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Fed cuts key rate by 0.25 point

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025, following a two-day monetary policy meeting. The Fed decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point, its third straight rate reduction.

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Baseball: Buffaloes' Yamamoto wins 3rd Sawamura Award

Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto holds up a card reading "Sawamura Award" at Kyocera Dome in the western Japan city of Osaka on Oct. 29, 2023, after being notified that he has won the country's highest pitching honor for the third straight year. The official announcement was made a day later. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Buffaloes' Yamamoto wins 3rd Sawamura Award

Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto speaks to reporters at Kyocera Dome in the western Japan city of Osaka on Oct. 29, 2023, after being notified that he has won the Sawamura Award, the country's highest pitching honor, for the third straight year. The official announcement was made a day later. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Kaio faces third straight loss at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-weary ozeki Kaio (L) was sent backpedaling over the edge to a third straight loss by Hokutoriki on the third day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 11.

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Japan's Straight Girl 3rd in H.K. Sprint horse race

HONG KONG, China - Japan's 5-year-old mare Straight Girl (13), ridden by Yasunari Iwata, finishes third in the Hong Kong Sprint G1 race on the 1,200-meter turf at the Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 14, 2014. The race is one of four major races held on the Hong Kong International Race Day.

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Kasai after Sochi Olympics

FALUN, Sweden - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, who won the men's individual large hill silver medal and the team bronze at the Sochi Olympics, his seventh straight Winter Games, is interviewed in Falun, Sweden, on Feb. 26, 2014. Kasai finished third in the World Cup competition later that day.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Protesters hurl stones at police officers near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 13, 2012, as people demonstrate for the third straight day against a U.S. film regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Protesters run away after police officers fired warning shots near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 13, 2012, as people demonstrate for the third straight day against a U.S. film regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - More than 40 people gather outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, for the third straight day to protest Japan's nationalization of a group of East China Sea islands claimed by China. Japan bought three of the Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu in China, from their Japanese owner.

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Mizuho Bank's ATM, online transactions halted

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Satoru Nishibori (2nd from R) and senior executives of the bank bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2011, after the bank's computer system malfunctioned earlier in the day for the third straight day, halting transactions through automated teller machines at 440 branches nationwide and online. The bank said the problem appears unrelated to the mega earthquake that struck Japan.

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Mizuho Bank's ATM, online transactions halted

TOKYO, Japan - A man stands in front of automated teller machines at a Mizuho Bank outlet in Tokyo on March 17, 2011. The bank's computer system malfunctioned the same day for the third straight day, halting transactions through automated teller machines at 440 branches nationwide and online. The bank said the problem appears unrelated to the mega earthquake that struck Japan.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures spewing columns of smoke on Feb. 3, 2011. The volcano in southwestern Japan erupted for the third straight day.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures spewing columns of smoke on Feb. 3, 2011. The volcano in southwestern Japan erupted for the third straight day.

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Hakuho finishes New Year meet on winning note

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) forces veteran ozeki Kaio out of the ring on Jan. 23, 2011, the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Mongolian yokozuna won his sixth straight tournament title, becoming the third man to achieve the feat following Taiho and Asashoryu.

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Kaio at summer tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ozeki Kaio slaps down komusubi Tochiozan by the neck to claim his third straight win on the third day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 11, 2010.

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Thai antigov't protesters move to pressure election commission

BANGKOK, Thailand - Several thousands of antigovernment protesters continue to occupy the shopping streets in the heart of Bangkok on April 5, 2010, shutting the posh malls in the area for a third straight day.

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Veteran Okabe wins Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Takanobu Okabe nailed the day's longest jump of 97 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his third straight domestic event of the season at the Snow Brand Cup on the Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 4.

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Hakuho marches on at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) beats Komusubi Kotoshogiku, remaining on course for a third straight Emperor's Cup on the eighth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20.

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Nakamura defeated by Hingis at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Swiss favorite and world No. 9 Martina Hingis beats Japan's Aiko Nakamura in straight sets 1-6, 2-6 on the third day of the Wimbledon Championships on June 27.

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Nakamura defeated by Hingis at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Aiko Nakamura of Japan looks downcast after being defeated in her second round by Swiss favorite and world No. 9 Martina Hingis in straight sets 1-6, 2-6 on the third day of the Wimbledon Championships on June 27.

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Japan, N. Korea discuss normalization of ties

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, head of the North Korean delegation to normalization talks with Japan, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 6 before the two countries continue bilateral talks for the third straight day.

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Japan, N. Korea discuss normalization of ties

BEIJING, China - Koichi Haraguchi, Japan's chief negotiator for normalization talks with North Korea, is surrounded by reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 6 before the two countries continue bilateral talks for the third straight day.

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Kotooshu gets 2nd win at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Kotooshu (R) throws Komusubi Tamanoshima to post his second straight win following an opening-day defeat on the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 10.

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Chiyotaikai defeated at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (L) was pushed out of the ring by No. 3 maegashira Futeno in a shock third straight loss on July 14, the fifth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Asashoryu marks 12-2 at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu (L), who is seeking his third straight Emperor's Cup, stayed in the hunt at 12-2 when he dodged a bullet to haul down ozeki Kaio in the day's final bout on the penultimate day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on May 22.

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Komazawa Univ. wins 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Komazawa University anchor Kazuharu Murakami throws up arms in joy as he crosses the finish line to lead his team to victory on the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 2. Komazawa, which is seeking its third straight overall victory, finished the 107.2-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi to Lake Ashinoko in the hot-springs resort of Hakone in 5 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds to claim its first opening day win in four years.

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Tokyo stocks rise for 3rd day, Nikkei briefly above 11,000

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian walks by the price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Sept. 17. Tokyo stocks ended higher for the third straight session, with the key Nikkei index ending at a 15-month high after briefly topping 11,000 on buying prompted by gains in U.S. shares overnight.

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Musashimaru suffers 3rd loss, withdraws from tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) is pushed out of the ring by No. 3 maegashira Takamisakari on the fifth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 10. Musashimaru, who was tagged with his third straight defeat, will withdraw from the tournament July 11, officials of Musashigawa stable said after the bout.

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Chiyotaikai marks 3rd victory in sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (R) pushes No. 2 maegashira Tochinonada out of the ring to mark the third straight victory in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

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Okabe captures SBC Cup ski jumping national c'ship crown+

HAKUBA, Japan - Nagano Olympic gold medalist Takanobu Okabe came from behind to clinch his second straight national title by winning the SBC Cup ski jumping meet at Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 16. Despite poor visibility due to heavy snow, Okabe produced the best results of the day in moving into second after a jump of 116.5 meters and sewing up his third national title with a second effort of just 112 meters at the K-120 large hill.

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Asashoryu continues to win in New Year sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Asashoryu (background) marked the third straight win in the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 14 by sneaking inside top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama and toppling him from behind.

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Asashoryu wins 3rd straight day at Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Asashoryu (foreground), wrestling in his second tournament as ozeki, forces No. 2 maegashira Hokutoriki out of the ring for his third straight win in the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 12.

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Yokozuna Musashimaru beats No. 7 maegashira Toki

NAGOYA, July 15 Kyodo - Yokozuna Musashimaru (L) shoves No. 7 maegashira Toki out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on the ninth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 15. Musashimaru kept alive his own hopes for a third-straight tournament championship for his eighth win against one loss.

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Chiyotaikai pushes down Takamisakari

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (R) pushes down No. 2 maegashira Takamisakari for his third straight win on the third day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 9.

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Musashimaru beats Kyokushuzan

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) pushes down No. 2 maegashira Kyokushuzan for his third straight win on the third day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 9.

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Yokozuna Musashimaru unbeaten in summer sumo tornament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) pushes third-ranked maegashira Takanowaka out of the ring for his fourth straight win at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 15, day fourth of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ozeki Tochiazuma beats Takanomani for 6th straight win

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Tochiazuma (R) pushes third-ranked maegashira Takanonami out of the ring for his sixth straight win in the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 18.

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Musashimaru suffers fourth loss

TOKYO, Japan - Samoa-born grand champion Musashimaru (R) is saddled with his fourth loss on Sept. 17 in the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. No. 3 maegashira Tamakasuga pushes out the two-time defending champion who now has little chance of winning the tourney for a third straight year.

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Tanaka rewrites day-old record

TOKYO, Japan - Masami Tanaka waives at the audience April 20 after trimming 0.11 second off the record she set in the semifinals the previous day to win the women's 100-meter breaststroke title at Japan's national swimming championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. Tanaka posted a time of 1 minute, 7.27 seconds to win her third straight and sixth overall championship with the world's second best-ever time.

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Tokyo logs record 3,865 daily coronavirus cases

The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed a record 3,865 daily coronavirus cases Thursday, with surging infections in the capital casting a pall over the Olympics. Tokyo logged a record figure for the third straight day after reporting 3,177 COVID-19 cases the previous day, putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to take stronger countermeasures.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike on COVID-19 situation

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets the press in the capital on July 29, 2021, after attending a metropolitan government meeting to assess the capital's coronavirus situation. Tokyo confirmed 3,865 daily cases of the virus the same day, logging a record figure for the third straight day.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike on COVID-19 situation

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets the press in the capital on July 29, 2021, after attending a metropolitan government meeting to assess the capital's coronavirus situation. Tokyo confirmed 3,865 daily cases of the virus the same day, logging a record figure for the third straight day.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike at COVID-19 meeting

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a metropolitan government meeting to assess the capital's coronavirus situation at its headquarters on July 29, 2021. Tokyo confirmed 3,865 daily cases of the virus the same day, logging a record figure for the third straight day.

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Chiyotaikai defeated at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (L) was pushed out of the ring by No. 3 maegashira Futeno in a shock third straight loss on July 14, the fifth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Kotooshu gets 2nd win at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Kotooshu (R) throws Komusubi Tamanoshima to post his second straight win following an opening-day defeat on the third day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 10. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura defeated by Hingis at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Aiko Nakamura of Japan looks downcast after being defeated in her second round by Swiss favorite and world No. 9 Martina Hingis in straight sets 1-6, 2-6 on the third day of the Wimbledon Championships on June 27. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura defeated by Hingis at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Swiss favorite and world No. 9 Martina Hingis beats Japan's Aiko Nakamura in straight sets 1-6, 2-6 on the third day of the Wimbledon Championships on June 27. (Kyodo)