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Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Yui Kawana, actress and model, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, to represent Japan in the 2025 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Yui Kawana (front), actress and model, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, to represent Japan in the 2025 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Yui Kawana, actress and model, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, to represent Japan in the 2025 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Yui Kawana (front), actress and model, receives a crown after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, to represent Japan in the 2025 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Yui Kawana, actress and model, gives a speech after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, to represent Japan in the 2025 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Winner of Miss Universe 2024 in Japan

Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark, the winner of Miss Universe 2024, answers questions from reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2025, after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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Winner of Miss Universe 2024 in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark, the winner of Miss Universe 2024, pose for a photo with dolls of the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition Myaku-Myaku in their hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2025.

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Miss Universe Catrinas Gala - Mexico

Miss Japan Kaya Chakrabortty attends the red carpet for Miss Universe Catrinas Gala at Antiguo Colegio de las Vizcainas in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 1, 2024. Photo by Yamak Perea/ Eyepix Group/ABAPRESS.COM

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Kiana Tomita (C), Kyoto University graduate school student and TV personality, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct.2, 2024, to represent Japan in the 2024 Miss World beauty pageant.

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Miss World contestant for Japan

Kiana Tomita (C), Kyoto University graduate school student and TV personality, is pictured after being chosen in Tokyo on Oct.2, 2024, to represent Japan in the 2024 Miss World beauty pageant.

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TURIP TOWN

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Bea Rose Santiago, from the Philippines, wins the Miss International pageant at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Bea Rose Santiago, from the Philippines, is crowned as Miss International at a pageant held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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2012 Miss International

TOKYO, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu, the 2012 Miss International winner, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. Yoshimatsu said she was asked by the Miss International organizer to refrain from attending the 2013 pageant after she had received threats. She was absent from the event the following day despite tradition that the previous year's winner crowns the new title holder.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - The Miss International pageant is held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Miss International 2013

TOKYO, Japan - The Miss International pageant is held at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Women to participate in the Miss International contest pose in front of Tokyo Tower on Dec. 15, 2013, which is illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of Tokyo being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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WFP ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Kurara Chibana, a model who was runner-up in the Miss Universe 2006 beauty pageant, is pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2013, after she was named as the first Japanese ambassador for the World Food Program.

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WFP ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Kurara Chibana (L), a model who was runner-up in the Miss Universe 2006 beauty pageant, is pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2013, after she was named as the first Japanese ambassador for the World Food Program. At right is Elisabeth Rasmusson, assistant executive director of the Rome-based U.N. body.

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Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

KYOTO, Japan - Sachie Ogawa (far R) of Tokyo, "2015 Miss Sake," poses for photos with some other finalists, including runners-up Rie Hisada (far L) from Kyoto and Rieko Yataka (2nd from L) from Nagano prefectures at a contest held in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2014. Ogawa will attend events both at home and abroad to promote sake for a year.

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Puerto Rican student wins Miss International crown

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2014, shows Puerto Rican student Valerie Hernandez Matias winning the 2014 Miss International beauty pageant.

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Japan appoints tourism special envoys

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 73 contestants in the Miss International Beauty Pageant Japan attend a ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014 where they were appointed Japan tourism special ambassadors. The pageant will be held on Nov. 11.

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Japan appoints tourism special envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeto Kubo (L), commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, gives Adisleydi Rodriguez, the Cuba representative in the Miss International Beauty Pageant Japan, a letter appointing her as a Japan tourism special ambassador, during a ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014. All 73 contestants in the pageant were appointed to the position.

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Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua responds to questions from reporters at Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12, 2014, after meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki. Saiki lodged a protest over the second near-miss incident involving their military planes in less than three weeks and urged China to prevent a recurrence.

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Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki responds to questions from reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua. Saiki lodged a protest over the second near-miss incident involving their military planes in less than three weeks and urged China to prevent a recurrence.

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Nishikori to miss Davis Cup q'finals with groin injury

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori speaks at a news conference at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. He said he will miss this week's Davis Cup quarterfinals against the Czech Republic due to a nagging groin injury. Nishikori underwent an examination after withdrawing from the semifinals at last week's Sony Open.

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JAL adds new lounge at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines shows its newly added area of Sakura Lounges in the expanded section of Haneda airport's international terminal building in Tokyo to the press on March 25, 2014. Azusa Ogasawara (L), winner of the "Hirosaki-jo Miss Sakura Grand Prix" (Hirosaki Castle Miss Cherry Blossom Grand Prix) from Aomori Prefecture, attended the event.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Misaki Takahashi (R), a 25-year-old model representing Fukushima Prefecture, receives flowers for finishing third in the 2014 Miss Universe Japan pageant in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows Misaki Takahashi, a 25-year-old model representing Fukushima Prefecture, who placed third in the 2014 Miss Universe Japan pageant in Tokyo the same day.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows Keiko Tsuji, a 20-year-old university student representing Nagasaki Prefecture, the winner of the 2014 Miss Universe Japan title in a pageant in Tokyo the same day.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Tsuji (C), a 20-year-old university student representing Nagasaki Prefecture, wins the 2014 Miss Universe Japan title in a pageant in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Fukuhara out of world team c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ai Fukuhara holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2014. Fukuhara will miss the world team table tennis championships in April due to a stress fracture in the small toe of her left foot.

