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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Launch of "human washing machine"

Yasuaki Aoyama (R), chairman of Japanese showerhead maker Science Co., showcases a "human washing machine" in Osaka on Dec. 16, 2025, as the company announces its launch for the use at nursing care facilities for the elderly.

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Launch of "human washing machine"

Yasuaki Aoyama, chairman of Japanese showerhead maker Science Co., showcases a "human washing machine" in Osaka on Dec. 16, 2025, as the company announces its launch for the use at nursing care facilities for the elderly.

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Launch of "human washing machine"

Yasuaki Aoyama, chairman of Japanese showerhead maker Science Co., showcases a "human washing machine" in Osaka on Dec. 16, 2025, as the company announces its launch for the use at nursing care facilities for the elderly.

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Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers

Ena Shibahara (R) and Shuko Aoyama of Japan celebrate their doubles victory against Canada in their Group A tie at the Billie Jean King Cup women's team tennis qualifiers at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 13, 2025.

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Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers

Ena Shibahara (front) and Shuko Aoyama of Japan play against Rebecca Marino and Kayla Cross of Canada in their Group A tie at the Billie Jean King Cup women's team tennis qualifiers at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 13, 2025.

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Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers

Ena Shibahara (R) and Shuko Aoyama of Japan play against Rebecca Marino and Kayla Cross of Canada in their Group A tie at the Billie Jean King Cup women's team tennis qualifiers at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 13, 2025.

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Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers

Ena Shibahara (R) and Shuko Aoyama of Japan celebrate their doubles victory against Canada in their Group A tie at the Billie Jean King Cup women's team tennis qualifiers at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 13, 2025.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University head coach Susumu Hara is tossed in the air by runners after they claimed victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)5. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Japan's Ruling Party Loses Its Majority In Blow To New PM - Tokyo

The election chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27, 2024. Shinjiro Koizumi has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in light of the party's dismal election showing, public broadcaster NHK reported Monday. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Ruling Party Loses Its Majority In Blow To New PM - Tokyo

The election chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27, 2024. Shinjiro Koizumi has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in light of the party's dismal election showing, public broadcaster NHK reported Monday. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba (4th L) poses for a photo with other members of the LDP at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba (R) and former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi place a pin on a board showing candidates' names at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Ramen Restaurant Sign Falls In Aoyama, Tokyo

A sign and exterior wall of a ramen restaurant fell in Aoyama, central Tokyo, on Friday, August 23, injuring one person. The fallen sign blocked the entrance, leaving four people stranded inside for a time.

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(SP) CANADA-TORONTO-TENNIS-NATIONAL BANK OPEN-WOMEN'S DOUBLES

(240807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Guo Hanyu (front)/Ninomiya Makoto compete during the first round of women's doubles match between Guo Hanyu (China)/Ninomiya Makoto (Japan) and Aoyama Shuko (Japan)/Hozumi Eri (Japan) at the 2024 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, on Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP) CANADA-TORONTO-TENNIS-NATIONAL BANK OPEN-WOMEN'S DOUBLES

(240807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Guo Hanyu (R)/Ninomiya Makoto compete during the first round of women's doubles match between Guo Hanyu (China)/Ninomiya Makoto (Japan) and Aoyama Shuko (Japan)/Hozumi Eri (Japan) at the 2024 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, on Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP) CANADA-TORONTO-TENNIS-NATIONAL BANK OPEN-WOMEN'S DOUBLES

(240807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Guo Hanyu (R)/Ninomiya Makoto celebrate after scoring during the first round of women's doubles match between Guo Hanyu (China)/Ninomiya Makoto (Japan) and Aoyama Shuko (Japan)/Hozumi Eri (Japan) at the 2024 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, on Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University ekiden road relay head coach Susumu Hara (3rd from R) and players celebrate near the finish line of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate race in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2024, after the team's victory, the first in two years and seventh overall.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Shunya Udagawa crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2024, securing the university's seventh victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Shunya Udagawa crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2024, securing the university's seventh victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tennis: U.S. Open

Japanese seventh seeds Ena Shibahara (front) and Shuko Aoyama play their first-round women's doubles match against Americans Robin Montgomery and Clervie Ngounoue at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 30, 2023.

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Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Japan's Ena Shibahara (back) and Shuko Aoyama play their first-round women's doubles match against Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London on July 6, 2023.

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Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Japan's Ena Shibahara (L) and Shuko Aoyama play their first-round women's doubles match against Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in London on July 6, 2023.

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Shanghai motor show

Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama (L) poses at the company's booth at the Auto Shanghai motor show in Shanghai on April 18, 2023.

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Shanghai motor show

Honda Motor Co. Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama meets the press at the Auto Shanghai motor show in Shanghai on April 18, 2023.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-TENNIS-WTA 500

(230216) -- DOHA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shuai (R) of China/ Giuliana Olmos of Mexico celebrate during the doubles quarter finals match against Aoyama Shuko/ Ninomiya Makoto of Japan at WTA500 Qatar Open 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-TENNIS-WTA 500

(230216) -- DOHA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shuai of China/ Giuliana Olmos (L) of Mexico compete during the doubles quarter finals match against Aoyama Shuko/ Ninomiya Makoto of Japan at WTA500 Qatar Open 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-TENNIS-WTA 500

(230216) -- DOHA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shuai (L) of China/ Giuliana Olmos of Mexico celebrate during the doubles quarter finals match against Aoyama Shuko/ Ninomiya Makoto of Japan at WTA500 Qatar Open 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-TENNIS-WTA 500

(230216) -- DOHA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aoyama Shuko (R)/ Ninomiya Makoto of Japan react during the doubles quarter finals match against Zhang Shuai of China/ Giuliana Olmos of Mexico at WTA500 Qatar Open 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-TENNIS-WTA 500

(230216) -- DOHA, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Shuai (front) of China/ Giuliana Olmos of Mexico compete during the doubles quarter finals match against Aoyama Shuko/ Ninomiya Makoto of Japan at WTA500 Qatar Open 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Tennis: Australian Open

Barbora Krejcikova (L) and Katerina Siniakova (2nd from L) of the Czech Republic pose for a photo together with Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and Ena Shibahara after their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023. The Czech pair won the title.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Barbora Krejcikova (front) and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic play against Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (L) and Ena Shibahara hug each other after their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023. The pair lost to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and Ena Shibahara pose after their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023. The pair lost to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (L) and Ena Shibahara are pictured after losing to Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (top) and Ena Shibahara play against Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (front) and Ena Shibahara play against Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (L) and Ena Shibahara play against Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and Ena Shibahara play against Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in their women's doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (L) and Ena Shibahara pose for a photo after defeating second-seeded Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula for a spot in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 27, 2023.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and Ena Shibahara acknowledge the crowd after defeating second-seeded Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula for a spot in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 27, 2023.