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Retired shogi player Hifumi Kato dies at 86

Retiring pro shogi player Hifumi Kato waves after his retirement press conference in Tokyo in June 2017. The former holder of the most prestigious Meijin title, Kato died of pneumonia on Jan. 22, 2026, aged 86. He had held the record for becoming the youngest pro shogi player at 14 years and seven months in 1954 until Sota Fujii broke it at 14 years and two months in 2016, while he played to the age of 77 years and five months, the oldest on record.

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Soccer: Makino double helps Reds rally to beat Tokyo

SAITAMA, Japan, June 22 Kyodo - Tomoaki Makino scores the equalizer in Urawa Reds' 3-2 come-from-behind victory at home to FC Tokyo in a rescheduled J-League first-division game on June 22, 2016.

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N. Korea launches ballistic missile

TOKYO, Japan, June 22 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on June 22, 2016, after North Korea tried to launch what appears to be a Musudan missile, an attempt that appeared to have ended in failure. Nakatani expressed "extreme regret" about the launch, calling it a "grave provocative act" in light of international security.