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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Tomonobu Gomi, Taikan Tanaka, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Katsumi Nakamura celebrate during a medal ceremony after finishing third in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Tomonobu Gomi, Taikan Tanaka, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Katsumi Nakamura attend a medal ceremony after finishing third in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Tomonobu Gomi swims in the final leg of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Katsuhiro Matsumoto, Katsumi Nakamura, Tomonobu Gomi and Taikan Tanaka pose for photos after winning bronze in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Ex-press photographer sells his photo books in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Hiroki Gomi (R), a former press photographer of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, sells his photography books with co-authors in Cairo, Egypt, on June 8, 2014.

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Ex-press photographer holds photo collection

CAIRO, Egypt - Hiroki Gomi, a former press photographer of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, holds his photo collection featuring gatekeepers in Cairo on June 9, 2014.

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Reporter publishes book on Kim Jong Nam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Gomi, a reporter for the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. He published a book based on interviews with and emails from Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kanrin Maru crew descendants meet grandson of U.S. savior

WASHINGTON, United States - George Brooke (L) and Sumiko Gomi pose in Lexington, Virginia, on Oct. 7. Thirty-four Japanese, whose ancestors were aboard the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first modern warship to cross the Pacific Ocean, visited there to express their appreciation to Brooke, the grandson of Lt. John Brooke who had helped the crewmembers during their difficult voyage 145 years ago. Gomi, 82, is a great-granddaughter of Kanrin Maru's Captain Katsu Kaishu.

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Japan couple wants to be recognized as oldest by Guinness

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoichi Gomi (L), a 104-year-old Japanese man, and his 103-year-old wife Kazono are planning to apply shortly to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest married couple. They say their combined age is two years older than that of the current record holders, Philadelphia residents Herbert and Magda Brown aged 105 and 100, respectively. Photo taken July 26, 2005, at their home in Yokohama.

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Mainichi Shimbun fires Gomi over Amman airport blast

TOKYO, Japan - The Mainichi Shimbun dismissed photojournalist Hiroki Gomi (file photo) on disciplinary grounds on June 21 following his conviction for causing the death of a security official in an explosion at Amman airport in May.

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Released Japanese photojournalist returns from Jordan

NARITA, Japan - Hiroki Gomi (C), a Japanese photojournalist, returns to Narita airport June 19 from Jordan following a special pardon from Jordan's King Abdullah II. Gomi was convicted of causing the death of an airport security official in an explosion at Amman airport in May.

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Japanese journalist in airport blast voices remorse

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese photojournalist Hiroki Gomi speaks at a press conference June 18 in an Amman hotel after being pardoned and released from prison. Gomi, convicted of causing the death of an Amman airport security guard and injuring others in May when a bomblet he was carrying went off, expressed remorse to the victims and their families.

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Convicted Japanese photographer freed after pardon

AMMAN, Jordan - Hiroki Gomi, a photojournalist of Japan's major Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, speaks to reporters at an Amman hotel June 17 as he arrived there after being released from prison on a special pardon from Jordan's King Abdullah II. Gomi was convicted of causing the death of an airport security guard in an explosion at Amman airport in May.

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(2)Bereaved family consent to bail for Mainichi journalist

AMMAN, Jordan - Mainichi Shimbun President Akira Saito (R) holds the hand of Abudol al-Sarhan, elder brother of Ali al-Sarhan, an Amman airport security guard killed in the May 1 explosion of a cluster bomblet in the luggage of his newspaper's photojournalist Hiroki Gomi on May 7. (Pool photo)

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(1)Bereaved family consent to bail for Mainichi journalist

AMMAN, Jordan - Mainichi Shimbun President Akira Saito (R) meets with Abudol al-Sarhan (2nd from L), elder brother of Ali al-Sarhan, an Amman airport security guard killed in the May 1 explosion of a cluster bomblet in the luggage of his newspaper's photojournalist Hiroki Gomi on May 7. The bereaved family told Saito they would like to give their consent for Gomi to be released on bail. (Pool photo)

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Mainichi Shimbun gives press conference on Amman airport blast

TOKYO, Japan - Mainichi Shimbun Executive Director Tatsuaki Hashimoto (R) and two other officials of the Tokyo-based newspaper give a press conference May 2 on the detention of their photographer Hiroki Gomi in connection with the fatal blast overnight at Amman's Queen Alia International Airport.

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(2)More cover-ups of nuclear plant faults revealed

NAGOYA, Japan - Noriaki Gomi, deputy head of Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Tokyo branch office, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 20 on a case of cover-up of faults at one of its nuclear power plants.

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Mainichi Shimbun fires Gomi over Amman airport blast

TOKYO, Japan - The Mainichi Shimbun dismissed photojournalist Hiroki Gomi (file photo) on disciplinary grounds on June 21 following his conviction for causing the death of a security official in an explosion at Amman airport in May. (Kyodo)

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(2)Bereaved family consent to bail for Mainichi journalist

AMMAN, Jordan - Mainichi Shimbun President Akira Saito (R) holds the hand of Abudol al-Sarhan, elder brother of Ali al-Sarhan, an Amman airport security guard killed in the May 1 explosion of a cluster bomblet in the luggage of his newspaper's photojournalist Hiroki Gomi on May 7. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(1)Bereaved family consent to bail for Mainichi journalist

AMMAN, Jordan - Mainichi Shimbun President Akira Saito (R) meets with Abudol al-Sarhan (2nd from L), elder brother of Ali al-Sarhan, an Amman airport security guard killed in the May 1 explosion of a cluster bomblet in the luggage of his newspaper's photojournalist Hiroki Gomi on May 7. The bereaved family told Saito they would like to give their consent for Gomi to be released on bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan couple wants to be recognized as oldest by Guinness

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoichi Gomi (L), a 104-year-old Japanese man, and his 103-year-old wife Kazono are planning to apply shortly to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest married couple. They say their combined age is two years older than that of the current record holders, Philadelphia residents Herbert and Magda Brown aged 105 and 100, respectively. Photo taken July 26, 2005, at their home in Yokohama. (Kyodo)

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Kanrin Maru crew descendants meet grandson of U.S. savior

WASHINGTON, United States - George Brooke (L) and Sumiko Gomi pose in Lexington, Virginia, on Oct. 7. Thirty-four Japanese, whose ancestors were aboard the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first modern warship to cross the Pacific Ocean, visited there to express their appreciation to Brooke, the grandson of Lt. John Brooke who had helped the crewmembers during their difficult voyage 145 years ago. Gomi, 82, is a great-granddaughter of Kanrin Maru's Captain Katsu Kaishu. (Kyodo)

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Ex-press photographer holds photo collection

CAIRO, Egypt - Hiroki Gomi, a former press photographer of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, holds his photo collection featuring gatekeepers in Cairo on June 9, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Reporter publishes book on Kim Jong Nam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Gomi, a reporter for the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. He published a book based on interviews with and emails from Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo)

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Released Japanese photojournalist returns from Jordan

NARITA, Japan - Hiroki Gomi (C), a Japanese photojournalist, returns to Narita airport June 19 from Jordan following a special pardon from Jordan's King Abdullah II. Gomi was convicted of causing the death of an airport security official in an explosion at Amman airport in May. (Kyodo)

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Japanese journalist in airport blast voices remorse

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese photojournalist Hiroki Gomi speaks at a press conference June 18 in an Amman hotel after being pardoned and released from prison. Gomi, convicted of causing the death of an Amman airport security guard and injuring others in May when a bomblet he was carrying went off, expressed remorse to the victims and their families. (Kyodo)

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Convicted Japanese photographer freed after pardon

AMMAN, Jordan - Hiroki Gomi, a photojournalist of Japan's major Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, speaks to reporters at an Amman hotel June 17 as he arrived there after being released from prison on a special pardon from Jordan's King Abdullah II. Gomi was convicted of causing the death of an airport security guard in an explosion at Amman airport in May. (Kyodo)

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Mainichi journalist gets 18-month term for Amman blast

AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian military tribunal sentenced a Japanese photojournalist to 18 months in prison on June 1 for causing an explosion at Amman airport on May 1 that killed one airport security guard and injured five others. The presiding judge, Fawaz al-Bkour (C), handed down the sentence on Hiroki Gomi, 36, an employee of the Mainichi Shimbun, saying that ''the explosion occurred due to Gomi's carelessness.''(Kyodo)

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AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian military tribunal sentenced a Japanese photojournalist to 18 months in prison on June 1 for causing an explosion at Amman airport on May 1 that killed one airport security guard and injured five others. The presiding judge, Fawaz al-Bkour (C), handed down the sentence on Hiroki Gomi, 36, an employee of the Mainichi Shimbun, saying that ''the explosion occurred due to Gomi's carelessness.'' The photo was contributed by the Mainichi Shimbun. (Kyodo)

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Victim's family OKs bail for Mainichi journalist

AMMAN, Jordan - Hiroki Gomi (file photo), a photojournalist for Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, is expected to be released on bail soon. The family of an Amman airport security guard killed in the May 1 explosion caused by a cluster bomblet in Gomi's luggage gave their official consent May 10 for him to be released on bail. (Kyodo)

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Mainichi Shimbun gives press conference on Amman airport blast

TOKYO, Japan - Mainichi Shimbun Executive Director Tatsuaki Hashimoto (R) and two other officials of the Tokyo-based newspaper give a press conference May 2 on the detention of their photographer Hiroki Gomi in connection with the fatal blast overnight at Amman's Queen Alia International Airport. (Kyodo)

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(2)More cover-ups of nuclear plant faults revealed

NAGOYA, Japan - Noriaki Gomi, deputy head of Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Tokyo branch office, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 20 on a case of cover-up of faults at one of its nuclear power plants. (Kyodo)