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Pets cheering up owners' spirits since 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Etsuko Niisato holding her dog Kupi at her temporary store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.

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Kitada claims 3rd title with Sankyo Ladies win

NIISATO, Japan - Rui Kitada (R) poses with TV personality Ken Shimura after winning the rain-shortened Sankyo Ladies tournament, her third title of the year, at Akagi Country Club on Oct. 10.

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(1)S. Korean Lee storms from behind to claim Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - South Korean Lee Ji Hee responds to the audiences after sinking a birdie putt in the final round of the Sankyo Ladies at at Akagai Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 12. Lee shot a blistering 7-under 65 for day's lowest score and came from a three-stroke deficit to claim her fourth title of the season.

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(2)S. Korean Lee storms from behind to claim Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - South Korean Lee Ji Hee beams with her cup in hands after winning the Sankyo Ladies at at Akagai Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 12.

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Kimura maintains lead after 2nd round at Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Overnight leader Toshimi Kimura moved a step closer to claiming the Sankyo Ladies title for the second straight year, maintaining the pole position with a two-stroke advantage after firing a 1-under-par 71 at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 11.

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Kimura takes 2-stroke lead in 1st round of Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Defending champion Toshimi Kimura got off to a near perfect start, shooting a 7-under-par 65 to equal a course record and take sole possession of the lead in the first round of the Sakyo Ladies at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10.

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Kimura wins Sankyo Ladies Open golf

NIISATO, Japan - Toshimi Kimura wins Sankyo Ladies Open golf match at Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 13.

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Tour rookie Yamaguchi wins Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Tour rookie Hiroko Yamaguchi wins the Sankyo Ladies Open golf tournament for her first career title on the Japan LPGA circuit at Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 7.

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Kitada claims 3rd title with Sankyo Ladies win

NIISATO, Japan - Rui Kitada (R) poses with TV personality Ken Shimura after winning the rain-shortened Sankyo Ladies tournament, her third title of the year, at Akagi Country Club on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Kimura wins Sankyo Ladies Open golf

NIISATO, Japan - Toshimi Kimura wins Sankyo Ladies Open golf match at Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 13. (Kyodo)

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Kimura takes 2-stroke lead in 1st round of Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Defending champion Toshimi Kimura got off to a near perfect start, shooting a 7-under-par 65 to equal a course record and take sole possession of the lead in the first round of the Sakyo Ladies at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

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Youths from disaster-hit Iwate invited to Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Naoya Niisato (2nd from L in front), a third-year student of Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, speaks at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2011. Twenty-eight members of kendo swordsmanship clubs at a junior high school and a university in disaster-hit Iwate Prefecture paid a courtesy visit to the ministry during their trip to Moscow and Krasnoyarsk from Aug. 16 to 22. The trip was realized after an invitation was issued after a proposal by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana. (Kyodo)

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Court ruling on defunct eugenics law

Lead lawyer Koji Niisato speaks in front of the Sendai District Court in the northeastern Japan city on May 28, 2019. The court determined that the now-defunct eugenics protection law that mandated the government to stop people with intellectual disabilities from reproducing was unconstitutional, but it dismissed a damages suit filed by two women, represented by Niisato, who underwent forced sterilization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court ruling on defunct eugenics law

Lead lawyer Koji Niisato speaks in front of the Sendai District Court in the northeastern Japan city on May 28, 2019. The court determined that the now-defunct eugenics protection law that mandated the government to stop people with intellectual disabilities from reproducing was unconstitutional, but it dismissed a damages suit filed by two women, represented by Niisato, who underwent forced sterilization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)S. Korean Lee storms from behind to claim Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - South Korean Lee Ji Hee beams with her cup in hands after winning the Sankyo Ladies at at Akagai Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 12. (Kyodo)

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(1)S. Korean Lee storms from behind to claim Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - South Korean Lee Ji Hee responds to the audiences after sinking a birdie putt in the final round of the Sankyo Ladies at at Akagai Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 12. Lee shot a blistering 7-under 65 for day's lowest score and came from a three-stroke deficit to claim her fourth title of the season. (Kyodo)

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Kimura maintains lead after 2nd round at Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Overnight leader Toshimi Kimura moved a step closer to claiming the Sankyo Ladies title for the second straight year, maintaining the pole position with a two-stroke advantage after firing a 1-under-par 71 at the Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

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Tour rookie Yamaguchi wins Sankyo Ladies

NIISATO, Japan - Tour rookie Hiroko Yamaguchi wins the Sankyo Ladies Open golf tournament for her first career title on the Japan LPGA circuit at Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 7.