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IN PHOTOS: People celebrate New Year in Japan and beyond

- Jan 01, 2021 - 20:15 All,Japan,Coronavirus,Feature,World

The year's first sunrise is pictured from Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People look at the year's first sunrise from a beach in Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People look at the year's first sunrise from Yotsukura beach in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo People look at the year's first sunrise from near JR Harajuku Station in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo)

Children perform a show in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo An event is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Fireworks light up the sky as North Korean citizens celebrate the new year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend a scaled-down New Year's ceremony on Jan. 1, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Related coverage: Emperor Naruhito thanks medical staff battling virus pandemic Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - December 26~January 1 Coronavirus outbreak latest: Jan. 1, 2021

People visit Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021, to offer New Year prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Children perform a show in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

An event is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

An event is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 31, 2020, as North Korea celebrates the coming of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend a scaled-down New Year's ceremony on Jan. 1, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(From L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a scaled-down New Year's ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fireworks light up the sky as North Korean citizens celebrate the new year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People look at the year's first sunrise from near JR Harajuku Station in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2021. (Kyodo)

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