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(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BOXING-IBA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(230318) -- NEW DELHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wada Madoka (R) of Japan competes against Liu Chien-Ling of Chinese Taipei during the elite women's 45-48kg minimum preliminary match at the IBA World Women's Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, India, March 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BOXING-IBA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(230318) -- NEW DELHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wada Madoka (R) of Japan competes against Liu Chien-Ling of Chinese Taipei during the elite women's 45-48kg minimum preliminary match at the IBA World Women's Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, India, March 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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Sanitary ceramics giant Toto to expand business in India

MUMBAI, India - Madoka Kitamura, president of Japan's sanitary ceramics giant Toto Ltd., attends a press conference on Aug. 21, 2014, in Mumbai, India. He said his company is pushing to expand in India, selling middle- to high-grade toilet bowls as its main products.

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Japanese lend hand to N.Y. hurricane victims

NEW YORK, United States - Madoka Aramachi (center R) is pictured with other Japanese volunteers preparing to help victims of Hurricane Sandy in the New York borough of Queens on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai speaks to reporters on her arrival at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners.

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners.

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Japanese wins prize at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Madoka Sugai, a 17-year-old Japanese, is among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012.

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Japanese wins prize at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Madoka Sugai, a 17-year-old Japanese, is among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012.

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Japan's Ishida 5th in women's 30-km mass start classic

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Masako Ishida (R) shakes hands with compatriot Madoka Natsumi after placing fifth in the women's cross country skiing 30-kilometer mass start classic race on Feb. 27, 2010 at the Vancouver Olympic Games at Whistler Olympic Park. Ishida recorded the best performance by a Japanese skier in an Olympic cross country event, while Natsumi placed 31st.

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Natsumi eliminated at sprint classic cross-country quarterfinals

WHISTLER, Canada - Madoka Natsumi of Japan sheds tears after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Vancouver Winter Olympics women's cross-country individual sprint classic on Feb. 17, 2010, at Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler, Canada.

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Japan Olympic Nordic team heads for Canada

NARITA, Japan - Madoka Matsumi, a member of the Japanese women's cross country squad for the Vancouver Olympics, leaves Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Canada along with other skiers on Jan. 26, 2010. The Japanese team will take part in the World Cup near Calgary prior to their Olympic games in February.

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Hotels, wedding halls help men tie the knot

KOBE, Japan - Naoya Sakamoto (R) gets down on his knees and hands his girlfriend Madoka Miyake a bouquet of red roses to propose marriage in Kobe's Tarumi Ward on May 29.

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Madoka Tachikawa, a co-pilot of Japan Airlines Corp., poses in front of a JAL Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 prior to Flight 1605's departure for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all of the 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls.

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Jacobsen wins women's sprint gold at Nordic World

SAPPORO, Japan - Astrid Jacobsen (L) of Norway wins the gold model in the 1.2-km women's sprint event on the opening day of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo on Feb. 22. Petra Majdic (R) of Slovenia was second, while Madoka Natsumi (C) of Japan came in fifth.

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Natsumi comes in 5th in women's sprint classical competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Natsumi of Japan is gleeful after coming in fifth in the women's sprint classical event of the Nordic World Ski Championships at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 22.

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Natsumi comes in 5th in women's sprint classical competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Natsumi of Japan crosses the finish line to come in fifth in the women's sprint classical event of the Nordic World Ski Championships at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 22.

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Natsumi, Fukuda finish 8th in team sprint final

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Madoka Natsumi (L) and Nobuko Fukuda (R) rejoice after advancing to the final in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14. They finished eighth in the final.

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Hisagae advances to 2nd round of individual sabre

ATHENS, Greece - Madoka Hisagae (R) beats Orsolya Nagy (L) of Hungary to advance to the second round of the women's individual sabre eliminations in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 17.

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Japan takes 2nd at women's 4x5-km relay

OWANI, Japan - Members of Japan's women's 4x5-km relay for the Winter Asian Games -- (from L to R) Chizuru Soneta, Sumiko Yokoyama, Nobuko Fukuda and Madoka Natsumi -- pose with their silver medals at the Aomori Ajara Cross-Country Course in Owani on Feb. 6.

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Japan's 1st voice-activated wheelchair being developed

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Hadachi, a quadriplegic, uses a voice-activated wheelchair at a hospital in Sapporo's Minami Ward on Nov. 6. The wheelchair, Japan's first of its kind, is being developed through cooperation between her doctors and physical therapists, a wheelchair manufacturer and two researchers at the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute.

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Japan's 1st voice-activated wheelchair being developed

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Hadachi, a quadriplegic, uses a voice-activated wheelchair at a hospital in Sapporo's Minami Ward on Nov. 6. The wheelchair, Japan's first of its kind, is being developed through cooperation between her doctors and physical therapists, a wheelchair manufacturer and two researchers at the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute.

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Hisagae advances to 2nd round of individual sabre

ATHENS, Greece - Madoka Hisagae (R) beats Orsolya Nagy (L) of Hungary to advance to the second round of the women's individual sabre eliminations in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 17. (Kyodo)

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JAL flies special Hina Matsuri flight

TOKYO, Japan - Madoka Tachikawa, a co-pilot of Japan Airlines Corp., poses in front of a JAL Boeing 767 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 3 prior to Flight 1605's departure for Hiroshima. Other than the pilot, all of the 36 flight crew and mechanics assigned to the flight were women, demonstrating the range of careers open to the company's female employees. March 3 in Japan is Hina Matsuri, a doll festival for girls. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Ishida 5th in women's 30-km mass start classic

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Masako Ishida (R) shakes hands with compatriot Madoka Natsumi after placing fifth in the women's cross country skiing 30-kilometer mass start classic race on Feb. 27, 2010 at the Vancouver Olympic Games at Whistler Olympic Park. Ishida recorded the best performance by a Japanese skier in an Olympic cross country event, while Natsumi placed 31st. (Kyodo)

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Natsumi comes in 5th in women's sprint classical competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Natsumi of Japan crosses the finish line to come in fifth in the women's sprint classical event of the Nordic World Ski Championships at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 22. (Kyodo)

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Jacobsen wins women's sprint gold at Nordic World

SAPPORO, Japan - Astrid Jacobsen (L) of Norway wins the gold model in the 1.2-km women's sprint event on the opening day of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo on Feb. 22. Petra Majdic (R) of Slovenia was second, while Madoka Natsumi (C) of Japan came in fifth. (Kyodo)

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Natsumi comes in 5th in women's sprint classical competition

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Natsumi of Japan is gleeful after coming in fifth in the women's sprint classical event of the Nordic World Ski Championships at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 22. (Kyodo)

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Natsumi eliminated at sprint classic cross-country quarterfinals

WHISTLER, Canada - Madoka Natsumi of Japan sheds tears after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Vancouver Winter Olympics women's cross-country individual sprint classic on Feb. 17, 2010, at Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler, Canada. (Kyodo)

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Natsumi, Fukuda finish 8th in team sprint final

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Madoka Natsumi (L) and Nobuko Fukuda (R) rejoice after advancing to the final in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14. They finished eighth in the final. (Kyodo)

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Japan Olympic Nordic team heads for Canada

NARITA, Japan - Madoka Matsumi, a member of the Japanese women's cross country squad for the Vancouver Olympics, leaves Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Canada along with other skiers on Jan. 26, 2010. The Japanese team will take part in the World Cup near Calgary prior to their Olympic games in February. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai speaks to reporters on her arrival at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners. (Kyodo)

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Japanese wins prize at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Madoka Sugai, a 17-year-old Japanese, is among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japanese wins prize at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Madoka Sugai, a 17-year-old Japanese, is among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Sanitary ceramics giant Toto to expand business in India

MUMBAI, India - Madoka Kitamura, president of Japan's sanitary ceramics giant Toto Ltd., attends a press conference on Aug. 21, 2014, in Mumbai, India. He said his company is pushing to expand in India, selling middle- to high-grade toilet bowls as its main products. (Kyodo)

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High-tech Japanese toilets to become more foreigner friendly

Madoka Kitamura, head of the Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association, unveils eight standardized pictograms for multifunction toilet seats adopted by the association in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2017. Kitamura is also president of major toilet manufacturer Toto Ltd. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan takes 3rd at women's 4x5-km relay

OWANI, Japan - Members of Japan's women's 4x5-km relay for the Winter Asian Games -- (from L to R) Chizuru Soneta, Sumiko Yokoyama, Nobuko Fukuda and Madoka Natsumi -- pose with their bronze medals at the Aomori Ajara Cross-Country Course in Owani on Feb. 6. (Kyodo)