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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan poses with the gold medal she won in the women's 65-kilogram category at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa (R) of Japan celebrates after defeating Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa (R) of Japan wins the women's 65-kilogram final against Alina Kasabieva from Russia at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan celebrates with a national flag after defeating Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan celebrates with a national flag after defeating Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan celebrates with a national flag after defeating Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa (R) of Japan competes against Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa (L) of Japan competes against Alina Kasabieva from Russia in the women's 65-kilogram final at the world wrestling championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sept. 17, 2025.

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Collin Morikawa of the United States interacts with spectators during the men's individual stroke play of golf at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhu Zheng)

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(SP)U.S.-AUGUSTA-MASTERS GOLF-ROUND 3

(240414) -- AUGUSTA, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Collin Morikawa of the United States reacts during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the United States on April 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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(SP)U.S.-AUGUSTA-MASTERS GOLF-ROUND 3

(240414) -- AUGUSTA, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Collin Morikawa of the United States reacts during the third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the United States on April 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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Golf: Masters Tournament

Collin Morikawa of the United States hits off the second tee during the third round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 13, 2024.

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Golf: Masters Tournament

Collin Morikawa of the United States hits off the fourth tee during the third round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 13, 2024.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-NEW CLARK CITY-WATER POLO-ASIAN AGE GROUP AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-CHINA VS JAPAN

(240303) -- NEW CLARK CITY, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Diheng of China (Top) vies against Morikawa Sho of Japan during the men's water polo round robin Group A match in the 11th Asian Age Group Aquatics Championships in New Clark City, Capas of Tarlac Province, the Philippines, March 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Golf: Zozo Championship

American Collin Morikawa reads the green on the 18th hole during the final round of the Zozo Championship golf tournament at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2023.

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Golf: Zozo Championship

American Collin Morikawa poses with the trophy after winning the Zozo Championship golf tournament at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2023.

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230922) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Morikawa Miwa (L) and France's Kendra Augustine Jocelyne Dacher compete during their women's 72kg freestyle category bronze medal final at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-TAEKWONDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230603) -- BAKU, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Morikawa Wataru (L) of Japan competes against Cesar Rodriguez of Mexico during the men's 54kg round of 32 match at the World Taekwondo Championships 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2, 2023. (Photo by Tofiq Babayev/Xinhua)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-TAEKWONDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230603) -- BAKU, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Morikawa Wataru (L) of Japan competes against Cesar Rodriguez of Mexico during the men's 54kg round of 32 match at the World Taekwondo Championships 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2, 2023. (Photo by Tofiq Babayev/Xinhua)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-TAEKWONDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230603) -- BAKU, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Morikawa Wataru (R) of Japan competes against Adrian Miranda of Ecuador during the men's 54kg round of 64 match at the World Taekwondo Championships 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2, 2023. (Photo by Tofiq Babayev/Xinhua)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-TAEKWONDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230603) -- BAKU, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Morikawa Wataru (L) of Japan competes against Cesar Rodriguez of Mexico during the men's 54kg round of 32 match at the World Taekwondo Championships 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2, 2023. (Photo by Tofiq Babayev/Xinhua)

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(SP)U.S.-AUGUSTA-MASTERS-GOLF TOURNAMENT

(230409) -- AUGUSTA, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Collin Morikawa of the United States competes during the third round of the 2023 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, the United States, April 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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Wrestling: Japanese national championships

World silver medalist Ami Ishii (red) attempts a takedown against Miwa Morikawa during the women's 68-kilogram final at the wrestling national championships at Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2022.

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Messaging app provider LINE to replace its CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Smartphone messaging app operator LINE Corp. announces on Dec. 22, 2014, that its Chief Operating Officer Takeshi Idezawa will become the chief executive officer replacing Akira Morikawa for formalization at a general meeting of shareholders next March.

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Yokomine wins U.S. LPGA tour card for next season

DAYTONA BEACH, United States - Japanese professional golfer Sakura Yokomine (R) and her husband Yotaro Morikawa point to her name on the score board at the LPGA International golf club in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Dec. 8, 2014, after she won a U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association tour card for next season. She finished 11th in the fifth and last round of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., briefs reporters on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide.

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., gestures during a press briefing on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide.

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No. of Line users tops 300 mil.

