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Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami (front) stretches his arm with the help of teammate Chikara Morinaka at a playfield in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 1, 1966. (Kyodo)

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Narita airport marks 800 millionth traveler

NARITA, Japan - Fuminori Ogiso (C) and his wife Yuki from Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, receive a commemorative gift from Narita International Airport Corp. President Kosaburo Morinaka (R) at the airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The couple, who were on their way to Germany for a sightseeing trip in Europe, took the total number of travelers to have used the airport since its opening on May 20, 1978, above the 800 million mark.

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Narita airport president in press conference

NARITA, Japan - Kosaburo Morinaka, president of Narita International Airport Corp., speaks during a press conference at the airport east of Tokyo on April 21, 2011. He said the number of foreign travelers arriving and departing the airport fell 34 percent in March from a year earlier to 494,326, as last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant prompted tour cancellations.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Narita International Airport Corp. President Kosaburo Morinaka speaks at a press conference in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on the opening of a new runway and international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2010, as Haneda airport prepares to resume full-fledged international operations.

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Giants Matsui hits game-ending homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui hits a game-ending homer over the right-center wall in the 10th inning off Yokohama Baystars pitcher Masao Morinaka. The Giants beat the Baystars 3-2.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Narita International Airport Corp. President Kosaburo Morinaka speaks at a press conference in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on the opening of a new runway and international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2010, as Haneda airport prepares to resume full-fledged international operations. (Kyodo)

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Narita airport president in press conference

NARITA, Japan - Kosaburo Morinaka, president of Narita International Airport Corp., speaks during a press conference at the airport east of Tokyo on April 21, 2011. He said the number of foreign travelers arriving and departing the airport fell 34 percent in March from a year earlier to 494,326, as last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant prompted tour cancellations. (Kyodo)

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Narita airport marks 800 millionth traveler

NARITA, Japan - Fuminori Ogiso (C) and his wife Yuki from Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, receive a commemorative gift from Narita International Airport Corp. President Kosaburo Morinaka (R) at the airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The couple, who were on their way to Germany for a sightseeing trip in Europe, took the total number of travelers to have used the airport since its opening on May 20, 1978, above the 800 million mark. (Kyodo)