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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Three-year-old mare Regaleira (back), ridden by jockey Keita Tosaki, beats Shahryar by a nose to win the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2024, for her second G1 victory.

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Horse racing: Arima Kinen

Jockey Yutaka Take (2nd from L) poses during a photo session after steering Do Deuce to victory at the Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Asia Express (6), ridden by Ryan Moore, gallops to victory in the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Asia Express (6), ridden by Ryan Moore, gallops to victory in the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows jockey Ryan Moore on Asia Express after they won the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Japan's Defense Minister Nakatani inspects parachute drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani experiences a parachute drop during his inspection of the annual new year parachute drop exercise by 1st Airborne Bridge of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at GSDF's Narashino Training Ground in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2015. The exercise was based on the assumption of regaining a captured remote island.

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Japan's Defense Minister Nakatani inspects parachute drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani experiences a parachute drop during his inspection of the annual new year parachute drop exercise by 1st Airborne Bridge of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at GSDF's Narashino Training Ground in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2015. The exercise was based on the assumption of regaining a captured remote island.

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Gentildonna wins Arima Kinen race

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Keita Tosaki celebrates Gentildonna's victory at the Arima Kinen end-of-season grand prix at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2014. It was the final race for the 5-year-old mare.

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Gentildonna ends race career with Arima Kinen victory

FUNABASHI, Japan - Fourth pick Gentildonna (4) ridden by Keita Tosaki scores a crowning victory in the Arima Kinen race, the last race of her career, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2014. She became the fifth horse in Japan Racing Association history to win seven G1 titles.

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Gentildonna wins Arima Kinen horse race

FUNABASHI, Japan - Gentildonna (4), jockeyed by Keita Tosaki, wins the Arima Kinen, Japan's end-of-season grand prix, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2014.

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Logotype wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Logotype (L), jockeyed by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Satsuki-sho, the opening race of the Japanese Triple Crown, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 14, 2013. The favorite won in a race record of 1 minute, 58.0 seconds. To the right is Epiphaneia, which finished second.

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Logotype wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Mirco Demuro on Logotype poses after winning the Satsuki-sho, the opening race of the Japanese Triple Crown, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 14, 2013. The favorite won in a race record of 1 minute, 58.0 seconds.

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Logotype wins Satuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Logotype, jockeyed by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Satsuki-sho, the opening race of the Japanese Triple Crown, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 14, 2013. The favorite won in a race record of 1 minute, 58.0 seconds.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

FUNABASHI, Japan - Sumo wrestler Shohozan (R) shakes hands with his stablemaster Matsugane at their stable in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, after earning promotion to the fourth-highest rank of komusubi in the rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day by the Japan Sumo Association. Shohozan is placed in the top four ranks of the sport for the first time in his career.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Logotype (L), ridden by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course. To the right is favorite Codino, which finished second.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Logotype and jockey Mirco Demuro are pictured after winning the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course.

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Logotype wins Asahi Futurity Stakes

NAKAYAMA RACECOURSE, Japan - Logotype (14), ridden by Mirco Demuro, gallops to victory in the Asahi Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012. No. 7 pick Logotype won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute, 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf course. To the right is favorite Codino (5), which finished second. (Pool photo)

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda casts his vote in a general election at a polling station in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2012. Early projections showed Noda's Democratic Party of Japan was heading for defeat in the election.

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Train malfunction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows passengers moving from a train to elevated tracks of the JR Keiyo Line in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. A malfunction caused the train to stall on the tracks, forcing some 1,500 passengers to walk along the tracks for about 1 kilometer, according to its operator East Japan Railway Co., or JR East.

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Train malfunction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows passengers moving from a train to elevated tracks of the JR Keiyo Line in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012. A malfunction caused the train to stall on the tracks, forcing some 1,500 passengers to walk along the tracks for about 1 kilometer, according to its operator East Japan Railway Co., or JR East.

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Aeon opens shopping center targeting seniors

FUNABASHI, Japan - A couple (C) examine glasses at a store in a shopping center opened in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 25, 2012. Major Japanese supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. opened the shopping center, with a wide array of products and services aimed at senior customers, in a move reflective of an increasingly graying society with fewer children.

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Gold Ship wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Gold Ship jockeyed by Hiroyuki Uchida gallops to victory in the Satsuki-sho, the opening race of the Japanese Triple Crown, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 15, 2012.

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Alfredo wins Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Alfredo, ridden by jockey Craig Williams, gallops in the Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2011. Top pick Alfredo won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf track.

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Alfredo wins Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Alfredo (R), ridden by jockey Craig Williams, gallops in the Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2011. Top pick Alfredo won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf track. (Pool Photo)

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Alfredo wins Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes

FUNABASHI, Japan - Alfredo and jockey Craig Williams (2nd from L) are pictured after winning the Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2011. Top pick Alfredo won the race for 2-year-old colts in 1 minute 33.4 seconds on the 1,600-meter turf track.

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Japan's new PM, first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi (R) celebrating Noda's victory in a House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Noda launched his Cabinet on Sept. 2, 2011, succeeding Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister.

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Hakuho congratulates Jockey Mirco Demuro

FUNABASHI, Japan - Grand sumo champion Hakuho carries jockey Mirco Demuro on his shoulder as they celebrate after the jockey riding Victoire Pisa won the 55th Arima Kinen on Dec. 26, 2010, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.

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Victoire Pisa wins JRA's Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Mirco Demuro (R) poses for photos near his mount Victoire Pisa after winning the Japan Racing Association's Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2010.

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Victoire Pisa wins Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Victoire Pisa (back) ridden by Mirco Demuro races past Buena Vista (front) ridden by Christophe Soumillon to win the 55th Arima Kinen on Dec. 26, 2010, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.

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2 women die in residential fire in Chiba Pref.

CHIBA, Japan - The house of Ippei Saito, 90, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is cordoned off after two women, believed to be Saito's wife Sadako, 85, and their daughter Kazue, 61, were killed in a predawn fire on Dec. 21, 2009.

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Captain Thule romps to victory at Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Captain Thule jockeyed by Yuga Kawada wins the Satsuki-sho, the first leg of the prestigious Triple Crown classics in Japan, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 20.

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9 racehorses die in fire at Funabashi Racetrack

FUNABASHI, Japan - Nine racehorses were found dead after a fire gutted two stables Sept. 3 on the premises of the Funabashi Racetrack in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, police said.

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Lawmakers check condo building site

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee visit the construction site of a condominium designed using fabricated quake resistance data, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 29.

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Political party leaders cast votes for general election

FUNABASHI, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii casts his vote for the House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 11.

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(2)Party leaders cast ballots in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party's Executive Committee, and his wife Takako, cast their ballots for the House of Councillors election at a polling station in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on July 11.

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Favorite Neo Universe narrowly wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Italian Jockey Mirco Demuro celebrates his victory on Neo Universe who won the 63rd running of the 2,000-meter Satsuki-sho race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 20.

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(1)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The signboard at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, shows a record 1,498,110 yen return on a 100-yen wager March 23. All combinations of 10-14-16, the horses that finished 1-2-3 respectively in the day's sixth race, broke the previous record of 1,449,660 yen set at the same racecourse Jan 6.

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(1)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The top three long shots paid out 1,498,110 yen on a 100-yen wager at a horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo on March 23, the highest-ever return on a race organized by the Japan Racing Association (JRA).

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Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, assistant director of the Foreign Ministry's Oceanian Division, leaves his home in Funabashi, Chiba, on May 14. Later in the day, Maejima and Masaru Sato, an expert on Russian affairs in the ministry, were arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of using more than 33 million yen in funds earmarked for an international aid panel for Russia to pay for a trip to Israel.