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Hollywood event celebrates 20th anniv. of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Japan. @s_s_f_f #shortfilms @YoshikiOfficial .
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Japanese rock icon #Yoshiki touches on his band X Japan's 1st studio album in 21 years and much more in wide-ranging press conference in Tokyo. Here are the highlights. @YoshikiOfficial @XJapanOfficial #WeAreX.
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#BREAKING NEWS: Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. #Japan #SameSexMarriage #Constitution
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Olympic gymnastics champion Uchimura to join Yuzuru Hanyu in March ice show. #YuzuruHanyu #KoheiUchimura.#羽生結弦 #内村航平.#KyodoNewsPlus.
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.@YoshikiOfficial, who has lived in the U.S. for almost 30 years, says donating to charities is part of the American life, and he hopes more people in Japan will explore the possibility of introducing a new culture of giving. #coronavirusjapan #YOSHIKI.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu to perform in Miyagi in memory of 2011 quake. #YuzuruHanyu #figureskating #nottestellata.
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JUST IN: Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies after #coronavirus infection. #CoronavirusJapan #CoronaVirusUpdate.#志村けんさん
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ICYMI: X Japan drummer and band leader #Yoshiki is to perform at Hollywood & Highland on Aug. 24 to celebrate grand opening of #JapanHouseLA. . #XJapan #WeAreX #TeamYoshiki @YoshikiOfficial.
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Japan pop band Arashi to release all-English Bruno Mars-written single. #ARASHI #BrunoMars #WheneverYouCall @arashi5official .
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Japanese idol band #ARASHI's "5x20 All the Best!! 1999-2019" compilation of hit singles was the world's best-selling album in 2019, becoming the first Japanese artists to claim the spot,@IFPI_org says. @arashi5official #嵐 #JPOP.
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Exiled Iranian royal sees regime change as country's only way forward . . #KyodoNewsPlus.
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#tokyo #skytree lit up as 1,000-day countdown to 2020 #Paralympics begins.#Tokyo2020 #1000DaystoGo #Yoshiki #WeAreX.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu to perform in earthquake charity event. #YuzuruHanyu #Figureskating #KyodoNewsPlus.
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Japan's Princess Mako marries her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro after years of controversy over a financial dispute involving his mother that led the couple to forgo traditional ceremonies associated with a royal marriage.
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No I can't: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo #Abe declines meeting request by #Nobel-winning #ICAN's leader.#NuclearBan #YesICAN #Hiroshima #核廃絶 #安倍.
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People in Japan donate $17 mil. to relief fund for Ukraine, rock superstar @YoshikiOfficial donates to humanitarian fund. #Ukraine #YOSHIKI.
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ICYMI: #YuzuruHanyu photo gallery. #羽生結弦. Fantasy On Ice. World C'ships. World C'ships official practice. Rostelecom Cup. Olympic champ's hometown parade.
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Japanese figure skating icon and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu announces his marriage on social media. #羽生結弦 #HANYUYUZURU #KyodoNewsPlus.
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Figure skating: Shoma Uno leads Japan sweep at worlds' short program.
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Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu celebrates 50th anniversary of Japan-China ties. #YuzuruHanyu𓃵.
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IN PHOTOS: Stars on Ice figure skating show in Osaka. #FigureSkate #SOI2022 #スターズオンアイス #フィギュアスケート.
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South Korea commemorates "comfort women" memorial day .
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Int'l fans thank Japan pop group Arashi as it starts hiatus.
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Fukushima mothers record radiation for future generations. "If the risks of nuclear power had been thoroughly verified by the previous generations, I think the disaster would not have happened," Kaori Suzuki of Mothers' Radiation Lab Fukushima said.
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Japan pop band Arashi to release all-English Bruno Mars-written single. #ARASHI #BrunoMars #WheneverYouCall #嵐.
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Figure skating: Japan's Uno, Kagiyama top world championship podium. #figureskate #ShomaUno #宇野昌磨 #YumaKagiyama #鍵山優真.
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BREAKING NEWS: Ex-PM Abe appears to be showing no vital signs: local authorities.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu still pursuing excellence in new forms. "I keep skating with the wish that those people affected can put aside reality, and experience joy for a moment.". #YuzuruHanyu #Figureskating #羽生結弦 #フィギュアスケート #KyodoNewsPlus.
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"Crash Landing on You" star Son Ye Jin overwhelmed by boom in Japan. #CrashLandingOnYou #愛の不時着 #SonYeJin #Hyunbin.
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#BREAKING NEWS: No abnormalities found at Japan nuclear plants after big quake: PM. #Japan #Earthquake #Fukushima #Miyagi.
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Japan pop band Arashi to release all-English Bruno Mars-written single. #ARASHI #BrunoMars #WheneverYouCall .
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IN PHOTOS: Gala exhibition of Japan Figure Skating Championships. IN PHOTOS: Japan Figure Skating Championships. #羽生結弦 #全日本フィギュア #フィギュアスケート #figureskate
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J-rock star #Miyavi, aka the samurai guitarist, sits down for an interview with @kyodo_english to discuss his role as #UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and his take on Japan's #refugee policy.@MIYAVI_OFFICIAL.
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#Japan's gov't appreciates #YuzuruHanyu's historic achievement, top spokesman says. The two-time #Olympic #FigureSkating champion is set to receive the People's Honor Award on July 2. @ISU_Figure #羽生結弦 #国民栄誉賞.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu to stage ice show in Nov. and Dec.
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Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako take part in a parade in central Tokyo as tens of thousands of flag-waving onlookers lined the streets in celebration of the emperor's enthronement earlier in the year.
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#YearInReview: Our most read stories in 2018 –.Absent #YuzuruHanyu putting blood and tears into #Olympic comeback.
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Masazo Nonaka, who has died in Japan at 113 as the world's oldest man, was born in 1905 when Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. #oldestman #OldestPerson.
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IN PHOTOS: Figure skating exhibition gala at Beijing #Olympics. #Beijing2022 #FigureSkating #YuzuruHanyu.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu set to return from injury at national c'ships. #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦.
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Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu named Most Valuable Skater at 1st ISU Awards. #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦 #isuスケーティングアワード #最優秀選手賞.
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Japanese boy band JO1 using South Korean savvy to pursue global fame. #JO1 #JPOP #KPOP #Lapone #KyodoNewsPlus.
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IN PHOTOS: Yuzuru Hanyu Fantasy On Ice. #フィギュアスケート #figureskate #FaOI #ファンタジーオンアイス2019.#羽生結弦 .
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UPDATE: M7.3 quake rocks northeastern Japan, derails high-speed train. #Japan #Earthquake #Fukushima #Miyagi.
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#YearInReview: Our most read stories in 2018 –.As promised, #YuzuruHanyu steals #Olympic show with gold.
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#BREAKING: British man who was aboard Diamond Princess dies from #coronavirus. #DiamondPrincess.#COVID19.
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Flowers unexpectedly bloom at Fukushima school closed by coronavirus. "The power of nature is amazing," the principal said. The absence of people apparently let the pink flowers, believed to be the sand spurry species, grow freely to cover the schoolyard.
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12,000 sign petition to ease Japan's tight entry rules over Omicron.
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#YuzuruHanyu receives the People's Honor #Award in Japan for becoming the 1st male figure skater in 66 years to win back-to-back #Olympic gold medals. @ISU_Figure.#羽生結弦 #国民栄誉賞.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will ask all elementary, junior-high and high schools in Japan to shut from Monday amid growing fears of the spread of the new #coronavirus. #schools #COVID19.
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Japan adopts tougher border control measures to prevent surge in new #coronavirus infections, with a 14-day voluntary quarantine of all travelers from virus-hit China and South Korea and nearly 3 million visas invalidated. #COVID19.
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Olympic gymnastics champion Uchimura to join Yuzuru Hanyu in March ice show. #YuzuruHanyu #KoheiUchimura.#羽生結弦 #内村航平.#KyodoNewsPlus.
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Iconic two-time Olympic figure skating champion #YuzuruHanyu attends ceremony to unveil design of new monument to be erected in his honor in his hometown of Sendai. #フィギュアスケート #羽生結弦 #羽生 #モニュメント #仙台 #Yuzu #ユズ .
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Japan's two-time men's #Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru #Hanyu marks his season debut with victory at the Autumn Classic International. #FigureSkating #ISU #ACI2018 #羽生結弦 #フィギュアスケート.
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IN PHOTOS: Japanese heartthrob Yuzuru Hanyu records convincing victory to capture 1st Four Continents title. #4ContsFigure #4CC2020 #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦 #羽生.
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Russia starts military drill on disputed islands off Japan.
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Japan's double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will go back to the short and free programs that won him the men's singles gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, a source close to the matter says.
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North Korea and South Korea each remove 11 guard posts in the 4-kilometer-wide Demilitarized Zone stretch. #interkorea.
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Yuzuru Hanyu driven to greatness by 2011 disaster experience. #あれから10年 #10YearsLater #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦.
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Two-time Olympic #figureskating champion #YuzuruHanyu becomes youngest individual recipient of People's Honor #Award in Japan. Prime Minister Abe handed over the award to the 23-year-old star. #羽生結弦.
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Olympics: Yuzuru Hanyu practices for 1st time at Beijing Games. #YuzuruHanyu #figureskate #Beijing2022 #北京五輪 #羽生結弦 #フィギュアスケート.
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IN PHOTOS: Four Continents Figure Skating Gala Exhibition. #4ContsFigure #4CC2020 #YuzuruHanyu #羽生結弦 #RikaKihira #紀平梨花 #フィギュアスケート #四大陸選手権.
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"Naked" Japan act on British TV show says simplicity key to success. #BGT #とにかく明るい安村 #KyodoNewsPlus.
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National Olympic committees and other sport governing bodies in Europe and the Americas have requested this summer's Tokyo Olympics be postponed, pressuring the IOC and the Japanese government as the new coronavirus has spread around the world. #Tokyo2020.
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Yoshiki's handprint unveiled at Hollywood special ceremony. #Yoshiki #Hollywood #TCLChineseTheatre #KyodoNewsPlus.
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Japanese consumers are bidding a nostalgic farewell to 30 years of the #Heisei era under Emperor Akihito by flocking to retrospective events and buying memorabilia as businesses cash in on the era change. #newera #ThrowbackThursday.
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Olympics: Shoma Uno hits ice in pre-games practice but coach on his mind. #Beijing #Beijing2022 #Olympics #ShomaUno #宇野昌磨.
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#Olympics: Bronzed Shoma Uno sets his sights on world's best. #Beijing2022 #FigureSkating #ShomaUno #宇野昌磨.
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