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Abe meets Japan, Hamburg cherry blossom beauties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) meets Japan cherry blossom queen Chihiro Konishi (R) and Hamburg cherry blossom princess Miriam Rossmann at his office in Tokyo on April 4, 2014.

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Foreign wives in tsunami-hit area find comfort in church support

OFUNATO, Japan - Yukie Nogami (3rd from R), a sister of the Rome-headquartered Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, joins a post-Mass event, surrounded by Gina Konishi (3rd from L), Jocelyn Sumigama (bottom) and their friends at a Catholic church in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2012. (Photo by Yuichiro Izawa)

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Foreign wives in tsunami-hit area find comfort in church support

OFUNATO, Japan - Gina Konishi gets on-the-job training to become a caretaker at a nursing home for visually impaired elderly Shofuen in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2012. (Photo by Yuichiro Izawa)

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Women's pro baseball back in Japan, 1st in 59 yrs

KYOTO, Japan - Mika Konishi (L), a pitcher for the Hyogo Swing Smileys, celebrates after the club beat the Kyoto Asto Dreams in the landmark opener of Japan's female professional league at Wakasa Stadium in Kyoto on April 23, 2010. The game marked resumption of women's pro competition in the sport for the first time in 59 years.

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(1)Japan wins gold in women's synchronized swimming

ROME, Italy - The Japanese women's synchronized swimming team performs at the Rome Open Synchronized Swimming Competition on June 8. The Japanese team, consisting of Emiko Suzuki, Saho Harada, Naoko Kawashima, Kanako Kitao, Ayako Matsumura, Masako Tachibana, Erika Komura and Takako Konishi, won the gold medal.

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(1)Hibakusha use NPT confab as platform to promote peace message

New York, United States - Satoru Konishi, international director of Hidankyo, a confederation of A-bomb and H-bomb sufferers, recounts events on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima, for some 200 high school students in New York on May 23.

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Fukuhara, Konishi win women's doubles title

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Fukuhara (L) and An Konishi smile on the podium at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 15 after winning the women's doubles title at All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the third straight year.

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Japan proposes to U.N. info-sharing database on disasters

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs Masaki Konishi (R) proposes the creation of an information-sharing database on natural disasters at the start of a preparatory session for an upcoming U.N. conference on disaster reduction held in Geneva on Oct. 11.

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Ai-chan, Konishi win Olympic berth in doubles

BEIJING, China - Ai Fukuhara (fore) and An Konishi win a berth at this summer's Athens Olympics in doubles at the Asian zone qualifying tournament in Beijing on April.

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Fukuhara becomes youngest player to win national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - An Konishi (L) and Ai Fukuhara pose after the women's singles final of the national table tennis championships at Tokyo Budokan on Dec. 23. Fukuhara, 14, who started playing table tennis at the age of three, became Japan's youngest player to win the national title.

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Tokinoya named envoy to Thailand, Konishi to Malaysia

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Foreign Ministry named on Nov. 13 Atsushi Tokinoya (L), ambassador in charge of inspection, as ambassador to Thailand, Masaki Konishi (C), former Japan Foundation executive, as top envoy to Malaysia, and Yukio Takasu (R), former ambassador to the United Nations, as ambassador to Japan's permanent mission for international organizations in Vienna.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Hijackers' daughters leave N. Korea for Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction cadres are seen in photo taken by a supporter in March in Pyongyang. Shown are Asaka Tamiya (L), 22, daughter of Takamaro Tamiya, deceased leader of the hijackers' group; Azumi Tanaka (C), 22, daughter of Yoshimi Tanaka; and Ritsuko Konishi, 23, daughter of Takahiro Konishi. The three daughters, whose fathers defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane in 1970, left Pyongyang on May 15 for Japan via China.

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

(Clockwise from top C) Rikako Ikee, Chihiro Igarashi, Anna Konishi and Kanako Watanabe are pictured after finishing eighth in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Swimming

Japanese swimmers (from L) Chihiro Igarashi, Rikako Ikee, Kanako Watanabe and Anna Konishi pose for a photo after finishing eighth in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokinoya named envoy to Thailand, Konishi to Malaysia

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Foreign Ministry named on Nov. 13 Atsushi Tokinoya (L), ambassador in charge of inspection, as ambassador to Thailand, Masaki Konishi (C), former Japan Foundation executive, as top envoy to Malaysia, and Yukio Takasu (R), former ambassador to the United Nations, as ambassador to Japan's permanent mission for international organizations in Vienna.

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1970 JAL hijackers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The file photo taken in Pyongyang on Sept. 5, 2004 shows Japanese leftist radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to the North Korean capital in 1970. From left, Kimihiro Uomoto, Takahiro Konishi, Shiro Akagi and Moriaki Wakabayashi. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara, Konishi win women's doubles title

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Fukuhara (L) and An Konishi smile on the podium at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 15 after winning the women's doubles title at All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the third straight year. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan wins gold in women's synchronized swimming

ROME, Italy - The Japanese women's synchronized swimming team perform at the Rome Open Synchronized Swimming Competition on June 8. The Japanese team, consisting of Emiko Suzuki, Saho Harada, Naoko Kawashima, Kanako Kitao, Ayako Matsumura, Masako Tachibana, Erika Komura and Takako Konishi, won the gold medal. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Red Army members in N. Korea intend to return home

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former members of the Red Army Faction who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to North Korea in 1970 -- (from L to R) Moriaki Wakabayashi, 55, Takahiro Konishi, 57, Shiro Akagi, 54 and Kimihiro Abe, 54 -- show travel documents in Pyongyang on July 9 to apply for return to Japan. They entrusted the documents to Yukio Yamanaka, who heads their Japanese support group.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Japan proposes to U.N. info-sharing database on disasters

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs Masaki Konishi (R) proposes the creation of an information-sharing database on natural disasters at the start of a preparatory session for an upcoming U.N. conference on disaster reduction held in Geneva on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

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Aloha Summer (1988)

Yuji Okumoto Characters: Kenzo Konishi Film: Aloha Summer (1988) Director: Tommy Lee Wallace 26 February 1988 Date: 26 February 1988

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Ruby Roman grapes fetch record 1.1 mil. yen in season's 1st auction

Takamaru Konishi, a buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, holds a bunch of Ruby Roman table grapes at a wholesale market in the central Japanese city of Kanazawa on July 7, 2016. The supermarket, which became the winning bidder of the specialty of Ishikawa Prefecture with a record-high 1.1 million yen ($10,900) in the year's first auction, was also the winner of a pair of premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in Sapporo in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets Japanese, German cherry blossom queens

Laura Graewert (L), cherry blossom queen of Hamburg, Germany, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 12, 2016, with Japanese Cherry Blossom Queen Chihiro Konishi looking on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in news: Director of film depicting people in tsunami-hit town

Haruko Konishi talks in Tokyo on April 23, 2015, about her first documentary film depicting the grit and pride of people in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, where some 1,300 residents were killed or went missing in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Hibakusha use NPT confab as platform to promote peace message

New York, United States - Satoru Konishi, international director of Hidankyo, a confederation of A-bomb and H-bomb sufferers, recounts events on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima, for some 200 high school students in New York on May 23. (Kyodo)

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The hundred-step Otokozaka slope at Mt. Atago

Mt. Atago is a small hill of only 26 meters in height. However, because it was located in a flat area, it was known for its panoramic view and became a favourite spot to enjoy the New Year's sunrise, moon viewing and snow viewing. This photograph depicts a festival day around 1897. Children are carrying a mikoshi (portable shrine). On the right is the liquor shop Konishiya. At present, the shop stands in the foreground and its name has been changed to Atago Konishi.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐21‐0]

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Women's pro baseball back in Japan, 1st in 59 yrs

KYOTO, Japan - Mika Konishi (L), a pitcher for the Hyogo Swing Smileys, celebrates after the club beat the Kyoto Asto Dreams in the landmark opener of Japan's female professional league at Wakasa Stadium in Kyoto on April 23, 2010. The game marked resumption of women's pro competition in the sport for the first time in 59 years. (Kyodo)

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Osaka gubernatorial election

Tadakazu Konishi, a former vice governor of Osaka Prefecture, campaigns in the city of Osaka on March 21, 2019, in the Osaka gubernatorial election to be held on April 7. Official campaigning for unified local elections started across Japan with results expected to impact the House of Councillors election in the summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: World title doubleheader

Japan's Reiya Konishi (L) takes a punch from Venezuela's Carlos Canizales in their fight for the WBA vacant light flyweight title in Kobe on March 18, 2018. Canizales, the No. 1 contender, won on a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Japan's goalie Akane Konishi (30) blocks a shot by Kim Un Hyang (4) of the unified Korean team near Mika Hori (7) of Japan in the women's ice hockey preliminary round at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 14, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top 4 finishers at Miss Universe Japan contest

(From L) Momoko Abe, Kanako Fukuoka, Ayaka Koshiba and Natsuki Konishi place first, second, third and fourth, respectively, in a contest in Tokyo on July 4, 2017, to represent Japan in the year's Miss Universe pageant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ai-chan, Konishi win Olympic berth in doubles

BEIJING, China - Ai Fukuhara (fore) and An Konishi win a berth at this summer's Athens Olympics in doubles at the Asian zone qualifying tournament in Beijing on April. (Kyodo)

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Hijacker's wife gets suspended jail term over passport

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Konishi (in file photo), wife of a Red Army Faction hijacker, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for four years, at the Tokyo District Court on April 4 for failing to surrender her passport while living in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara becomes youngest player to win national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - An Konishi (L) and Ai Fukuhara pose after the women's singles final of the national table tennis championships at Tokyo Budokan on Dec. 23. Fukuhara, 14, who started playing table tennis at the age of three, became Japan's youngest player to win the national title. (Kyodo)

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Kin of 1970 JAL hijackers arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Five children of Japanese radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane to North Korea in 1970 arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 10 from North Korea. Takako Konishi, wife of Red Army Faction group leader Takahiro Konishi, who also arrived with them was arrested at the airport on suspicion of violating the passport law. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kin of 1970 JAL hijackers arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Takako Konishi, the wife of Red Army Faction group leader Takahiro Konishi, arrives at Narita airport from North Korea with five relatives of Japanese radicals who hijacked a Japanese plane to the North in 1970. Konishi was arrested at Narita on suspicion of violating the passport law. (Kyodo)