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Ueda clinches Joo women's shogi title

Professional shogi player Hatsumi Ueda speaks to journalists after completing a three-game sweep in the best-of-the-five series against defending champ Tomomi Kai for the Joo (queen) women's title in Tokyo on May 10, 2011.

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Singer Shibata dies at 57

TOKYO, Japan - Hatsumi Shibata, pictured in a January 1981 file photo, died from a heart attack, at age 57, on March 27, 2010. She released numerous hit songs including ''My Luxury Night.''

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, is loaded into a hearse at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to head to the site of a wake. At right is his wife Hatsumi.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, is loaded into a hearse at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to head to the site of a wake. At right is his wife Hatsumi. (Kyodo)

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Singer Shibata dies at 57

TOKYO, Japan - Hatsumi Shibata, pictured in a January 1981 file photo, died from a heart attack, at age 57, on March 27, 2010. She released numerous hit songs including ''My Luxury Night.'' (Kyodo)