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2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

Reina Kakuta of Japan (left) and Abigail Byskata of Finland in action during 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship ice hockey match between Finland and Japan in Vantaa, Finland, on January 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

TOKYO, Japan - Takami Ito (L) wins the 135th Akutagawa Prize on July 13 for promising new writers of serious fiction, a year after his wife Mitsuyo Kakuta received the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of popular fiction last year. The Naoki Prize this year was given to Shion Miura (C) and Eto Mori (R).

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Winners of Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes

Winners of Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyo Kakuta (L), winner of the Naoki Prize, and Kazushige Abe, winner of Akutagawa Prize, shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 13. The prizes, which were named after the novelists Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Sanjugo Naoki, were launched in 1935 to encourage writers.

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Football League 1 Uber Eats  RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Football League 1 Uber Eats RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Gaël KAKUTA of LENS In action during the match between RC LENS and LILLE LOSC, Derby of the north, match of league 1 UBER EATS at Bollaert-Delelis stadium, on May 7 2021 in Lens, France. Photo by Loic BARATOUX/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football League 1 Uber Eats  RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Football League 1 Uber Eats RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Gaël KAKUTA of LENS In action during the match between RC LENS and LILLE LOSC, Derby of the north, match of league 1 UBER EATS at Bollaert-Delelis stadium, on May 7 2021 in Lens, France. Photo by Loic BARATOUX/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football League 1 Uber Eats  RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Football League 1 Uber Eats RC LENS vs LILLE LOSC in Lens

Gaël KAKUTA of LENS and Jonathan BAMBA of LILLE In action during the match between RC LENS and LILLE LOSC, Derby of the north, match of league 1 UBER EATS at Bollaert-Delelis stadium, on May 7 2021 in Lens, France. Photo by Loic BARATOUX/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta fights for the ball during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta fights for the ball with LyonâÂÂs Belgium defender Jason Denayer (L) during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Lyonâs Belgium defender Jason Denayer fights for the ball with Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta (R) fights for the ball with LyonâÂÂs Belgium defender Jason Denayer during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

LyonâÂÂs Belgium defender Jason Denayer fights for the ball with Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

LyonâÂÂs Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta fights for the ball with Lensâ Malian midfielder Cheick Doucoure (R) and Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta (L) during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

LyonâÂÂs Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta fights for the ball with Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Ligue 1 - RC Lens vs Olmypique Lyonnaise - Lens

Lensâ French midfielder Gael Kakuta heads the ball during the Ligue 1 football match between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) at Stade Bollaert Delelis in Lens, on April 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Sebadelha/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Sebadelha Julie/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Winners of Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes

Winners of Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyo Kakuta (L), winner of the Naoki Prize, and Kazushige Abe, winner of Akutagawa Prize, shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 13. The prizes, which were named after the novelists Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Sanjugo Naoki, were launched in 1935 to encourage writers. (Kyodo)

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Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

TOKYO, Japan - Takami Ito (L) wins the 135th Akutagawa Prize on July 13 for promising new writers of serious fiction, a year after his wife Mitsuyo Kakuta received the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of popular fiction last year. The Naoki Prize this year was given to Shion Miura (C) and Eto Mori (R). (Kyodo)

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Japanese novelists in Paris

Japanese novelists in Paris

Japanese novelists (from R) Mitsuyo Kakuta, Natsuo Kirino and Mariko Hayashi attend a literature symposium in Paris on Jan. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese novelists in Paris

Japanese novelists in Paris

Japanese novelists (from R) Mitsuyo Kakuta, Natsuo Kirino and Mariko Hayashi attend a literature symposium in Paris on Jan. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese novelists Mitsuyo Kakuta, Ito Ogawa

Japanese novelists Mitsuyo Kakuta, Ito Ogawa

Japanese novelists Mitsuyo Kakuta (L) and Ito Ogawa attend an event in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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