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Koji Mukai attends the Burberry show during London Fashion Week September 2025 at Hyde Park Photo by LounisPhotography/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LFW - Burberry Outside

Koji Mukai attends the Burberry show during London Fashion Week September 2025 at Hyde Park Photo by LounisPhotography/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LFW - Burberry Outside

Koji Mukai attends the Burberry show during London Fashion Week September 2025 at Hyde Park Photo by LounisPhotography/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Japanese TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada are pictured during a press conference on April 11, 2007, after the Supreme Court repealed in March a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court finalized Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the 2003 births of the boys.(Kyodo)

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Babies born via surrogate mother

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Former pro wrestler Nobuhiko Takada and TV personality Aki Mukai hold up a piece of paper showing the names of their twin babies, born through a surrogate mother in the United States, during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2004.

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Surrogate arrangement for babies

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated combined photo shows TV personality Aki Mukai and medical doctor Yahiro Netsu. Mukai's twin babies were born through a surrogate mother in the United States in 2003. Netsu said in 2001 his maternity clinic had made a surrogacy arrangement for a woman, becoming the first Japanese medical institution to officially announce such a procedure.(Kyodo)

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE

CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE,Interview with Chiaki Mukai, Japan's first female astronaut, Mamoru Mohri, Columbia launch, live video from the Space Shuttle, Columbia Captain Robert Cabana, Space Shuttle=Date:1994, Place:unknown

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Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry

STORY: Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): TOSHIKO OKADA, Member of a citizens' group 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MUKAI, Sanya Labor Center member 5. screenshots of netizens' comments 6. various of Japan STORYLINE: The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun testing the equipment to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific amid fierce opposition from home and abroad. Fears of nuclear contamination are growing, as many are worried that the environmental impact will be irreversible and can not be tested. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management i

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12 years after Fukushima quake, Japanese public opposes dumping nuke wastewater into sea

STORY: 12 years after Fukushima quake, Japanese public opposes dumping nuke wastewater into sea DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY\ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people gathering early Saturday to express their strong opposition to the discharge plan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MAKOTO YANAGIDA, Japanese environmental organization Tanpoposya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): JONNY H. (pseudonym), Guitarist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MUKAI, Sanya Labor Center member 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): TOSHIKO OKADA, Member of a citizens' group STORYLINE: As Japan moves to push ahead with dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, local residents are expressing their anger and opposition. Saturday marked the 12th year after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan. An ensuing tsunami also led to core meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), resultin

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16-yr-old becomes youngest female 'go' game title holder

TOKYO, Japan - Rina Fujisawa, a female player of the "go" Japanese board game, wins the women's "Honinbo" title in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, by thrashing title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best-of-five competition, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month. Fujisawa eclipsed the previous record of 17 years and a month set in 2006 by Taiwanese player Hsieh Yi Min.

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Fujisawa beats 'go' game title holder to win top honor

TOKYO, Japan - Female "go" player Rina Fujisawa (R) grabs her first major title of the women's "Honinbo" when she beat title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best of five matches in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month.

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Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

TOKYO, Japan - Manami Mukai, a pet care school student hoping to be a groomer, calls for an end to the euthanasia of pet animals in her book titled "Inochi no Hana" (Flower of Life), as shown in this file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Toshio Okazaki (L), chief of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and Kazuo Mukai, head of the agency's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor, shake hands wrapping up a press conference in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension.

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan - Files photos show TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada. The Supreme Court on March 23 repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3.

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Mighty battleship Yamato comes back in movie

ONOMICHI, Japan - The movie, titled ''Yamato,'' is being shot on the real size of the 64,000-ton battleship Yamato at a former shipbuilding yard on Mukai Island, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Japan aiming to exploit Fiji's weaknesses in Rugby World Cup

TOWNSVILLE, Australia - Members of the Japan rugby team practice in Townsville, Queensland, on Oct. 21 ahead of their third Rugby World Cup match against Fiji. Coach Shogo Mukai said Japanese technicians have identified weaknesses in Fiji's game and will exploit them to beat the islanders when they meet on Oct. 23.

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Mukai voices deep regret over Columbia

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, United States - Japan's first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai voices her deepest regret Feb. 2 over the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia during a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Mukai took part in shuttle missions in 1994 and 1998.

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A-bomb survivor from Brazil seeks medical care

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shunji Mukai, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima who lives in Brazil, on Aug. 3 urges the Japanese government to guarantee the provision of medical care to victims living outside Japan. ''We are also A-bomb victims. I hope the Japanese government will provide us with medical treatment even in Brazil,'' Mukai, 72, said at an international conference held by the Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) in Hiroshima.

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NASDA appoints Sumino as Japan's 2nd female astronaut

TOKYO, Japan - Naoko Sumino, whom the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) appointed as its eighth astronaut, speaks to reporters at NASDA's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept 26. Sumino, NASDA's second female astronaut after Chiaki Mukai, will be trained in machinery operation for a mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Mukai named as Japan rugby national coach

TOKYO, Japan - Shogo Mukai (R), new coach of the Japanese national team, and Hiroaki Shukuzawa, new chief of the Japan Rugby Football Union's technical committee supervising the national team, shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29. Mukai takes over from Seiji Hirao, who resigned in November.

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Obuchi talks with Clinton

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) talks with U.S. President Bill Clinton during dinner on Nov. 19 at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo. The two leaders hailed bilateral cooperation such as exemplified by Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai's role in a space shuttle mission that also included U.S. Sen. John Glenn. Obuchi said the mission was a source of ''dreams and hopes'' for the people of Japan. (Pool photo)

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Astronaut Mukai autographs Discovery crew pictures

Astronaut Chiaki Mukai autographs pictures of U.S. space shuttle Discovery's crew Nov. 8 at a gathering in Houston, Texas, after the shuttle returned to Earth on Nov. 7 in Florida. Mukai, 46, is Japan's first female astronaut and the first Japanese to travel twice in space.

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Discovery crew waving hands for press

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (third from L), U.S. Sen. John Glenn (third from R) and the five other crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery meet the press Nov. 8 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery returned home the previous day after successfully ending its nine-day mission. The crew members later returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Space shuttle Discovery's crew meet press

The seven crew members on the space shuttle Discovery hold a press conference Nov. 5, with reporters posing questions through TV monitors at the Johnson Space Center. Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (R on TV screen) told reporters she would like to stay longer in space. Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 7.

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Mukai, Glenn head for press conference

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (L) heads for a press conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Nov. 8 after the U.S. space shuttle Discovery returned home with its seven-member crew including U.S. Sen. John Glenn (R). Discovery returned to Earth on Nov. 7, successfully ending its nine-day mission during which some 80 experiments ranging from biological to solar studies were conducted.

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Obuchi talks to Mukai

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), flanked by Science and Technology Agency chief Yutaka Takeyama, talks to Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C in TV frame), now on board the U.S. shuttle Discovery, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 5. ''I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the success of the launching of the shuttle,'' Obuchi said during the 20-minute conversation which started shortly before 6 a.m.

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Mukai speaks to press before shuttle launch

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai speaks to the press upon her arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday Oct. 26. She talked about her hopes for the upcoming U.S. space shuttle mission which will take her to space for a second time. Her six colleagues aboard the space shuttle Discovery, to be launched on Oct. 29, include Sen. John Glenn, a former astronaut who first traveled to space 36 years ago.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai (white) and Germany's Eduard Trippel compete in a men's 90-kilogram class match of the judo mixed team quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on July 31, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Krisztian Toth of Hungary (white) competes against Japan's Shoichiro Mukai in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai looks dejected after losing to Krisztian Toth of Hungary in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Shoichiro Mukai looks dejected after losing to Krisztian Toth of Hungary in the third round of the men's judo 90-kilogram at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor from Brazil seeks medical care

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shunji Mukai, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima who lives in Brazil, on Aug. 3 urges the Japanese government to guarantee the provision of medical care to victims living outside Japan. ''We are also A-bomb victims. I hope the Japanese government will provide us with medical treatment even in Brazil,'' Mukai, 72, said at an international conference held by the Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) in Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Mukai gets France's highest honor

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai receives France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, for her contributions to strengthening cooperation between France and Japan in the field of space exploration. Mukai became Japan's first female astronaut when she boarded the space shuttle Columbia in 1994 as a payload specialist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japanese female astronaut Mukai to head U.N. space subcommittee

Undated photo shows Chiaki Mukai, the first Japanese female astronaut, who will assume the chairwomanship of a subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in February 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujitsu names female astronaut Mukai as external director

Undated photo shows Japanese female astronaut Chiaki Mukai, who will become an external director of Fujitsu Ltd. on June 22, 2015. The computer maker aims to promote women's participation in society and utilize her international experience. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese female astronaut Mukai honored by France

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C) is awarded a Chevalier (knight) medal at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015. She served as a visiting professor at the International Space University in Strasbourg in France from 2004 to 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp explains multi-function printer sales strategy

Sharp Corp. executive Kazushi Mukai explains his company's multi-function printer (MFP) sales strategy in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 20, 2015. He said Sharp aims to boost sales of office machines, centering on MFPs, by 50 billion yen or 20 percent from fiscal 2014 to 300 billion yen in fiscal 2017 by strengthening its marketing efforts in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court repeals order for registry of surrogate-born twins

TOKYO, Japan - Files photos show TV personality Aki Mukai (L) and former professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada. The Supreme Court on March 23 repealed a lower court ruling ordering a Tokyo ward office to accept on its registry twins born to the couple through an American surrogate mother. The decision by the top court's No. 2 petty bench finalizes Shinagawa Ward's rejection to register the births of the boys, now aged 3. (Kyodo)

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Kenshun-mon Gate at Kyoto Imperial Palace

North-northwestern view of Kenshun-mon Gate and tsuijibei (earthen wall) of the Kyoto Imperial Palace seen from the Omiya Gosho Imperial Street. The gate is a magnificent example of the mukai-karahafu style. The wall has five portals called anamon (literally, hole gates). The ground, which at present is covered with gravel, is scattered with weeds and small stones. Two men pull a cart with straw bundles. Taken by Ueda Kuichi.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐8‐0]

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Monju nuclear reactor restarts after 14-yr hiatus

TSURUGA, Japan - Toshio Okazaki (L), chief of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and Kazuo Mukai, head of the agency's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor, shake hands wrapping up a press conference in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 6, 2010. The reactor resumed operations the same day after more than 14 years of suspension. (Kyodo)

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16-yr-old becomes youngest female 'go' game title holder

TOKYO, Japan - Rina Fujisawa, a female player of the "go" Japanese board game, wins the women's "Honinbo" title in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, by thrashing title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best-of-five competition, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month. Fujisawa eclipsed the previous record of 17 years and a month set in 2006 by Taiwanese player Hsieh Yi Min. (Kyodo)

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Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

TOKYO, Japan - Manami Mukai, a pet care school student hoping to be a groomer, calls for an end to the euthanasia of pet animals in her book titled "Inochi no Hana" (Flower of Life), as shown in this file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2014. (Kyodo)