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Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students regarded as confronting the Japanese Communist Party guard the road leading to the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium (background) while warming by a bonfire at the university's Hongo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 1969.

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Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students regarded as confronting the Japanese Communist Party guard the road leading to the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium (background) while warming by a bonfire at the university's Hongo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 1969.

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Asian Games: Hongo 2nd after women's short program

SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 23 Kyodo - Japan's Rika Hongo performs in the women's figure skating short program at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 23, 2017. Hongo placed second behind South Korea's Choi Da Bin ahead of the free program.

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Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Examinees sit for the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Hongo district on Jan. 17, 2015, as the two-day event began across Japan with about 559,000 applicants and a record 849 public and private institutions taking part.

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Miyahara wins 1st crown at Japan National Figure Skating

NAGANO, Japan - (From L) Rika Hongo, Satoko Miyahara and Wakaba Higuchi pose with their medals won in the Japan National Figure Skating Championships at Nagano Big Hat in the central Japanese city of Nagano on Dec. 28, 2014. Miyahara won her first national title, while Hongo came in second, followed by Higuchi.

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Hongo 2nd at Japan National Figure Skating

NAGANO, Japan - Rika Hongo performs during the women's free program of the Japan National Figure Skating Championships at Nagano Big Hat in the central Japanese city of Nagano on Dec. 28, 2014. Hongo came in second.

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Hongo comes out on top in women's figure skating

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 27, 2014, shows Rika Hongo performing during a short program of the national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat in the central Japanese city of Nagano. Hongo came out on top.

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Hongo comes out on top in women's figure skating

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 27, 2014, shows Rika Hongo performing during a short program of the national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat in the central Japanese city of Nagano. Hongo came out on top.

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Japan's Hongo 6th at ISU Grand Priz Final figure skating

BARCELONA, Spain - Rika Hongo of Japan performs during the women's free program at the ISU Grand Prix Final figure skating in Barcelona, Spain, on Dec. 13, 2014. Hongo came sixth in the competition.

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Japan's Hongo 6th at ISU Grand Priz Final figure skating

BARCELONA, Spain - Rika Hongo of Japan performs during the women's free program at the ISU Grand Prix Final figure skating in Barcelona, Spain, on Dec. 13, 2014. Hongo came sixth in the competition.

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Medal award ceremony for Cup of Russia figure skating

MOSCOW, Russia - (From L) Silver medalist Anna Pogorilaya of Russia, gold medalist Rika Hongo of Japan and Alaine Chartrand of Canada pose with their medals for the previous day's Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix figure skating event in Moscow on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Univ. of Tokyo's Hongo Campus

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus in the capital's Bunkyo Ward. The university commonly known as ''Todai'' is widely perceived as the most prestigious university in Japan.

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Univ. of Tokyo's 'Akamon'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows ''Akamon,'' meaning the red gate, at the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo in the capital's Bunkyo Ward. The university commonly known as ''Todai'' is widely perceived as the most prestigious university in Japan.

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Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year.

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Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates for nationwide university admission exams arrive at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17 to prepare for two days of exams. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year.

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Unified college entrance exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at the University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 17. Hongo campus is one of the 738 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,981, up 596 from last year.

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2 days of unified university admission exams underway in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Candidates prepare for the first day of nationwide university admission exams at University of Tokyo's Hongo campus on Jan. 19. Hongo campus is one of the 736 test centers across the country for the two-day unified university admission exams. Applicants for this year's exams totaled 543,385, down about 10,000 from last year, reflecting decreasing childbirths.

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Hiroshima woman listed as world's oldest person at 114

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The Guinness Book of Records has listed 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate (file photo) of Hiroshima city as the world's oldest person. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture on May 15, 1889, Kawate became the world's oldest person after Kamato Hongo of Kagoshima died of pneumonia Oct. 31 at the age of 116.

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Japan's oldest person after Hongo's death

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows Mitoyo Kawate, 114, of the city of Hiroshima, who became the oldest person in Japan, following the death on Oct. 31 of Kamato Hongo, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Hongo had been Japan's oldest person since 1999 when she was 111.

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima.

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(3)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, the world's oldest person, is presented with her Guinness Book of Records certificate in a photo taken in September 2002. She died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31. Hongo was known for her routine of sleeping for two consecutive days and then staying awake for the next two days.

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(1)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The world's oldest person, Kamato Hongo (in an undated file photo) of the city of Kagoshima, died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31, city officials said. Hongo, born in 1887 in the town of Isen on Tokunoshima Island, Kagaoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, was certified as the world's oldest person in March last year by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Hongo is oldest in Japan for 5th straight year

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (L), who will turn 116 on Sept. 16, talks with family members in her home in the city of Kagoshima on Sept. 9. Hongo is the oldest person in Japan for the fifth straight year.

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Guinness mails world's oldest woman certificate to Hongo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, a 115-year-old resident of Kagoshima, receives a certificate Sept. 24 that officially recognizes her as the oldest living female in the Guinness Book of World Records. The certificate, mailed by the British publication, reached Hongo six months after she became the world's oldest person when 115-year-old American Maude Farris-Luse died March 18.

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World's oldest person marks 115th birthday

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (undated file photo), a resident of the city of Kagoshima, turns 115 years old on Sept. 16, marking her first birthday since she became the world's oldest person, according to the Guinness Book of Records, in March.

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World's oldest woman honored by Kagoshima city

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C), a 114-year-old Japanese woman who became the world's oldest person in March, receives a certificate of honorary citizenship from Kagoshima Mayor Yoshinori Akasaki at an award ceremony in a school gymnasium close to her home in the town of Tamasato on April 14. Around 1,300 people who attended the ceremony cheered for Hongo and she responded with a smile.

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Koizumi shows bicycle-riding skills to schoolchildren

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, wearing a suit made of woven reflecting material, rides a bicycle in front of schoolchildren at Hongo Elementary School in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on April 9 during a government-sponsored traffic safety campaign event.

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World's oldest man turns 113 in Fukuoka, Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (in file photo) on record as the oldest man in the world marked his 113th birthday on March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Chuganji joined the world's oldest woman, Kamato Hongo of the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima, who recently marked her 114th birthday, to put Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on the global map for longevity.

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114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

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Oldest Japanese, Hongo, to turn 114

TOKYO, Japan - Kamato Hongo (file photo), a Kagoshima resident who will turn 114 on Sept. 16, tops the most elderly list of Japanese for the third year in a row, according to a government survey released on Sept. 11 prior to Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 15. The survey showed that the number of Japanese aged 100 or older by the end of this month will be a record high 15,475, with women accounting for over 80%.

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Japan's oldest person turns 113 in Sept.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo, Japan's oldest person who turns 113 on Sept. 16, is pictured at her home in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 6. A survey conducted by the government to mark Respect for the Elderly Day on Sept. 15 found that the number of Japanese centenarians will hit a record high of 13,036 in September.

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Japan's centenarian population to total record 11,346

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Kamato Hongo, who will turn 112 on Sept. 16., dances to local music at her home in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6. The government has announced the population of centenarians in Japan is poised to total a record 11,346 in September.

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Fire at University of Tokyo campus

Firefighters douse a blaze in a building on the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on Aug. 15, 2021. Part of the 10-story laboratory building was burned, leaving a security guard slightly injured.

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114-year-old Japanese woman becomes world's oldest person

NEW YORK, United States - Kamato Hongo (photo), a 114-year-old woman in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, became the oldest person in the world on March 18 following the death of Maude Farris-Luse in Coldwater, Michigan, at the age of 115 years and 56 days.

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Koizumi shows bicycle-riding skills to schoolchildren

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, wearing a suit made of woven reflecting material, rides a bicycle in front of schoolchildren at Hongo Elementary School in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on April 9 during a government-sponsored traffic safety campaign event.

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Japan's Hongo 8th at World Figure Skating Championships

Japan's Rika Hongo performs during the women's free program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on April 2, 2016. Hongo finished eighth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hongo 7th after SP at World Figure Skating Championships

Japan's Rika Hongo performs during the women's short program at the World Figure Skating Championship in Boston on March 31, 2016. Hongo finished seventh, scoring 69.89 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hongo 7th after SP at World Figure Skating Championships

Japan's Rika Hongo performs during the women's short program at the World Figure Skating Championship in Boston on March 31, 2016. Hongo finished seventh, scoring 69.89 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entrance exams held for Japan's national universities

Applicants of the University of Tokyo, Japan's most prestigious national university, await the start of the entrance examinations while test papers are being handed out, on the campus in Tokyo's Hongo district on Feb. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entrance exams held for Japan's national universities

Applicants of the University of Tokyo, Japan's most prestigious national university, await the start of the entrance examinations on the campus in Tokyo's Hongo district on Feb. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entrance exams held for Japan's national universities

Test-takers encourage each other on the campus of the University of Tokyo, Japan's most prestigious national university, in Tokyo's Hongo district before sitting for its entrance examinations on Feb. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hongo 3rd at Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Japan's Rika Hongo performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. Hongo finished third with a total of 181.78 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

(From L) Runner-up Mirai Nagasu of the United States, winner Satoko Miyahara of Japan and third-placed Rika Hongo of Japan pose with their medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

(From L) Satoko Miyahara, Rika Hongo, both from Japan, and Mirai Nagasu of the United States wave to the crowd after finishing first, third, and second, respectively, at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hongo 3rd at Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Japan's Rika Hongo performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. Hongo finished third with a total of 181.78 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese figure skaters prepare for Four Continents C'ships

(From L) Japanese figure skaters Rika Hongo, Kanako Murakami and Satoko Miyahara take part in official practice in Taipei on Feb. 17, 2016, for the Four Continents Championships starting the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan selects team for world figure skating c'ships

(From L) Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Rika Hongo, Mao Asada, Satoko Miyahara, Sumire Sudo and Francis Boudreau Audet pose for a photo at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo on Dec. 27, 2015, after being selected to represent Japan at the world figure skating championships in Boston in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada wins Cup of China on Grand Prix return

Japanese figure skater Rika Hongo performs her free skate at the Cup of China in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2015. Hongo finished second behind compatriot Mao Asada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Asada wins Cup of China on Grand Prix return

Silver medalist Rika Hongo of Japan (L) and her compatriot gold medalist Mao Asada smile as they hold their medals at the Cup of China women's figure skating event in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Asada wins Cup of China on Grand Prix return

(From L) Silver medalist Rika Hongo, gold medalist Mao Asada, both from Japan, and bronze medalist Elena Radionova of Russia pose with their medals during a medal ceremony for the Cup of China women's figure skating event in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo