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Boxing: WBA, WBC light flyweight title match

Japan's Kenshiro Teraji (top) knocks down Venezuela's Carlos Canizales during the second round of their WBA and WBC flyweight boxing title match in Osaka on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Boxing: WBA, WBC light flyweight title match

Japan's Kenshiro Teraji smiles after successfully defending his WBA and WBC light flyweight boxing titles over Venezuela's Carlos Canizales in Osaka on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Boxing: WBA, WBC light flyweight title match

Japan's Kenshiro Teraji (facing camera) lands a punch on Venezuela's Carlos Canizales during the ninth round of their WBA and WBC light flyweight boxing title match in Osaka on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler fight

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji of Japan pumps his fist after stopping Hekkie Budler of South Africa in the ninth round to retain his two boxing titles at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler fight

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji of Japan celebrates with his belts worn over his shoulders after defending his boxing title with a ninth-round technical knockout of Hekkie Budler of South Africa at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (R) of Japan hugs Hekkie Budler of South Africa after defending his boxing title with a ninth-round technical knockout at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler fight

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (R) of Japan throws a punch at Hekkie Budler of South Africa during the seventh round of his boxing title defense at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler fight

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (L) of Japan throws a punch at Hekkie Budler of South Africa during the first round of his boxing title defense at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Boxing: Teraji-Budler fight

WBA and WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (R) of Japan forces Hekkie Budler of South Africa against the ropes during the ninth round of his boxing title defense at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sept. 18, 2023.

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Japanese boxers Nasukawa, Teraji

Japanese combat sports star Tenshin Nasukawa (R), who is set to make his pro boxing debut, and Kenshiro Teraji, who owns the WBA and WBC belts at light flyweight, pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2023.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (2nd from R), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, holding a meeting with Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (far L), and Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), a former Japanese lawmaker, in Pyongyang on Nov. 6, 2013. North Korea said Dec. 9 that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Japanese lawmaker meets top aide of N. Korean leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top aide, and Kenshiro Matsunami, a former Japanese lawmaker, hold a meeting at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Japanese university students arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), chairman of the board of directors of Nippon Sport Science University, and other members of a Japanese delegation offer flowers at giant bronze statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japanese university students arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kenshiro Matsunami (L), chairman of the board of directors of Nippon Sport Science University, shakes hands with Antonio Inoki, a member of Japan's House of Councillors, at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan, N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (from L in front) Former Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami meet before a soccer game between Japanese and North Korean students in Pyongyang on Nov. 14, 2012.

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Japan, N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (from L in front row) Former Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami watch a soccer game between Japanese and North Korean students in Pyongyang on Nov. 14, 2012.

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Sports university students visit N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami (C front) and about 40 students leave Beijing airport for Pyongyang on Nov. 12, 2012, for sports exchanges with North Korea.

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)

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Lawmaker Matsunami attends ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami tells a lower house political ethics panel May 21 why he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaaries. (Pool photo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics.

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Matsunami asks for convening of Diet ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a letter to Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the lower house ethics panel, on April; 24 asking him to convene the panel to deal with Matsunami's alleged links with the criminal underworld.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)

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Scandal-hit Matsunami gets ponytail cut

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami speaks at a news conference at the Diet April 21 on his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his aides' salaries. He had his ponytail cut off.

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Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on April 15 following a revelation that he allowed a construction firm that had links to gangsters pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Kabul asks Japan's help in reconstructing Buddha statues

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami says Dec. 23 that Raheed Makhdoom, minister of information and culture of the new interim government of Afghanistan, has asked for Japan's cooperation in reconstructing two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan Province that were destroyed by the Taliban in March. Matsunami attended the inauguration ceremony for the interim government Dec. 22 in Kabul.

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (R) lunges in the third round of a world boxing title unification match against Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi, the WBA super champion of the weight class, on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (R) and Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi, the WBA super champion of the weight class, exchange blows in the fifth round of a world boxing title unification match on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan.

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

Kenshiro Teraji celebrates with the WBC and WBA belts after defeating Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi in a light flyweight boxing title unification match on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (L) and Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi, the WBA super champion of the weight class, exchange blows in the fourth round of a world boxing title unification match on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan.

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

WBC light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji (L) lunges in the first round of a world boxing title unification match against Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi, the WBA super champion of the weight class, on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Teraji-Kyoguchi title unification match

Kenshiro Teraji celebrates with the WBC and WBA belts after defeating Japanese compatriot Hiroto Kyoguchi in a light flyweight boxing title unification match on Nov. 1, 2022, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan.

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Boxing: WBA champ Hiroto Kyoguchi

WBA light flyweight super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi holds an open media workout session at his Watanabe Gym in Tokyo on Oct. 26. 2022, ahead of the Nov. 1 title unification fight with WBC champ Kenshiro Teraji.

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Boxing: WBA champ Hiroto Kyoguchi

WBA light flyweight super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi holds an open media workout session at his Watanabe Gym in Tokyo on Oct. 26. 2022, ahead of the Nov. 1 title unification fight with WBC champ Kenshiro Teraji.

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Boxing: WBA champ Hiroto Kyoguchi

WBA light flyweight super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi holds an open media workout session at his Watanabe Gym in Tokyo on Oct. 26. 2022, ahead of the Nov. 1 title unification fight with WBC champ Kenshiro Teraji.

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Boxing: WBA champ Hiroto Kyoguchi

WBA light flyweight super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi holds an open media workout session at his Watanabe Gym in Tokyo on Oct. 26. 2022, ahead of the Nov. 1 title unification fight with WBC champ Kenshiro Teraji.

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Boxing: Teraji regains WBC light flyweight crown

Kenshiro Teraji (R) fights against Masamichi Yabuki en route to winning back the World Boxing Council light flyweight title in Kyoto on March 19, 2022.

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Boxing: Teraji regains WBC light flyweight crown

Kenshiro Teraji (top) celebrates after winning back the World Boxing Council light flyweight title from Masamichi Yabuki in Kyoto on March 19, 2022.

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Boxing: Teraji regains WBC light flyweight crown

Kenshiro Teraji celebrates after winning back the World Boxing Council light flyweight title from Masamichi Yabuki in Kyoto on March 19, 2022.

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Kabul asks Japan's help in reconstructing Buddha statues

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami says Dec. 23 that Raheed Makhdoom, minister of information and culture of the new interim government of Afghanistan, has asked for Japan's cooperation in reconstructing two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan Province that were destroyed by the Taliban in March. Matsunami attended the inauguration ceremony for the interim government Dec. 22 in Kabul.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Matsunami gets ponytail cut

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami speaks at a news conference at the Diet April 21 on his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his aides' salaries. He had his ponytail cut off. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Matsunami attends ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami tells a lower house political ethics panel May 21 why he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaaries. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Man in news: Head of Sakamoto Ryoma museum stands by his statue

Kenshiro Mori, head of the Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum in Kochi, western Japan, strikes a pose on Sept. 2, 2015, by the statue of the leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. He has paved the way for a sweeping refurbishment of the museum targeting reopening from January 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.(Kyodo)

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Japanese boxer Kenshiro Teraji

Kenshiro Teraji poses for photos after defending his World Boxing Council light flyweight title for the fifth time in a match against Mexico's Saul Juarez on Dec. 30, 2018, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese boxer Kenshiro Teraji

Kenshiro Teraji poses for photos after defending his World Boxing Council light flyweight title for the fifth time in a match against Mexico's Saul Juarez on Dec. 30, 2018, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese boxer Kenshiro Teraji

Kenshiro Teraji poses for photos after defending his World Boxing Council light flyweight title for the fifth time in a match against Mexico's Saul Juarez on Dec. 30, 2018, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)