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Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Masashi Ozaki lifts the victor's trophy after winning the ANA Open golf tournament at Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 22, 2002, becoming the oldest winner on the Japan Golf Tour at 55 years and 7 months. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Masashi Ozaki acknowledges the fans after winning the Japan PGA Championship at Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 19, 1971, for his first career win. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Artistic gymnast Aiko Sugihara (4th from L) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of an exhibition of news photos from 2025 at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Among the 300 photos on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22 is a photo of Sugihara celebrating after winning gold in the women's floor exercise at the artistic gymnastic world championship in Jakarta in October. ==Kyodo

News photo exhibition in Tokyo

Artistic gymnast Aiko Sugihara (4th from L) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of an exhibition of news photos from 2025 at a department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2025. Among the 300 photos on display at the event that runs through Dec. 22 is a photo of Sugihara celebrating after winning gold in the women's floor exercise at the artistic gymnastic world championship in Jakarta in October. ==Kyodo