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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japan’s Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ryosei Akazawa shake hands during a photo session as they arrive at the USA Pavilion on US National Day at the World Expo 2025 on July 19, 2025, in Osaka, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)

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People pay tribute to the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on February 16, 2025. (Kim Won Jin via Getty Images)

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President Donald J Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford via Getty Images)

Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (Richard A. Brooks via Getty Images)

Exporting cars line up at Toyota Pier of Nagoya Port circa December 1976, in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops during a parade commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on September 3, 2015. (Huang Xiaobang via Getty Images)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about new products as he delivers the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2025. (Josh Edelson via Getty Images)