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2014 Miss Nippon Contest awardees

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 2014 Miss Nippon Contest pose after the beauty pageant in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. (From L to R) Yuko Ozaki, Miss Nippon Kimono; Marina Hanaoka, Miss Nippon Maritime Day; Moeka Numata, Miss Nippon Grand Prix; Reimi Kanda, Miss Nippon Angel of Water; Mai Hasegawa, Miss Nippon Nature; and Misaki Usuda, Miss Nippon Runner-up.

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University student wins 2014 Miss Nippon Contest

TOKYO, Japan - Moeka Numata, a 21-year-old university student from Oita Prefecture, is crowned the 2014 Miss Nippon Grand Prix at the beauty pageant held in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014.

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Miss Oshima, Queen of Camellia at festival on Izu Oshima

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Oshima (L) and Queen of Camellia appear at a camellia festival that began on disaster-hit Izu Oshima Island on Jan. 26, 2014.

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Izu Oshima promotes tourism to rebuild typhoon-hit island

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Oshima, representing Izu Oshima Island, and other pageant queens greet visitors at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun, a hot spring spa resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, during a camellia festival to promote tourism to the island hit by a powerful typhoon last year on Jan. 19, 2014.

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Crown Prince Akihito in Hollywood

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito (L) (the current emperor) shakes hands with Kinuko Ito, who placed third in the 1953 Miss Universe world competition, during a reception in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The photo was taken on Sept. 30, 1953.

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Miss International, Peter, Paul & Mary member

SAGA, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu (R), the 2012 Miss International winner, and Peter Yarrow of musical trio Peter, Paul & Mary, sing with children at Tosu-Kita Elementary School in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2013. Yoshimatsu, who used to go to the school, visited there with Yarrow as part of a goodwill mission she has been undertaking to foster friendship among children around the world.

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Miss Japan 2012 Hara

LAS VEGAS, United States - Ayako Hara, who represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the U.S. city on Dec. 20, 2012. Hara, 24, who is from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, failed to make it to the shortlist of 16 competitors in the pageant held the previous day, which was won by American Olivia Culpo, 20.

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Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu waves during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

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Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu is seen during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

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Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu waves during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

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Kagawa out for up to 4 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Manchester United's Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa. Kagawa will be sidelined for up to four weeks after a left knee injury forced him to miss the second half of the midweek win against Braga in the Champions League, United boss Alex Ferguson said Oct. 26, 2012.

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Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (R front) poses at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after winning the Miss Photogenic award. Yoshimatsu was also the first Japanese woman to win the title of Miss International.

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Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (C) holds the trophy at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

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Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (L) gives a speech at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012. Yoshimatsu was the first Japanese woman to win the title and also won the Miss Photogenic award.

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Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu smiles at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

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Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (L) is helped to wear the crown at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Miss International pageant

Miss International pageant

Miss World contestant for Japan

Miss World contestant for Japan

Miss World contestant for Japan

Miss World contestant for Japan

Miss World contestant for Japan

Winner of Miss Universe 2024 in Japan

Winner of Miss Universe 2024 in Japan

Miss Universe Catrinas Gala - Mexico

Miss World contestant for Japan

Miss World contestant for Japan

TURIP TOWN

Miss International 2013

Miss International 2013

2012 Miss International

Miss International 2013

Miss International 2013

Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

WFP ambassador

WFP ambassador

Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

Puerto Rican student wins Miss International crown

Japan appoints tourism special envoys

Japan appoints tourism special envoys

Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

Nishikori to miss Davis Cup q'finals with groin injury

JAL adds new lounge at Haneda airport

Miss Universe Japan pageant

Miss Universe Japan pageant

Miss Universe Japan pageant

Miss Universe Japan pageant

Fukuhara out of world team c'ships

2014 Miss Nippon Contest awardees

University student wins 2014 Miss Nippon Contest

Miss Oshima, Queen of Camellia at festival on Izu Oshima

Izu Oshima promotes tourism to rebuild typhoon-hit island

Crown Prince Akihito in Hollywood

Miss International, Peter, Paul &amp; Mary member

Miss Japan 2012 Hara

Parade for Miss International winner

Parade for Miss International winner

Parade for Miss International winner

Kagawa out for up to 4 weeks

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Miss International, Peter, Paul & Mary member