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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Baseball: Dodgers' Japanese players dolls

TOKYO, Japan, March 18 Kyodo - Traditional Japanese warrior dolls resembling the three Japanese playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki -- are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls to wish for the healthy growth of boys. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Dodgers' Japanese players dolls

Traditional Japanese warrior dolls resembling the three Japanese playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers -- (from L) Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki -- are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls to wish for the healthy growth of boys.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" dolls of Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, table tennis player Hina Hayata, track and field athlete Nozomi Tanaka, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed. (Kyodo)

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" doll of table tennis player Miwa Harimoto in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" doll of Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" dolls of (clockwise from bottom R) Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, table tennis player Hina Hayata (on second row), track and field athlete Nozomi Tanaka and javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2025

Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils "hina" dolls of (clockwise from bottom R) Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, table tennis player Hina Hayata, track and field athlete Nozomi Tanaka, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. Each year Kyugetsu make hina dolls modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year ahead of the March 3 Girls' Day celebration, when hina dolls are traditionally displayed.

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 3 Kyodo - Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (bottom row, R). (Kyodo)

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman, L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (far L, bottom row).

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, middle row), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R, middle row).

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (bottom row, R).

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Baseball: Samurai dolls of Dodgers' Ohtani, Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan, March 19 Kyodo -"Samurai" warrior dolls of Shohei Ohtani (top, L) and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto (top, R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 19, 2024, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls. Seen below them are dolls of sumo wrestlers from central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, hit by a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1.(Kyodo)

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Baseball: Samurai dolls of Dodgers' Ohtani, Yamamoto

"Samurai" warrior dolls of Shohei Ohtani (far L) and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2nd from L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 19, 2024, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls. Seen behind them are dolls of sumo wrestlers from central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, hit by a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Baseball: Samurai dolls of Dodgers' Ohtani, Yamamoto

"Samurai" warrior dolls of Shohei Ohtani (far L) and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2nd from L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 19, 2024, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls. Seen behind them are dolls of sumo wrestlers from central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, hit by a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Baseball: Samurai dolls of Dodgers' Ohtani, Yamamoto

"Samurai" warrior dolls of Shohei Ohtani (top, L) and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto (top, R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 19, 2024, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls. Seen below them are dolls of sumo wrestlers from central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, hit by a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Baseball: Samurai dolls of Dodgers' Ohtani, Yamamoto

"Samurai" warrior dolls of Shohei Ohtani (top, L) and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto (top, R) of the Los Angeles Dodgers are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on March 19, 2024, ahead of the boys' festival on May 5, when Japanese households traditionally decorate warrior dolls. Seen below them are dolls of sumo wrestlers from central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, hit by a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2024

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 31 Kyodo -Video taken in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (counterclockwise from bottom L) new Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, breakdancer Ayumi Fukushima, wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji and skateboarder Momiji Nishiya. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year. (Kyodo)

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2024

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (counterclockwise from bottom L) new Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, breakdancer Ayumi Fukushima, wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji and skateboarder Momiji Nishiya. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2024

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (counterclockwise from bottom L) new Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, breakdancer Ayumi Fukushima, wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji and skateboarder Momiji Nishiya. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year.

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Japanese "hina" dolls for 2024

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2024, shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (counterclockwise from bottom L) new Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, skateboarder Momiji Nishiya, javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, breakdancer Ayumi Fukushima and wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani, who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii, who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles. (Kyodo)

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (3rd from R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (2nd from L, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2023, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami (bottom R), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (bottom L), competitive swimmer Rikako Ikee (upper R), judoka Uta Abe (upper C) and table tennis player Mima Ito (upper L).

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2023, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami (bottom R), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (bottom L), competitive swimmer Rikako Ikee (upper R), judoka Uta Abe (upper C) and table tennis player Mima Ito (upper L).

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Tennis star Nishikori, other newsmakers on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as tennis star Kei Nishikori and female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo."

