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Holder of 5 women's shogi titles back to competition

Holder of 5 women's shogi titles back to competition

Professional shogi player Kana Fukuma, holder of five titles in the women's category, is pictured after beating Kei Kato in a round-robin match at the Hakurei women's championship in Takatsuki, Osaka, on Feb. 14, 2025. She returned to competition after being sidelined between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2024, shows giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The zoo said on April 24, 2025, that four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Yuihin, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki smiles during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga takes fielding practice during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki takes batting practice during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga takes fielding practice during the team's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki takes throwing practice during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani takes fielding practice during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws a bullpen session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani plays catch during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani plays catch during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani is pictured during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani smiles during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani works out during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani works out during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani works out during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a live batting practice session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a live batting practice session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws a bullpen session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws a bullpen session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a live batting practice session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a live batting practice session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a live batting practice session during the team's spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (22) scores a goal in the first half of an English Premier League football match against Chelsea on Feb. 14, 2025, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (far R) celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of an English Premier League football match against Chelsea on Feb. 14, 2025, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (L) celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of an English Premier League football match against Chelsea on Feb. 14, 2025, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (L) plays in the first half of an English Premier League football match against Chelsea on Feb. 14, 2025, in Brighton, England.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes in northeastern Japan

Snow domes are pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Snow dome in northeastern Japan

Snow dome in northeastern Japan

A snow dome is pictured on the eve of the opening of an annual snow festival dating back around 450 years in the Akita Prefecture city of Yokote, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2025.

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2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2025, shows Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s pavilion, Land of NOMO, for the 2025 World Exposition, which will be held on an artificial island in Osaka starting in April.

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2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2025, shows Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s pavilion, Land of NOMO, for the 2025 World Exposition, which will be held on an artificial island in Osaka starting in April.

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2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2025, shows the interior of Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s pavilion, Land of Nomo, for the 2025 World Exposition, which will be held on an artificial island in Osaka starting in April.

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2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2025, shows the interior of Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s pavilion, Land of NOMO, for the 2025 World Exposition, which will be held on an artificial island in Osaka starting in April.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (L) and Aiko take part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princess at duck-netting event

Princess at duck-netting event

Japanese Princess Kako takes part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (back) and Aiko release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Japanese finance minister in parliament

Japanese finance minister in parliament

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japanese foreign minister in parliament

Japanese foreign minister in parliament

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is given heart-shaped ice blocks as a Valentine's Day gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is given heart-shaped ice blocks as a Valentine's Day gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister Takamaro Fukuoka speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister Takamaro Fukuoka speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister in parliament

Japanese health minister Takamaro Fukuoka (standing) speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya

Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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