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Fencing: World championships

(from L) Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, Seiya Asami and Akira Komata of Japan celebrate after claiming their first men's epee team title at the fencing world championships on July 30, 2025, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Press Conference on the Change of President of EBARA CORPORATION

EBARA Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows Shugo Hosoda (right), President-elect, and Masao Asami, President, CEO and COO, shaking hands.=December 10,2024,都内

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Press Conference on the Change of President of EBARA CORPORATION

EBARA Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows Shugo Hosoda, President-elect (left) and Masao Asami, President, CEO and COO, at the press conference.=December 10,2024,都内

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-LILLE-OLY-BASKETBALL

(240804) -- LILLE, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yoshida Asami of Japan reacts after the women's group phase group C of basketball between Japan and Belgium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Lille, France, on Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Meng Dingbo)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Maruyama Saki saves the ball during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika (R) competes against Maruyama Saki during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika (R) competes during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika prepares for a serve during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika saves the ball during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika competes during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Jasmine Fleming (R) and Georgia Johnson celebrate after scoring during the women's semifinals match between Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan and Jasmine Fleming/Georgia Johnson of Australia in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Jasmine Fleming spikes during the women's semifinals match between Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan and Jasmine Fleming/Georgia Johnson of Australia in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Maruyama Saki (R) spikes during the women's semifinals match between Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan and Jasmine Fleming/Georgia Johnson of Australia in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Shiba Asami (2nd R) and Maruyama Saki (2nd L) celebrate after scoring during the women's semifinals match between Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan and Jasmine Fleming/Georgia Johnson of Australia in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240406) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Leong Onieng (R) competes against Murayama Saki during the women's round of 16 match between Leong Onieng/Law Wengsam of China's Macao and Murayama Saki/Shiba Asami of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, April 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Kyiv Independent journalist Terajima

Photo taken in March, 2022, shows Asami Terajima, a Japanese reporter with Ukraine's leading English-language online newspaper Kyiv Independent, at a temporary press center in Lviv, Ukraine. Terajima won the Thompson Reuters' 2023 Kurt Schork Local Reporter Award for her frontline reporting from conflict zones in Ukraine.

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Kyiv Independent journalist Terajima

Photo taken in March, 2022, shows Asami Terajima, a Japanese reporter with Ukraine's leading English-language online newspaper Kyiv Independent, at a temporary press center in Lviv, Ukraine. Terajima won the Thompson Reuters' 2023 Kurt Schork Local Reporter Award for her frontline reporting from conflict zones in Ukraine.

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Asian Games: Go

Members of Japan's women's go team (From L) Rina Fujisawa, Asami Ueno and Risa Ueno take part in a photo shoot for the Japanese Olympic Committee's social media content during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 1, 2023.

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Asian Games: Go

Members of Japan's women's go team (From L) Rina Fujisawa, Asami Ueno and Risa Ueno take part in a photo shoot for the Japanese Olympic Committee's social media content during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 1, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-GO CHESS (CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kan Ying (R) of China's Hong Kong competes against Ueno Asami of Japan during the Women's Team Bronze Medal match of Go Chess at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-GO CHESS (CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kan Ying (L) of China's Hong Kong competes against Ueno Asami of Japan during the Women's Team Bronze Medal match of Go Chess at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-GO CHESS(CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Yiming (L) of China competes against Ueno Asami of Japan during the Women's Team Semifinal of Go Chess at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-GO CHESS(CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Yiming (L) of China competes against Ueno Asami of Japan during the Women's Team Semifinal of Go Chess at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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Stained glass in subway station concourse in Tokyo

Photo taken on July 27, 2023, shows stained glass based on original drawing by Japanese artist Asami Kiyokawa on display in the concourse of Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro subway.

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Stained glass in subway station concourse in Tokyo

Photo taken on July 27, 2023, shows stained glass based on original drawing by Japanese artist Asami Kiyokawa on display in the concourse of Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro subway.

