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Trap-net fish firm in Ishikawa Pref. gets PM award

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenobu Sakai (L), head of the Kadoshima trap-net fishery in Nanao, a seaport on the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (C) pose for a photograph at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after the firm was awarded the Prime Minister's prize for revitalizing the local community.

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WBA super flyweight champ Munoz retains title

TOKYO, Japan - World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz of Venezuela (R) slams Japanese challenger Hidenobu Honda in the third round at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 4. Munoz retained his title with a 3-0 decision.

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(1)Pongsaklek outclasses Honda to retain WBC crown

OSAKA, Japan - Thai champion Pongsaklek Kratindaenggym (L) lands his left straight onto Japan's Hidenobu Honda during their World Boxing Council flyweight title bout at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Nov. 26. Pongsaklek pounded out a unanimous decision over Honda to retain his title.

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(2)Pongsaklek outclasses Honda to retain WBC crown

OSAKA, Japan - Pongsaklek Kratindaenggym holds the portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulydej after retaining his World Boxing Council flyweight title against Japan's Hidenobu Honda at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Nov. 26.

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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Rookie wins Yokohama mayoral election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, 37, an independent championing structural reform without counting on help from major political parties, celebrates with his supporters early April 1 after scoring an upset victory over incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide in the March 31 Yokohama mayoral election.

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Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.

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Rookie wins Yokohama mayoral election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, 37, an independent championing structural reform without counting on help from major political parties, celebrates with his supporters early April 1 after scoring an upset victory over incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide in the March 31 Yokohama mayoral election.

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(1)Pongsaklek outclasses Honda to retain WBC crown

OSAKA, Japan - Thai champion Pongsaklek Kratindaenggym (L) lands his left straight onto Japan's Hidenobu Honda during their World Boxing Council flyweight title bout at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Nov. 26. Pongsaklek pounded out a unanimous decision over Honda to retain his title. (Kyodo)

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(2)Pongsaklek outclasses Honda to retain WBC crown

OSAKA, Japan - Pongsaklek Kratindaenggym holds the portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulydej after retaining his World Boxing Council flyweight title against Japan's Hidenobu Honda at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Nov. 26. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto citizens to run opinion ad in U.S. to protect peace constitution

Hidenobu Tomita holds a sheet of paper reading "Don't Kill, Don't Be Killed" in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 17, 2015. The message in both Japanese and English is part of an advocacy advertisement Tomita and other citizens in the ancient Japanese capital plan to post in the New York Times to appeal for the preservation of Japan's war-renouncing peace constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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Trap-net fish firm in Ishikawa Pref. gets PM award

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenobu Sakai (L), head of the Kadoshima trap-net fishery in Nanao, a seaport on the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (C) pose for a photograph at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after the firm was awarded the Prime Minister's prize for revitalizing the local community. (Kyodo)

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WBA super flyweight champ Munoz retains title

TOKYO, Japan - World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz of Venezuela (R) slams Japanese challenger Hidenobu Honda in the third round at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 4. Munoz retained his title with a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.

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Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.