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Japan Paralympic athletes return home from Paris

Misato Michishita (front, R), Japan's bronze medalist in the women's T12 marathon at the Paris Paralympics, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo upon her return from France on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Paris 2024 - Individual Rhythmic Gymnastics Qualifiers

Praewa Misato Philaphandeth of Laos competes during the individual all-round qualification of rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, August 8, 2024. Photo by Xu Yanan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Individual Rhythmic Gymnastics Qualifiers

Praewa Misato Philaphandeth of Laos competes during the individual all-round qualification of rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, August 8, 2024. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

(240808) -- PARIS, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Praewa Misato Philaphandeth of Laos competes during the individual all-round qualification of rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Yanan)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

(240808) -- PARIS, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Praewa Misato Philaphandeth of Laos competes during the individual all-round qualification of rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cheng Min)

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Wakaba Higuchi, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara show off their team silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received the medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Ryuichi Kihara, Riku Miura, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi wave during the medal ceremony for the figure skating team event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Paris Olympics Champions Park at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received silver medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi jump during the medal ceremony for the figure skating team event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Paris Olympics Champions Park at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received silver medals after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Paris Olympics: Japan figure skaters awarded Beijing team silver in Paris

Japanese figure skaters (from L) Takeru Komatsubara, Misato Komatsubara, Ryuichi Kihara, Riku Miura, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuma Kagiyama and Wakaba Higuchi show off their team silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024. They belatedly received the medals earlier in the day after the ceremony had been postponed for over two years following a doping controversy surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (top) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 23, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: World championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships in Montreal on March 22, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (bottom) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara pose after winning the ice dance event at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (front) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japan national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance program at the Japan national figure skating championships in the central Japan city of Nagano on Dec. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: NHK Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japan's Misato Komatsubara (L) and Tim Koleto perform in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (R) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (bottom) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Misato Komatsubara (L) and Takeru Komatsubara perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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'Return rush' of vacationers begins

TOKYO, Japan - Toll gates on the Joban Expressway in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, are packed with vehicles heading for Tokyo to return home on Jan. 2 after the year-end and New Year's holiday period.

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Japan's gold medalists in world judo championships

ASTANA, Aug. 31 Kyodo - Japanese individual gold medalists at the world judo championships -- (from L) Shohei Ono (men's 73 kilogram), Misato Nakamura (women's 52 kg), Takanori Nagase (men's 81 kg), Kaori Matsumoto (women's 57 kg), Ryunosuke Haga (men's 100 kg) and Mami Umeki (women's 78 kg) -- pose for a photo in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Aug. 31, 2015, a day after the completion of the championships.

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Japan's Nakamura wins in women's 52kg at world judo championships

ASTANA, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Japan's Misato Nakamura (L) fights with Romania's Andreea Chitu during the final of the women's 52-kilogram event at the world judo championships in Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Aug. 25, 2015. Nakamura won the gold.

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Stone bridge lures couples as 'lovers' mecca'

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The Futamata-bashi bridge in Misato, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, attracts couples and photographers as a "lovers' mecca" because its shadow on the surface of the river below forms a heart shape, as seen in this photo taken on Nov. 22, 2014.

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Nakamura wins Japan's 1st gold medal at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Misato Nakamura (L) defeats Gulbadam Babamuratova of Turkmenistan in the women's 52 kg judo final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 20, 2014, to win Japan's first gold medal.

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Nakamura wins gold medal in women's 52 kg judo

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Misato Nakamura holds up a bouquet after winning the women's 52 kg judo gold medal on Sept. 20, 2014, at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Haru, a 2-year-old hawk owned by Misato Yamashita, perches on Yamashita's arm to walk together on a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2014. Haru, a female hawk from Europe, is kept in an apartment after Yamashita, 37, bought her at a pet shop.

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Japan's women falling flat in judo at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Misato Nakamura heads for her match against North Korea's An Kum Ae during the round of 16 in the women's judo 52-kilogram category at the ExCel venue at the 2012 London Olympics on July 29, 2012.