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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Yokozuna Kitanofuji forces fellow yokozuna Tamanoumi out of the ring in Tokyo in May 1971, winning the summer grand tournament without losing a single match. The 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a collapsed tunnel inside an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23. (Pool photo)

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The Okinawa prefectural government added the steel frames after the war to prevent the tunnel from collapsing. (Pool photo)

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23.

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23. (Pool photo)

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Football: Premier League

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu (L) vies for the ball during the first half of a Premier League football match against Manchester United in Manchester, England, on May 12, 2024.

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Football: Premier League

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu (L) plays in a Premier League football match against Manchester United in Manchester, England, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Cubs' Shota Imanaga

Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs works out before a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 12, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Baseball: Cubs' Shota Imanaga

Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs works out before a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 12, 2024, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Pirates

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs is pictured after grounding out in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 12, 2024, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Pirates

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs grounds out in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 12, 2024, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on May 12, 2024, in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on May 12, 2024, in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on May 12, 2024, in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on May 12, 2024, in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches a baseball game against the San Diego Padres from the dugout on May 12, 2024, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches a baseball game against the San Diego Padres from the dugout on May 12, 2024, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Ohtani was not in the starting lineup due to back tightness.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish reacts after striking out Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish reacts after striking out Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish reacts after striking out Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish waves after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024.

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Event to watch "The Boy and the Heron" in Beijing

An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki's U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans.

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Event to watch "The Boy and the Heron" in Beijing

An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki's U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans.

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1,000 people do zazen simultaneously

People do zazen or seated meditation at Daihonzan Sojiji temple in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 12, 2024. Some 1,000 individuals -- 700 from this temple and 300 from around 10 others (on screen), including those abroad -- participated in the simultaneous zazen event.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024.

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Sumo: Summer tournament

Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) beats yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024.

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Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

Chisato Iwai celebrates after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024.

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Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

Chisato Iwai holds the victor's trophy after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024.

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Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

Chisato Iwai celebrates after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024.

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Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024.

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Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots (back, L) as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always."