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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan hits off the 17th tee during the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan meets the press after winning the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan reacts after winning the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Chisato Iwai of Japan poses with the victor's trophy after winning the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 9, 2025.

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World Cultural Heritage-listed sacred place in Okinawa

Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2013, shows World Cultural Heritage-listed sacred place Sefa-utaki in Nanjo in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Human bones over 9,000 years old found in Okinawa

NANJO, Japan - The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum unveils human bones excavated from a stratum more than 9,000 years old in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. A finger indicates the location of the skull.

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Okinawa governor race begins

NANJO, Japan - Former upper house lawmaker Shokichi Kina, 66, who is running for governor of Okinawa, makes a speech in Nanjo, a city in Japan's southernmost prefecture on Oct. 30, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a closely watched election on Nov. 16, in which the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base will take center stage.

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Daikin Orchid Ladies golf

NANJO, Japan - Thailand's O. Sattaya holds the victor's trophy after winning the Daikin Orchid Ladies golf competition, the first Japanese event of the new JLPGA season, at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, on March 9, 2014.

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Money title rivals practice before Daikin Orchid tournament

NANJO, Japan - Rikako Morita (R), winner of Japan's 2013 LPGA money title, and runner-up Sakura Yokomine practice before the start on March 7, 2014, of the three-day Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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M. Miyazato practices approach shot before Daikin Orchid meet

NANJO, Japan - Mika Miyazato of Japan practices an approach shot before the start on March 7, 2014, of the three-day Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Missile interceptors in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Vehicles carrying Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles enter the Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen sub base in the city of Nanjo in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on April 18, 2013.

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Morita wins Daikin Orchid Ladies

NANJO, Japan - Japan's Rikako Morita holds the victor's trophy after defeating compatriot Sakura Yokomine in a playoff to win her third career title at the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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12,000-year-old human bones, tools found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Shinji Yamasaki, senior researcher of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, speaks on Oct. 19, 2012, near the site in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, where the museum discovered human and animal bones as well as stone tools made of quartz, which are estimated to be about 12,000 years old.

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12,000-yr old human bones, tools found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 19, 2012, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a child's fossilized canine tooth (top) and stone tools made of quartz, all estimated to be about 12,000 years old using radiocarbon dating, that have been found in a cave in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum said the same day it has discovered human and animal bones as well as stone tools made of quartz, all from the Old Stone Age, in the cave.

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12,000-year-old human bones, tools found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 19, 2012, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a child's fossilized canine tooth, estimated to be about 12,000 years old using radiocarbon dating, that has been found in a cave in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum said the same day it has discovered human and animal bones as well as stone tools made of quartz, all from the Old Stone Age, in the cave.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

NANJO, Japan - A member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces stands guard on April 11, 2012, by a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen base in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

NANJO, Japan - Photo taken on April 11, 2012, shows ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen base in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2012, shows ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen base in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2012, shows ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen base in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2012, shows ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen base in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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Saito wins JLPGA season opener

NANJO, Japan - Japan's Airi Saito smiles after sinking her par putt at the second hole in a playoff at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 4, 2012, winning her first career title at the Japan LPGA season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies.

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Saito wins JLPGA season opener

NANJO, Japan - Japan's Airi Saito (C) poses for photos with her parents at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 4, 2012, after winning her first career title at the Japan LPGA season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies.

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Saito wins JLPGA season opener

NANJO, Japan - Japan's Airi Saito holds the victor's trophy at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 4, 2012, after winning her first career title at the Japan LPGA season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies.

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Yellow card for golf

NANJO, Japan - Yoko Ema, Japan LPGA Tour official in charge of rules and scoring, holds a soccer-like yellow card during a press conference in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. The tour has decided to use the cards for slow play to avoid confusion caused by verbal warnings.

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - Koki Terada, a researcher at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, on Oct. 31, 2011, in the institute in Nanjo in the prefecture, holds a dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12 in the village of Onna on the prefecture's main island. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

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World's longest habu poisonous snake

NAHA, Japan - A dead habu snake, which was found and killed on Oct. 12, 2011, in the village of Onna on Okinawa Prefecture's main island, is measured Oct. 31 at the Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The 2.42-meter-long indigenous venomous snake is the world's longest habu, according to the institute.

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S. Korea's Park wins Japanese season opener

NANJO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee wins the Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 6, 2011, opening the 2011 Japan LPGA season with a victory.