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the cleaning of matcha props in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the brewing of matcha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates a bow to thank the serving of macha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the serving of matcha to the guest in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko stands at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the brewing of matcha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko sits in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the drinking of matcha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko shows a bow of finished matcha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-TEA MASTER-MATCHA

(230611) -- SAITAMA, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea Master Asami Yaeko demonstrates the brewing of matcha in the tea ceremony room at her home in Saitama, Japan, on June 10, 2023. Matcha is a tea drink originated in China. Kentoushi, or diplomats to China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), brought matcha back to Japan during the 9th century, where it became popular as time went by. Unlike regular teas, matcha needs to be ground before brewing and serving. Tea Master Asami Yaeko, who is near her 80, has been in touch with tea ceremony since childhood under the influence of her grandmother, and has been involved in tea for a lifetime. She demonstrated a tea ceremony with macha at her home in Saitama on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (top) fights Laetitia Payet of France during the women's 48-kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013. Reigning world champion Asami won the title.

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Saga Univ. hospital begins robot-aided physical therapy

SAGA, Japan - Professor Toyoko Asami at the Saga Medical School Hospital attached to Saga University announces on Oct. 28, 2014, the opening of a section for robot-aided physical therapy for outpatients.

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World judo championships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Mongolia's Urantsetseg Munkhbat (R) defeats Japan's Haruna Asami by ippon in the women's 48-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 26, 2013.

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World judo championships

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Haruna Asami (L) and Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia fight in the women's 48-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 26, 2013. Munkhbat won the gold medal after defeating Asami by ippon.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) fights Laetitia Payet of France during the women's 48-kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo tournament on Feb. 9, 2013. Reigning world champion Asami won the title.

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Asami wins gold at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami is seen with her gold medal in Paris after defending the women's 48-kilogram class title at the world judo championships on Aug. 23, 2011.

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Asami wins gold, Fukumi silver at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) charges compatriot Tomoko Fukumi during the women's 48-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011. Asami defended her title and won the gold medal.

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Asami wins gold, Fukumi silver at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) and Tomoko Fukumi are seen with their gold and silver medals, respectively, during a ceremony at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011.

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Asami wins gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Haruna Asami shows her gold medal after beating Tomoko Fukumi in the women's 48-kilogram class final at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2010.

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Asami wins gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Haruna Asami (R) grabs Tomoko Fukumi during the women's 48-kilogram class final at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2010. Asami won the gold medal.

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Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People stroll through a field of lavender in full bloom at Farm Tomita in Nakafurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 17. Around 60,000 lavender seedlings were planted in a 6-hectare field along with poppies and baby's breath, attracting tourists from across Japan. Asami Tsuchiya, 25, from Tokyo, said, ''It's the first time I've seen such a huge field of flowers and it's more beautiful than I imagined.''

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Kitagawa wins women's 100m breaststroke at Asian Games

DOHA, Qatar - Asami Kitagawa holds up her gold medal after winning the women's 100 meter breaststroke swimming event at the Asian Games in Doha Dec. 5.

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Japan's Asami tapped to lead OECD's economic panel

TOKYO, Japan - The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will appoint former Japanese banker Tadahiro Asami (in file photo) as its secretary general at the end of the year, Japanese government officials said Nov. 10.

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(1)4 female drivers debut on Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan - Mika Yamamoto (R), a bullet-train driver on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, and her younger sister Asami, a conductor, speak to reporters on a platform at JR Tokyo Station on June 20 before boarding a Shin-Osaka-bound Hikari bullet train. Mika is among four women who made their debut the same day as the first female drivers on the line linking Tokyo and Osaka.

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3 convicted Japanese traffickers return from Australia

NARITA, Japan - Kichiro Asami (L), Masaharu Katsuno (C) and his brother Mitsuo speak to reporters at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 7 after arriving there from Australia. They were released on parole after being imprisoned for the past 10 years on charges of smuggling heroin into Australia. They have claimed they were falsely charged because their interpreter was inadequate.