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Indonesia: M7.4 Strikes Northern Molucca Sea, Killing One and Triggering Tsunami Warning

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea in Indonesia on Thursday, April 2, killing one person, damaging buildings, and triggering tsunami warnings.

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x-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

TOKYO, Japan, July 27 Kyodo - Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh (front), the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, sheds tears at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Ex-husband of table tennis star Fukuhara seeks child's early Taiwan return

Chiang Hung-chieh, the Taiwanese ex-husband of retired Japanese table tennis star and Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara, sheds tears at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 27, 2023, seeking the return of their son, now in Fukuhara's custody, to Taiwan. Chiang, also a table tennis player, said Fukuhara has refused to allow it since taking him back to Japan in 2022 and then severing contact.

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Hirano retains Top 12 crown, Fukuhara ousted in semis

TOKYO, Japan - National champion Sayaka Hirano in action during the final against Reiko Hiura at the Top 12 table tennis tournament in Tokyo on Feb. 9. Hirano beat Hiura 4-0 to defend her women's singles title. Popular teenager Ai Fukuhara, losing finalist the past three years, was knocked out by Hiura 4-0 in the semifinals.

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Table tennis: Ai Fukuhara

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Double Olympic table tennis medalist Ai Fukuhara meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2018, for the first time since she announced her retirement on her blog two days earlier.

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Olympics: Japan wins table tennis team bronze

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 17 Kyodo - (From R) Mima Ito, Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan take a selfie with their coach Yasukazu Murakami after their victory against Singapore in the women's table tennis team bronze medal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 16, 2016. Japan won 3-1.

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Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 43rd Best Dresser Awards, hosted by the Men's Fashion Unity, pose on stage after receiving awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. The winners are (From L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke, script and broadcast writer Kundo Koyama, actress Rie Miyazawa, actor Ryohei Suzuki, table tennis player Ai Fukuhara and photographer Tsuneko Sasamoto.

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Japan win silver in women's table tennis

SUWON, South Korea - Members of Japan's women's table tennis team, including Ai Fukuhara (C), smile after winning the silver in the Asian Games on Sept. 30, 2014, in Suwon, South Korea. In the final, Japan lost 3-1 to China.

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China beat Japan in rematch of Olympic table tennis final

SUWON, South Korea - Japan's Ai Fukuhara plays against China's Ding Ning in the opening match of the Asian Games table tennis final on Sept. 30, 2014, in Suwon, South Korea. Fukuhara beat Ding but the Japanese team lost 3-1 to China and had to settle for silver.

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Athletes attend ceremony to receive financial support

TOKYO, Japan - Table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (R, front row) and gymnast Kohei Uchimura (2nd from R, back row) join other athletes at a ceremony to receive financial support from the government-funded Japan Sports Council in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Fukuhara out of world team c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ai Fukuhara holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2014. Fukuhara will miss the world team table tennis championships in April due to a stress fracture in the small toe of her left foot.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa (from L) smile with the silver medals they won in the women's table tennis team at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 7, 2012. The Japanese team took the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa (from L) pose with a Chinese player after winning the silver medal during the award ceremony for the women's table tennis team at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 7, 2012. The Japanese team took the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano, and Kasumi Ishikawa (from L in front row) wave to the crowd after winning the silver medal during the award ceremony for the women's table tennis team at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 7, 2012. The Japanese team took the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa (from L) smile with the silver medals they won in the women's table tennis team at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 7, 2012. The Japanese team took the country's first Olympic medal in the sport.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Sayaka Hirano, Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa (from L to R) react after losing to the Chinese team in the women's table tennis team final at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan lost to China 3-0 and claimed the silver medal.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara (R) reacts after scoring a point against China's Li Xiaoxia in the first round of the women's table tennis team final at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan lost to China 3-0 and claimed the silver medal.

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Japan wins silver in women's table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara plays against China's Li Xiaoxia in the first round of the women's table tennis team final at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan lost to China 3-0 and claimed the silver medal.

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Japan advances to women's table tennis team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa, and Sayaka Hirano (from L to R) celebrate after beating Singapore in the women's table tennis team semifinal match to advance to the final at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 5, 2012.

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Japan advances to women's table tennis team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara (front) hugs Kasumi Ishikawa after beating Singapore in the women's table tennis team semifinal match to advance to the final at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 5, 2012.

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Japan advances to women's table tennis team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara reacts after scoring a point against Singapore's Feng Tianwei in the first round of the women's table tennis team semifinal match at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 5, 2012. Japan beat Singapore 3-0 and advanced to the final.

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Japan's Fukuhara loses to world No. 1 Ding in London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara fights against China's Ding Ning during the quarterfinals of the women's table tennis singles match at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 31, 2012. Fukuhara lost to world No. 1 Ding.

