Paris Olympics: Closing Ceremony

Paris Olympics: Closing Ceremony

Japanese sailors (from L) Oura Nishida Capiglia, Shibuki Iitsuka and Miho Yoshioka enter Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Aug. 11, 2024, during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

Japan athletes return home from Paris

Japan athletes return home from Paris

Japan's Keiju Okada (front, R) and Miho Yoshioka, who won silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics, pose for photos at Haneda airport in Tokyo upon their return from France on Aug. 13, 2024.

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Paris 2024 - Sailing - Keiju Okada And Miho Yoshioka Win Silver

Silver medallists Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Team Japan celebrate winning gold at the Sailing Mixed Dinghy 470 class on day thirteen of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Marseille Marina on August 08, 2024 in Marseille, France. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240808) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gold medallists Lara Vadlau (C front) and Lukas Maehr (C rear) of Austria, silver medallists Okada Keiju (1st L) and Yoshioka Miho (2nd L) of Japan and bronze medallists Anton Dahlberg (2nd R) and Lovisa Karlsson (1st R) of Sweden pose for photos during the victory ceremony of the mixed dinghy of the sailing events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240808) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gold medallists Lara Vadlau (C, front) and Lukas Maehr (C, rear) of Austria, silver medallists Okada Keiju (L, front) and Yoshioka Miho (L, rear) of Japan and bronze medallists Anton Dahlberg (R, rear) and Lovisa Karlsson (1st R) of Sweden take selfies during the victory ceremony of the mixed dinghy of the sailing events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240808) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Silver medallists Okada Keiju (L) and Yoshioka Miho of Japan pose for photos during the victory ceremony of the mixed dinghy of the sailing events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Sailing mixed dinghy gold medalists Lukas Maehr (C, top) and Lara Vadlau (C, bottom) of Austria celebrate at the medal ceremony at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France, alongside silver medalists Keiju Okada (far L) and Miho Yoshioka (2nd from L) of Japan and bronze medalists Anton Dahlberg (2nd from R) and Lovisa Karlsson of Sweden.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (L) and Miho Yoshioka celebrate after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (L) and Miho Yoshioka celebrate after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (R) and Miho Yoshioka celebrate after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (R) and Miho Yoshioka pose after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240808) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Okada Keiju/Yoshioka Miho of team Japan and Anton Dahlberg/Lovisa Karlsson of team Sweden compete during the mixed dinghy medal race of sailing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240808) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Okada Keiju (L)/Yoshioka Miho of team Japan celebrate after the mixed dinghy medal race of sailing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (L) and Miho Yoshioka celebrate after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (front) and Miho Yoshioka compete en route to winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (L) and Miho Yoshioka celebrate after winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Paris Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (R) and Miho Yoshioka compete en route to winning silver in the sailing mixed dinghy medal race at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France.

Asian Games: Sailing

Asian Games: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (L) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the sailing mixed dinghy 470 class at the Asian Games in Ningbo, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.

Asian Games: Sailing

Asian Games: Sailing

Japan's Keiju Okada (R) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the sailing mixed dinghy 470 class at the Asian Games in Ningbo, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jingsa/Dong Wenju of China (L) and Okada Keiju/Yoshioka Miho of Japan compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okada Keiju (L)/Yoshioka Miho of Japan compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okada Keiju (R)/Yoshioka Miho of Japan compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okada Keiju (L)/Yoshioka Miho of Japan compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jingsa/Dong Wenju of China (L) and Okada Keiju/Yoshioka Miho of Japan compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(SP)CHINA-NINGBO-ASIAN GAMES-SAILING-MIXED DINGHY (CN)

(230924) -- NINGBO, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okada Keiju/Yoshioka Miho of Japan (R) compete during the Mixed Dinghy 470 Race of sailing at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

Cotton planting restored in western Japan

Cotton planting restored in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - Miho Morita (R), a section chief of the Yamatotakada Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Yoshihiro Yoshioka, a local researcher of spinning industry history, hold baby wear made of locally grown cotton in Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. The chamber and local companies collaboratively grow organic cotton to bring back cotton plantation which used to be the biggest business in the region in the Edo era (1603-1867).

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Ai Yoshida (L) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the women's sailing two-person dinghy 470 class at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, off Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Ai Yoshida (R) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the women's sailing two-person dinghy 470 class at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, off Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Japan's Ai Yoshida (L) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the women's sailing two-person dinghy 470 class at the Tokyo Olympics on July 29, 2021, off Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Tokyo Olympics: Sailing

Ai Kondo-Yoshida (L) and Miho Yoshioka of Japan compete in the women's two-person dinghy 470 class at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, off Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Japan's Ai Yoshida (L) and Miho Yoshioka sail en route to finishing second in the women's 470 class world championships on Aug. 9, 2019, off Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, making them the first Japanese sailors to earn berths for next year's Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Japan's Ai Yoshida (L) and Miho Yoshioka sail en route to finishing second in the women's 470 class world championships on Aug. 9, 2019, off Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture, making them the first Japanese sailors to earn berths for next year's Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Sailing: Women's 470 class world championships

Japan's Ai Yoshida (2nd from R) and Miho Yoshioka (R) compete with a British pair (L) in the women's 470 class world championships on Aug. 9, 2019, off Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture. The Japanese pair finished second, making them the first Japanese sailors to earn berths for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo