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Higashi wins 2nd Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Akira Higashi holds up the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping trophy in Sapporo on Jan. 5. Higashi made the day's longest jump of 96 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his second Snow Brand Cup title and his first in six years.

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Higashi leaps to NHK Cup victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi holds up his trophy at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 28 after winning the NHK Cup title.

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Higashi leaps to NHK Cup victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi soars through the air during the NHK Cup at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 28. Higashi won the competition.

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Higashi wins 1st STV Cup title in 14 years

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi held off two European rivals to win his first STV Cup title in 14 years on Jan 14. Higashi earned a total of 253.8 points from jumps of 128.5 and 125 meters on the K120 Okurayama hill, beating second-place Morten Solem of Norway by 1.2 points. Austria's Bastian Kaltenboeck took third with 246.0.

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Higashi defends TVh Cup title

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi soars through the air to win his second straight title at the TVh Cup ski jumping meet in Sapporo on Feb. 12.

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Higashi wins UHB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi records the day's best jump of 139 meters on his second try to win the UHB Cup for the first time in two years and the third time overall on the K-120 Okurayama hill near Sapporo on Jan. 31.

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Higashi doubles up at TVh Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi soars to victory in emphatic style at the TVh Cup in Hokkaido on Feb. 1. Higashi, who won the UHB Cup 24 hours earlier, nailed the day's longest effort of 137 meters on his first attempt on the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo.

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Japan's Funaki wins ski jumping

OWANI, Japan - (From L to R) Silver medalist Akira Higashi, gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki, both of Japan, and Choi Heung Chul of South Korea pose for photos at a ski jumping award ceremony at the Winter Asian Games in Owani, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 4.

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Memorial event for Art Blakey held in Osaka temple

OSAKA, Japan - A memorial concert for American jazz drummer Art Blakey, who died at 71 in 1990, was held at a Buddhist temple in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 17. Blakey's daughter, Evelyn (C), took part in the event as a singer. The event was sponsored by Akira Toyoda (R), a Buddhist monk and drummer who studied under Blakey.

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Higashi defends TVh Cup title

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi soars through the air to win his second straight title at the TVh Cup ski jumping meet in Sapporo on Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

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Higashi wins 1st STV Cup title in 14 years

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi held off two European rivals to win his first STV Cup title in 14 years on Jan 14. Higashi earned a total of 253.8 points from jumps of 128.5 and 125 meters on the K120 Okurayama hill, beating second-place Morten Solem of Norway by 1.2 points. Austria's Bastian Kaltenboeck took third with 246.0. (Kyodo)

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Higashi leaps to NHK Cup victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi holds up his trophy at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 28 after winning the NHK Cup title. (Kyodo)

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Higashi leaps to NHK Cup victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Akira Higashi soars through the air during the NHK Cup at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 28. Higashi won the competition. (Kyodo)

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Higashi wins 2nd Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Akira Higashi holds up the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping trophy in Sapporo on Jan. 5. Higashi made the day's longest jump of 96 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his second Snow Brand Cup title and his first in six years. (Kyodo)

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U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photographers, reporters and TV crew work from the roof of the house of farmer Akira Nishime in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2017, following an accident involving a U.S. military helicopter. Nishime, who owns the land some 300 meters from his house where the chopper burst into flames after making an emergency landing, allowed the press to use his premises. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Higashi doubles up at TVh Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi soars to victory in emphatic style at the TVh Cup in Hokkaido on Feb. 1. Higashi, who won the UHB Cup 24 hours earlier, nailed the day's longest effort of 137 meters on his first attempt on the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo. (Kyodo)

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Higashi wins UHB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Akira Higashi records the day's best jump of 139 meters on his second try to win the UHB Cup for the first time in two years and the third time overall on the K-120 Okurayama hill near Sapporo on Jan. 31. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Funaki wins ski jumping

OWANI, Japan - (From L to R) Silver medalist Akira Higashi, gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki, both of Japan, and Choi Heung Chul of South Korea pose for photos at a ski jumping award ceremony at the Winter Asian Games in Owani, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 4. (Kyodo)