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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The interior of the operation center for the Japan Coast Guard's unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian is unveiled to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Japan Coast Guard drone unveiled to media

The Japan Coast Guard unveils its unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9B SeaGuardian to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hachinohe air base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2022. The JCG started operating the U.S.-made maritime surveillance drone on Oct. 19.

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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing a four-hit shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto roaring after pitching a complete-game shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Paris Motor Show

Renault vehicles are on display at the Paris Motor Show in the French capital on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Video taken in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022, shows a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks to reporters in front of a building in the Ukranian capital damaged in a Russian drone attack on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Scene of Beijing

Photo taken Oct. 17, 2022, shows PCR coronavirus testing being done in Beijing.

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Japan promotes food, culture in France

Participants of the Kitamaebune merchant ship forum pose for a group photo along the Seine River in Paris on Oct. 17, 2022. The forum is part of a four-day event in France aimed at promoting Japanese food and culture.

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Baseball: San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish attends a press conference in San Diego, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, a day before his start in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Baseball: San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish attends a press conference in San Diego, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, a day before his start in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Baseball: San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish attends a press conference in San Diego, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, a day before his start in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Baseball: San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish plays catch in San Diego, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, a day before his start in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Baseball: San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish plays catch in San Diego, California, on Oct. 17, 2022, a day before his start in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Basketball: Watanabe in opening-day roster for Nets

Yuta Watanabe of the Brooklyn Nets speaks to reporters in New York on Oct. 17, 2022, ahead of the team's NBA opening game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 19. Watanabe said he made the opening-day roster.

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Mixed reality technology in kabuki

Masashi Tomita of Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution firm Shochiku Co. wears mixed reality goggles developed by his company to make kabuki more accessible, especially for an international audience, at a kabuki theater in Osaka on Oct. 17, 2022. A kabuki performance was demonstrated for the media at the theater the same day to promote the goggles.

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Mixed reality technology in kabuki

Photo taken at a kabuki theater in Osaka on Oct. 17, 2022, shows mixed reality goggles developed by Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution firm Shochiku Co. to make kabuki more accessible, especially for an international audience. A kabuki performance was demonstrated for the media at the theater the same day to promote the goggles.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko (facing camera) speaks to reporters in front of a building in the Ukranian capital damaged in a Russian drone attack on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Firefighters work to put out a fire in a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack in Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Photo taken in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022, shows a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Photo taken in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022, shows a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Photo taken in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022, shows a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Photo taken in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Oct. 17, 2022, shows a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike.

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China postpones GDP data release

The website of China's National Bureau of Statistics in this photo taken on Oct. 17, 2022, shows its updated release schedule, with the date for announcement of the country's July-September gross domestic product due on Oct. 18 marked as "postponed."

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Rescue workers help a woman evacuate from a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, destroyed by a Russian drone strike on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Baseball: Hanshin to post pitcher Fujinami

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami speaks to reporters in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Tigers said the same day they are going to make Fujinami available to MLB teams through the posting system this offseason. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Hanshin to post pitcher Fujinami

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami speaks to reporters in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Tigers said the same day they are going to make Fujinami available to MLB teams through the posting system this offseason. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Hanshin to post pitcher Fujinami

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami speaks to reporters in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Tigers said the same day they are going to make Fujinami available to MLB teams through the posting system this offseason. (Pool photo)

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Athletics: Sani Brown reflects on 2022 season

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, who became the first Japanese to reach the men's 100 meters final at the World Athletics Championships this summer, speaks at an event in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Athletics: Sani Brown reflects on 2022 season

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, who became the first Japanese to reach the men's 100 meters final at the World Athletics Championships this summer, speaks at an event in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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N. Korean abduction victim

Hitomi Soga, a former Japanese abductee to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2022. She was repatriated to Japan in October 2002 along with four other Japanese abduction victims of North Korea.

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N. Korean abduction victim

Hitomi Soga, a former Japanese abductee to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2022. She was repatriated to Japan in October 2002 along with four other Japanese abduction victims of North Korea.

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N. Korean abduction victim

Hitomi Soga, a former Japanese abductee to North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2022. She was repatriated to Japan in October 2002 along with four other Japanese abduction victims of North Korea.

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BOJ chief Kuroda at parliament

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda raises his hand to speak during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Kishida instructs minister to launch probe into Unification Church

Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida instructed Nagaoka to launch an investigation into the Unification Church, a religious group that has come under the spotlight in Japan for its links with the ruling party and the huge donations it has encouraged followers to make.

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Japanese education minister Nagaoka at parliament

Japanese education minister Keiko Nagaoka speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Kishida instructs minister to launch probe into Unification Church

Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida instructed Nagaoka to launch an investigation into the Unification Church, a religious group that has come under the spotlight in Japan for its links with the ruling party and the huge donations it has encouraged followers to make.

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Japan PM Kishida at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida raises his hand to speak during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Japanese Defense Minister Hamada at parliament

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Japan PM Kishida at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Japan PM Kishida at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Japan PM Kishida at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida enters his office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022.

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Japan PM Kishida sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida sent the offering (L of the two seen) earlier in the day on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.

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Japan PM Kishida sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida sent the offering (L of the two seen) earlier in the day on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.