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Kanji meaning "gold" picked to mark 2024 amid Olympic haul, scandals

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2024. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as Japanese athletes had their second-best ever performance at the Olympics with 20 gold medals in Paris, while a money scandal rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

KYOTO, Dec.

Kanji meaning "gold" picked to mark 2024 amid Olympic haul, scandals

KYOTO, Dec.

A-bomb survivors testify, push for nuke abolition at Nobel forum

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. (Kyodo)

OSLO, Dec. 11 Kyodo - Survivors of the 1945 U.S.

Japan to vie for nonpermanent U.N. Security Council seat in 2043

TOKYO, Dec. 3 Kyodo - Japan will contest an election for a nonpermanent place on the U.N.

Japan, Britain, Italy to work closely in fighter jet development

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L), British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meet for talks on the fringes of the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov.

Ishiba formally reelected as Japan PM, eyes minority gov't

Shigeru Ishiba (C), head of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands after he was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister after a rare runoff vote in parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Nov.

TEPCO retrieves tiny melted fuel from disaster-hit Fukushima reactor

File photo taken in August 2024 shows the No. 2 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Nov.

Japan PM seeks partners after ruling bloc loses lower house majority

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a media interview at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, as the party is set to lose its majority in the House of Representatives following a general election. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Oct.

Women make up 16% of executives in Japan's top-listed firms: study

TOKYO, Oct.

Some scandal-hit LDP members to be denied endorsement in election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024, following the announcement that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not endorse some party lawmakers implicated in a slush funds scandal as its official candidates in the upcoming general election amid fallout from the scandal that has eroded voter trust. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Oct.

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