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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai heads sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai takes a seat at his desk as he becomes the commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025. The five-time Paralympic gold medalist is the first Paralympian to assume the post.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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5-time Olympic moguls skier Uemura gets JOC citation

TOKYO, Japan - Five-time Olympic moguls skier Aiko Uemura, who announced her retirement this spring, receives a special contribution award certificate from Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) on June 30, 2014, in Tokyo.

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The faces of 5-time Olympic mogul skier Uemura

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's five-time Olympic mogul skier Aiko Uemura expresses her feelings after finishing her competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 8, 2014, as seen in the right photo. Other photos show her face at the previous four Olympics (from left to right: Nagano, Salt Lake City, Turin and Vancouver).

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake to retire

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, poses at a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic women's weightlifter Miyake retires

Two-time women's weightlifting Olympic medalist Hiromi Miyake, who represented Japan at five games, attends a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2021, her 36th birthday. Miyake won a silver in her third Olympics in London in 2012 and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

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5-time Olympic moguls skier Uemura gets JOC citation

TOKYO, Japan - Five-time Olympic moguls skier Aiko Uemura, who announced her retirement this spring, receives a special contribution award certificate from Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) on June 30, 2014, in Tokyo. (Kyodo)