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2025 Toronto International Film Festival - Tribute Awards

Kazuhiro Tsuji attends the red carpet for the Tribute Awards during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall. on September 7, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Leonardo Ramirez/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press conference on the commencement of TOB by Nidec

Press conference on the commencement of TOB by Nidec. Photo shows, from right, Yoshihide Morimoto, Chairman of Nidec OKK㊨ and Kazuhiro Harada, President of TAKISAWA.=April 4,2025,Tokyo

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Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows players -- (clockwise from front row, L) Shohei Tateyama, Wladimir Balentien, Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, Tony Barnette, Katsuki Akagawa and Ryoji Aikawa -- pose for photos on July 2, 2012, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo after being picked by the Central League's manager for the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star series. (Kyodo)

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Press Conference on the Change of Chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan

Press Conference on the Change of Chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan. From left: Chairman Kazuhiro Ikebe and President-elect Kingo Hayashi=Date:March 15, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Combined photo shows Japanese Major League Baseball players

TOKYO, Japan, June 19 Kyodo - Undated combined photo shows Japanese Major League Baseball players (clockwise from top L) Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhisa Ishii, Hideki Irabu, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Hideo Nomo and Kazuhiro Sasaki. (Kyodo)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-EQUESTRIAN (CN)

(231002) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Hua Tian (C) of China, sliver medalist Korntawat Samran (L) of Thailand and bronze medalist Yoshizawa Kazuhiro of Japan pose during the awarding ceremony for the Eventing Individual of Equestrian at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament

Keio infielder Katsuji Kiyohara, son of former baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara who was arrested in 2016 for drug offenses, makes a pinch-hit appearance in a quarterfinal game against Okinawa Shogaku during the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament

Keio infielder Katsuji Kiyohara (C), son of former baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara who was arrested in 2016 for drug offenses, is pictured during the closing ceremony of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Int'l robotics insiders see promising future in China | Sunny's Spotlight

STORY: Int'l robotics insiders see promising future in China | Sunny's Spotlight DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:56 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 World Robot Conference in Beijing 2. STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 4. STANDUP 3 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WOLFRAM BURGARD, Professor of robotics and artificial intelligence, University of Technology Nuremberg 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZVI SHILLER, President, Israeli Robotics Association 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KAZUHIRO KOSUGE, Chair professor of robotic systems, University of Hong Kong 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MASSIMILIANO ZECCA, Professor of healthcare technology, Loughborough University 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CHEE-FAI TAN, President, ASEAN Smart Industry Confederation 10. STANDUP 4 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 11. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): WOLFRAM BURGARD, Professor of roboti

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Baseball: MLB All-Star Game

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki (C) attends the pregame ceremony ahead of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on July 11, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB All-Star Game

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki (R) attends the pregame ceremony ahead of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on July 11, 2023.

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Memorial ceremony for ex-head of Panasonic predecessor

Panasonic Holdings Corp. Chairman Kazuhiro Tsuga speaks to reporters in Osaka, western Japan, on March 17, 2023, after attending a memorial ceremony for Kunio Nakamura, former president of Panasonic Holdings forerunner Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., who died of pneumonia on Nov. 28, 2022, at age 83.

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Youngest shogi pro extends win streak to 17

OSAKA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - Sota Fujii, at 14 the youngest professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, extends his record winning streak to 17 matches with a win over 31-year-old Kazuhiro Nishikawa in Osaka on May 12, 2017.

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Panasonic vows 1 tril. yen investment toward FY 2018 sales goal

TOKYO, March 26 Kyodo - Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corp., briefs reporters on the company's business plan for the fiscal year through March 2016 in Tokyo on March 26, 2015. Tsuga said Panasonic Corp. will spend 1 trillion yen ($844 billion) to carry out "strategic investment" projects centering on mergers and acquisitions, to increase annual sales to 10 trillion yen by fiscal 2018.

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Panasonic raises group profit outlook for FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga (R) smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014. Panasonic lifted its group net and operating profit projections for the current business year through March 2015, reflecting the favorable solar power generation business and positive effects of restructuring.

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Area where N. Korean agent enters specified

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (front), head of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea, investigates a coastal area in Toda town of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2014. Araki said the same day that the location where a North Korean agent is said to have entered Japan in 1980, based on the information provided by a former agent, was specified.

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Baseball Hall of Fame memorial event for Sasaki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kazuhiro "Daimajin" Sasaki, a former closer of the Yokohama Baystars, the current Yokohama DeNA BayStars, attends a ceremony at Yokohama Stadium on April 29, 2014, to commemorate his induction into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. A plaster cast of the handgrip of his signature fork ball stands beside him.

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Panasonic returns to black

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2014, when the company reported it returned to the black for the first time in three years. For the past business year to March 31, Panasonic posted a group net profit of 120.44 billion yen, the result of restructuring and increased sales by its housing and auto-related businesses.

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Panasonic expects 310 bil. yen operating profit

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2014. Panasonic said it expects to book a group operating profit of 310 billion yen in the fiscal year starting April 1.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Akiyama (R), manager of the Softbank Hawks, and former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki pose for photos at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to the hall of fame.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Akiyama (R), manager of the Softbank Hawks, and former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki shake hands at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to the hall of fame.