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, chief executive officer of smartphone messaging company Line Corp., speaks during an in-house event after the number of its global users topped the 300 million mark, in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2013.

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Line smartphone app users top 100 mil. worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa (L), president of NHN Japan Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea's NHN Corp. and developer of the Line smartphone application for free Internet calling and messaging, stands in front of a counter showing the total number of users worldwide has topped 100 million, at an event in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 18, 2013.

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Court terminates wartime Yokohama Incident retrial

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyer Kinju Morikawa (C) and the relatives of five people, now deceased, make their way to the Yokohama District Court on Feb. 9 for a retrial over the wartime ''Yokohama Incident,'' in which journalists and other people were convicted of promoting communism. The court terminates the retrial.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa (R) of Japan competes en route to winning the women's 65-kilogram final against Long Jia of China at the world wrestling championships in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Sept. 14, 2022.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan poses with her gold medal won in the women's 65-kilogram category at the world wrestling championships in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Sept. 14, 2022.

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Wrestling: World championships

Miwa Morikawa of Japan celebrates after winning the women's 65-kilogram category at the world wrestling championships in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Sept. 14, 2022.

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN

(220915) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Morikawa Miwa (L) celebrates after defeating China's Long Jia during their women's 65kg category final at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN

(220915) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Morikawa Miwa (L) fights with China's Long Jia during their women's 65kg category final at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN

(220915) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Japan's Morikawa Miwa (2nd L), silver medalist China's Long Jia(1st L), bronze medalists Koumba Larroque of France and Mallory Maxine Velte (1st R) of the United States pose during the awarding ceremony for the women's 65kg category event at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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Golf: U.S. Open

Collin Morikawa of the United States plays a shot during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament on June 17, 2022, at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Tokyo Olympics: Golf

Collin Morikawa of the United States plays a shot on the 14th hole during the opening round of the Tokyo Olympic men's golf tournament on July 29, 2021, at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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"Makeup Room" gets top prize at Yubari film fest in northern Japan

Film director Kei Morikawa (R) speaks in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 22, 2015, after receiving the Fantastic Off-Theater Competition grand prix for his "Makeup Room" at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Workday Championship

Collin Morikawa of the United States holds the trophy after winning the Workday Championship at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2021.

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Golf: Workday Championship

Collin Morikawa of the United States pumps his first during the final round of the Workday Championship at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2021. Morikawa won the tournament by three strokes.

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Japan academic Morikawa urges young to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Morikawa, a political professor at Waseda University, holds up a T-shirt bearing a slogan urging younger eligible voters to cast ballots in elections including the upcoming House of Councillors election at his office in Tokyo on June 24, 2010. ''The primary point is to vote,'' Morikawa has said, referring to turnouts of those in their 20s which are in general lowest among all generations. (Kyodo)

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Court terminates wartime Yokohama Incident retrial

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyer Kinju Morikawa (C) and the relatives of five people, now deceased, make their way to the Yokohama District Court on Feb. 9 for a retrial over the wartime ''Yokohama Incident,'' in which journalists and other people were convicted of promoting communism. The court terminates the retrial. (Kyodo)

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Messaging app provider LINE to replace its CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Smartphone messaging app operator LINE Corp. announces on Dec. 22, 2014, that its Chief Operating Officer Takeshi Idezawa will become the chief executive officer replacing Akira Morikawa for formalization at a general meeting of shareholders next March. (Kyodo)

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Yokomine wins U.S. LPGA tour card for next season

DAYTONA BEACH, United States - Japanese professional golfer Sakura Yokomine (R) and her husband Yotaro Morikawa point to her name on the score board at the LPGA International golf club in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Dec. 8, 2014, after she won a U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association tour card for next season. She finished 11th in the fifth and last round of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.

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Message app Line to seek growth before stock listing

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa, president of smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp., briefs reporters on the company's business plan in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014. Morikawa said he wants to first expand its business and secure revenue before listing its stock, while announcing the number of registered app users had topped 500 million worldwide. (Kyodo)

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Golf: PGA Championship

Collin Morikawa of the United States is pictured after finishing the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2020. Morikawa won his first major title.

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Golf: PGA Championship

Collin Morikawa of the United States is pictured after finishing the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2020. Morikawa won his first major title.

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Golf: PGA Championship

Collin Morikawa of the United States hits a tee shot on the seventh hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2020. Morikawa won his first major title.