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Thousands offer prayers at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine as part of New Year's customs to pray for good luck in 2023. IMAGES
People in Tokyo form a long queue outside the Liberal Democractic Party headquarters to pay their respects to former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while on the campaign trail last week. IMAGES
A Japanese town on Tuesday began mounting a large mesh barrier at a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji in an attempt to deter tourists from taking photos. Workers began attaching black netting measuring 2.5 by 20 metres (eight by 65 feet) to metal poles along the pavement opposite the much-photographed convenience store Tuesday morning. IMAGES
Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia ahead of a meeting to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Elysee Palace in Paris. IMAGES