Masako meet with disabled people at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after they received awards from the health minister for their contribution to society. (Pool photo)

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Spanish Royal Family Audience - Oviedo

King Felipe and Queen Letizia on their arrival at the audience for the "Medallas de Asturias 2025" awardees at the Hotel de la Reconquista, on October 24, 2025, in Oviedo (Spain). REAL FAMILY Raúl Terrel / Europa Press 10/24/2025

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Japan's emperor at award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) talk with awardees after a commendation ceremony in Tokyo on April 25, 2025, held for people who have contributed to the promotion of greenery and forestry. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) chat with awardees after attending an award ceremony for promising researchers in their 20s to 30s in Tokyo on March 6, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito at reception for awardees in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C, L) and Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) attend a reception held in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, for doctors who have received awards for their contribution to reginal medicine.

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Emperor meets with awardees at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (back, 2nd from R) and Empress Masako (back, R) meet with people who received awards for their contribution to the fields of agriculture, fisheries and livestock raising at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 15, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with awardees at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako talk with people who received awards for their contribution to the fields of agriculture, fisheries and livestock raising at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Emperor meets with awardees at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (R) talk with people who received awards for their contribution to the fields of agriculture, fisheries and livestock raising at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 15, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with awardees at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (R) meet with people who received awards for their contribution to the fields of agriculture, fisheries and livestock raising at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko chat with awardees after attending an award ceremony for promising researchers in their 20s to 30s at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Peisheng picks up garbage on the cliffs of Huangshan Mountain in east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 14, 2022. Li Peisheng is a sanitation worker at the Huangshan Mountain scenic area. Unlike many other sanitation workers, Li, equipped with climbing ropes, has to climb along steep cliffs to collect garbage and help tourists retrieve their lost properties. China has been awarding grassroots heroes as "Good Samaritans of China" since 2008. Li made it to the list of awardees in 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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2014 Miss Nippon Contest awardees

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 2014 Miss Nippon Contest pose after the beauty pageant in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. (From L to R) Yuko Ozaki, Miss Nippon Kimono; Marina Hanaoka, Miss Nippon Maritime Day; Moeka Numata, Miss Nippon Grand Prix; Reimi Kanda, Miss Nippon Angel of Water; Mai Hasegawa, Miss Nippon Nature; and Misaki Usuda, Miss Nippon Runner-up.

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Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - "We Are the Best!" director Lukas Moodysson (5th from L in front), the winner of the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, "Of Horses and Men" director Benedikt Erlingsson (4th from L in rear), the winner of the Award for Best Director, and other awardees pose during a photo session of the Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2013.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Teikyo University School of Medicine Associate Professor Masanori Niimi (C) poses for photos with co-awardees during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize for studying how opera music affects mice heart transplants.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Tokyo film festival closes

TOKYO, Japan - Awardees stand on a stage during the closing ceremony of the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills commercial complex in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2012.

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Chinese scholarships program launched in Myanmar

STORY: Chinese scholarships program launched in Myanmar DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: POLITICS/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bank of China scholarship award ceremony 2. various of the scholarship awardees STORYLINE: The Bank of China (BOC) scholarships and grants program was launched in Myanmar's commercial city of Yangon on Friday, with 100 University of Yangon students benefiting from the scheme. Speaking at the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai said China has provided scholarship programs for Myanmar students via various channels and opportunities to study in China, helping the Southeast Asian country build its talent pools for further development. China stands ready to continue cooperation with Myanmar in education and humanitarian fields, and supports Myanmar universities and institutions in deepening cooperation with their Chinese counterparts, the ambassador said. Khin Chit Chit, pro-rector of the University of Yangon,

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping walks into the venue of the presentation ceremony of the national medals and honorary titles of the People's Republic of China with awardees at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2019. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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GHANA-CAPE COAST-CHINESE SCHOLARSHIP-AWARDING CEREMONY

(220917) -- CAPE COAST, Sept. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Some Ghanaian awardees visit an exhibition of Chinese artifacts during the Chinese ambassador scholarships awarding ceremony at the University of Cape Coast, in Cape Coast, Ghana, on Sept. 16, 2022. A total of 140 Ghanaian students were awarded Friday the Chinese ambassador scholarships for their excellence in Chinese study in a ceremony at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)

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Japan Crown Prince Fumihito at ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R, back) attends a ceremony in Tokyo on July 19, 2022, to celebrate awardees who contributed to the agricultural development following the cancellation of award ceremonies for fiscal 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japan Crown Prince Fumihito at ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito attends a ceremony in Tokyo on July 19, 2022, to celebrate awardees who contributed to the agricultural development following the cancellation of award ceremonies for fiscal 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Movie director Suo among Japanese gov't medal awardees

Photo taken April 23, 2016 in Tokyo shows movie director Masayuki Suo, known for "Shall We Dance?" and other works. Suo will be one of 16 people to receive the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government in the spring of 2016 for achievements in the arts, academia or sports, the government said on April 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Movie director Suo among Japanese gov't medal awardees

Photo taken April 23, 2016 in Tokyo shows movie director Masayuki Suo, known for "Shall We Dance?" and other works. Suo will be one of 16 people to receive the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government in the spring of 2016 for achievements in the arts, academia or sports, the government said on April 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fashion industry group names "Best Dresser" awardees

Photo taken at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, shows five recipients of this year's Best Dresser awards given by the Men's Fashion Unity industry group -- (from L) Naomichi Suzuki, mayor of Hokkaido's Yubari city; Hideo Sawada, chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co.; comedian and Akutagawa literary award winner Naoki Matayoshi; actress Yo Yoshida; and actor Tori Matsuzaka. Another awardee, Charlotte Kate Fox, an American actress who won popularity after playing a heroine in a TV serial drama, was absent due to poor health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Artist Yokoo, 3 other World Culture Award recipients pose for photos

Japanese artist Tadanori Yokoo (2nd from R) and three other recipients of the 27th World Culture Award are photographed in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2015. The other awardees are German sculptor Wolfgang Laib (far L), French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem (2nd from L), and French architect Dominique Perrault (far R). The award is granted in memory of Japanese Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of the late Emperor Hirohito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Esaki unveils winners of 2014 Esaki award

TOKYO, Japan - Reona Esaki, joint winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics, announces this year's awardees of a prize named after him at a press conference in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2014. Esaki is flanked by two other Japanese Nobel laureates in physics, Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and Makoto Kobayashi, who won the prize in 2002 and 2008, respectively.

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japanese Princess Mako (L) and her younger sister Princess Kako talk with Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L) and Crown Princess Kiko talk with Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019.(Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L, background) and Empress Masako talk with Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako greet Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako greet Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese imperial family with art award recipients

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and other members of the imperial family greet Japan Art Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan emperor, empress

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, L) and Empress Masako view works by Japan Art Academy awardees in Tokyo on June 24, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan imperial couple congratulate awardees

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (far L) and Empress Masako congratulate Japan Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan imperial couple congratulate awardees

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, facing camera) and Empress Masako talk with Japan Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan imperial couple congratulate awardees

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, facing camera) and Empress Masako talk with Japan Academy awardees at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor visits Japan Academy

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako look at materials showing the scientific achievements made by Japan Academy awardees at the national academic institution's headquarters in Tokyo on June 17, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor visits Japan Academy

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako look at materials showing the scientific achievements made by Japan Academy awardees at the national academic institution's headquarters in Tokyo on June 17, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo