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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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World Athletics Championships in Tokyo - Day 2

Kobayashi Kana of Japan reacts after the women's marathon final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 2025. Photo by Jia Haocheng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan runs through the Ginza district during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan runs through the Akihabara district during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan celebrates with the national flag after finishing seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan celebrates with the national flag after finishing seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan celebrates with the national flag after finishing seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan finishes seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan celebrates with the national flag after finishing seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Kana Kobayashi of Japan finishes seventh in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Holder of 5 women's shogi titles back to competition

Professional shogi player Kana Fukuma, holder of five titles in the women's category, is pictured after beating Kei Kato in a round-robin match at the Hakurei women's championship in Takatsuki, Osaka, on Feb. 14, 2025. She returned to competition after being sidelined between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

OSAKA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2007, at public broadcaster NHK's Osaka studio shows Japanese twin actors Mana Mikura (L) and Kana Mikura ahead of the start of shooting for the television drama series "Dandan," which will starr the pair and will begin airing in September of the following year.(Kyodo)

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Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese twin actors Mana Mikura (L) and Kana Mikura, both playing starring roles in public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Futarikko," visit the ACROS Fukuoka multi-purpose hall in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 8, 1997, for the recording of a TV commercial related to the Asian Development Bank.(Kyodo)

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-PERTH-HOCKEY-WOMEN-CHINA VS JAPAN

(240427) -- PERTH, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Yang (L) of China competes against Urata Kana of Japan during a women's hockey test match between Japan and China in Perth, Australia, April 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

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Lunar New Year celebrated in various countries

STORY: Lunar New Year celebrated in various countries SHOOTING DATE: Recent footage DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:07:53 LOCATION: Ulan Bator/Bratislava/Yaounde/DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania/Amman/Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): CAI GE, Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KANA AIME ROSS, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Yaounde II 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PENDO MALANGWA, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Dar es Salaam 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): EDIGER LYOMBO, Student at Confucius Institute 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD JAD, Student 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Indonesian): NESY ANGGRAENI, Visitor 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Indonesian): EKA SEPTIADI, Visitor STORYLINE: As the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year approaches, a variety of activities have been held in various countries to celebrate the occasion and welcome the Year of the Dragon. The Mongol Post, Mongolia's national postal service, has issued a special postage st

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi smile during a press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023, at which they announced their retirement from competitive skating.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WUSHU-CHANGQUAN (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ikeuchi Kana of Japan competes during the Women's Changquan Final of Wushu at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi smile during a press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023, at which they announced their retirement from competitive skating.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: World Team Trophy exhibition gala

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the closing exhibition gala for the World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on April 16, 2023.

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Figure skating: World Team Trophy exhibition gala

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the closing exhibition gala for the World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on April 16, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (back) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance in the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 13, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (top) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japan's Kana Muramoto (up) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance program during the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 25, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance program during the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 25, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 24, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi acknowledge spectators after performing in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (facing camera) perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the national figure skating championships.