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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Japan players celebrate after winning a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Japan players celebrate after winning a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Japan players acknowledge the crowd after winning a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Shohei Ohtani (16) and other Japan players high-five after beating the Czech Republic in a World Baseball Classic Pool C game at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Japan players including Shohei Ohtani (C) celebrate after Munetaka Murakami hit a grand slam in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Japan players including Shohei Ohtani (2nd from L) celebrate after Munetaka Murakami (55) hit a grand slam in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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Baseball: Hawks-CTBC Brothers friendly

Players from Japanese pro baseball team the SoftBank Hawks celebrate after winning a friendly game against Taiwan's CTBC Brothers at Taipei Dome on Feb. 25, 2026.

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Baseball: Hawks-CTBC Brothers friendly

Players from Japanese pro baseball team SoftBank Hawks (L) and Taiwan's CTBC Brothers pose for a photo ahead of a friendly game at Taipei Dome on Feb. 25, 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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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Japanese players perform the national anthem in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match against Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Japanese players perform the national anthem in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match against Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Football: Japan jerseys for 2026 World Cup

Photo shows the Japanese national football team's home jersey for outfield players to be worn at the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States, unveiled to the press alongside a home goalkeeper jersey by the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2025. The Samurai Blue will wear the new jerseys from a Nov. 14 friendly against Ghana.

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Condolences for Shigeo Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants players offer a silent prayer ahead of their game at Tokyo Dome on June 6, 2025 in memory of the late former Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima. The Japanese baseball legend died aged 89 on June 3.

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Condolences for Shigeo Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants players offer a silent prayer ahead of their game at Tokyo Dome on June 6, 2025 in memory of the late former Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima. The Japanese baseball legend died aged 89 on June 3.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

DeNA BayStars players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Rakuten Eagles players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the DeNA BayStars at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Rakuten Eagles players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the DeNA BayStars at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Players of Japanese football club Yokohama F Marinos bow after losing to Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr in an AFC Champions League Elite quarterfinal match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 26, 2025.

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Ice hockey: Women's world championship

Japanese players (R) look dejected after allowing Canada to score in the second period of a quarterfinal at the women's ice hockey world championship in Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic on April 17, 2025.

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Ice hockey: Women's world championship

Japanese players are pictured after their loss to Canada in a quarterfinal at the women's ice hockey world championship in Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic on April 17, 2025.

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Ice hockey: Women's world championship

Japanese players line up after their defeat to Sweden in a Group B game at the women's ice hockey world championship on April 13, 2025, in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Japanese players -- Shohei Ohtani (back, far L), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (back, 2nd from R) and Roki Sasaki (back, far R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Seiya Suzuki (back, 2nd from L) and Shota Imanaga (back, 3rd from R) of the Chicago Cubs -- pose for a photo with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (back, 3rd from L) after the second game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome on March 19, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs players line up during the ceremony ahead of the second game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 19, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs players line up for the national anthems ahead of the second game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 19, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Japanese players dolls

TOKYO, Japan, March 18 Kyodo - Traditional Japanese warrior dolls resembling the three Japanese playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki -- are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls to wish for the healthy growth of boys. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Dodgers' Japanese players dolls

Traditional Japanese warrior dolls resembling the three Japanese playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers -- (from L) Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki -- are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls to wish for the healthy growth of boys.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers players line up for the U.S. and Japanese national anthems ahead of the first game of MLB's two-game, season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on March 18, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Japan national baseball team manager Hirokazu Ibata (L) and Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox are pictured at the Red Sox's spring training site in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2025. Ibata is visiting Major League Baseball spring training sites to meet with Japanese players ahead of the World Baseball Classic in March 2026.

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Japanese imperial family watches wheelchair basketball match

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko chat with wheelchair basketball players after watching their match at Tokyo Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Feb. 2, 2025.

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American football: Rice Bowl championship in Japan

Panasonic Impulse players celebrate after winning Japan's Rice Bowl American football championship with a 34-27 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers in the final at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Jan. 3, 2025.

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American football: Rice Bowl championship in Japan

Panasonic Impulse players celebrate after defeating the Fujitsu Frontiers 34-27 in the final of Japan's Rice Bowl American football championship at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Jan. 3, 2025.

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VR taekwondo

Japanese taekwondo players compete against each other on Sept. 16, 2024, through their avatars projected on a screen during a qualifier for the inaugural World Taekwondo Virtual Championships to be held in Singapore in mid-November. Virtual taekwondo enables people of all ages, weight class and gender to compete against one another without physical contact as players wear VR headsets and five motion-tracking sensors while using their bodies as a game controller.

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VR taekwondo

Japanese taekwondo players compete against each other in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2024, through their avatars projected on a screen during a qualifier for the inaugural World Taekwondo Virtual Championships to be held in Singapore in mid-November. Virtual taekwondo enables people of all ages, weight class and gender to compete against one another without physical contact as players wear VR headsets and five motion-tracking sensors while using their bodies as a game controller.

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VR taekwondo

Japanese taekwondo players compete against each other on Sept. 16, 2024, through their avatars projected on a screen during a qualifier in Tokyo for the inaugural World Taekwondo Virtual Championships to be held in Singapore in mid-November. Virtual taekwondo enables people of all ages, weight class and gender to compete against one another without physical contact as players wear VR headsets and five motion-tracking sensors while using their bodies as a game controller.

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Giants' 1st title at Tokyo Dome stadium

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 3 Kyodo - Japan's Yomiuri Giants professional baseball players -- including Warren Cromartie (49), Koichi Ogata (44) and Tatsunori Hara (8) -- acknowledge the cheers of the fans with a banzai salute on Sept. 8, 1990, after winning their first Central League title at their new home field Tokyo Dome stadium, built in 1988, in the Japanese capital.

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Baseball: Ohtani's custom bat for Players' Weekend

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers holds a custom bat bearing Japanese words that mean "best in the world" and "improvement" during a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on Aug. 16, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Closing Ceremony

Japanese table tennis players Hina Hayata (front, R) and Miu Hirano (front, L) wave during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 11, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Table Tennis

Chinese (C), Japanese (L) and South Korean table tennis players pose for a photo during the medal ceremony after winning gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's team event at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Japanese players Taiga Ishida (L) and Yoshiyuki Koga (below) tackle a South African player in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match on July 25, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Beach Volleyball

Japanese beach volleyball players Akiko Hasegawa (R) and Miki Ishii pose for a photo in July 2024 in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

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Tennis: Wimbledon championships

Japanese wheelchair tennis players Tokito Oda (L) and Yui Kamiji meet the press in London on July 8, 2024, ahead of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

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Baseball: Ohtani donates bat to U.S. baseball museum

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (2nd from R) and rookie pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (C) pose for a photo at a ceremony together with team manager Dave Roberts (2nd from L), held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 2, 2024, to commend Japanese major league baseball players for their past achievements. Ohtani holds one of his bats, which he donated to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, and Yamamoto one of his gloves, for a special exhibition themed on transpacific baseball exchanges starting in July 2025.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Hajime Moriyasu, head coach of the Japanese men's national football team, directs his players during the first half of an Asian second-round qualifier for the 2026 World Cup against Syria at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on June 11, 2024.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Hajime Moriyasu, head coach of the Japanese men's national football team, directs his players during the second half of an Asian second-round qualifier for the 2026 World Cup against Syria at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on June 11, 2024.