[Breaking News]PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4. (Kyodo)

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims At Spotify Celebration Concert - Paris

Gims performing at a surprise concert for his fans to celebrate his leadership on the Spotify music platform on December 3, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

PM Takaichi's remark tops Japan 2025 catchphrase list

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses for photos at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, as her remark "I will work, work, work, work and work" was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025. Takaichi made the remark after winning the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Democrat of New York City) stands with church leadership after making remarks to the congregation as he attends Sunday morning services at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Bronx, New York, USA on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Photo by Kyle Mazza / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Democrat of New York City) stands with church leadership after making remarks to the congregation as he attends Sunday morning services at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Bronx, New York, USA on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Photo by Kyle Mazza / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Mamdani Attends Sunday Mass in Bronx, NYC

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Democrat of New York City) stands with church leadership after making remarks to the congregation as he attends Sunday morning services at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Bronx, New York, USA on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Photo by Kyle Mazza / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

This photo taken on Nov. 13, 2025 shows a report titled "Jointly Building a New Model of Global Leadership -- Work Together in Pursuit of a More Just and Rational Global Governance System" at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum China-Africa Partnership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, released the report here on Thursday. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

A delegate reads a report titled "Jointly Building a New Model of Global Leadership -- Work Together in Pursuit of a More Just and Rational Global Governance System" at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum China-Africa Partnership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 13, 2025. The Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, released the report here on Thursday. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

Xinhua Research Report Released In Johannesburg - South Africa

This photo taken on Nov. 13, 2025 shows a report titled "Jointly Building a New Model of Global Leadership -- Work Together in Pursuit of a More Just and Rational Global Governance System" at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum China-Africa Partnership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, released the report here on Thursday. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Felipe VI At Royal Academy Admission - Madrid

King Felipe VI At Royal Academy Admission - Madrid

The president of the Institute for Political Leadership and former Minister of Defense, María Dolores de Cospedal, on her arrival at the entrance of the former head of the Household of His Majesty the King, Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso, as a full member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, on October 27, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The former head of His Majesty the King's Household from 2011 to 2024, Jaime Alfonsín, has been appointed full member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, a space for the meeting and debate of social, economic, philosophical and political-legal knowledge. Photo by A. Perez Meca / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown

Democratic leadership, steering & policy committee hold hearing on the impacts of the republican shutdown, in the Capitol Building, in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 22, 2025. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Trump At Lunch With Republican Senators In The Rose Garden - DC

President Trump At Lunch With Republican Senators In The Rose Garden - DC

Senate Republican leadership speak at a press conference of Republican Senators outside of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump suggested that “stronger measures” could be in the offing if the government shutdown, now in its 20th day, doesn’t end this week. Photo by Allison Robbert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Trump At Lunch With Republican Senators In The Rose Garden - DC

President Trump At Lunch With Republican Senators In The Rose Garden - DC

Senate Republican leadership arrive to a press conference of Republican Senators outside of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump suggested that “stronger measures” could be in the offing if the government shutdown, now in its 20th day, doesn’t end this week. Photo by Allison Robbert/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) holds a press conference on the East Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Leader Jeffries criticized the US House and US Senate Republican Leadership for refusing to negotiate on the Democrats demand to restore the Obamacare subsidies to working families. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) holds a press conference on the East Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Leader Jeffries criticized the US House and US Senate Republican Leadership for refusing to negotiate on the Democrats demand to restore the Obamacare subsidies to working families. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) holds a press conference on the East Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Leader Jeffries criticized the US House and US Senate Republican Leadership for refusing to negotiate on the Democrats demand to restore the Obamacare subsidies to working families. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) holds a press conference on the East Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Leader Jeffries criticized the US House and US Senate Republican Leadership for refusing to negotiate on the Democrats demand to restore the Obamacare subsidies to working families. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

Leader Jeffries Press Conference

United States House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat of New York) walks down the East Front steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, to hold a press conference on on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Leader Jeffries criticized the US House and US Senate Republican Leadership for refusing to negotiate on the Democrats demand to restore the Obamacare subsidies to working families. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM for NY Post (RESTRICTION: NO Daily Mail. NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City.)