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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Chopin piano contest

Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara meets the press after performing in the final stage of the Frederic Chopin international piano competition in Warsaw on Oct. 20, 2025. Kuwahara finished fourth.

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Winner Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, looks on as second place Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, sprays champagne at Mercedes performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara and third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Second place Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, left to right, winner Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, and his team's performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara watch as third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, douses himself with champagne following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, left, celebrates his win with team's performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara, and teammate Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, during Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli of Italy, right douses himself with champagne beside the team's performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Masayuki Kuwahara scores on a sacrifice fly by Shota Morishita in the first inning of a Group B game against Taiwan at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 16, 2024, in Taipei.

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Kuwahara wins silver in men's horizontal bar

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese gymnast Shun Kuwahara bites his silver medal on Nov. 17, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, after finishing second in the men's horizontal bar.

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China's Zhang wins gold in men's horizontal bar

GUANGZHOU, China - Zhang Chenglong of China (C), gold medalist in the men's horizontal bar, raises a bouquet alongside silver medalist Shun Kuwahara of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Teng Haibin of China (R) at a medal ceremony on Nov. 17, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

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Japan strikes gold in swimming, gymnastics

IZMIR, Turkey - The Japanese men's gymnastics team comprising (from L to R) Takehiro Kashima, Shun Kuwahara, Takehito Mori, Ryosuke Baba and Hiroyuki Tomita show off their medals after winning the team tile at the University Games in Izmir on Aug. 13. South Korea won silver and China took bronze.

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Japan strikes gold in swimming, gymnastics

IZMIR, Turkey - The Japanese men's gymnastics team comprising (from L to R) Takehiro Kashima, Shun Kuwahara, Takehito Mori, Ryosuke Baba and Hiroyuki Tomita show off their medals after winning the team tile at the University Games in Izmir on Aug. 13. South Korea won silver and China took bronze. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Kuwahara plays hero again as BayStars beat Giants

Masayuki Kuwahara hits a go-ahead single in the eighth inning of the DeNA BayStars' 7-6 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Yokohama Stadium on June 25, 2016. Kuwahara hit a grand slam and drove in six runs in the previous day's 12-6 victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: BayStars rough up Giants ace Sugano

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano waits as Masayuki Kuwahara runs the bases for his grand slam in the third inning of the Yokohama BayStars' 12-6 victory at Yokohama Stadium on June 24, 2016. Sugano was pulled after surrendering nine runs on 11 hits in 2-1/3 innings. Kuwahara went 3-for-5 with six RBIs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima marks 70th anniv. of atomic bombing

Yuro Kuwahara (L), 12, and Yuka Hosokawa, 11, read the "Commitment to Peace" on behalf of children during a memorial ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2015, as the western Japan city marked the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral car carrying body of shinkansen suicide blaze victim

Mourners pray as the car carrying the body of shinkansen suicide blaze victim Yoshiko Kuwahara leaves a funeral hall in Yokohama on July 6, 2015. She died from asphyxiation caused by smoke inhalation on June 30 when a man burned himself to death on a shinkansen bullet train. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward OKs ordinance on same-sex partnerships

Shibuya Mayor Toshitake Kuwahara smiles at a press conference at the Shibuya Ward government office in Tokyo on March 31, 2015, after the ward became Japan's first municipality to adopt an ordinance enabling it to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. "We have put forward this human rights issue for national debate, opening a new page in history," said Kuwahara, who will retire in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couples to be recognized under plan by Tokyo's Shibuya ward

Toshitake Kuwahara, mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, which plans to issue certificates recognizing same-sex couples as being in "relationships equivalent to marriage," attends a press conference in the capital on Feb. 12, 2015. "We would like to address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues from the viewpoint of aiming to realize a diverse society where differences are mutually accepted and respected," Kuwahara said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Zhang wins gold in men's horizontal bar

GUANGZHOU, China - Zhang Chenglong of China (C), gold medalist in the men's horizontal bar, raises a bouquet alongside silver medalist Shun Kuwahara of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Teng Haibin of China (R) at a medal ceremony on Nov. 17, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. (Kyodo)

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Kuwahara wins silver in men's horizontal bar

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese gymnast Shun Kuwahara bites his silver medal on Nov. 17, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, after finishing second in the men's horizontal bar. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Kuwahara leads BayStars to rout of Dragons

Masayuki Kuwahara slides home for a run in the third inning of the DeNA BayStars' 9-0 rout of the Chunichi Dragons at Nagoya Dome on July 8, 2017. Kuwahara went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and three runs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo