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Tokyo stocks tumble

Tokyo stocks tumble

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 38,520.09 on Feb. 3, 2025, down over 1,000 points from the previous trading day's close.

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Tokyo stocks tumble

Tokyo stocks tumble

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 38,520.09 on Feb. 3, 2025, down over 1,000 points from the previous trading day's close.

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5 years since mass COVID-19 outbreak on Diamond Princess

5 years since mass COVID-19 outbreak on Diamond Princess

People observe a moment of silence at a port in Yokohama near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025, exactly five years after the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in 2020 amid concerns about a mass COVID-19 outbreak. The infections on the ship led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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Nikkei plunges

Nikkei plunges

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling over 1,100 points during morning trading on Feb. 3, 2025, compared with the finish on Jan. 31, following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico.

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Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.

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Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.

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anto Festival in northeastern Japan

anto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

Kanto Festival in northeastern Japan

People hold bamboo poles decorated with paper lanterns during the Kanto Festival dating back over 200 years in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on Aug. 3, 2023. The lanterns are arranged in such a way as to look like ears of rice.

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Elderly singer performs before railway station

Elderly singer performs before railway station

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Daimon performs in a unique costume on Dec. 3, 2014, in front of an East Japan Railway Co. station in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo. The 65-year-old has been staging such performances almost every weekday for over six years to help encourage local people.

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Nishimuro addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

Nishimuro addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

BEIJING, China - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro addresses a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, the first gathering in over three years, as head of the Japanese side at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 3, 2014.

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Japan-China advisory panel holds 1st meet in 3 years

Japan-China advisory panel holds 1st meet in 3 years

BEIJING, China - Members of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, an advisory body to the two governments, meet for the first time in over three years at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 3, 2014.

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Tang addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

Tang addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, the first gathering in over three years, as head of the Chinese side at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 3, 2014.

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Nikkei down 3.7%

Nikkei down 3.7%

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the Nikkei index falling over 3.7 percent to its lowest level in more than a month at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 3, 2013, amid caution over the possible scaling down of U.S. stimulus measures.

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Panasonic head office in Osaka Pref.

Panasonic head office in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows the head office of electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Panasonic is expected to book a record group net loss of over 700 billion yen in fiscal 2011 through March 31, 2012, deeper than a 420 billion yen loss it previously estimated, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 3, 2012.

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Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - Two people walk through rubble in Concepcion, Chile, on March 3, 2010. The death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake rose to over 800.

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Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

DICHATO, Chile - Rescuers look through the wreckage of buildings in Dichato, Chile, on March 3, 2010. The death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake that struck the country has climbed to over 800.

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Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - People sit in front of a building next to rubble on March 3, 2010, in Concepcion, Chile. The death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake rose to over 800.

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Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - Rubble lies between buildings in Concepcion, Chile, on March 3, 2010. The death toll from the Feb. 27 earthquake rose to over 800.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

New ballpark for Nippon Ham Fighters

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, under construction. Over 95 percent complete, the ballpark was unveiled to the media ahead of its official use by the Pacific League club from the 2023 season.

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