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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park at the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Budapest on June 21, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park at the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Budapest on June 21, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park at the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Budapest on June 21, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park at the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Budapest on June 21, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park at the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Budapest on June 21, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park during the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Shanghai on May 17, 2024.

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BMX: Qualifying meet for Paris Olympics

Joji Mizogaki of Japan competes in the preliminary round of the BMX freestyle men's park during the Paris Olympic qualifier series in Shanghai on May 17, 2024.

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(SP)CHINA-SHANGHAI-OLYMPIC QUALIFIER SERIES SHANGHAI-CYCLING-BMX FREESTYLE (CN)

(240517) -- SHANGHAI, May 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mizogaki Joji of Japan competes during the cycling BMX freestyle men's park qualification at the Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai in east China's Shanghai, May 17, 2024. (Xinhua/He Changshan)

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Japanese speed skater Kato returns from Sochi

NARITA, Japan - Japanese speed skater Joji Kato arrives at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2014, after competing at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. Kato finished in fifth place in the men's 500-meter race.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato competes in the second round of the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato came in fifth place.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Joji Kato of Japan skates in the second round of the men's 500-meter speed skating event of the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. The Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist came in fifth place.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato skates in the second round of the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato came in fifth place.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato shows disappointment after finishing in fifth place in the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Kato, Nagashima miss medals in men's 500m skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato (L) of Japan acknowledges supporters, as does compatriot Keiichiro Nagashima, who won silver in Vancouver, both after competing in the second round of the Winter Olympics men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato finished fifth and Nagashima sixth.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato looks ahead after competing in the second round of the Winter Olympics men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato finished in fifth place.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato competes in the second round of the Winter Olympics men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato finished in fifth place.

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Japan's Kato 5th in men's 500m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Vancouver Olympics bronze medalist Joji Kato bites his lips after the second round of the men's 500-meter speed skating event at the Winter Olympics at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014. Kato came in fifth place.

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Speed skater Kato chats with S. Korea's Mo at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese speed skater Joji Kato chats with South Korea's Mo Tae Bum during practice at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Nagashima prepares for men's 500m race at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima (L) practices for the men's 500-meter sprint at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 9, 2014. Teammate Joji Kato is seen in the back.

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Speed skater Kato tests ice at Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese speed skater Joji Kato practices at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Japan skaters pledge best performance at Sochi Olympics

SHIMOSUWA, Japan - Japanese speed skaters Keiichiro Nagashima, Joji Kato, Yuji Kamijo and Nana Takagi (from R to L) pledge to do their best at the Sochi Olympic Games next month at a send-off party in the town of Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2014.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Sprint Champs

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato wins the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the second straight day on Jan. 27, 2013, crossing in a time of 34.29 seconds.

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World Sprint Champs

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato wins the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the second straight day on Jan. 27, 2013, crossing in a time of 34.29 seconds.

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World Sprint Champs

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato wins the men's 500 meters at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the second straight day on Jan. 27, 2013, crossing in a time of 34.29 seconds.

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Kato wins men's 500 at world sprint c'ships

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist Joji Kato skates in a race at the World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 26, 2013. Kato won the first men's 500 meters race, setting a new national record with a time of 34.21 seconds.

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Tablets for Fukushima evacuees

SOMA, Japan - Joji Sato, an evacuee from the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, talks to Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno via a tablet computer from Soma in the same prefecture on Aug. 8, 2012. The Iitate government has distributed tablet computers to all its households and began the same day a system to foster communication among its residents, virtually all of whom have evacuated their homes due to the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Exhibition on A-bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Joji Fukahori (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, shows Russian students how to make paper cranes at the Saint-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies on Aug. 29, 2011. The students were visiting an exhibition of materials from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that started there the same day. The 80-year-old Fukahori, who lost his mother and three siblings due to the atomic blast, shared his experiences with a Russian audience during the exhibit's opening ceremony.

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Speed skater Kato gets 10th career World Cup win

OBIHIRO, Japan - Japanese speed skater Joji Kato wins the men's 500 meters at the World Cup Obihiro meet at Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2010. The Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist clocked 34.96 seconds for his third victory of the season and the 10th of his career in the distance.

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Emperor, empress host spring garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) talks to Vancouver Olympic medalists during an annual spring garden party in the Akasaka imperial garden in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on April 15, 2010. (From R) Masako Hozumi, Nao Kotani and Maki Tabata from the women's speed skating team, speed skaters Joji Kato and Keiichiro Nagashima, and figure skaters Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada.

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Olympic medalists Nagashima, Kato visit Kyoto governor

KYOTO, Japan - Joji Kato (L) and Keiichiro Nagashima (C), who won bronze and silver in the men's 500-meter speed skating respectively at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, show their medals to Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada at the Kyoto prefectural government building in Kyoto on March 3, 2010, a day after returning from Vancouver.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Joji Kato (L) and Keiichiro Nagashima, who won bronze and silver in the men's 500-meter speed skating respectively, show off their medals during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics pose for photographs with education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (rear L) during a visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver. (From front L) figure skater Mao Asada, the women's speed skating team of Maki Tabata, Nao Kodaira and Masako Hozumi, speed skaters Keiichiro Nagashima and Joji Kato, and figure skater Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographs.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes who won medals in the Vancouver Winter Olympics show off their medals during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver. (From front L) figure skaters Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada, (from rear L) speed skaters Joji Kato and Keiichiro Nagashima, and the women's speed skating team of Maki Tabata, Nao Kodaira and Masako Hozumi pose for photographs.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes who won medals in the Vancouver Winter Olympics show off their medals during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver. (From front L) figure skaters Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada, (from rear L) speed skaters Joji Kato and Keiichiro Nagashima, and the women's speed skating team of Maki Tabata, Nao Kodaira and Masako Hozumi pose for photographs.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

NARITA, Japan - Japanese athletes who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics arrive at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 2, 2010. (From front) Joji Kato, who won the bronze in the men's 500-meter speed skating, Mao Asada, who won the silver in the women's figure skating, Keiichiro Nagashima, who won the silver in the men's 500-meter speed skating, and Daisuke Takahashi, who won the bronze in the men's figure skating, are welcomed by well-wishers.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

NARITA, Japan - Japanese athletes who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics arrive at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 2, 2010. Joji Kato (L, front), who won the bronze in the men's 500-meter speed skating, Mao Asada (C), who won the silver in the women's figure skating, and Keiichiro Nagashima (L, back), who won the silver in the men's 500-meter speed skating, are welcomed by well-wishers.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Joji Kato (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photos during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010. Kato won the bronze in the men's 500-meter speed skating race while Takahashi did likewise in the men's figure skating event.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Joji Kato, who won the bronze in the men's 500-meter speed skating race, waves a Japanese national flag during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010.

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Japanese Olympic medalists

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese Olympic medalists hold up their medals during a press conference in Vancouver on Feb. 19, 2010, on the eighth day of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (From L) Daisuke Takahashi with his bronze medal in men's figure skating, Keiichiro Nagashima with his silver medal and Joji Kato with his bronze medal in the men's 500-meter speed skating competition.

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Japanese Olympic medalists

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese Olympic medalists hold up their medals during a press conference in Vancouver on Feb. 19, 2010, on the eighth day of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (From L) Daisuke Takahashi with his bronze medal in men's figure skating, Keiichiro Nagashima with his silver medal and Joji Kato with his bronze medal in the men's 500-meter speed skating competition.

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Olympic men's 500-meter speed skating medalists

VANCOUVER, Canada - (From L) Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan, Mo Tae Bum of South Korea and Joji Kato of Japan celebrate during a medal ceremony in BC Place, Vancouver, on Feb. 16, 2010, after winning the silver, gold and bronze, respectively, in the Olympic men's 500-meter speed skating at Richmond Olympic Oval the previous day.

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Kato receives medal in 500-meter speed skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Joji Kato shows off his medal during the awards ceremony in BC Place, Vancouver on Feb. 16, 2010, after winning the bronze medal in men's 500-meter speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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Nagashima, Kato, receive medals in 500-meter speed skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima (R) and Joji Kato show off their medals during the awards ceremony in BC Place, Vancouver on Feb. 16, 2010, after winning the silver and bronze, respectively, in men's 500-meter speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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Japan's Kato wins men's 500-meter speed skating bronze

RICHMOND, Canada - Joji Kato of Japan celebrates holding the national flag after winning the bronze in the Vancouver Olympic men's 500-meter race at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Feb. 15, 2010. Compatriot Keiichiro Nagashima won the silver medal in the competition.

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Japan's Kato wins men's 500-meter speed skating bronze

RICHMOND, Canada - Joji Kato of Japan finishes the Vancouver Olympic men's 500-meter race at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Feb. 15, 2010. Kato won the bronze medal in the competition.

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Olympic men's 500-meter speed skating medalists

RICHMOND, Canada - (From L) Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan, Mo Tae Bum of South Korea and Joji Kato of Japan celebrate after winning the silver, gold and bronze, respectively, in the men's 500-meter speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Richmond Olympic Oval on Feb. 15, 2010.

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Olympic men's 500-meter speed skating medalists

RICHMOND, Canada - (From L) Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan, Mo Tae Bum of South Korea and Joji Kato of Japan celebrate after winning the silver, gold and bronze, respectively, in the men's 500-meter speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Richmond Olympic Oval on Feb. 15, 2010.