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FILE - Japanese media mogul Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, speaks to reporters in Tokyo, on Jan. 17, 2014. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate after a Japanese high court ruled that the country’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, outside the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka, southern Japan, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. The banner, in red, reads "Unconstitutional at the high court." (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s ban on recognizing same-sex unions is unconstitutional, a court finds. Here’s what to know

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions throw torn papers carrying the names of the ruling party's lawmakers who didn't vote at the impeachment motion last week, during a rally in front of the ruling People Power Party's head office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

In South Korea, Yoon’s downfall holds dire implications for Japan, U.S. relations

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Guests offer a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony for the Sado Island Gold Mine in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan, as several seats reserved for South Korean guests remained empty Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan holds first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Remains of Japan’s Sado gold mine are seen on Sado Island, northern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2021. (Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

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Katie Boulter of Great Britain returns a forehand shot to Coco Gauff of the United States during their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Katie Boulter advances to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals and will face Sofia Kenin

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Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

‘This is the beginning’: 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A visitor prays in front of the Peace Statue at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. (Kyodo News via AP)

A-bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize to share anti-nuke message with the young

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Iwao Hakamada, left, 88-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Chinese authorities inspect the scene of a stabbing at the Shenzhen Japanese School in Shenzhen, China Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, after a 10-year-old Japanese student was attacked by a man. (Kyodo News via AP)

A 10-year-old Japanese boy stabbed near his school in China has died

By Mari Yamaguchi and Emily Wang Fujiyama - Associated Press

The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, sails into Hong Kong for a port call to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison's presence in the semi-autonomous Chinese city and former British colony on July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This photo shows the headquarters of Panasonic in Kadoma, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 7, 2017. (Kyodo News via AP)

Top Olympic sponsor Panasonic is ending its contract with the IOC

By Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Japan's Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, is pictured at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden in Tokyo, July 15, 2024. Hisahito turned 18 on Friday, Sept. 6. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

Prince Hisahito becomes Japan’s first royal male to reach adulthood in 4 decades

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Venezuela's Clara Sarahy Fuentes Monasterio prepares to lift during women's 41kg powerlifting final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Venezuela’s Clara Sarahy Fuentes Monasterio is the para powerlifting champion among women up to 50 kilograms after setting a record at the Paralympic Games on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Venezuelan mother pushes her way to Paralympics record in powerlifting

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People look at debris stuck on a bridge over a river in Ninomiyamachi, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, following a severe weather system in the area. (Yuya Shino/Kyodo News via AP)

Slow tropical storm dumps heavy rain around Tokyo after causing floods in southern Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press