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Ishimoto designs guest room in hot spa hotel

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Japanese textile designer Fujio Ishimoto speaks in a guestroom of his design at Takaraso Hotel in the Dogo Onsen hot spring resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2013. The room was designed in the image of a grass field.

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Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows Taiko Ishimoto standing in the lobby of a town-run housing complex that was created by renovating a closed junior high school building in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture. Ishimoto recalls the monthlong evacuation at her alma mater where town residents took refuge when a strong typhoon hit in 2004.

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Famed lyricist Ishimoto dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1998 shows award-winning lyricist Miyuki Ishimoto, a writer of lyrics for iconic hit songs in Japanese popular music for decades, who died of heart failure at a Yokohama hospital May 27. He was 85.

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King Rat - film (1965)

John Mills & Dale Ishimoto Characters: Col. George Smedley-Taylor: The Senior Officers & Yoshima: The Japanese Film: King Rat (1965) Director: Bryan Forbes 27 October 1965 Date: 27-Oct-65

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King Rat - film (1965)

Gerald Sim, John Mills & Dale Ishimoto Characters: Lt. Col. Jones: The Senior Officers,Col. George Smedley-Taylor: The Senior Officers & Yoshima: The Japanese Film: King Rat (1960) Director: Bryan Forbes 27 October 1965 Date: 27-Oct-65

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City promotion using micro-sized nanoblocks

Yusuke Ishimoto, a city official and a master of nanoblocks, shows his award-winning works including a replica of the local station building and the city hall at Echizen in Fukui Prefecture on March 27, 2015. By replicating local landmarks using the micro-sized blocks and introducing his work on his blog, he hopes to attract more tourists to the central Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Famed lyricist Ishimoto dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1998 shows award-winning lyricist Miyuki Ishimoto, a writer of lyrics for iconic hit songs in Japanese popular music for decades, who died of heart failure at a Yokohama hospital May 27. He was 85. (Kyodo)

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reviews her game after losing to Sakura Ishimoto in her pro debut in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, the first foreign female professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, loses in her pro debut to Sakura Ishimoto (R) in Osaka on March 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo