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This photo taken on November 28, 2024 shows Mount Fuji pictured behind the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, some 100 kms southwest of Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Climber rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS - APRIL 27: Mao Saigo of Japan (C) jumps in the pond on the 18th hole after winning The Chevron Championship 2025 in a playoff at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 27, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
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The downtown skyline of Los Angeles, California, on January 22, 2024.
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Oita, a scenic region known for its natural hot springs on the Japanese island of Kyushu, has recently renamed its air hub Oita Hello Kitty Airport to lure fans and tourists.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks he meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Photos of Marty Connor, along with one of his original 5th Marine Division patches, are propped in the black sand along one of Iwo Jima's landing beaches from the battle in February-March 1945, photographed by his granddaughter.
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South Korean tourist information helpers (red) guide tourists in the popular Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul on April 25, 2017. South Korea's tourist industry has been hammered by China's boycott over the deployment of US missile defence system, with visitor numbers from the Asian giant plummeting 40 percent in March, statistics showed. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)
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