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Golf: Stanley Ladies

Yui Kawamoto poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Stanley Ladies golf tournament at Tomei Country Club in Susono in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Golf: Stanley Ladies

Yui Kawamoto poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Stanley Ladies golf tournament at Tomei Country Club in Susono in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Masayuki Kawamoto, mayor of the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, claps his hands on Oct. 12, 2023, in front of a drop curtain celebrating him clinching his eighth title, Oza, the previous day to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Takeshi Kawamoto dives in for the start of the men's 50-meter butterfly final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Takeshi Kawamoto dives in for the start of the men's 50-meter butterfly final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Swimming: Japan national championships

Takeshi Kawamoto competes in a men's 50-meter butterfly heat during the national swimming championships at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on April 4, 2023. Kawamoto set a new Japan record of 23.13 seconds.

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Badminton: Japan national championships

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan plays Takuma Kawamoto in a men's singles second round match at the national championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. Momota won 2-0.

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New Japanese noodle restaurant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Takashi Kawamoto, president of noodle restaurant chain Ginya, poses for a photo on Nov. 27, 2010, in front of Gokumiso Sukeya X Ginya, one of six Japanese ramen restaurants in a new establishment called Ramen Champion, which in opened Bangkok's Thong Lo district on Nov. 30.

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Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2006 shows Japan's leading puppet animation producer Kihachiro Kawamoto, who died of pneumonia on Aug. 23, 2010, at the age of 85.

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Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Japan's leading puppet animation producer Kihachiro Kawamoto (R) and a puppet of Zhuge Liang, a figure in the NHK series ''Sangokushi'' (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Kawamoto died of pneumonia on Aug. 23, 2010, at the age of 85.

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Hitachi unit eyes robust demand for lithium ion batteries

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetaka Kawamoto, president of Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd., speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. Kawamoto said his company is eyeing robust orders from General Motors Corp. for lithium ion batteries to be installed in gas-electric hybrid cars as GM pins hopes on green cars to drive its recovery.

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Inax to build more plants in Vietnam, China

TOKONAME, Japan - Inax Corp. President Ryuichi Kawamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on July 12. He said the sanitary earthenware maker will build two plants in Vietnam and one in China at a total cost of 5.3 billion yen.

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Kihachiro Kawamoto

Kihachiro Kawamoto, doll animation cartoonist (photo taken on March 03, 2006)

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Japan, S. Korea strike deal in fisheries talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Pak Jae Yong, assistant vice minister of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Seiji Kawamoto, deputy head of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands after reaching a basic fisheries agreement in Seoul on Dec. 28.

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JAL captains blast premature police investigation

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Kawamoto (2nd from L), an All Nipppon Airways captain who heads the Japan Federation of Flight Crew Unions, speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Feb. 3. The federation claimed premature police questioning of a pilot involved in a Jan. 31 aerial near-miss incident has resulted in a delay in determining the cause.

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Golf: Vantelin Tokai Classic 2022

Riki Kawamoto holds up the winner's trophy after his victory at the Vantelin Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Miyoshi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2022.

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Golf: Vantelin Tokai Classic 2022

Riki Kawamoto reacts with a fist pump after sinking the winning putt for his second JGTO title at the Vantelin Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Miyoshi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2022.

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Golf: Vantelin Tokai Classic 2022

Riki Kawamoto holds up the winner's trophy after his victory at the Vantelin Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Miyoshi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2022.

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Golf: Vantelin Tokai Classic 2022

Riki Kawamoto reacts with a fist pump after sinking the winning putt for his second JGTO title at the Vantelin Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Miyoshi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2022.

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Inax to build more plants in Vietnam, China

TOKONAME, Japan - Inax Corp. President Ryuichi Kawamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on July 12. He said the sanitary earthenware maker will build two plants in Vietnam and one in China at a total cost of 5.3 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea strike deal in fisheries talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Pak Jae Yong, assistant vice minister of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Seiji Kawamoto, deputy head of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands after reaching a basic fisheries agreement in Seoul on Dec. 28.

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Exhibit of skull-themed posters starts at museum in western Japan

Medical doctor Keiji Kawamoto shows a skull-themed poster at his "Skull Museum" in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 15, 2015. Some 100 such posters collected by him at home and abroad over the past 30 years are exhibited at the museum on Sundays in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the third tee during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 4, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the fifth tee during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 4, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan is pictured after finishing her final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 4, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan plays a shot from a bunker on the fifth hole during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 4, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan reacts after making a birdie on the sixth hole during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 4, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits a shot on the fourth hole during the third round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 3, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the fifth tee during the third round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 3, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the seventh tee during the third round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 3, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan plays a shot from a bunker on the 17th hole during the third round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 3, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan putts for birdie on the 15th hole during the first round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 1, 2021.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the 16th tee during the first round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 1, 2021.

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Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Japan's leading puppet animation producer Kihachiro Kawamoto (R) and a puppet of Zhuge Liang, a figure in the NHK series ''Sangokushi'' (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms). Kawamoto died of pneumonia on Aug. 23, 2010, at the age of 85. (Kyodo)

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Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2006 shows Japan's leading puppet animation producer Kihachiro Kawamoto, who died of pneumonia on Aug. 23, 2010, at the age of 85. (Kyodo)

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New Japanese noodle restaurant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Takashi Kawamoto, president of noodle restaurant chain Ginya, poses for a photo on Nov. 27, 2010, in front of Gokumiso Sukeya X Ginya, one of six Japanese ramen restaurants in a new establishment called Ramen Champion, which in opened Bangkok's Thong Lo district on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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Golf: ShopRite LPGA Classic

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the 13th tee during the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Oct. 4, 2020, on Seaview Golf Club's Bay Course in Galloway, New Jersey.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits a shot on the second hole during the final round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 13, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Japanese players Hinako Shibuno (L) and Yui Kawamoto are pictured during the third round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 12, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan pumps her fist after making a birdie putt on the 15th hole during the second round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan makes a birdie putt on the 15th hole during the second round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits a shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the 13th tee during the second round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the 10th tee during the first round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 10, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan hits from the 11th tee during the first round of the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 10, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan plays a practice round for the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 9, 2020.

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Golf: ANA Inspiration

Yui Kawamoto of Japan plays a practice round for the ANA Inspiration golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sept. 8, 2020, wearing a face mask amid concerns over the novel coronavirus.

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Rest House of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

A piano originally owned by Akiko Kawamoto, a 19-year-old Japanese woman killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is played at the Rest House in the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on June 30, 2020, during a ceremony marking the completion of renovation work on the building, which survived the bombing. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rest House of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

A piano originally owned by Akiko Kawamoto, a 19-year-old Japanese woman killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is played at the Rest House in the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on June 30, 2020, during a ceremony marking the completion of renovation work on the building, which survived the bombing. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Piano used by A-bomb victim

A concert using a piano played by Akiko Kawamoto, a 19-year-old Japanese woman killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is held on a ship off Pusan, South Korea, on Aug. 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo