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Japan: The Top News Stories of 2023

  • Nakamura Yasunobu, director of the Riken Center for Quantum Computing, with Japan’s first quantum computer, A , written with the kanji 叡 (ei) meaning “wisdom,” in Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on March 27, 2023. (© Jiji)

    Nakamura Yasunobu, director of the Riken Center for Quantum Computing, with Japan’s first quantum computer, A , written with the kanji 叡 (ei) meaning “wisdom,” in Wakō, Saitama Prefecture, on March 27, 2023. (© Jiji)

  • New BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the Kantei on April 10, 2023. (© Jiji)

    New BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the Kantei on April 10, 2023. (© Jiji)

  • G7 leaders return from making offerings of flowers at the Cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 19, 2023. All the leaders also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (© Jiji)

    G7 leaders return from making offerings of flowers at the Cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 19, 2023. All the leaders also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (© Jiji)

  • A smiling Fujii Sōta after he becomes the first player to hold all shōgi titles in Kyoto on October 11, 2023. (© Jiji)

    A smiling Fujii Sōta after he becomes the first player to hold all shōgi titles in Kyoto on October 11, 2023. (© Jiji)

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