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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

MATSUE, Japan, Feb. 22 Kyodo - Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama speaks at an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, held to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Eriko Imai, a Japanese Cabinet Office parliamentary vice minister, speaks at an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, held to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Shimane Gov. Tatsuya Maruyama speaks at an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, held to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

An annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" is held in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to push claim for islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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Damages suit over Japan's same-sex marriage ban

Plaintiffs head to the Tokyo High Court on Oct. 30, 2024, to hear the court's ruling on their claim for damages over Japan's same-sex marriage ban.

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[Breaking News]Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

MATSUE,SHIMANE, Feb. 22 Kyodo -Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.(Kyodo)

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Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

An annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" is held in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

Police officers stand guard in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, around the venue of an annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Event in Japan to claim S. Korea-held islets

An annual event to mark Shimane Prefecture-designated "Takeshima Day" is held in Matsue, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2024, to push Japan's claim to a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan.

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TOP 10 CHINESE ATHLETES/TEAMS OF 2023

(231226) -- BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes/teams for 2023: 5. Liu Qingyi (female, breakdancing) Liu beat Japan's Ami Yuasa to claim the women's breakdancing gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The 18-year-old has also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This file photo taken on Oct. 7, 2023 show Liu Qingyi of China competing during the women's gold medal battle of breaking at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Rugby World Cup: Japan vs. England

Japan's Yutaka Nagare (C) attempts to claim a high ball against an England player during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Stade de Nice in Nice, France, on Sept. 17, 2023.

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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka reacts after scoring a seventh-round knockout win over Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez (rear) to claim the WBC interim minimumweight boxing title at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka wears the gold medal after the award ceremony of a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka gets air during a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Japan's Mogi wins Crystal Geyser Ladies with late surge

CHIBA, Japan - Japan's Hiromi Mogi holds up the trophy she captured at the Crystal Geyser Ladies on Aug. 5 to claim her third career crown.

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Paralympics: Japan's Hirose wins judo bronze

Japan's Junko Hirose (R) competes against Maria Monica Merenciano Herrero of Spain in a bronze-medal match of the women's judo 57-kilogram division for visually impaired athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 9, 2016. Hirose became the first Japanese female judoka to claim a Paralympic medal.

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Yoshida wins gold in women's 53-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Saori Yoshida holds a picture of her father and former wrestling coach, Eikatsu, after beating Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in the women's 53-kilogram division final to claim her 12th consecutive title at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 11, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Eikatsu Yoshida died six months earlier.

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Japan's Hamada claims gold in women's 55-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Chiho Hamada (top) competes against Russia's Irina Ologonova in the women's 55-kilogram class final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Hamada, 21, won 4-3, to claim her first title.

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Japan's Tosaka, Hamada claim gold in women's wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Chiho Hamada (L) and Eri Tosaka smile as they show off their gold medals in women's 55-kilogram class and 48-kg class, respectively, at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a file at the National Archives in London containing documents from the early 1970s expressing British uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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S. Korea lodges protest over Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (R) conveys a protest to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on April 4, 2014, over Japan's move to include its territorial claim to a pair of South Korean-held islets in elementary school textbooks.

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Protest against Japan in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - People stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 29, 2014, against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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S. Korean man rushes Japan envoy's car

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man (C) is seized by police after rushing at a car carrying Koro Bessho, the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014. The man was protesting against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals. The man was overpowered before he could reach the envoy's vehicle.

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Territorial disputes

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2014. Hua expressed "grave concern" over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (L), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (facing), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, spokesman for the South Korean foreign ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014, to protest over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a women's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Zao in the city of Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2014. Takanashi finished first to claim her 17th title, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows (from L) Germany's Carina Vogt, Japan's Sara Takanashi and Bigna Windmueller of Switzerland at the award ceremony of a women's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Zao in the city of Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2014. Takanashi won the meet to claim her 17th title, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins. Vogt and Windmueller finished second and third, respectively.

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Denkaosan beats Nashiro to claim WBA super flyweight title

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - Thai boxer Denkaosan Kaovichit (L) beats Japan's Nobuo Nashiro (R) to claim the vacant WBA super flyweight title in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on Sept. 3, 2013.

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S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the foreign ministry in Seoul on April 5, 2013. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest against Japan's renewed claim, in an annual foreign policy report, to a pair of South Korean-held islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

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New textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkakus as Japan's

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, leaves the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 26, 2013, after being summoned. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest over Japan's approval of high school textbooks containing its territorial claim over islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in Korean.

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Japan wins women's judo world title

SALVADOR, Brazil - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (L) fights China's Qin Qian during the final of the team world championships in Salvador, Brazil, on Oct. 27, 2012. Tachimoto scored a waza-ari to seal victory in her over 70-kg match as Japan beat China 3-2 to claim the title.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki acknowledges cheers from spectators after performing in the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs during the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs during the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki smiles after performing in the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs during the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Suzuki wins silver medal at Skate Canada

WINDSOR, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs during the women's free skate of Skate Canada, the second event of the Grand Prix series, in Windsor, Canada, on Oct. 27, 2012. Suzuki won the women's free skate and moved up from fifth in the short program to claim the silver medal with a total of 175.16 points.

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and other people, are escorted off a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel at a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport 14 people, including the activists, who were all arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the islands. (The image is partly altered)

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and other people, are escorted off a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel at a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport 14 people, including the activists, who were all arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the islands. (The image is partly altered)