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State ruled not responsible for hepatitis C

SENDAI, Japan - Chiyoko Komatsu, whose husband Tadao died after being administered tainted blood products, is moved to tears during a press conference in Sendai on Sept. 7. The Sendai District Court found the government not responsible for the case involving Komatsu and five other people.

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Centenarian woman to sing Choral for last time

KOBE, Japan - Centenarian Chiyoko Fujii (C) practices Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with a choir in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, for her final performance the following day in the western Japan city. Her daughter Kazumi Tsukutani is on the right.

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Singer Shimakura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chiyoko Shimakura, one of Japan's most enduring postwar singers, during an interview in Tokyo in October 2003. Shimakura died of liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 8, 2013, her record label said. She was 75.

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Ishikawa's paper-woven textile draws attention

KANAZAWA, Japan - Chiyoko Kamei (L) holds a textile product developed by her small company from Japanese paper, in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 8, 2012. Trademarked "Nekiro," the textile is drawing attention as a clothing material during the country's "Cool Biz" campaign to help save energy in the workplace, due partly to its anti-humidity. To the right is Isao Okada, textile machinery engineer and director of the company.

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Nobel Laureate Shirakawa attends banquet at Swedish palace

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Hideki Shirakawa (L) and his wife Chiyoko head to a banquet hosted by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at the royal palace in Stockholm on Dec. 11. This year's Nobel prize laureates, including Shirakawa, a winner of the prize for chemistry, are treated to the lavish banquet.

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Nobel laureate Shirakawa arrives in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hideki Shirakawa, one of this year's three Nobel Chemistry Prize laureates, and his wife Chiyoko check in at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 4. Shirakawa will attend the award ceremony for the prize scheduled for Dec. 10.

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Singer Chiyoko Shimakura receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Chiyoko Shimakura will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Shimakura, 61, is among 30 recipients of the medal. Shimakura has had numerous hits in her career spanning close to 45 years, including ''Tokyo dayo Okkasan'' (It's Tokyo, Mother) and ''Karatachi Nikki'' (Bengal Quince Diary).

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Cry For Happy - film (1961)

Miiko Taka & Glenn Ford Characters: Chiyoko & CPO Andy Cyphers Film: Cry For Happy (1961) Director: George Marshall 01 January 1961 Date: 01-Jan-61

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Cry For Happy - film (1961)

Miiko Taka & Donald O'Connor Characters: Chiyoko & Murray Prince Film: Cry For Happy (1961) Director: George Marshall 01 January 1961 Date: 01-Jan-61

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Wife of late founder of temple in Hengchun at memorial service

Chiyoko Nakajima (2nd from L), the wife of the late Hideji Nakajima who returned alive from a sinking ship in the Bashi Channel during World War II, prays for dead Japanese military members during a memorial service at the Choonji temple in Hengchun, on the southern tip of Taiwan, on Aug. 2, 2015. Nakajima founded the temple with his own money in 1981. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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State ruled not responsible for hepatitis C

SENDAI, Japan - Chiyoko Komatsu, whose husband Tadao died after being administered tainted blood products, is moved to tears during a press conference in Sendai on Sept. 7. The Sendai District Court found the government not responsible for the case involving Komatsu and five other people. (Kyodo)

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Japan beauty hoping U.S. grandfather tunes in to Miss World

URUMA, Japan - Photo taken around 1950 shows a portrait of U.S. Air Force technical sergeant Tom Snell, father of Tammy Sasaki and grandfather of Elza Sasaki, Miss World Japan 2009. (Photo courtesy of Chiyoko Inafuku) (Kyodo)

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Japan beauty hoping U.S. grandfather tunes in to Miss World

CHATAN, Japan - From left to right, Elza Sasaki, Miss World Japan 2009, her grandmother Chiyoko Inafuku, and her mother Tammy Sasaki pose for a Kyodo photographer at the beach in the town of Chatan near Inafuku's home in Uruma in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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Police collect DNA from kin of quake missing

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chiyoko Sasaki provides her DNA sample to the police on May 13, 2011, at a gymnasium in Fukushima City. Police in disaster-hit Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures began collecting the same day DNA samples from relatives of people who have been missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in a bid to compile a database to speed up their identification. (Kyodo)

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Centenarian woman to sing Choral for last time

KOBE, Japan - Centenarian Chiyoko Fujii (C) practices Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with a choir in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, for her final performance the following day in the western Japan city. Her daughter Kazumi Tsukutani is on the right. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Shirakawa arrives in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hideki Shirakawa, one of this year's three Nobel Chemistry Prize laureates, and his wife Chiyoko check in at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 4. Shirakawa will attend the award ceremony for the prize scheduled for Dec. 10.

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Singer Chiyoko Shimakura receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Chiyoko Shimakura will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Shimakura, 61, is among 30 recipients of the medal. Shimakura has had numerous hits in her career spanning close to 45 years, including ''Tokyo dayo Okkasan'' (It's Tokyo, Mother) and ''Karatachi Nikki'' (Bengal Quince Diary).