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Hanshin Tigers starter Kotaro Otake pitches against the Lotte Marines in an interleague baseball game at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members of Camp Matsumoto on Nov. 19, 2014, gave hand-made brooches, seen in this photo, to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, who sang songs to them. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion. The brooches were sent from a former GSDF member in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, to Camp Matsumoto.

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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (4th from L) of Camp Matsumoto stands with children wearing hand-made brooches, gifts from GSDF members in returning the favor for songs sung by students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school, in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion.

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Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (R) of Camp Matsumoto hands out hand-made brooches to children in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, as GSDF members return the favor to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school who sang songs as a sign of gratification. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion.

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2 chosen as Kansai Economic Federation deputy chiefs

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuzo Sakamoto (R), chairman of Toyobo Co., and Shinichi Otake, adviser to NTT West Corp., meet reporters after their selection as vice chairmen of the Kansai Economic Federation in Osaka on May 19, 2014.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat after it had been lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat, 2 in critical condition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine a capsized leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2014. The boat capsized after colliding with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi earlier in the day. Two of the four people aboard the boat are in critical condition.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with a leisure fishing boat. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi (back), a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force following a collision with a leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture. At front is a Japan Coast Guard ship inspecting the scene. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi (L), a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force following a collision with a leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture. At right is a Japan Coast Guard ship inspecting the scene. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi (back), a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with a leisure fishing boat (L front), which capsized. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with a leisure fishing boat. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows a capsized leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga apologizes at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, over the collision between the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and a leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture that occurred earlier that day. The boat capsized after colliding with the MSDF vessel, leaving two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard said.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2014, shows a capsized leisure fishing boat (front) in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, following a collision with the Osumi (back), a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The incident left two of the four on board the fishing boat in critical condition, according to the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, on the collision between the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and a leisure fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture that occurred earlier that day. The boat capsized and sank after colliding with the MSDF vessel, leaving two of the four on board in critical condition, the ministry and the Japan Coast Guard said.

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MSDF vessel Osumi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2013 shows the Osumi, a transport vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. A leisure fishing boat capsized and sank on the morning of Jan. 15, 2014, after colliding with the Osumi in the Seto Inland Sea off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, leaving two of the four on board the boat in critical condition, the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Osunaarashi smiles at a press conference at Otake stable in Tokyo on May 29, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association elevated him to the juryo ranks, making the Egyptian the first rikishi from Africa. "To be the only one makes me happy," said the 21-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan. In the background is a portrait of legendary yokozuna Taiho, who died in January.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Osunaarashi holds a press conference at Otake stable in Tokyo on May 29, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association elevated him to the juryo ranks, making the Egyptian the first rikishi from Africa. "To be the only one makes me happy," said the 21-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Osunaarashi reacts at Otake stable in Tokyo on May 29, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association elevated him to the juryo ranks, making the Egyptian the first rikishi from Africa. "To be the only one makes me happy," said the 21-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan.

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Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Shinobu Otake (L front), actor Naomasa Musaka (L back), actor Etsushi Toyokawa (R back) and actress Maiko Kawakami (R front) gather around Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo (C) to celebrate Shindo's 100th birthday at a party in Tokyo on April 22, 2012.

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Egyptian sumo wrestler to debut in March

TOKYO, Japan - Abdelrahman Shaalan practices at the Otake stable in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 15, 2012. The 19-year-old Egyptian, the first African to enter the sumo world, will make his debut at the March tournament in Osaka.

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Japan's best bartender

TOKYO, Japan - Manabu Otake, a bartender at a Tokyo hotel, celebrates with his trophy after winning the Diageo World Class 2011 Japan competition in Tokyo on June 13, 2011. Otake will take part in the international World Class bartender competition in New Delhi in July.

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3 star pitchers of Waseda University

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University manager Atsuyoshi Otake (2nd from L) poses with pitchers Yuki Saito (L), Tatsuya Oishi and Yuya Fukui (R) at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010, after the pitchers played their last game before joining professional clubs. Waseda became the first amateur baseball team from which three pitchers were selected as the No. 1 picks in the professional draft.

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Fired ozeki Kotomitsuki erroneously listed in new rankings

TOKYO, Japan - The name of ozeki Kotomitsuki (pointed to by a finger) appears on a new sumo rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association on July 5, 2010, a day after the JSA decided to fire Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Sadogatake bows in apology in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to fire ozeki Kotomitsuki, who belonged to Sadogatake's stable, for being one of the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal. The JSA has also decided to fire stablemaster Otake.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to fire Otake and ozeki Kotomitsuki for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal. Otake was found to have borrowed 20 million to 30 million yen from Kotomitsuki as he was mired in debts accumulated through illegal gambling.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake (R) speaks to reporters at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association decided to fire Otake and ozeki Kotomitsuki for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal. Otake was found to have borrowed 20 million to 30 million yen from Kotomitsuki as he was mired in debts accumulated through illegal gambling.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after the JSA decided to fire ozeki Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake for being the central figures in a widespread gambling scandal at an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo wrestlers and stable masters punished by the Japan Sumo Association over a widespread gambling scandal bow in apology during a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010. The JSA has fired ozeki Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake for being the central figures in the scandal.

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Sumo stablemaster Otake fired over gambling

NAGOYA, Japan - Stablemaster Otake enters a room in a hotel in Nagoya, central Japan, for a meeting of the Japan Sumo Association on July 4, 2010. The association decided to fire him over a gambling scandal.

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake speaks to reporters about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster Otake over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake (file photo) has admitted in police questioning to illegal gambling on baseball, the Metropolitan Police Department said on June 17, 2010. The Tokyo police questioned Otake before an article in the Shukan Shincho weekly that went on sale the same day mentioned him and top-division sumo wrestler Toyonoshima in connection with the gambling.

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Offspring of entertainers increasingly emerging into similar jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Magazine model Imalu, the daughter of comedian and TV personality Samma Akashiya and his former wife actress Shinobu Otake, appears at an event in Tokyo in June.

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PL beats CL in Game 2 of Japan's All-Star baseball series

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Right-hander Kan Otake throws as the Central League's starter in the Game 2 of the All-Star series against the Pacific League at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on July 25.

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2nd marijuana tests positive for 2 Russian sumo wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Roho (R) attends a press conference in front of his stable in Tokyo on Sept. 6 after detailed examinations of urine samples from him and his younger brother Hakurozan showed positive results for marijuana. At left is stable master Otake.

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Roho apologize for attacking photographers

NAGOYA, Japan - Russian No. 3 maegashira Roho (R), accompanied by his stable master Otake, offers his apology at the Nagoya Sumo Press Club on July 19. He had been suspended from action for three days after losing his temper and attacking two photographers following his defeat to ozeki Chiyoitaikai in the penultimate bout of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 15.

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Tokyo international film festival opens

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Actresses Kyoko Fukada, Hitomi Kuroki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Shinobu Otake and Rie Fukatsu walk into the venue during an opening ceremony of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo's Shibuya on Nov. 1.

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Roho apologize for attacking photographers

NAGOYA, Japan - Russian No. 3 maegashira Roho (R), accompanied by his stable master Otake, offers his apology at the Nagoya Sumo Press Club on July 19. He had been suspended from action for three days after losing his temper and attacking two photographers following his defeat to ozeki Chiyoitaikai in the penultimate bout of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 15. (Kyodo)

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2nd marijuana tests positive for 2 Russian sumo wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Roho (R) attends a press conference in front of his stable in Tokyo on Sept. 6 after detailed examinations of urine samples from him and his younger brother Hakurozan showed positive results for marijuana. At left is stable master Otake. (Kyodo)

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Friends, family bid farewell to Japanese stage director Ninagawa

Japanese actress Shinobu Otake (R) attends a funeral service for stage director Yukio Ninagawa in Tokyo on May 16, 2016. Ninagawa, known for his interpretations of Shakespearean plays and Greek tragedies, died on May 12 of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at age 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota logs record profits for April-Dec., ups full-year outlook

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tetsuya Otake attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016, to announce the company's earnings results for the April-December 2015 period. Toyota booked record-high profits while raising its full-year forecast, helped by strong sales in North America. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota logs record profits for April-Dec., ups full-year outlook

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tetsuya Otake attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016, to announce the company's earnings results for the April-December 2015 period. Toyota booked record-high profits while raising its full-year forecast, helped by strong sales in North America. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota logs record profits for April-Dec., ups full-year outlook

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tetsuya Otake attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016, to announce the company's earnings results for the April-December 2015 period. Toyota booked record-high profits while raising its full-year forecast, helped by strong sales in North America. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota logs record profits for April-Dec., ups full-year outlook

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tetsuya Otake attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016, to announce the company's earnings results for the April-December 2015 period. Toyota booked record-high profits while raising its full-year forecast, helped by strong sales in North America. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota posts record net profit for 1st half of FY 2015

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tetsuya Otake briefs reporters on the Japanese automaker's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2015, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2015. Toyota posted a group net profit of 1.26 trillion yen ($10 billion), as robust sales in North America more than offset weak demand at home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo