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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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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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Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko was taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, is pictured during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Arimoto, who strenuously fought for her return and that of the other abductees, died of natural causes aged 96 at his home in Kobe, western Japan, without seeing her, his family said on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Japan's rice reserves

File photo taken on April 17, 2024, show the Japanese government's rice stockpile at a storage center in Fukushima Prefecture. The government said on Feb. 14, 2025, that it will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers prepares for an outdoor workout session at spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured following an outdoor workout session at spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is pictured during spring training in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Japanese film at Berlin film festival

Japanese director Gakuryu Ishii (2nd from R) and casts from "The Box Man" appear on the red carpet during the Berlin International Film Festival in the German capital on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Golf: Genesis Invitational

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama makes a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Golf: Genesis Invitational

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama reads the green on the 18th hole during the third round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Golf: Genesis Invitational

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits out of a bunker on the 14th hole during the third round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (C) vies for the ball in a Scottish Premiership match against Kilmarnock on Feb. 17, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Scottish Premiership

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after opening the scoring in the first half of a Scottish Premiership match against Kilmarnock on Feb. 17, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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