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Tennis: Nishikori returns to competition

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Taisei Ichikawa in the first round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2025, returning to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori returns to competition

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Taisei Ichikawa in the first round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2025, returning to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori returns to competition

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Taisei Ichikawa in the first round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2025, returning to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori returns to competition

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Taisei Ichikawa in the first round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2025, returning to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain and Flooding from West to East 13

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m.

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

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Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

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ALTRO - Canottaggio - World Rowing Cup

Tomomi Ichikawa (Japan Rowing Team) in action during World Rowing Cup, Canoying race in Varese, Italy, June 15 2025

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa (seen in the screen), ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (L) and Aiko take part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princess at duck-netting event

Japanese Princess Kako takes part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (back) and Aiko release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Bean-throwing event

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen (C) scatters roasted beans during a traditional bean-throwing event at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita near Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(231001) -- JINHUA, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ichikawa Yota (3rd L) of Japan competes during the Men's Quadrant Preliminary match of Sepaktakraw between Japan and India at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(231001) -- JINHUA, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ichikawa Yota (front) of Japan competes during the Men's Quadrant Preliminary match of Sepaktakraw between Japan and India at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-BASKETBALL(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ichikawa Masato (2nd R) of Japan goes for a layup during the Men's Preliminary Round match of Basketball between Japan and Qatar at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Japan's Eri on TIME100 Next list

Arfiya Eri, a former U.N. official of Uyghur descent, waves to the camera on April 24, 2023, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, after winning a lower house by-election. Eri, 34, was included in Time magazine's 2023 TIME100 Next emerging leaders list in September as she "has become a champion of diversity in Japan," where the majority of parliamentarians are elderly men, and due to her foreign heritage.

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WORLD-ROWING-CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230910) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Ichikawa Tomomi competes during the para-rowing women's single sculls B final at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 10, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-ROWING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230905) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Tomomi Ichikawa competes during women's para-rowing single sculls heat race at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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Supermoon lights up sky in Chiba Pref.

A supermoon shines over Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Literary award winner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo -The presentation ceremony of the 169th Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize (sponsored by the Japan Literature Promotion Association) was held in Tokyo on the 25th.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke released on bail

A vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 31, 2023, after he is released on bail following his indictment for allegedly assisting his parents' taking of their own lives in what is believed to have been a family suicide pact. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

Journalists take a picture of a vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke as it arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

A vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke enters a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

A vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke enters a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke

Journalists gather on June 27, 2023, near a hospital in Tokyo -- where popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke has been staying -- ahead of his expected arrest on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Investigation at Kabuki actor Ennosuke's home

Metropolitan Police Department investigators head to the home of Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 19, 2023, a day after he was found there in a dazed state, with police suspecting he attempted suicide. His mother and father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, also at the scene, were both confirmed dead on the day.

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Investigation at Kabuki actor Ennosuke's home

Metropolitan Police Department investigators head to the home of Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 19, 2023, a day after he was found there in a dazed state, with police suspecting he attempted suicide. His mother and father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, also at the scene, were both confirmed dead on the day.

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Investigation at Kabuki actor Ennosuke's home

Metropolitan Police Department investigators head to the home of Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 19, 2023, a day after he was found there in a dazed state, with police suspecting he attempted suicide. His mother and father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, also at the scene, were both confirmed dead on the day.

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Investigation at Kabuki actor Ennosuke's home

Metropolitan Police Department investigators head to the home of Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 19, 2023, a day after he was found there in a dazed state, with police suspecting he attempted suicide. His mother and father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, also at the scene, were both confirmed dead on the day.

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CORRECTED: Popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke taken to hospital

Posters for shows performed by Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke are displayed at Meijiza theater in Tokyo on May 18, 2023. The popular actor was taken to hospital the same day after his manager found him collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo, with police suspecting he attempted suicide.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro

File photo taken in September 2011 shows a portrait of renowned Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, who was found collapsed along with his wife and his son, Ichikawa Ennosuke, also a popular Kabuki actor, at their Tokyo home on May 18, 2023, with police suspecting the son attempted suicide. Danshiro and his wife were confirmed dead while their son's life is not in danger, according to an investigative source.

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Popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke taken to hospital

Investigators move around the home of popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 18, 2023, after he was taken to hospital when his manager found him collapsed along with his parents at their home. The actor is believed to have attempted suicide, according to an investigative source.

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Popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke taken to hospital

Police officers watch over the home of popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke in Tokyo on May 18, 2023, after he was taken to hospital when his manager found him collapsed along with his parents at their home. The actor is believed to have attempted suicide, according to an investigative source.

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Bean-throwing event at Japanese temple

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen scatters roasted beans during the annual "Setsubun" event marking the turn from winter to spring at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Defense minister Ichikawa, consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to remove Ichikawa and Yamaoka, who were both censured in parliament, from the posts possibly on Jan. 13, 2012, according to political sources.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (C) walking with his son Kangen Horikoshi in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo performing in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo performing in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo delivering a speech alongside his son Kangen Horikoshi in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Kabuki star announces wife's advanced breast cancer

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 9, 2016. Ebizo announced that his wife Mao Kobayashi has been fighting "progressive" breast cancer for the past 20 months, saying the disease is in a "serious" stage.