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Rookie Ahn wins JLPGA season opener

NANJO, Japan - South Korean rookie Ahn Sun Ju shows off the winner's trophy after her victory in the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 7, 2010. Ahn made a triumphant debut on the Japan LPGA Tour, coasting to a five-shot victory at Ryukyu Golf Club.

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Miyazato ties for 6th at Daikin Orchid Ladies

NANJO, Japan - Ai Miyazato plays a putt in the second round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. Miyazato, fresh off winning the first two events of the U.S. LPGA Tour, shot a 71 for a 3-under 141 total, two strokes behind the leaders in a tie for sixth.

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S. Korea wins Kyoraku Cup against Japan

NANJO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee is tossed into the air after the team took advantage of its massive opening-day lead to win the Kyoraku Cup team event by a score of 29-19 against Japan on Dec. 5, 2009, at Ryukyu Golf club in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Theater promotes rare Ryukyu dancing

NAHA, Japan - Noriko Taira (L) of the ''Ryukyu Dancing Theater Udoi'' in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, talks about dancing costumes on Aug. 16, 2009.

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Theater promotes rare Ryukyu dancing

NAHA, Japan - Members of the ''Ryukyu Dancing Theater Udoi'' in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, perform on Oct. 13, 2009, along with high school students on a school excursion.

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Yoneyama wins Japan LPGA season opener in playoff

NANJO, Japan - Midori Yoneyama shows off her winning plaque after beating Asuka Tsujimura in playoff to triumph in the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa for her seventh career title on the Japan LPGA tour on March 4. Yoneyama earned the winner's check of 14.4 million yen for her first trophy since winning twice in 2005.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Mao Saigo of Japan reacts after making a birdie putt on the 17th hole during the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 6, 2022. She won the tournament.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Mao Saigo of Japan hits out of a bunker on the 18th hole during the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 6, 2022. She won the tournament.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Mao Saigo of Japan chips onto the 18th green during the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 6, 2022. She won the tournament.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Hwang Au Reum of South Korea watches her tee shot on the eighth hole during the third round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 5, 2022.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Ayaka Watanabe of Japan reacts as she makes her putt for par on the 18th green during the third round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Nanjo, southern Japan, on March 5, 2022.

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Yoneyama wins Japan LPGA season opener in playoff

NANJO, Japan - Midori Yoneyama shows off her winning plaque after beating Asuka Tsujimura in playoff to triumph in the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa for her seventh career title on the Japan LPGA tour on March 4. Yoneyama earned the winner's check of 14.4 million yen for her first trophy since winning twice in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Daikin Orchid golf tournament

Teresa Lu of Taiwan poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 6, 2016. Lu won the LPGA of Japan tour opener with an 8-under, 280. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Daikin Orchid golf tournament

Teresa Lu of Taiwan acknowledges the gallery after sinking a par putt on the 18th hole in the final round of the Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 6, 2016. Lu won the LPGA of Japan tour opener with an 8-under, 280. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Photo taken July 6, 2015, in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, shows a meeting of a House of Representatives panel to hear opinions on national security bills. Among the witnesses -- (from L) Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, Tomokazu Takamine, former president of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper in Okinawa, Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamie. Inamie expressed his opposition to the bills, saying they are "extremely dangerous as they could increase people's anxiety and change Japan's way of being." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament

Taiwan's Teresa Lu holds the victor's trophy after winning the Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament at Ryuku Golf Club in Nanjo on Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, on March 8, 2015. Lu won the season-opening tournament on Japan's LPGA tour with a 14-under 202. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament

Taiwan's Teresa Lu smiles on the 18th hole in the final round of the Daikin Orchid Ladies golf tournament at Ryuku Golf Club in Nanjo on Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, on March 8, 2015. Lu won the season-opening tournament on Japan's LPGA tour with a 14-under 202. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ahn sets early pace at JLPGA season opener in Okinawa

South Korea's Ahn Sun Ju hits a shot in the first round of the Japan LPGA season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 6, 2015. Ahn took a one-stroke lead with a 4-under 68. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ahn sets early pace at JLPGA season opener in Okinawa

Mika Miyazato hits a shot in the first round of the Japan LPGA season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 6, 2015. Miyazato tied for second after shooting a 3-under 69, a stroke behind South Korea's Ahn Sun Ju. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Sakura Koiwai holds the championship trophy after winning the Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 7, 2021, the first tournament of the year on the Japan LPGA Tour.

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Golf: Daikin Orchid Ladies

Sakura Koiwai reacts after winning the Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 7, 2021, the first tournament of the year on the Japan LPGA Tour.