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Toyota Vice Chairman Isomura dies

NAGOYA, Japan - Iwao Isomura (file photo), vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and chairman of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, died of heart failure Jan. 20, the chamber said. He was 71.

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Osaka named host of 2007 world athletics championships

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura meets the press Nov. 15 in Osaka after the International Association of Athletics Federations officially named Osaka as host of the 2007 world championships. Osaka will be the second Japanese host of the biennial championships after Tokyo in 1991 staged the only world meet held so far in Asia. The selection of Osaka came a year after the city was eliminated in the first round of votes by the International Olympic Committee in the bidding race for the 2008 Olympics, which was won by Beijing.

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Tokuyama to receive Osaka honorary award

OSAKA, Japan - Reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (L) shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura on Sept. 13 after receive a special award for his contribution to sport. Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of the western Japan city, defeated 12th-ranked challenger Eric Lopez of Mexico by technical knockout to successfully defend his WBC crown for the fifth time in Saitama in August.

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Rhodes receives Osaka honorary award and medal

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes (R) shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura at the city government office on Oct. 17 after being given a special award for his contributions to the city. Rhodes, who matched the Japanese baseball record of 55 home runs in a single season this past season, is the first foreigner to receive the award.

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(1)Osaka subdued after IOC loss+

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura speaks at a press conference in a hotel in Moscow on July 13 about the city's failed bid to invite the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Japan's second-largest city. Osaka was knocked out in the first round of balloting at the International Olympic Committee general assembly meeting, finishing at the bottom of a five-city list with just six votes.

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Osaka is ready for 2008 Olympics

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (3rd from L) and other members of his delegation are seated for the 112th session of the International Olympic Committee at Congress Hall in Moscow on July 13. Osaka was the first of the five candidate cities scheduled to make their final presentations to the IOC members.

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Osaka gives news conference

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura waves his hand as he takes a seat at a news conference in a Moscow hotel July 12 to present Osaka's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. At right is Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama.

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Osaka repeats vow to press on with 2008 Olympic bid

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura, at a news conference in Lausanne on May 16, reiterates his commitment to press on with Osaka's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Isomura made the commitment after the International Olympic Committee virtually removed Osaka from contention.

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Osaka among final 5 cities bidding for 2008 Olympics

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura speaks at a news conference Aug. 28 after confirming reports that his city was selected as one of the five finalists bidding for the 2008 summer Olympics at an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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COC chief calls on Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Wu Shaozu (L), president of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (R) at the Osaka Municipal Office on Oct. 26. The cities of Osaka and Beijing are bidding for rights to host the summer Olympic Games in 2008.

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Osaka named host of 2007 world athletics championships

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura meets the press Nov. 15 in Osaka after the International Association of Athletics Federations officially named Osaka as host of the 2007 world championships. Osaka will be the second Japanese host of the biennial championships after Tokyo in 1991 staged the only world meet held so far in Asia. The selection of Osaka came a year after the city was eliminated in the first round of votes by the International Olympic Committee in the bidding race for the 2008 Olympics, which was won by Beijing. (Kyodo)

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Osaka among final 5 cities bidding for 2008 Olympics

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura speaks at a news conference Aug. 28 after confirming reports that his city was selected as one of the five finalists bidding for the 2008 summer Olympics at an Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Heaven'S Burning (1997)

Kenji Isomura Characters: Yukio Film: Heaven'S Burning (AUS 1997) Director: Craig Lahiff 04 September 1997 Date: 04 September 1997

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Hiroshima Carp's Isomura

The Hiroshima Carp's Yoshitaka Isomura slides home in the fifth inning of an 8-3 win against the Chunichi Dragons at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on April 1, 2018.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Osaka subdued after IOC loss+

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura speaks at a press conference in a hotel in Moscow on July 13 about the city's failed bid to invite the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Japan's second-largest city. Osaka was knocked out in the first round of balloting at the International Olympic Committee general assembly meeting, finishing at the bottom of a five-city list with just six votes.

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Baseball in Japan

Zoilo Almonte (R) of the Chunichi Dragons is tagged out at home plate by Hiroshima Carp catcher Yoshitaka Isomura in the first inning of a game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 16, 2020.

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Baseball in Japan

Yoshitaka Isomura of the Hiroshima Carp hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a game against the Chunichi Dragons at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 16, 2020.

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Toyota Vice Chairman Isomura dies

NAGOYA, Japan - Iwao Isomura (file photo), vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and chairman of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, died of heart failure Jan. 20, the chamber said. He was 71.

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Tokuyama to receive Osaka honorary award

OSAKA, Japan - Reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (L) shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura on Sept. 13 after receive a special award for his contribution to sport. Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of the western Japan city, defeated 12th-ranked challenger Eric Lopez of Mexico by technical knockout to successfully defend his WBC crown for the fifth time in Saitama in August. (Kyodo)

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Rhodes receives Osaka honorary award and medal

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes (R) shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura at the city government office on Oct. 17 after being given a special award for his contributions to the city. Rhodes, who matched the Japanese baseball record of 55 home runs in a single season this past season, is the first foreigner to receive the award.

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Osaka is ready for 2008 Olympics

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (3rd from L) and other members of his delegation are seated for the 112th session of the International Olympic Committee at Congress Hall in Moscow on July 13. Osaka was the first of the five candidate cities scheduled to make their final presentations to the IOC members.

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Osaka gives news conference

MOSCOW, Russia - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura waves his hand as he takes a seat at a news conference in a Moscow hotel July 12 to present Osaka's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. At right is Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama.

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Osaka repeats vow to press on with 2008 Olympic bid

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura, at a news conference in Lausanne on May 16, reiterates his commitment to press on with Osaka's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Isomura made the commitment after the International Olympic Committee virtually removed Osaka from contention.

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Osaka submits candidacy to host 2008 Olympics to JOC

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (L) submits the city's candidacy to hold the 2008 Summer Olympics to Yushiro Yagi, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), in Tokyo on Jan. 25. Upon receiving the candidacy, the JOC informed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of Osaka's bid by fax the same day. Documents will also be sent to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, the JOC said.

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COC chief calls on Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Wu Shaozu (L), president of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (R) at the Osaka Municipal Office on Oct. 26. The cities of Osaka and Beijing are bidding for rights to host the summer Olympic Games in 2008.