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Windsurfers taking to Yodo River in downtown Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in December 2014 shows Keiichi Kitamoto enjoying windsurfing on the Yodo River with skyscrapers of the downtown Umeda area in the background in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.

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Tomato curry wins 1st place at Yokosuka festival

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Food vendor staffers hold a tomato curry from Kitamoto, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, during a curry festival in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 11, 2014. The dish won a grand prize of the local curry competition in the city renowned for curry.

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1st 5 major cherry trees summit in Japan

KITAMOTO, Japan - Representatives of five Japanese municipalities known for their ancient cherry trees - (from L) Fujinomiya City of Shizuoka Prefecture, Hokuto City of Yamanashi Prefecture, Kitamoto City of Saitama Prefecture, Motosu City of Gifu Prefecture, and the town of Miharu of Fukushima Prefecture - join hands to pose for photos during their first summit meeting to discuss preservation methods and tourism promotion plans on March 23, 2014, in Kitamoto. Designated as natural treasures in 1922, the venerable trees are known as the "five major cherry trees of Japan" and range from 800 to 2,000 years of age.

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Japan's Kitamoto wins women's kayak title

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto holds her gold medal after winning in the women's single 200-meter kayak at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 26, 2010.

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Japanese pair 5th in women's kayak double 500-meter final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (R) and Mikiko Takeya in action on their way to fifth place in the women's kayak double 500-meter final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 23.

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Olympics: Japan quartet 6th in kayak four final

BEIJING, China - Japan's (L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki in action during the women's kayak four 500 meters final of the Beijing Olympics at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 22. Japan finished sixth, its best Olympic showing in the event.

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Japan's Kitamoto, Takeya win Kayak double 500m semifinal

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (front) and Mikiko Takeya paddle to victory in a Kayak double 500m women's semifinal in the Beijing Olympic Games at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 21.

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(2)Japan's 1st case of human mad cow disease confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuyuki Kitamoto (L), a professor at Tohoku University who heads the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's experts committee on Creutzfeldt-Jacob and other diseases, briefs reporters about Japan's first CJD patient.

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Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins bronze in the women's kayak fours 500 meters in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Miho Adachi, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki. (Asian Games)

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(2)Japan's 1st case of human mad cow disease confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuyuki Kitamoto (L), a professor at Tohoku University who heads the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's experts committee on Creutzfeldt-Jacob and other diseases, briefs reporters about Japan's first CJD patient. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins bronze in the women's kayak fours 500 meters in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Miho Adachi, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki. (Asian Games) (Kyodo)

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Nobel prize winner Omura makes hospital full of art works

Photo taken on Oct. 6, 2015, shows paintings on the wall at the Kitasato University Medical Center in Kitamoto, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Satoshi Omura, professor emeritus at the university who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Irish and Chinese scientists, proposed to fill the hospital walls with paintings to heal patients' minds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pair 5th in women's kayak double 500-meter final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (R) and Mikiko Takeya in action on their way to fifth place in the women's kayak double 500-meter final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 23. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kitamoto, Takeya win Kayak double 500m semifinal

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (front) and Mikiko Takeya paddle to victory in a Kayak double 500m women's semifinal in the Beijing Olympic Games at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kitamoto wins women's kayak title

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto holds her gold medal after winning in the women's single 200-meter kayak at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 26, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Windsurfers taking to Yodo River in downtown Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in December 2014 shows Keiichi Kitamoto enjoying windsurfing on the Yodo River with skyscrapers of the downtown Umeda area in the background in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)