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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Horii (L), the creator of "Dragon Quest," hands a new software title in the popular game series to Kensuke Matayoshi, a 33-year-old part-time employee who became the first person to purchase the game at the Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Aug. 2, 2012, its launch day, after waiting outside the shop from the previous day. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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Speed skater Horii officially announces retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Speed skater Manabu Horii, who won a bronze medal in the men's 500-meters in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, tells reporters at a hotel in Sapporo on April 21 that he will quit the rink.

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Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

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Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

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Japan basketball community leaders strike pose with single league in sight

Saburo Kawabuchi (C), chairman of the Japan Basketball Association, poses after a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2015, together with Toshimitsu Kawachi (L), commissioner of the bj-League, and Mikiya Horii, vice chairman of the National Basketball League. The two leagues have agreed to merge in 2016 under Kawabuchi's initiative after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) barred the domestic basketball community from participation in international competitions last November for being split. The sanction was lifted in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Autobacs revving up service expansion in Thailand

Yugo Horii (L), director of Japanese car care service provider Autobacs Seven Co., and Pitak Ratchakitprakarn, president of PTG Energy Public Co., shake hands in Bangkok on Aug. 23, 2017, at a signing ceremony for their partnership agreement. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit orchard harvests apples

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Kazuko Horii harvests apples at an orchard hit by the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan donates used firefighting vehicles to Peru

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Iwao Horii (L) speaks at a ceremony held in Lima, Peru on Feb. 26, 2018 to mark the donation of 10 used firefighting vehicles by Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Kosovo talks

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (C) shakes hands with Manabu Horii (L), a Japanese parliamentary vice foreign minister, along with Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, in Prishtina, Kosovo, on Feb. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Speed skater Horii officially announces retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Speed skater Manabu Horii, who won a bronze medal in the men's 500-meters in the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, tells reporters at a hotel in Sapporo on April 21 that he will quit the rink.