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Speed skating: Miho Takagi grabs 2nd sprint world c'ship

Japan's Miho Takagi (C) is pictured after winning her second world speed skating sprint championship in Inzell, Germany on March 8, 2024, following her first championship win in 2020, with the runner-up Femke Kok (L) of the Netherlands and compatriot Jutta Leerdam (R) who finished third.

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Speed skating: Miho Takagi grabs 2nd sprint world c'ship

Japan's Miho Takagi reacts after winning her second world speed skating sprint championship in Inzell, Germany on March 8, 2024, following her first championship win in 2020.

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Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 8, 2023, shows the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. It is the first time the vessel, in which a COVID-19 outbreak occurred in early 2020, has returned to Japan since the country recently reopened its ports to international cruise ships, after a nearly three-year-long hiatus.

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Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 8, 2023, shows the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. It is the first time the vessel, in which a COVID-19 outbreak occurred in early 2020, has returned to Japan since the country recently reopened its ports to international cruise ships, after a nearly three-year-long hiatus.

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New coronavirus

OTSU, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - Staff of the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon wear face masks at Ojiyama Stadium in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on March 8, 2020, amid concern over the spread of the new coronavirus.

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Marathon: Ichiyama secures spot at Tokyo Olympics

NAGOYA, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - Mao Ichiyama wins the Nagoya Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 20 minutes and 29 seconds on March 8, 2020, in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. With the win, she secured a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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New coronavirus

OTSU, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - Visitors of Ojiyama Stadium in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, disinfect their hands on March 8, 2020, during the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon held amid concern over the spread of the new coronavirus.

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New coronavirus

OTSU, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - An official disinfects a visitor's hands at Ojiyama Stadium in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, during the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on March 8, 2020, amid concern over the spread of the new coronavirus.

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IOC's Reedie leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Craig Reedie (C), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, leaves Narita airport near Tokyo on March 8, 2013, wrapping up a four-day visit to evaluate Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. To the right is Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda.

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Japanese athletes at Paralympic village in Whistler

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who will take part in skiing and biathlon events at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games are welcomed by the Paralympic mascot Sumi, an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia, at Paralympic Village in Whistler, Canada, on March 8, 2020. The Paralympics will be held from March 12 to March 21.