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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' right-hander Aoyagi

Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' right-hander Aoyagi

Koyo Aoyagi of the Hanshin Tigers is pictured during the Japanese pro baseball team's spring camp workouts in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2023.

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U.S. helicopter crash in Okinawa

U.S. helicopter crash in Okinawa

GINOZA, Japan - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Caleb Eames (C) briefs reporters outside Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2013, on the crash of a HH-60 helicopter in the prefecture the previous day.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 5, 2013, shows smoke rising from where a U.S. military helicopter crashed in a forested area within the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture. An area of Ginoza village, which hosts part of Camp Hansen, is shown in the background.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

GINOZA, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News over Ginoza village, Okinawa Prefecture, shows vehicles that gathered at U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen on Aug. 5, 2013, after a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the camp the same day.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

GINOZA, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News over Ginoza village, Okinawa Prefecture, shows vehicles that gathered at U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen on Aug. 5, 2013, after a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the camp the same day.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

GINOZA, Japan - Photo taken in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, shows smoke rising from the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen on Aug. 5, 2013, after a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the camp the same day.

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U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter crashes in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 5, 2013, shows Ginoza village, Okinawa Prefecture, which hosts part of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen (top), where smoke can be seen rising from where a U.S. military helicopter crashed the same day.

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Baseball spring camp

Baseball spring camp

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton (L) of the United States signs autographs for fans at the baseball team's training camp in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2011.

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Jojima practices batting in training camp

Jojima practices batting in training camp

GINOZA, Japan - Former major leaguer and now Hanshin Tigers catcher Kenji Jojima begins batting practice in the club's training camp in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2010.

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Tigers' catcher Jojima begins spring training for 2010 season

Tigers' catcher Jojima begins spring training for 2010 season

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers catcher Kenji Jojima (R) stretches during a spring training session in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2010. Jojima has returned to Japanese baseball after four seasons with the Seattle Mariners.

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Baseball players begin training for the 2006 season

Baseball players begin training for the 2006 season

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada makes a pep-up speech at the start of his club's official training for the 2006 season in the Okinawa village of Ginoza on Feb. 1.

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Emperor meets survivors of Pacific islands battles before trip

Emperor meets survivors of Pacific islands battles before trip

TOKYO, Japan - Choken Ginoza (L), who lost 10 members of his family in the battle on Tinian between Japanese and U.S. forces, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo following his meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace on June 21. The imperial couple met nine Japanese survivors of battles on Pacific islands during World War II, before their visit to Saipan, one of the islands, next week to pay homage to war victims of both sides.

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U.S. Marines display movable clinic

U.S. Marines display movable clinic

GINOZA, Japan - U.S. Marines in Okinawa open to the press a movable clinic, used for the first time during the Iraq war, in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 23. The emergency clinic with an operation room is being deployed in Okinawa for the first time in the Pacific region.

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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Okinawa school leads march at high school baseball tourney

Okinawa school leads march at high school baseball tourney

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Ginoza high school of Okinawa Prefecture leads the parade of schools at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on March 25 to kick off the 73rd high school baseball national invitational tournament. A total of 34 schools will take part in the 11-day spring classic of Japanese high school sports.

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Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp kicks off for the Hanshin Tigers at a ballpark in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Ginoza, southern Japan, amid COVID-19 fears on Feb. 1, 2022.

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Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp kicks off for the Hanshin Tigers at a ballpark in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Ginoza, southern Japan, amid COVID-19 fears on Feb. 1, 2022.

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Emperor meets survivors of Pacific islands battles before trip

Emperor meets survivors of Pacific islands battles before trip

TOKYO, Japan - Choken Ginoza (L), who lost 10 members of his family in the battle on Tinian between Japanese and U.S. forces, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo following his meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace on June 21. The imperial couple met nine Japanese survivors of battles on Pacific islands during World War II, before their visit to Saipan, one of the islands, next week to pay homage to war victims of both sides. (Kyodo)

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Baseball players begin training for the 2006 season

Baseball players begin training for the 2006 season

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada makes a pep-up speech at the start of his club's official training for the 2006 season in the Okinawa village of Ginoza on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: spring training

Baseball: spring training

Hanshin Tigers players begin spring training at an empty baseball park in Ginoza in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Baseball: spring training

Baseball: spring training

Hanshin Tigers players begin spring training at an empty baseball park in Ginoza in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Baseball: spring training

Baseball: spring training

Hanshin Tigers players begin spring training at an empty baseball park in Ginoza in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Baseball spring camp

Baseball spring camp

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton (L) of the United States signs autographs for fans at the baseball team's training camp in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Jojima practices batting in training camp

Jojima practices batting in training camp

GINOZA, Japan - Former major leaguer and now Hanshin Tigers catcher Kenji Jojima begins batting practice in the club's training camp in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 3, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Tigers' catcher Jojima begins spring training for 2010 season

Tigers' catcher Jojima begins spring training for 2010 season

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers catcher Kenji Jojima (R) stretches during a spring training session in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2010. Jojima has returned to Japanese baseball after four seasons with the Seattle Mariners. (Kyodo)

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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U.S. Marines display movable clinic

U.S. Marines display movable clinic

GINOZA, Japan - U.S. Marines in Okinawa open to the press a movable clinic, used for the first time during the Iraq war, in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 23. The emergency clinic with an operation room is being deployed in Okinawa for the first time in the Pacific region. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa school leads march at high school baseball tourney

Okinawa school leads march at high school baseball tourney

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Ginoza high school of Okinawa Prefecture leads the parade of schools at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on March 25 to kick off the 73rd high school baseball national invitational tournament. A total of 34 schools will take part in the 11-day spring classic of Japanese high school sports.

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