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Boxing: Former Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

Photo taken in August 2012 shows Japanese boxer Ryota Murata (L) punching Brazil's Esquiva Falcao Florentino en route to winning the men's middleweight final at the London Olympics. On Feb. 22, 2023, Murata, who became the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world championship, said he has effectively retired.

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Boxing: Former Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

File photo taken in August 2012 shows Japanese boxer Ryota Murata posing for a photo with the gold medal following his victory in the men's middleweight final at the London Olympics. Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title, said on Feb. 22, 2023, he has effectively retired.

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Macao draws attention as venue for pro boxing matches

MACAO, China - Macao, China, draws international attention as an increasingly popular venue for professional boxing matches featuring star fighters such as Japan's 2012 London Olympics middleweight gold medalist Ryota Murata. He fought a nontitle match at Cotai Arena at a luxury hotel in the former Portuguese colony on Feb. 22, 2014, as shown in this photo.

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Japanese tourism fair draws crowd in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Booths at a Japanese travel fair at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, are crowded with visitors on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Dancers perform at Japanese tourism fair in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Dancers perform during a Japanese travel fair in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Japanese tourism fair draws crowd in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors tour a Japanese travel fair in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Yamanakako, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows photographers and tourists taking the pictures of the "diamond Fuji" phenomenon, or a diamond ring-like sun on the edge of Mt. Fuji, on Feb 18, 2012. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, talks with Chuhei Sakai (C), the leader of a group of residents promoting decontamination in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, while measuring radiation levels in Iwaki on Feb. 22, 2012. Kimura quit his job at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health when his boss at the government-affiliated institute refused to give the green light for the 44-year-old scientist's trip to Fukushima to collect soil and air samples immediately after the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force is seen standing with a shovel as the flags of Japan and the United Nations fly above the GSDF camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 22, 2012. An engineering unit of the GSDF is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Land liquefaction

MITO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2012, shows an electric pole leaning in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, due to a major quake nearly a year ago.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish throws with his left hand as he plays catch in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Ichiro in new batting style

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki practices in a new batting style in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitchers Yu Darvish (R) and Derek Holland chat after playing catch in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Ichiro in new batting style

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki takes a wider stance as he practiced in a new batting style in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Japanese, British finance chiefs

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and his British counterpart, George Osborne. Azumi and Osborne expressed their concerns about planned new financial regulations in the United States, called the ''Volcker rule,'' in a jointly written article published in the electronic edition of the Financial Times on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Ishikawa at Match Play

MARANA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa reacts after nailing a birdie on the 17th hole in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012. Ishikawa scored a one-shot victory over Bill Haas of the United States in the first round.

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Ishikawa at Match Play

MARANA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the 18th hole in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012. Ishikawa scored a one-shot victory over Bill Haas of the United States in the first round.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Manabu Saito (L) scores during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Red Sox manager

FORT MYERS, United States - New Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine answers reporters' questions after a practice session in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Genki Haraguchi scores during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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London stages Olympics terror drill

LONDON, United Kingdom - A mock terrorist incident is staged at a disused London Underground station in London on Feb. 22, 2012, during a major exercise to test the resilience of the emergency services in the event of a terrorist attack during the Olympics.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Genki Haraguchi (14) celebrates with teammate Yuya Osako (9) after scoring during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Manabu Saito (15) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (L) and Keigo Higashi (10) after scoring during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Yuya Osako (L) heads the ball home during the first half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Hiroki Sakai (C) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (14) and Manabu Saito (15) after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Hiroki Sakai (R) scores the opener past Malaysia's goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (1) in the first half of a Group C Asian zone qualifier for the London Olympics in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012. Japan won 4-0.

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U.S. envoy Davies arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 22, 2012, for the first nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea since the death of its leader Kim Jong Il in December the previous year.

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Kuwaiti foreign minister

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Kuwait City on Feb. 22, 2012.

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IAEA's Nackaerts

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks with reporters in Vienna on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Takeshima protest

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an advocacy group protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2012, over ''Takeshima Day'' designated by Japan's Shimane Prefecture. The day is aimed at promoting Japan's claim to South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, which are called Dokdo in South Korea.

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ASEAN's Surin, Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of South East Asian Nations, and Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold a press conference in Yangon on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2012. Kawamura said that no incident in which hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered in Nanjing, China, in 1937 took place, defending his earlier remarks in which he doubted the Japanese military's massacre and rape of civilians there.

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - Members of the U.S. Air Force and Japan's Air Self-Defense Force chat on Feb. 22, 2012, at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, where the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force took place.

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber (upper) and a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force E-2C airborne early warning aircraft arrive at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Feb. 22, 2012, during the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Milan Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 22, 2012, shows a scene from the show by Simonetta Ravizza, a fur fashion brand, at Milan Fashion Week in the Italian city.

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U.S. Air Force civilian worker sentenced

NAHA, Japan - Shoji Arakaki (L) heads for the Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 22, 2012. The court sentenced Rufus James Ramsey III, a 24-year-old salesclerk at a U.S. base shop in the southern prefecture, to 18 months in prison over a fatal vehicle collision involving Arakaki's friend Koki Yogi in January the previous year. It was the first application of new Japan-U.S. arrangements over crimes involving nonmilitary personnel at U.S. bases.

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Annual ceremony to mark 'Takeshima Day'

MATSUE, Japan - An annual ''Takeshima Day'' ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2012. Eleven lawmakers attended the ceremony to promote Japan's claim to a group of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, amid a protest rally by South Koreans.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Naohiro Kanamaru (L) and Masatsugu Yokota attend a press conference after a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the city. Kanamaru's daughter Kayo and Yokota's daughter Saki died in the disaster, both at the age of 19.

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U.S. Air Force civilian worker sentenced

NAHA, Japan - Rufus James Ramsey III (R), a 24-year-old salesclerk at a U.S. base shop in Okinawa Prefecture, heads for the Naha District Court in the prefecture on Feb. 22, 2012. The court sentenced the U.S. Air Force employee to 18 months in prison over a fatal vehicle collision in January the previous year, in the first application of new Japan-U.S. arrangements over crimes involving nonmilitary personnel at U.S. bases.

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Cellphone service providers requested to check facilities

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Haraguchi (2nd from L), director general of Telecommunications Business Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, speaks at the outset of a liaison meeting with senior officials from all of the nation's providers of cellphone and personal handy phone system services at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2012. The ministry asked them to conduct a thorough check of their facilities and in-house structures for ensuring smooth operations.

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Yamaguchi governor to retire

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii speaks during a press conference in Yamaguchi City on Feb. 22, 2012. He said he will not run for a fifth term after his current four-year term expires in the summer of 2012.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Masatsugu Yokota (2nd from L) attends a press conference after a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the city. His daughter Saki died in the disaster at the age of 19.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Kuniaki Kawabata (C) from Japan attends a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the city. His daughter Kyoko died in the disaster at the age of 20.

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Dutch activist acquitted

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Erwin Vermeulen (L) talks to reporters in Wakayama, western Japan on Feb. 22, 2012, after the Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted at a Japanese court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December 2011.

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S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2012.

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S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2012.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Participants observe a two-minute silence during a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of a major quake that struck the city.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Relatives of victims of a major earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, enter the site of the collapsed Canterbury Television building in the city on Feb. 22, 2012, and offer flowers on the first anniversary of the quake.

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Ex-SMBC director Kimoto

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Kimoto, a former senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Olympus Corp. is making final arrangements to appoint Kimoto as its chairman as part of efforts to turn around the company's management following a scandal in which the Olympus covered up losses, company sources said on Feb. 22, 2012.