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Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Miyabi Moriya (L) passes the ball in the first half of a women's football quarterfinal match against the United States at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024, at Parc des Princes in Paris.

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-AUSTRALIA VS JAPAN

(240523) -- PASIG CITY, May 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Dylan Clutterbuck (L) of Australia vies for the ball against Moriya Hiroto of Japan during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications between Australia and Japan in Pasig City, the Philippines, on May 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-JAPAN VS CHINA

(240522) -- PASIG CITY, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Moriya Hiroto (L) vies for the ball during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications between Japan and China in Pasig City, the Philippines, on May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-SINGAPORE VS JAPAN

(240521) -- PASIG CITY, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hiroto Moriya (2nd R) of Japan celebrates scoring with his teammates during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications between Singapore and Japan in Pasig, the Philippines, on May 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Football: Paris Olympics qualifier

Japan's Miyabi Moriya scores a goal in the second half of a 2024 Paris Olympics women's football qualifier against India in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Oct. 26, 2023.

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(SP)NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP C-JPN VS ESP

(230731) -- WELLINGTON, July 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Salma Paralluelo (R) of Spain vies with Moriya Miyabi of Japan during the Group C match between Japan and Spain at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Wellington, New Zealand, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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(SP)NEW ZEALAND-WELLINGTON-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP C-JPN VS ESP

(230731) -- WELLINGTON, July 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Salma Paralluelo (R) of Spain vies with Moriya Miyabi of Japan during the Group C match between Japan and Spain at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Wellington, New Zealand, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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Fukushima decontamination office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masaru Moriya (L), head of an Environment Ministry task force on the decontamination of Fukushima Prefecture following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, stands by a signboard bearing the name of the ministry's Fukushima decontamination office set up in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L) keeps mum as he leaves the Defense Ministry on Aug. 17. The government has picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike talks to journalists at her ministry on Aug. 17 after the government picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Takemasa Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Princess Ayako marries commoner Moriya

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Kei Moriya leaves his home in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2018, en route to his wedding at Meiji Shrine with Princess Ayako, the youngest daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Princess Ayako marries commoner Moriya

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Princess Ayako (C), the youngest daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, bows to her mother Princess Hisako (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2018, as she leaves for her wedding with commoner Kei Moriya at Meiji Shrine. (Pool photo)

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Princess Ayako marries commoner Moriya

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Kei Moriya leaves his home in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2018, en route to his wedding at Meiji Shrine with Princess Ayako, the youngest daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Moriya leads Kawasaki over Niigata in J-League

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kentaro Moriya (R) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the only goal in the J-League first-division match against Albirex Niigata at Todoroki Stadium on July 27, 2014, leading Kawasaki to a 1-0 win at home.

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Ex-vice defense minister jailed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya who was imprisoned Sept. 21, 2010, for bribery and perjury. Moriya was imprisoned after he retracted his appeal to the Supreme Court on Aug. 27, 2010.

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Diet panels to file perjury charges against Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives committee on antiterrorism and Iraq reconstruction affairs votes unanimously on Jan. 15 to file perjury charges against former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya in connection with his sworn testimony on his relationships with Motonobu Miyazaki, a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. The House of Councillors committee on foreign affairs and defense unanimously approved a similar motion the same day. Moriya and Miyazaki have been arrested and indicted on bribery charges in connection with equipment procurement by the Defense Ministry.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Moriya's arrest 'extremely deplorable': Machimura

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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Moriya arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya heads to be questioned by prosecutors on Nov. 28 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Moriya is suspected of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors began questioning former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in photo) on Nov. 28 on suspicion of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. Photo shows Moriya leaving his home to take a taxi the same day.

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Upper house panel to summon Moriya, Nukaga under oath

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs raise their hands on Nov. 27 to show their approval for summoning Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya next Monday as sworn witnesses over allegations of collusion on defense contracts while ruling coalition lawmakers are absent from the session.

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Nukaga asked thru Moriya to include Yamagata firm as bidders

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 20. Nukaga denied an allegation that he asked the now-defunct Defense Facilities Administration Agency in 2000 to include a construction company based in Yamagata Prefecture as part of a group of invited bidders for a project to be put to tender by its regional bureau.

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya asks for permission to answer a question as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors panel session on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm.

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya looks through papers while being questioned at a House of Councillors panel as a sworn witness on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm.

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Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yamada Corp. President Yoshihiko Yonezu, speaking as an unsworn witness, tells a House of Councillors panel on Nov. 15 that a former executive of the scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house entertained former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya by golfing with him more than 300 times between 1998 and 2006, costing more than 15 million yen for the company.

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Moriya testifies at Diet over ties with ex-defense firm exec

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) testifies before a House of Representatives panel on Oct. 29 on his relations with an ex-senior executive of Yamada Corp., a defense business firm. Moriya admitted playing golf with the former executive ''more than 200 times'' over 12 years.

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Moriya denies doing favors for defense firm despite golfing

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya speaks at a House of Representatives panel in the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 29 as a sworn witness about a series of allegations including collusion with a former executive of defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp.

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Moriya to be summoned as sworn witness at Diet on Oct. 29

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives special committee on the prevention of terrorism decided unanimously on Oct. 24 to summon scandal-tainted former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya to the Diet as a sworn witness on Oct. 29.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries.

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Moriya claims silver at archery world championships

MADRID, Spain - File photo shows Ryuichi Moriya who captured the silver medal at the archery world championships held in Madrid on June 25.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Meeting for the disabled starts in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - The two-day 35th National Sports Games for the Disabled starts on Nov. 6 in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan. Photo shows the opening ceremony, with Sachiko Fukushima (L) and Yoshio Moriya of the delegation of host Kumamoto Prefecture declaring on behalf of the 2,300 competing athletes that they will do their best in the event, nicknamed ''Heartful Kumamoto.''

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Ultralight plane crashes in riverbed

TSUKUBA, Japan - An ultralight plane crashes Oct. 10 in a riverbed in the town of Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture. Two people aboard the plane were killed in the crash.

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(SP)PHILIPINES-QUEZON CITY-VOLLEYBALL-NATIONS LEAGUE-JAPAN VS BULGARIA

(220616) -- QUEZON CITY, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Moriya Akane digs during the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Women's Pool 4 match against Bulgaria in Quezon City, the Philippines on June 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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