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CEATEC Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (R) and Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga exchange words at the CEATEC Japan exhibition at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2013.

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CEATEC Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai (R) and Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga exchange words at the CEATEC Japan exhibition at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2013.

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Verxina wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Verxina (C), ridden by Hiroyuki Uchida and owned by former major league pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki, gallops to win the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo on May 12, 2013. Whale Capture (L) and Meine Isabel (R) finished second and third, respectively.

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Verxina wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Jockey Hiroyuki Uchida (R) poses with former major league pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo after victory in the Victoria Mile with Verxina on May 12, 2013. Sasaki is the owner of Verxina.

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Panasonic on business plan

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2013 about the Japanese electronics manufacturer's medium-term business plan. Tsuga said the company will strive to return all its business units to the black in fiscal 2015.

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Panasonic forms business alliance with GM, IBM

LAS VEGAS, United States - Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga speaks at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 8, 2013.

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Panasonic expects to incur huge loss in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Tsuga, president of Panasonic Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. The electronics maker said it expects to book a group net loss of 765 billion yen in fiscal 2012 ending March 31, incurring a hefty loss for the second straight year due to massive restructuring costs amid a continued slump in its mainstay electronics operation.

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Noda retains DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bow after ending their speeches ahead of the presidential election of the Democratic Party of Japan at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 21, 2012. Noda easily defeated his three challengers in the election, remaining as Japan's premier despite low public support for the DPJ and the possibility he may be forced to dissolve the House of Representatives soon.

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Noda retains DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stand on stage ahead of the presidential election of the Democratic Party of Japan at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 21, 2012. Noda easily defeated his three challengers in the election, remaining as Japan's premier despite low public support for the DPJ and the possibility he may be forced to dissolve the House of Representatives soon.

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World's tallest mohawk

NEW YORK, United States - A man measures the height of the mohawk of Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe in New York on Sept. 12, 2012, after his near 1.2-meter mohawk was certified as the world's tallest by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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World's tallest mohawk

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe (C) holds a press conference in New York on Sept. 12, 2012, after his near 1.2-meter mohawk was certified as the world's tallest by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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World's tallest mohawk

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe holds a press conference in New York on Sept. 12, 2012, after his near 1.2-meter mohawk was certified as the world's tallest by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan's former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi announces his candidacy in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, for the party's presidential election later in the month.

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New Panasonic president

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Tsuga, newly appointed president of Panasonic Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012. The electronics company will streamline its headquarters by reducing the 7,000 employees working there and take other steps to turn its business around after posting its largest-ever loss the previous year, said Tsuga, who was named president of the company the previous day.

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Next Panasonic Pres. Tsuga

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. Senior Managing Director Kazuhiro Tsuga holds a press conference in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2012. The electrical appliance manufacturer said the same day Tsuga will be promoted to president in June, succeeding Fumio Otsubo, who will step aside to become chairman.

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Dragons even Japan Series at 3-3

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons outfielder Kazuhiro Wada has a two-run triple in the first inning of Game 6 against the Softbank Hawks at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The Dragons won 2-1, tying the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

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Mizutani 1st man to win 5 consecutive nat'l titles

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Mizutani plays at the national table tennis championships in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2011. Mizutani became the first man to win the men's national singles title five times in a row by defeating Chinese-born Kazuhiro Chan four games to none in the final.

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Chunichi slugger Wada Central League MVP

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Wada, a slugger with the Chunichi Dragons, speaks about his delight after being selected Most Valuable Player of the Central League of the Japanese professional baseball, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010. The 38-year-old Wada, who batted .339 with 37 homers and 93 RBIs, became the oldest player to win the award in the league.

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Lotte beats Chunichi in Game 5

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines starter Hayden Penn reacts after the Chunichi Dragons' Kazuhiro Wada popped foul to second during the third inning of Game 5 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 4, 2010. The Marines won 10-4.

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Chunichi beat Lotte

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines left fielder Ikuhiro Kiyota catches a fly hit by the Chunichi Dragons' Kazuhiro Wada during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 31, 2010. The Marines lost 12-1.

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Kazuhiro Ibata throws to first to complete a double play after forcing out Lotte Marines Ikuhiro Kiyota during the first inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 30, 2010.

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Japan lawmakers fly over Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2010, after a flight over the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea along with three other parliamentarians. Haraguchi said the flight confirmed for him that the islands are part of Japanese territory.

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Japan, Australia to cooperate in broadband technology

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) shakes hands with Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy in Melbourne, Australia, on July 20, 2010. The two countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in broadband technology.

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Ichiro to play on American League All-Star team

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) is visited by retired Japanese slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara (L) during a practice session at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 12, 2010, before playing on the American League All-Star team.

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delays

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Nabekura, president of Japan Post Service Co., speaks to reporters at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after meeting with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi. Haraguchi called on Nabekura to explain in writing significant delays in the company's parcel delivery operations by the end of this month.

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delays

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) hands to Japan Post Service Co. President Shinichi Nabekura documents demanding the company explain in writing significant delays in its parcel delivery operations by the end of this month at his ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010.