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Japan's 2014 newsmakers featured on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as red-hot tennis player Kei Nishikori, female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo" and scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Ishikawa warrior doll unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils a doll of Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa in traditional Japanese armor ahead of the May 5th Boys' Festival on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo. Kyugetsu said that Ishikawa was the number one choice in a questionnaire it conducted asking mothers who they want their sons to grow up to be like.

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Traditional dolls featuring big names in Japan

Traditional "hina" dolls featuring (clockwise from bottom L) baseball star Shohei Ohtani, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Sanae Takaichi and golfer Mone Inami are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022.

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Traditional dolls featuring big names in Japan

Traditional "hina" dolls featuring (clockwise from bottom L) baseball star Shohei Ohtani, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Sanae Takaichi and golfer Mone Inami are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022.

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Traditional dolls featuring big names in Japan

Traditional "hina" dolls featuring baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L) and golfer Mone Inami are unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2022.

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Battledores of 2021 newsmakers in Japan

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2021, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year. Those featured include baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani (bottom, R), who was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far L).

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Battledores of 2021 newsmakers in Japan

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2021, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year. Those featured include baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani (center L), who was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (bottom R).

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Tokyo, Osaka governors featured as traditional Japanese dolls ?

TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - A?traditional?doll maker that unveils new figures featuring prominent newsmakers each year has chosen the governors of Tokyo and Osaka, two cities with high numbers of novel coronavirus cases, this time as a gesture of hope for an end to the pandemic.?Tokyo-based Kyugetsu Co. revealed the hina?dolls?of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, 68, and Hirofumi Yoshimura, 45, on Wednesday at its headquarters ahead of Girls' Day on March 3.?In Japan, hina?dolls, representing an emperor, empress and their attendants wearing the court dress of the Heian period (794-1185), are?traditionally displayed by families with girls to celebrate the Girls' Day festival each spring.The firm also revealed?dolls?representing U.S. President Joe Biden, 78.

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Samurai dolls made to resemble Japanese athletes

Japanese samurai dolls made by Kyugetsu Co. to resemble sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku (R) and gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (C) and Kenzo Shirai, are on display at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on March 20, 2016, ahead of the May 5 Boys Festival when Japanese households traditionally decorate samurai dolls to celebrate boys. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samurai dolls made to resemble Japanese athletes

Japanese samurai dolls made by Kyugetsu Co. to resemble sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku (R) and gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (C) and Kenzo Shirai, are on display at Seibu department store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on March 20, 2016, ahead of the May 5 Boys Festival when Japanese households traditionally decorate samurai dolls to celebrate boys. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring U.S. President Joe Biden (upper L), Vice President Kamala Harris (upper R), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (bottom R) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring U.S. President Joe Biden (upper L), Vice President Kamala Harris (upper R), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (bottom R) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring U.S. President Joe Biden (upper L), Vice President Kamala Harris (upper R), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (bottom R) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.

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Traditional Japanese doll

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring U.S. President Joe Biden (upper L), Vice President Kamala Harris (upper R), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (bottom R) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura.

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Diana, other selected newsmakers featured on battledores

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers over the past 29 years are displayed at Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. on Oct. 31, 2015. A staff member holds one of the late British Princess Diana (R), depicting her during her 1986 trip to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa warrior doll unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co. unveils a doll of Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa in traditional Japanese armor ahead of the May 5th Boys' Festival on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo. Kyugetsu said that Ishikawa was the number one choice in a questionnaire it conducted asking mothers who they want their sons to grow up to be like. (Kyodo)

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Dolls of world leaders in coronavirus crisis

Dolls representing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and world leaders are unveiled by Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on April 7, 2020. The company made the dolls in the hope that the leaders will help the world emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolls of world leaders in coronavirus crisis

Dolls representing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and world leaders are unveiled by Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on April 7, 2020. The company made the dolls in the hope that the leaders will help the world emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolls of world leaders in coronavirus crisis

Dolls representing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and world leaders are unveiled by Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on April 7, 2020. The company made the dolls in the hope that the leaders will help the world emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan names new era "Reiwa"

Dolls representing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, created by Kyugetsu Co., hold up the name of the country's new era "Reiwa" on April 1, 2019, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo