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Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a meeting with high school and university students who have received the Fuji Scout award, the highest honor given to members of the Scout Association of Japan, at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 31, 2026.

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Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

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Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

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Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma, who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

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Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Hoshoryu occupies east yokozuna slot

Hoshoryu, who was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna in January, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2025. Hoshoryu will start life as the 74th yokozuna on the east side as the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the upcoming Spring Sumo Tournament in the western Japan city.

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Hoshoryu occupies east yokozuna slot

Hoshoryu, who was promoted to sumo's highest rank of yokozuna in January, points to his name in the east side yokozuna slot on Feb. 25, 2025, during a press conference in Osaka as the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in the western Japan city.

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Symposium on aircraft accident victims' families

Kuniko Miyajima (2nd from L), who leads an association of relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, speaks at a symposium on assistance for aircraft accident victims and their families organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Haarlem, the Netherlands, on Nov. 26, 2024. Miyajima, 77, lost her 9-year-old son in the world's worst single-aircraft accident that killed 520 passengers and crew.

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Photo exhibition on Flying Tigers, Doolittle Raiders unveiled at U.S. Air Force museum

STORY: Photo exhibition on Flying Tigers, Doolittle Raiders unveiled at U.S. Air Force museum SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: DAYTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY GREENE, Chairman of Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TERRY BRANSTAD, Former U.S. Ambassador to China 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HUANG PING, Chinese Consul General in New York 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JIANG JIANG, Vice President of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries 5. various of event 6. various of photo exhibition STORYLINE: A photo exhibition kicked off on Thursday at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to commemorate the Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders, Americans who fought Japan in World War II in cooperation with the Chinese people. The half-year-long exhibition recounts the stories of the Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders with around 100 photos and detailed narration

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U.S.-DAYTON-FLYING TIGERS-DOOLITTLE RAIDERS-PHOTO EXHIBITION

(240420) -- DAYTON, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Jiang, vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, speaks during a photo exhibition commemorating the Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders, Americans who fought Japan in World War II in cooperation with the Chinese people, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, the United States, April 18, 2024. The half-year-long exhibition recounts the stories of the Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders with around 100 photos and detailed narrations. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Photo exhibition on Flying Tigers, Doolittle Raiders unveiled at U.S. Air Force museum" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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Japan crown prince visits aquarium

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito, who serves as president of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, visits the Saitama Aquarium in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince visits aquarium

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito, who serves as president of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, visits the Saitama Aquarium in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata, who was also president of the writers' association Japan P.E.N. Club. Kawabata received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Japan imperial family at traditional crafts exhibition

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako and their only daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Japan Kogei Association's traditional crafts exhibition at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Sept. 20, 2023. Princess Kako, who serves as president of the association, is seen at the far right. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at traditional crafts exhibition

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, 4th from R) and Empress Masako and their only daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Japan Kogei Association's traditional crafts exhibition at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Sept. 20, 2023. Princess Kako, who serves as president of the association, is seen at the far right. (Pool photo)

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Vice farm minister Kobayashi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kobayashi (L), who has resigned as Japan's vice farm minister, and his successor Toshiro Shirasu attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. Kobayashi had been criticized for not tackling the misuse of farm subsidies by a farmers' association, which forced Takehiko Endo to resign as farm minister on Sept. 4, only a week after he was appointed to the post.

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New farm minister Wakabayashi pledges to restore trust

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo after assuming the post Sept. 4. Wakabayashi, who replaced scandal-tainted Takehiko Endo, pledged to restore trust. Endo resigned on Sept. 3 over the misuse of farm subsidies involving a farmers' mutual aid association he headed.

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Likely new Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 15, 2020, shows former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi. He may replace Yoshiro Mori, who decided in February 2021 to resign as Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head over his Feb. 3 remarks slammed in Japan and abroad as sexist.

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Japan foreign minister to visit Laos for regional meetings

TOKYO, Japan, July 21 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who will visit Laos for three days from July 24, 2016, to attend a series of regional foreign ministerial meetings involving the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, his ministry said on July 21.

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Sri Lankan man dies during detention at Tokyo immigration bureau

TOKYO, Japan - A 26-year-old man, a relative of a 57-year-old Sri Lankan man who died after reporting chest pain during detention at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Nov. 22, 2014, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1. The Provisional Release Association in Japan, a support group for foreigners, criticized the bureau for failing to conduct a medical check in response to his chest pain report, while the bureau defended its response as having had no problem.

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M'bishi Chemical chief Kobayashi to become Doyukai chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., who will assume the chairmanship the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, next April. He assumed the presidency of Mitsubishi Chemical in April 2007.

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A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Combination photo shows Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo before (R) and after having his hair styled in a topknot for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo looks into a mirror after having his hair styled in a topknot for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo has his hair styled in a topknot in front of reporters in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo touches his topknot after having his hair styled in the symbolic form for sumo wrestlers for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Abductee's mother urges review of gov't stance at N. Korea talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (2nd from R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who remains missing after being abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 at age 13, speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, at a meeting with a league of parliamentarians pressing for the abductees' safe return. Also pictured are Eriko Yamatani (R), state minister in charge of the abduction issue, and Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.

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'Go Master' Wu gets China's peace contribution award

ODAWARA, Japan - Chinese-born "Go Master" Wu Qingyuan, who has the highest "9 dan" rank in "Go" or Japanese chess, receives the Peace and Development Contribution Award from the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Disgraced former sumo coach dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2007 shows Junichi Yamamoto, a former sumo wrestler and coach. Yamamoto, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in the death of a junior wrestler, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from lung cancer, a JSA source said Aug. 12, 2014. Known as the head stablemaster of Tokitsukaze, he was given a five-year prison sentence in the manslaughter case.

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Japan soccer star meets compatriot kids in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese soccer star Kazuyoshi Miura, acting as Japan Football Association ambassador to the World Cup, plays a paper-scissors-rock game with children on June 17, 2014, at a Japanese school in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Five children who emerged victorious in the game received Japan's "Samurai Blue" team uniforms bearing Miura's autograph.

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Interpreter aims to bridge Japan, China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward shows Yuki Izumikawa, who works as Japanese-Chinese interpreter at the Association for the Promotion of International Trade, an organization promoting trade and economic exchanges between Japan and China.

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Teen pro golf tourney winner meets Kagoshima governor

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima High School student Minami Katsu, who became the youngest winner at 15 on the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association tour on April 20, 2014, meets Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito at his office in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on April 23.

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Travel agency exec says trips abroad promote peace

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 18, 2014 shows Jungo Kikuma, chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, who is promoting overseas trips as 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Japan's liberalization of foreign travel.

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Promoting snow shoveling as sport

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows Hiroyuki Matsushiro, who heads a nationwide association to promote snow shoveling, in Otaru, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 24, 2014. Matsushiro established the association with the aim of turning the work of shoveling snow into a seasonal sport.

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Nambu named as new coach for Japan men's volleyball team

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Nambu, newly appointed by the Japan Volleyball Association as the coach of the men's national team, poses for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. Nambu replaces American Gary Sato, the team's first foreign coach, who was hired a year ago.

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Former sumo wrestler Takatoriki turns to pro wrestling

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashige Kamakari (L), formerly sumo sekiwake Takatoriki, shakes hands with Satoru Sayama, the first ''Tiger Mask'' persona, in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. Kamakari, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association in 2010 over illegal betting on baseball games, will make his debut in professional wrestling on April 16 at a match organized by a group run by Sayama in Tokyo.

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Sharp looks to double ASEAN sales in fiscal 2016

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Managing Officer Noboru Fujimoto, who is in charge of the company's Asia-Pacific operations, holds a press conference in Osaka on June 13, 2013, on Sharp's operations in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Sharp said the same day it is looking to double its sales in the ASEAN region to 300 billion yen in the year through March 2017 by expanding its electrical appliance operations.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Osunaarashi smiles at a press conference at Otake stable in Tokyo on May 29, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association elevated him to the juryo ranks, making the Egyptian the first rikishi from Africa. "To be the only one makes me happy," said the 21-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan. In the background is a portrait of legendary yokozuna Taiho, who died in January.

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Female nuclear physicist hopes to become No. 1 in world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2013, in Tokyo shows researcher on nuclear physics Emiko Hiyama. The Association for the Bright Future of Women Scientists announced the same day that it will award the associate chief scientist at Riken's Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science with the 2013 Saruhashi Award for female researchers who have made remarkable achievements in the field of natural sciences.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho (L), head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Shogi association chief dies

TOKYO, Japan - This April 2010 file photo shows Japan Shogi Association Chairman Kunio Yonenaga, who died of prostate cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 18, 2012. He was 69.

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Japanese Muslims

TOKYO, Japan - Mimasaka Higuchi, a Japanese Muslim who formerly served as chairman of the Japan Muslim Association, sweeps a cemetery for Muslims in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2012.

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Social game firms in Japan form self-regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 8, 2012, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows representatives of Japan's major social game site operators, who formed the Japan Social Game Association, a self-regulatory body to improve the ways services are provided to users.

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Sasaki reappointed as coach of women's soccer team

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Sasaki, who guided Japan to a remarkable victory at the 2011 Women's World Cup soccer final and the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, smiles at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 1, 2012. The 54-year-old Sasaki will continue as Nadeshiko coach, the Japan Football Association said the same day.

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Disaster-hit dogs trained to become therapy dogs

SOMA, Japan - Toru Oki (R), a blues singer who represents the International Therapy Dog Association, holds the leash of a dog in training who was taken into care after the March 2011 disaster, in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. The Tokyo-based association plans to open a center in the Japanese capital in summer 2012 aimed at turning dogs without owners after the disaster into therapy dogs, officials of the group said.