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Paris Olympics: Cycling Track

Japanese track cyclist Yuta Obara competes in the first round of the men's team sprint at the Paris Olympics at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, on Aug. 6, 2024.

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Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (L) and Olympic wrestling gold medalist Hitomi Obara pose for photos in Buenos Aires on Sept. 8, 2013, after wrestling was chosen for inclusion for a single berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - (From front) Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu arrive at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Icho, Obara and Yonemitsu respectively won the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class, the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class and the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics.

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Obara, Icho win Olympic wrestling gold

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (R) holds up the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class while Kaori Icho (L) holds the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class of the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara bites the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (lower) takes on Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnyk in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class final at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Obara beat Stadnyk to win the gold.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara holds up the gold medal she won in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara holds the Japanese national flag and responds to cheers in tears of joy, after winning the gold in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara wins gold in women's wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (R) reacts after beating Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnyk (L) to win the gold in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (L) fights Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnyk in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class final at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Obara beat Stadnyk to win the gold.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (R) fights Canada's Carol Huynh during the semifinals in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Obara beat Huynh.

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Obara wins gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (R) fights Senegal's Isabelle Sambou during the quarterfinals in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Obara beat Sambou.

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Japan's Obara arrives in London to compete in women's wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Hitomi Obara (Front L) speaks to reporters on arriving at London's Heathrow Airport on Aug. 3, 2012. She will compete in the women's wrestling 48-kilogram division at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Japanese 56-leaf clover enters Guinness Book of Records

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows a 56-leaf clover bred by since-deceased farmer Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. His family said Sept. 20, 2010, that the clover has entered the Guinness Book of Records as a new world record.

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Obara competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Tadashi Obara waves to the crowd after competing in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Obara placed 17th with 1 minute, 10.51 seconds.

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Obara competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Tadashi Obara skates during the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Obara placed 17th with 1 minute, 10.51 seconds.

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Farmer seeks Guinness Book listing for 56-leaf clover

MORIOKA, Japan - This is a photo of a 56-leaf clover bred by farmer Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Obara, 84, who discovered the clover on May 10, will seek to have it listed in the Guinness Book of Records as a world record for the most number of leaves on a clover stem, surpassing the previous record of 18 leaves on a clover discovered by Obara in 2002. ''I never dreamed of seeing this many leaves on a clover,'' he said, adding he had counted them by putting decals on each leaf.

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Snow Brand, Nippon Milk to set up joint holding firm in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadaaki Konose (L), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Minoru Obara, president of Nippon Milk Community Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27 at which they announced that the two dairy products makers will set up a joint holding company for their management integration on Oct. 1.

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Mother of slain Briton satisfied with life-term ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, the mother of slain British woman Lucie Blackman, reads out a statement at a press conference at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after the Tokyo High Court sentenced businessman Joji Obara to life in prison after overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted him of all charges involving Blackman's death due to lack of evidence.

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21-leaf clover grown in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Shigeo Obara, an 83-year-old farmer in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, has succeeded in growing a 21-leaf clover.

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Obara acquitted over Blackman's death, gets life for 9 other cases

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman (R), father of Briton Lucie Blackman and her sister Sophie (L), speak during a news conference after the Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for drugging and raping nine women, one fatally, but acquitted him of involvement in the death of Lucie due to lack of evidence. The dismembered body of Lucie Blackman, who worked as a hostess in Tokyo before she went missing in early July 2000 about two months after arriving in Japan, was found in a cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in February 2001.

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Father of dead British woman calls for 'maximum penalty' for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo on April 25 after testifying at the Tokyo District Court during the trial of Joji Obara, charged with raping and fatally drugging his daughter Lucie in 2002 in Japan.

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Mother of slain Briton seeks life term for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, mother of Lucie Blackman who died in Japan in 2000. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after testifying at the Tokyo District Court on April 20. Steare sought life imprisonment for Joji Obara, who was indicted for raping and fatally drugging her daughter.