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Japan's Fukuhara loses to world No. 1 Ding in London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara (R) loses the first game to China's Ding Ning during the quarterfinals of the women's table tennis singles match at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on July 31, 2012. Fukuhara lost to world No. 1 Ding.

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Fukuhara reaches Olympic 4th round in table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara returns a shot against Russia's Anna Tikhomirova in the third round of the women's table tennis singles match at ExCel London at the 2012 London Olympics on July 29, 2012. Fukuhara advanced to the fourth round after winning the match 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-3.

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Fukuhara reaches Olympic 4th round in table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara serves against Russia's Anna Tikhomirova in the third round of the women's table tennis singles match at ExCel London at the 2012 London Olympics on July 29, 2012. Fukuhara advanced to the fourth round after winning the match 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-3.

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Fukuhara reaches Olympic 4th round in table tennis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Fukuhara plays against Russia's Anna Tikhomirova in the third round of the women's table tennis singles match at ExCel London at the 2012 London Olympics on July 29, 2012. Fukuhara advanced to the fourth round after winning the match 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-3.

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Japan women's table tennis team reaches q'finals

DORTMUND, Germany - Ai Fukuhara of Japan plays Wu Jiaduo of Germany at the women's competition in the world team table tennis championships in Dortmund, Germany, on March 27, 2012. Japan overpowered host Germany 3-0 to secure a place in the quarterfinals in the competition.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara holds the championship trophy after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara is seen after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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ANA's Narita-Chengdu service

CHENGDU, China - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Chengdu airport in China's Sichuan Province on June 20, 2011, as All Nippon Airways Co. launched direct flights between Chengdu and Japan's Narita airport. On the right is Japanese table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara.

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Fukuhara, Kishikawa win doubles bronze at worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ai Fukuhara (L) and Seiya Kishikawa pose with their bronze medals at the world table tennis championships at Rotterdam on May 13, 2011. The Japanese pair won the medals in the mixed doubles on the previous day, earning Japan's first medals in 34 years in the event.

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Japanese table tennis players at worlds

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Combined photo shows Japanese women table tennis players -- (from L) Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa -- in action at the world table tennis championships in Rotterdam. The three lost their singles matches to Chinese players by May 12, 2011.

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Fukuhara, Kishikawa win bronze at world championships

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ai Fukuhara (front) and Seiya Kishikawa lost to a Chinese pair in the mixed doubles semifinal at the world table tennis championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on May 12, 2011. They won bronze.

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Japanese pair at world table tennis c'ships

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ai Fukuhara (front) paired with Seiya Kishikawa (back) hits the ball during a match against Serbian pair Bojan Crepulja and Andrea Todorovic in the mixed doubles at the table tennis world championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 9, 2011. The Japanese pair routed the Serbian pair 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 in the first round.

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Fukuhara help quake relief

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis icon Ai Fukuhara load a truck with cookies and other relief supplies in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on March 26, 2011, for survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster that hit hard northeastern Japan.

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Fukuhara-Ishikawa pair takes bronze in table tennis

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Ai Fukuhara (R) reacts after China's Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen scored a point in a women's doubles match of table tennis at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. Fukuhara and her partner Kasumi Ishikawa (L) settled for the bronze medal as they lost to the Chinese pair.

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Table tennis match at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Ai Fukuhara of Japan serves to Wang Yuegu of Singapore in a quarterfinal of the women's singles at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Fukuhara returns from Europe with trophy

NARITA, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara poses with a trophy at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2010, after winning the women's doubles title at the Joola Hungarian Open with Kasumi Ishikawa.

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Table tennis player Fukuhara visits Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara talks to the media after touring the Japanese pavilion at the Shanghai Expo on July 19, 2010, as a special promoter of the event. Fukuhara said in fluent Chinese, ''The Japanese pavilion is very beautiful. I want many of my friends to visit it.''

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Table tennis star Fukuhara visits Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara tours the Japanese pavilion at the Shanghai Expo on July 19, 2010, as a special promoter of the event.

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Fukuhara, Mizutani return from table tennis championships

NARITA, Japan - Ai Fukuhara (R) and Jun Mizutani hold bronze medals that Japan's men and women won upon arrival from the world table team tennis championships in Moscow at Narita airport near Tokyo on June 1, 2010.

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Fukuhara returns from table tennis championships

NARITA, Japan - Ai Fukuhara arrives from the world table team tennis championships in Moscow at Narita airport near Tokyo on June 1, 2010. Japanese men and women both won bronze.

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Fukuhara advances into 2nd round of Ogimura Cup

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japan's Ai Fukuhara defeated South Korean Kang Mi Soon in straight sets in the first round of women's singles at the Ogimura Cup Japan Open at Wakayama Big Whale on June 12.