Japan’s first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s election

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The Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony for a spread-out Winter Games

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Two cauldrons are lit for the first time at a Winter Olympics, in Milan and Cortina, symbolizing the start of the Games