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Photo shows a special "stove train" equipped with coal stoves in Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023, the first day of operation this season. Tsugaru Railway's popular train…

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searches for a U.S. military Osprey aircraft off Yakushima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Dec. 1, 2023, after it crashed two days earlier.…

People walk among ginkgo trees in autumn colors in the Meiji Jingu Gaien area in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2023. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Hamas releases…

Ryunosuke Tsukue competes in the men's event during the national championships for squash, a sport confirmed for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, in a glass-walled court at Tressa Yokohama in Kanagawa…

Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan competes en route to winning the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Obihiro, northern Japan, on Nov. 10, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the…

Fireworks synchronized with music songs, including the official theme song for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, light up the night sky above Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2023. (Kyodo) The…

People gather near a residential house where the late former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang spent his childhood in Hefei, Anhui Province, on Oct. 28, 2023, following his sudden death the previous day. (Kyodo)…

Onahama port in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sees its first saury landing of the season on Oct. 21, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.…

Cosmos flowers are in full bloom at Akebonoyama park in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 14, 2023. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ----------…

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023. (Kyodo) The following is the latest list of…