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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan pushes off the vault table during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Marlins weighing 2-year deal for Ichiro

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, 41, who is a free agent from the New York Yankees. The Miami Marlins announced on its official website on Jan. 18, 2015, that the team is preparing to table a two-year deal in the acquisition of 10-time All-Star Suzuki.

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Ishikawa, Hirano celebrate victory at All Japan c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kasumi Ishikawa (L) and Sayaka Hirano (R) celebrate their victory after the women's doubles final at the All Japan table tennis championships at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 19, 2014.

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Ishikawa, Hirano win women's doubles at All Japan Table Tennis Championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kasumi Ishikawa (L) and Sayaka Hirano (R) compete in the women's doubles final of the All Japan table tennis championships at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 19, 2014. The pair won the competition.

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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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(1)U.S. wants N. Korea back at talks, China to embrace democracy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivers a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo on March 19. She said that North Korea should return immediately to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program and the United States hopes all parties involved, especially China, will make more efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table. (Pool photo)

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Fukuhara, Konishi win women's doubles title

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Fukuhara (L) and An Konishi smile on the podium at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 15 after winning the women's doubles title at All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the third straight year.

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Wang Nan defends world title

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Wang Nan successfully defended her world title at the world table tennis championships in Osaka on May 5 by beating 14th-ranked Lin Ling 14-21, 21-12, 21-12, 21-19, to keep China on course for a sweep of all seven gold medals on offer.

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Table tennis pro at 10

Ai Fukuhara, a talented table tennis player who began playing the game when she was a toddler, was registered as a pro player March 20 at age 10. Fukuhara, who was singles runner-up in the junior division of last year's all-Japan table tennis championships, is the first professional among Japanese table tennis women players.

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Fukuhara, Konishi win women's doubles title

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Fukuhara (L) and An Konishi smile on the podium at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 15 after winning the women's doubles title at All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the third straight year. (Kyodo)

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Table tennis pro at 10

Ai Fukuhara, a talented table tennis player who began playing the game when she was a toddler, was registered as a pro player March 20 at age 10. Fukuhara, who was singles runner-up in the junior division of last year's all-Japan table tennis championships, is the first professional among Japanese table tennis women players. ==Kyodo

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People queue for free tasting of extremely pricey grapes

A woman (L) smiles as she tastes a piece of the Ruby Roman high-end table grapes in Amagasaki, western Japan on July 8, 2016. A local supermarket, which won the bidding for a 950-gram bunch of the grapes with a record-high bid of 1.1 million yen ($10,900) at an auction the previous day, offered all 31 grapes, costing 35,000 yen ($348) apiece, for free to the first 31 people who lined up. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People queue for free tasting of extremely pricey grapes

People line up for a free sampling of Ruby Roman high-end table grapes in Amagasaki, western Japan on July 8, 2016. A local supermarket, which won the bidding for a 950-gram bunch of the grapes with a record-high bid of 1.1 million yen ($10,900) at an auction the previous day, offered all 31 grapes, costing 35,000 yen ($348) apiece, for free to the first 31 people who lined up. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People queue for free tasting of extremely pricey grapes

Women taste a piece of the Ruby Roman high-end table grapes in Amagasaki, western Japan on July 8, 2016. A local supermarket, which won the bidding for a 950-gram bunch of the grapes with a record-high bid of 1.1 million yen ($10,900) at an auction the previous day, offered all 31 grapes, costing 35,000 yen ($348) apiece, for free to the first 31 people who lined up. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People queue for free tasting of extremely pricey grapes

Photo taken July 8, 2016, in Amagasaki, western Japan, shows a bunch of Ruby Roman high-end table grapes on display at supermarket Kurashi Kaientai, which won the bidding for a 950-gram bunch with a record-high bid of 1.1 million yen ($10,900) at an auction the previous day. All 31 grapes, costing 35,000 yen ($348) apiece, were given away to the first 31 people who lined up for the free tasting event at the supermarket the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's last table tennis world champion Ono

File photo shows former Japanese world table tennis champion Seiji Ono playing in the All Japan Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 1986, which he won for the first time in the men's singles after having been runner-up in the four previous finals. The southpaw's 1979 world title was the last one won by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)U.S. wants N. Korea back at talks, China to embrace democracy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivers a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo on March 19. She said that North Korea should return immediately to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program and the United States hopes all parties involved, especially China, will make more efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Wang Nan defends world title

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic champion Wang Nan successfully defended her world title at the world table tennis championships in Osaka on May 5 by beating 14th-ranked Lin Ling 14-21, 21-12, 21-12, 21-19, to keep China on course for a sweep of all seven gold medals on offer.