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Takagi graduates from junior high school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi, who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, receives a diploma from the school principal after talking about her Olympic experiences at a gathering at Satsunai junior high school in the town of Makubetsu in Hokkaido on March 24, 2010. Takagi missed her commencement at the school held earlier in the month, as she was attending international speed skating competitions. (Pool photo)

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Takagi graduates from junior high school

TOKYO, Japan - On March 24, 2010, Japanese 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi (L), who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, receives a bouquet from the president of the student council at Satsunai junior high school in the town of Makubetsu in Hokkaido, where she graduated. Takagi received her diploma the same day at a gathering as she missed her commencement at the school held earlier in the month while she was attending international speed skating competitions. (Pool photo)

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Takagi gets send-off at school before Vancouver

KUSHIRO, Japan - Miho Takagi, slated to compete in February's Vancouver Olympic Games, walks to the front stage of her school's gymnasium as her schoolmates cheer during a send-off event for her at Satsunai Middle School in the town of Makubetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan 15, 2010. The 15-year old will be the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to compete in the Winter Games. (Pool Photo)

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Takagi send-off at school before Vancouver

KUSHIRO, Japan - Miho Takagi, slated to compete in February's Vancouver Olympic Games, speaks to students at her school during her send-off event on Jan. 15, 2010, at Hokkaido's Satsunai Middle School in the town of Makubetsu, Hokkaido. The 15-year-old, who will be the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to compete in the Winter Games, said she wants to enjoy the Olympics. (Pool Photo)

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Hokkaido grade school pupils make mosaic with golf balls

Pupils at Satsunai-Minami Elementary School in Makubetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido pose on Feb. 20, 2015, around a mosaic made with balls for "park golf" inaugurated in the town in 1983. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takagi graduates from junior high school

TOKYO, Japan - On March 24, 2010, Japanese 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi (L), who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, receives a bouquet from the president of the student council at Satsunai junior high school in the town of Makubetsu in Hokkaido, where she graduated. Takagi received her diploma the same day at a gathering as she missed her commencement at the school held earlier in the month while she was attending international speed skating competitions. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Takagi graduates from junior high school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi, who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, receives a diploma from the school principal after talking about her Olympic experiences at a gathering at Satsunai junior high school in the town of Makubetsu in Hokkaido on March 24, 2010. Takagi missed her commencement at the school held earlier in the month, as she was attending international speed skating competitions. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Takagi send-off at school before Vancouver

KUSHIRO, Japan - Miho Takagi, slated to compete in February's Vancouver Olympic Games, speaks to students at her school during her send-off event on Jan. 15, 2010, at Hokkaido's Satsunai Middle School in the town of Makubetsu, Hokkaido. The 15-year-old, who will be the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to compete in the Winter Games, said she wants to enjoy the Olympics. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Takagi gets send-off at school before Vancouver

KUSHIRO, Japan - Miho Takagi, slated to compete in February's Vancouver Olympic Games, walks to the front stage of her school's gymnasium as her schoolmates cheer during a send-off event for her at Satsunai Middle School in the town of Makubetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan 15, 2010. The 15-year old will be the first junior high school student in Japanese speed skating history to compete in the Winter Games. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Speed skating: Olympic medalists Takagi sisters' parade

Japanese speed skaters Miho Takagi (front R) and her older sister Nana (front L), team pursuit gold medalists at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, wave to fans during a parade in their hometown Makubetsu in Hokkaido on April 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani hopes to play in major leagues "someday"

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Shohei Otani (L) and catcher Tomoya Ichikawa (R) hand over a list of donations for relief work in Makubetsu, Hokkaido, which was hit by a typhoon in August, to Mayor Haruyoshi Iida on Nov. 21, 2016. Otani said the same day he wants to play in the major leagues "someday" but not in the immediate future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani hopes to play in major leagues "someday"

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Shohei Otani (C) and catcher Tomoya Ichikawa (R) are interviewed on stage at a public event in Makubetsu, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2016. Otani said the same day he wants to play in the major leagues "someday" but not in the immediate future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo