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Japanese singer and actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Yoshiko Yamaguchi, a China-born Japanese singer and actress, sings the song "Fragrance of the Night" with piano accompaniment by composer Ryoichi Hattori as she reunites with Li Jinguang, composer of the song, for the first time in 37 years at a hotel in Tokyo on July 29, 1981. Born in Manchuria in northeast China in 1920, Yamaguchi made her debut under the name of Li Xianglan, hiding her Japanese nationality, and became popular both in China and Japan. Her real name was Yoshiko Otaka. (Kyodo) =Kyodo

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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, speaks during an interview at the college in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2020, after he was told that he would be decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori

Undated photo taken in 2001 shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, giving an interview at the college in Tokyo. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, is pictured at the college in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori at press conference

Photo taken on Feb. 18, 2008, in Tokyo shows Yukio Hattori (R, front), head of Hattori Nutrition College, and Yuzaburo Mogi (L, front), chairman of soy sauce maker Kikkoman Corp., attending a press conference about the plan for Tokyo to host the World Summit of Gastronomy.

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Cooking expert Hattori at symposium

Photo taken on May 31, 1997, in Tokyo shows Yukio Hattori (L), head of Hattori Nutrition College, and sports writer Akemi Masuda attending a government symposium encouraging the cessation of cigarette smoking.

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on May 14, 1999, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on April 8, 1998, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Toyota wins national corporate ekiden in Japan

Toyota Motor ekiden road relay team anchor Yuma Hattori crosses the finish line of the national corporate championship race in Maebashi, eastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2024 for the first time in eight years.

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Toyota wins national corporate ekiden in Japan

Toyota Motor ekiden road relay team anchor Yuma Hattori crosses the finish line of the national corporate championship race in Maebashi, eastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2024 for the first time in eight years.

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Toyota wins national corporate ekiden in Japan

Toyota Motor ekiden road relay team anchor Yuma Hattori is tossed up by teammates after their team won the national corporate championship race in Maebashi, eastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2024 for the first time in eight years.

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Toyota wins national corporate ekiden in Japan

Toyota Motor ekiden road relay team anchor Yuma Hattori is tossed up by teammates after their team won the national corporate championship race in Maebashi, eastern Japan, on Jan. 1, 2024 for the first time in eight years.

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Disney-themed clock in Tokyo

Seiko Group Corp. Chairman Shinji Hattori (C) poses in Tokyo's Ginza area on Oct. 5, 2023, in front of a Mickey Mouse-themed clock tower transformed for a limited time in celebration of Disney's 100th anniversary.

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Disney-themed clock in Tokyo

Seiko Group Corp. Chairman Shinji Hattori poses in Tokyo's Ginza area on Oct. 5, 2023, in front of a Mickey Mouse-themed clock tower transformed for a limited time in celebration of Disney's 100th anniversary.

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Expo'70: Time Center

Hattori Clock Shop's Time Center (Expo Timer) to tell accurate time at the Expo’70. ==Date: December 31, 1970, Place: Suita City, Osaka

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Athletics: Hattori wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - Yuma Hattori points at his time after becoming the 1st Japanese runner in 14 years to win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2, 2018, at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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Athletics: Hattori wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - Yuma Hattori reacts after becoming the 1st Japanese runner in 14 years to win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2, 2018, at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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Athletics: Hattori wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - Yuma Hattori becomes the 1st Japanese runner in 14 years to win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2, 2018, at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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Athletics: Hattori wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - Yuma Hattori becomes the 1st Japanese runner in 14 years to win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2, 2018, at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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Athletics: Hattori wins Fukuoka marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec. 2 Kyodo - Yuma Hattori becomes the 1st Japanese runner in 14 years to win the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2, 2018, at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko.

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Seiko's new Astron series shown in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Shinji Hattori (L), chairman and group CEO of Seiko Holdings Corp., and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic show off Seiko Watch Corp.'s new Astron series on Aug. 19, 2014, in New York. The new series went on sale Sept. 19.

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Popular comic doll helps boost business in Toyama Pref.

TOYAMA, Japan - Children have their picture taken on a shopping street in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014, together with a doll character that appears in the popular "Ninja Hattori-kun" (Little Ninja Hattori) comic series. The city, where its author Fujiko Fujio was born, is trying to boost the number of tourists as a new "Shinkansen" bullet train line is set to open next spring.

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Former Seiko President Hattori dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Reijiro Hattori, honorary chairman of Seiko Holdings Corp. and former president of the company's predecessor Hattori Seiko Co. Hattori died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 22, 2013. He was 92.

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Memorial for gunned-down teen

BATON ROUGE, United States - Mieko Hattori speaks during a meeting on gun control at a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 20, 2012. Her son Yoshihiro Hattori, a Japanese high school exchange student, was shot dead in Baton Rouge 20 years earlier at age 16.

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Hattori wins Mondahmin Cup

SODEGAURA, Japan - Japan's Mayu Hattori smiles with the victor's trophy after winning the Earth Mondahmin Cup at Camellia Hills Country Club in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on June 24, 2012. Hattori carded a 15-under 201 for her first win of the season and fourth of her career.

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Taiwan donates to Japan over disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (L) hands a list of donations for disaster relief to Reijiro Hattori, head of the Interchange Association, Japan, in Tokyo on April 21, 2011. Taiwan is by far the biggest donor to Japan since the March 11 quake and tsunami, with the island's public and private sectors contributing more than NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million) in cash and more than 563 tons of material aid to Japan.

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Fishermen lodge protest over TEPCO pollution

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L, front) bows in apology after receiving a statement of protest from Ikuhiro Hattori (R, front), head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives Associations, at the utility's headquarters in Tokyo on April 6, 2011. The federation said fishermen are angry over the company's release into the sea of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Paper cranes for missing coach

TOYAMA, Japan - Yuki Hattori, 11, looks at paper cranes, a symbol of hope and peace in Japan, created by him and other elementary and middle school children whose fencing coach Yurika Uchihira, 19, is one of the students missing in the aftermath of the Feb. 22 earthquake in New Zealand, at a gymnasium in Toyama on March 8, 2011. The students wrote letters to Uchihira and folded them into cranes, in a gesture of hope for her return.

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Seiko board dismisses president for 'dogmatic management'

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Hattori speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2010, after Seiko Holdings Corp.'s board dismissed President Koichi Murano and replaced him with Hattori, the nephew of Seiko Honorary Chairman Reijiro Hattori, in an emergency meeting. The board accused Murano of a ''dogmatic management approach'' that led to the erosion of corporate governance and neglect of the company's debt-ridden subsidiary.

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Seiko replaces president

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Holdings Corp.'s new President Shinji Hattori speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. Hattori, who was the company's vice president, replaced Koichi Murano the same day as the major clock and watch maker announced Murano's dismissal for creating mistrust among employees and customers through his ''dogmatic management approach.''

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Taiwan, Japan sign agreement linking airports

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Reijiro Hattori (L), director of Japan's Interchange Association, and Peng Run-tzu, director of Taiwan's Association for East Asian Relations, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Dec. 11, 2009, after signing agreements to link up Taipei's Songshan airport and Tokyo's Haneda airport with four daily flights next year.

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Bank of Ikeda, Senshu Bank form joint holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - Senshu Bank President Norimasa Yoshida (L) and Bank of Ikeda President Moritaka Hattori shake hands after a foundation ceremony for newly established joint holding firm Senshu Ikeda Holdings Inc. which took two regional banks in Osaka Prefecture under its wing on Oct. 1, 2009. Hattori became the president of the new holding firm.

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Hattori gets 1st career win at Hisako Higuchi IDC Ladies

HANNO, Japan - Mayu Hattori holds up the winner's trophy after her victory in the Hisako Higuchi IDC Otsuka Ladies, her first career win on the Japan LPGA tour, at Musashigaoka Golf Course in Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 2.

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Japan names Hattori as envoy to OECD mission

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government on Jan. 11 appointed Ambassador to Vietnam Norio Hattori (in file photo) as ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Foreign Ministry said.

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Hattori holds on to win Studio Alice Ladies

YOKAWA, Japan - Tour veteran Michiko Hattori beams with her cup in hands after winning the Studio Alice Ladies Open at Hanayashiki Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 10.

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(1)Yokomine, Hattori tie for lead at Studio Alice Ladies

YOKAWA, Japan - Teenager Sakura Yokomine reads her putting line during second round of the Studio Alice Ladies Open at Hanayashiki Golf Club on April 9. She shot an even-par 72 to cling onto the top of the leaderboard going into the final round tied with tour veteran Michiko Hattori.

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(2)Yokomine, Hattori tie for lead at Studio Alice Ladies

YOKAWA, Japan - Tour veteran Michiko Hattori watches her tee shot during second round of the Studio Alice Ladies Open at Hanayashiki Golf Club on April 9. Hattori shot the day's only sub-70 score to share the lead with teenager Sakura Yokomine.

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Fujino edges out Hattori to win Daikin Orchid Ladies

TAMAGUSUKU, Japan - Orie Fujino smiles with the trophy after edging out overnight leader Michiko Hattori to capture the Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa on March 6.

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Otsuka claims 1st career win at Itoen Ladies

CHONAN, Japan - Seventh-year pro Yuriko Otsuka is all smiles with her cup in hands after defeating Michiko Hattori in a playoff to capture the first victory of her career at the Itoen Ladies at Great Island Club in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 14.

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Hattori wins Fujitsu Ladies in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - Michiko Hattori holds up her trophy after winning the Fujitsu Ladies golf tournament at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 17.

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Hattori clings onto lead at Fujitsu Ladies

CHIBA, Japan - Tour veteran Michiko Hattori reacts after sinking a birdie butt during the second round of the Fujitsu Ladies at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefectur on Oct. 16. Hattori shot a 1-under-par 71 to preserve her share of the overnight lead.

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Mother of student slain in U.S. seeks support for exchange program

NAGOYA, Japan - Mieko Hattori (R), the mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead in 1992 while studying in the United States, calls for support for a 10-year-old Japan-U.S. student exchange foundation commemorating her son during her meeting with Nagoya Mayor Takehisa Matsubara (3rd from L). The Japan-Louisiana Friendship Foundation, established in 1994 in memory of Hattori's son Yoshihiro, has realized exchange visits by 60 Japanese and American students to broaden friendship and promote gun control.

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Hattori wins Japan Women's Open

NODA, Japan - Japan's Michiko Hattori raises the trophy after winning the Japan Women's Open for the second time by beating South Korean Lee Ji Hee in a playoff at Chiba Country Club's Noda Course in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 5.

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Hattori reclaims lead at Japan Women's Open

NODA, Japan - Michiko Hattori shot a steady 1-under-par 71 on Oct. 4 to reclaim the lead heading into the final round of the Japan Women's Open on the Chiba Country Club's Noda Course.

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Hattori wins Kosaido Ladies golf match

ICHIHARA, Japan - Michiko Hattori of Japan smiles with a trophy after winning the Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup tournament with a final round of 3-under-par 69 on June 1 at the Chiba Kosaido Country Club in Chiba Prefecture.

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Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

NAGOYA, Japan - Masaichi Hattori (L) and his wife Mieko, whose son was shot dead while studying in the United States 10 years ago, received the Galatti Award on Dec. 3 in Nagoya from the American Field Service (AFS) Intercultural Programs for their volunteer work to promote cultural understanding. The couple established the Yoshi Foundation in June 1993 with 10 million yen from their son Yoshihiro's life insurance.

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(2)23 members of Japan's World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers), Toshihiro Hattori (Jubilo Iwata), Ryuzo Morioka (Shimizu S-Pulse) and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka).

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(4)Japan beaten by Real Madrid

MADRID, Spain - Real Madrid keeper Carlos Sanchez (R) blocks a shot from Japan's Toshihiro Hattori just before the final whistle in a friendly at Bernabeu Santiago, Madrid, on May 7.

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Higo, Hattori hold onto lead midway through JLPGA C'ship

SADOWARA, Japan - Michiko Hattori reacts at the the Hibiscus Golf Club in Miyazaki Prefecture on Nov. 23 after shooting birdie on the 15th hole. Hattori and Kaori Higo shot 1-under-par 71 to stay tied at the top of the leaderboard at 6-under 138 midway through the Japan LPGA Tour Championship golf tournament.