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Blackmans visit Miura beach cave

MIURA, Japan - Tim Blackman, father of Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found last month in a beach cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, embraces his daughter Sophie at the cave on March 1, while Lucie's brother Rupert places white lilies. The cave is near a condominium owned by Tokyo businessman Joji Obara, 48, the prime suspect in the investigation into Blackman's death.

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Beach cave, where Blackman's dismembered body was found

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a cave in the city of Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, where the dismembered body parts, were confirmed as those of Lucie Blackman, a 22-year-old British hostess who went missing last July, on Feb. 10. The beach cave is located about 200 meters from a condominium in nearby Aburatsubo owned by alleged rapist Joji Obara. Obara, 48, is suspected of being involved in Blackman's disappearance, but has not been charged with any crime in connection with the case.

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Police investigating Blackman case find head, torso

MIURA, Japan - Police investigating the case of missing British woman Lucie Blackman on Feb. 9 find the head, torso and other dismembered parts of an unidentified woman's body (covered by blue plastic sheets on center right) on a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The police have since Feb. 5 been searching the coastal area near a condominium (upper left) owned by Joji Obara, a man suspected of being involved in the disappearance, although he has not yet been charged with any crime regarding Blackman's case.

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People queue for tickets to Obara trial

TOKYO, Japan - People gather outside the Tokyo District Court Dec. 14 to get tickets to the trial of Tokyo company executive Joji Obara, who has been linked to the case of missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman. Obara, 48, is accused of drugging and raping a Canadian woman and a British woman.

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Japanese Police arrested the man who may be connected with Lucie Blackman

Japanese Policemen investigate a house of Joji Obara, a man on suspicion of molesting Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman, and believe he may be connected with her case. A police truck leaving Obara's house with confiscated objects.

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Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman

Japanese Policemen investigate a house of Joji Obara, a man on suspicion of molesting Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman, and believe he may be connected with her case. Policemen checking confiscation at Obara's house in Tokyo.

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United World Wrestling Hall of Fame

Former Japanese wrestler Hitomi Obara (R) poses for a photo with United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic in Belgrade on Sept. 9, 2022, as the eight-time world champion and London Olympic gold medalist is inducted into the federation's Hall of Fame.

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United World Wrestling Hall of Fame

Former Japanese wrestler Hitomi Obara (R) poses for a photo with United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic in Belgrade on Sept. 9, 2022, as the eight-time world champion and London Olympic gold medalist is inducted into the federation's Hall of Fame.

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Joji Obara (1)

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Joji Obara (photo taken in his high school days). The Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for raping and drugging nine women, including one fatally, but acquitted him of all charges involving the death of British woman Lucie Blackman. (Kyodo)

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Snow Brand, Nippon Milk to set up joint holding firm in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadaaki Konose (L), president of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Minoru Obara, president of Nippon Milk Community Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27 at which they announced that the two dairy products makers will set up a joint holding company for their management integration on Oct. 1. (Kyodo)

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Japan into 2018 Winter Games ice hockey final qualifiers

Daisuke Obara of Japan (L) scores his side's second goal during the third period of a game against Ukraine in Sapporo on Feb. 14, 2016. Japan won 2-1 to advance to the final qualifiers for the Pyongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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21-leaf clover grown in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Shigeo Obara, an 83-year-old farmer in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, has succeeded in growing a 21-leaf clover. (Kyodo)

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Farmer seeks Guinness Book listing for 56-leaf clover

MORIOKA, Japan - This is a photo of a 56-leaf clover bred by farmer Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Obara, 84, who discovered the clover on May 10, will seek to have it listed in the Guinness Book of Records as a world record for the most number of leaves on a clover stem, surpassing the previous record of 18 leaves on a clover discovered by Obara in 2002. ''I never dreamed of seeing this many leaves on a clover,'' he said, adding he had counted them by putting decals on each leaf. (Kyodo)

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Father of dead British woman calls for 'maximum penalty' for Oba

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo on April 25 after testifying at the Tokyo District Court during the trial of Joji Obara, charged with raping and fatally drugging his daughter Lucie in 2002 in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Obara acquitted over Blackman's death, gets life for 9 other cas

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman (R), father of Briton Lucie Blackman and her sister Sophie (L), speak during a news conference after the Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for drugging and raping nine women, one fatally, but acquitted him of involvement in the death of Lucie due to lack of evidence. The dismembered body of Lucie Blackman, who worked as a hostess in Tokyo before she went missing in early July 2000 about two months after arriving in Japan, was found in a cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in February 2001. (Kyodo)

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Mother of slain Briton seeks life term for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, mother of Lucie Blackman who died in Japan in 2000. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after testifying at the Tokyo District Court on April 20. Steare sought life imprisonment for Joji Obara, who was indicted for raping and fatally drugging her daughter. (Kyodo)

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Obara competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Tadashi Obara skates during the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Obara placed 17th with 1 minute, 10.51 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Obara competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Tadashi Obara waves to the crowd after competing in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Obara placed 17th with 1 minute, 10.51 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Mother of slain Briton satisfied with life-term ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, the mother of slain British woman Lucie Blackman, reads out a statement at a press conference at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after the Tokyo High Court sentenced businessman Joji Obara to life in prison after overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted him of all charges involving Blackman's death due to lack of evidence. (Kyodo)

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Japanese 56-leaf clover enters Guinness Book of Records

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows a 56-leaf clover bred by since-deceased farmer Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. His family said Sept. 20, 2010, that the clover has entered the Guinness Book of Records as a new world record. (Kyodo)

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Blackmans visit Miura beach cave

MIURA, Japan - Tim Blackman, father of Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found last month in a beach cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, embraces his daughter Sophie at the cave on March 1, while Lucie's brother Rupert places white lilies. The cave is near a condominium owned by Tokyo businessman Joji Obara, 48, the prime suspect in the investigation into Blackman's death.

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Beach cave, where Blackman's dismembered body was found

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a cave in the city of Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, where the dismembered body parts, were confirmed as those of Lucie Blackman, a 22-year-old British hostess who went missing last July, on Feb. 10. The beach cave is located about 200 meters from a condominium in nearby Aburatsubo owned by alleged rapist Joji Obara. Obara, 48, is suspected of being involved in Blackman's disappearance, but has not been charged with any crime in connection with the case.

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Joji Obara (2)

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Joji Obara (photo taken in his high school days). The Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for raping and drugging nine women, including one fatally, but acquitted him of all charges involving the death of British woman Lucie Blackman. (Kyodo)

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Police investigating Blackman case find head, torso

MIURA, Japan - Police investigating the case of missing British woman Lucie Blackman on Feb. 9 find the head, torso and other dismembered parts of an unidentified woman's body (covered by blue plastic sheets on center right) on a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The police have since Feb. 5 been searching the coastal area near a condominium (upper left) owned by Joji Obara, a man suspected of being involved in the disappearance, although he has not yet been charged with any crime regarding Blackman's case.

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Hair from alleged rapist's condo may be Blackman's

TOKYO, Japan - Police said Dec. 28 that hair found in a condominium belonging to alleged rapist Joji Obara may be that of Lucie Blackman (file photo), a 22-year-old British bar hostess who disappeared in July in Tokyo. DNA tests indicate that several strands of hair taken from a bathroom of the condominium owned by Obara in the seaside city of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, were hers, the police said.

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People queue for tickets to Obara trial

TOKYO, Japan - People gather outside the Tokyo District Court Dec. 14 to get tickets to the trial of Tokyo company executive Joji Obara, who has been linked to the case of missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman. Obara, 48, is accused of drugging and raping a Canadian woman and a British woman.