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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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Aftermath of torrential rain on Noto Peninsula

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2024, shows people removing mud that inundated a junior high school's playing field in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following torrential rain in central Japan's Noto Peninsula on Sept. 21.

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Aftermath of torrential rain on Noto Peninsula

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2024, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, shows a bicycle that remains buried in dirt after torrential rain hit the area in central Japan's Noto Peninsula on Sept. 21.

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Baseball: World Series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, and June 8, 2024, respectively, shows National League 2024 home run king Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and American League 2024 home run king Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees. The two sluggers will take the field in the best-of-seven Major League Baseball World Series starting on Oct. 25.

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Actress Oyama, voice of iconic anime character Doraemon, dies at 90

Nobuyo Oyama (C), the voice of the robotic cat in the popular Japanese anime series Doraemon, and those providing voices of other characters in the anime meet the press on Oct. 8, 2004, at a studio in Tokyo after the day's recording as Doraemon marked the 25th anniversary of its start on television. Oyama died on Sept. 29, 2024, aged 90.

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UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA, speaks during an online interview with Kyodo News on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Yu Darvish (4th from R) of the San Diego Padres greets teammates following his team's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers meets the press after his team's loss to the San Diego Padres in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Yu Darvish (C) of the San Diego Padres celebrates with a teammate following his team's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Yu Darvish (back) of the San Diego Padres reacts after his team's victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Mitsubishi Motors President Kato at ceremony in Vietnam

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Takao Kato speaks at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 8, 2024, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Japanese automaker's business in Vietnam.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Teoscar Hernandez (37) of the Los Angeles Dodgers is greeted by Shohei Ohtani (L) after hitting a grand slam in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Teoscar Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a grand slam in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Teoscar Hernandez (37) of the Los Angeles Dodgers is greeted by Shohei Ohtani after hitting a grand slam in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts (L) is greeted by designated hitter Shohei Ohtani after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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U.N. chief Guterres

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 8, 2024, a day after the one-year anniversary of the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts hits a solo home run in the first inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB Division Series

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani strikes out swinging in the first inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Winners of 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

The winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, are announced at a press conference by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders to be finalized

Hideko Hakamata speaks during a press conference in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 8, 2024, after it was announced that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders to be finalized

Hideko Hakamata smiles during a press conference in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 8, 2024, after it was announced that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders to be finalized

Hideko Hakamata smiles during a press conference in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 8, 2024, after it was announced that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Ex-PM Aso calls Taiwan important "country" for Japan in ceremony

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, at which he described Taiwan as an important "country" for Japan.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

Junko Mihara, Japanese minister for policies related to children, bows during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, after the Diet enacted a law to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi

Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, after being awarded for her accomplishment at the Summer Games during a ceremony held by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi

Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi (R) is awarded for her accomplishment at the Summer Games during a ceremony held by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi

Paris Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi (R) and Japan Sports Agency Commissioner Koji Murofushi pose for a photo in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024. She was awarded for her accomplishment at the Summer Games during a ceremony held by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology the same day.

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on April 8, 1998, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) attends a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.