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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes en route to winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes en route to winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese athletes pose for a photo after their podium finishes at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025, with (from L, top, clockwise) Mari Fukada, Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi winning bronze, gold, silver, respectively in the women's big air event while Taiga Hasegawa and Ryoma Kimata winning silver and gold, respectively in the men's competitions.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Ryoma Kimata (L) and Kokomo Murase of Japan pose with their gold medals after winning the men's and women's big air events, respectively, at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes in the women's big air final at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan celebrates after winning the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese snowboarders -- (from L) Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase and Mari Fukada -- pose for photos after winning silver, gold, bronze, respectively, in the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes in the women's big air final at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes in the women's big air final at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan celebrates after winning the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes in the women's big air final at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese snowboarders -- (from L) Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase and Mari Fukada -- celebrate on the podium after winning silver, gold, bronze, respectively, in the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japan's Kokomo Murase competes in the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 21, 2025. She won silver.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japan's Kokomo Murase competes in the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 21, 2025. She won silver.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japan's Kokomo Murase competes in the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 21, 2025. She won silver.

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Snowboarding: World championships

New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott (C) poses after winning gold in the women's snowboard slopestyle event at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 21, 2025, alongside silver medalist Kokomo Murase (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Reira Iwabuchi also of Japan.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Japan's Kokomo Murase (R) and Reira Iwabuchi are pictured after winning silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's snowboard slopestyle event at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 21, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes en route to winning silver in the women's big air at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 6, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

(From L) Kokomo Murase of Japan, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand and Momo Suzuki of Japan pose on the podium after winning silver, gold and bronze, respectively, in the women's big air at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 6, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's big air at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 6, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (C) of New Zealand poses after winning gold in the women's slopestyle at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 2, 2025, alongside silver medalist Kokomo Murase (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Mia Brookes of Britain.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's slopestyle at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Aspen

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's slopestyle at a snowboarding World Cup event in Aspen, Colorado, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Snowboarding: X Games

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning silver in the women's snowboard slopestyle competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 24, 2025.

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-HOENGSEONG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-SNOWBOARD

(240128) -- HOENGSEONG, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Murase Yura (C) of Japan, Silver medalist Rebecca Flynn (L) of the United States and bronze medalist Lucia Georgalli of New Zealand pose during the Women's Big Air final of snowboard event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Hoengseong, South Korea, Jan. 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-HOENGSEONG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-SNOWBOARD

(240128) -- HOENGSEONG, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murase Yura of Japan competes during the Women's Big Air final of snowboard event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Hoengseong, South Korea, Jan. 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-HOENGSEONG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-SNOWBOARD

(240127) -- HOENGSEONG, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murase Yura of Japan competes during the Women's Big Air qualification of snowboard event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Hoengseong, South Korea, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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Snowboarding: X Games

Britain's Mia Brookers (C) celebrates after winning gold in the women's snowboard slopestyle at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 26, 2024, alongside Japan's Kokomo Murase (L) and compatriot Reira Iwabuchi, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase trains ahead of the upcoming World Cup season in the town of Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 10, 2023.

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Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase gives an interview in the town of Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 10, 2023.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Kreischberg

Austrian snowboarder Anna Gasser (C) celebrates after winning the final World Cup women's big air event of the season in Kreischberg, Austria, on Jan. 14, 2023, alongside runner-up Zoi Sadowski Synnott (L) of New Zealand and third-place Kokomo Murase of Japan.

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AKB48, sister groups at event in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese pop group NMB48 member Sae Murase communicates with fans at a meet-the-fans event with AKB48 and other sister groups on July 29, 2014, in Shanghai, China. The event also aims to promote tourism and enhance exchanges among youth in Asia.

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Social Insurance Agency chief hands out flyers on record snafu

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Murase, director general of the Social Insurance Agency, hands out flyers to commuters near the JR Tokyo Station on June 8 apologizing for massive record-keeping lapses at the agency. The agency has acknowledged that it has mishandled computer records for 50 million social insurance policy holders.

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Social Insurance Agency workers punished over pension scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Murase (R), director general of Japan's Social Insurance Agency, apologizes Aug. 28 after his agency announced punishment of 1,752 employees the same day over a scandal in which they improperly exempted people from national pension dues to help pretend better performances in collecting the premiums.

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New Social Insurance Agency head meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Murase, new head of the scandal-hit Social Insurance Agency, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on July 23. Murase served as deputy president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. before assuming the government post.

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Sompo Japan Vice President Murase to head Social Insurance Agency

TOKYO, Japan - Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Vice President Kiyoshi Murase (in undated file photo) has been named as commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, making him the first from a private firm to head the auxiliary body of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Murase, 57, will replace Akira Mano, who will retire.

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(4)JH chief Fujii dismissed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Highway Public Corp. (JH) Vice3 President Koichi Murase speaks to reporters following his appointment as JH acting president following dismissal of President Haruho Fujii on Oct. 24.

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Competition heating up

The photo shows a high-powered copying machine unveiled by by Canon U.S.A. Inc. in New York on Tuesday Aug. 18. The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Canon Inc. said it will start selling the $115,000 machine in mid-September in the markets long dominated by Xerox Corp. ''We're taking on Xerox in markets where they traditionally haven't had much competition,'' said Canon U.S.A. President Haruo Murase.

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Beijing Olympics: Snowboard

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase competes in the women's big air qualification round at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 14, 2022, at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.

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Japanese athletes return from Beijing

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Feb. 18, 2022, after competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Beijing Olympics: Snowboard

Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase poses with her bronze medal for the women's big air at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Anna Gasser (C) of Austria, silver medalist Zoi Sadowski Synnott (L) of New Zealand and bronze medalist Murase Kokomo of Japan celebrate during the flower ceremony of women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Murase Kokomo of Japan competes during the women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Murase Kokomo of Japan competes during the women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Anna Gasser (C) of Austria, silver medalist Zoi Sadowski Synnott (R) of New Zealand and bronze medalist Murase Kokomo of Japan celebrate after the women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Murase Kokomo of Japan competes during the women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-WOMEN'S SNOWBOARD BIG AIR-FINAL (CN)

(220215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Anna Gasser (C) of Austria, Zoi Sadowski Synnott (L) of New Zealand and Murase Kokomo of Japan pose for photos during the flower ceremony after women's snowboard big air final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)