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Japan's badminton mixed doubles pair loses to Denmark

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Shintaro Ikeda (L) and Reiko Shiota (C) react after losing to Denmark's Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen in a mixed doubles Group B match at the 2012 London Olympics, at the Wembley Arena on July 31, 2012. Ikeda and Shiota lost 21-11, 21-10 to the Danish duo.

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Japan's badminton mixed doubles pair loses to Denmark

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Reiko Shiota (L) and Shintaro Ikeda play against Denmark's Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen in a mixed doubles Group B match at the 2012 London Olympics, at the Wembley Arena on July 31, 2012. Ikeda and Shiota lost 21-11, 21-10 to the Danish duo.

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Japan's mixed doubles pair loses to Poland

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Shintaro Ikeda (R) and Reiko Shiota (L) dropped their first match, falling to Poland's Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba 21-18, 22-20 in Group B of the mixed doubles draw at Wembley Arena in London during the London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's mixed doubles pair loses to Poland

LONDON, Britain - Japan's badminton pair of Shintaro Ikeda (R) and Reiko Shiota (L) dropped their first match, falling to Poland's Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba 21-18, 22-20 in Group B of the mixed doubles draw at Wembley Arena in London during the London Olympics on July 28, 2012.

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Tokyo's 2020 Olympics bid

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Wheelchair athlete Wakako Tsuchida, badminton player Reiko Shiota, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and gymnast Kohei Uchimura pose for photos during a press conference on the city's bid to host the 2020 Olympics at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The Tokyo bid committee the same day disclosed the contents of its application file submitted to the International Olympic Committee.

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Japan Asian Games athletes in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Badminton player Reiko Shiota shows her decorated fingernails as she arrived in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 9, 2010, to compete in the Asian Games.

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Japan Asian Games athletes head for China

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese badminton player Reiko Shiota leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport Nov. 9, 2010, for Guangzhou, China, to compete in the Asian Games.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair holds a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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Countdown event to invite 2016 Summer Olympics held

TOKYO, Japan - Beijing Olympic badminton player Reiko Shiota (L) and Olympic swimmer Junichi Miyashita (R) shake hands at a countdown event in Tokyo to help invite the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Japanese capital on Aug. 13, 50 days ahead of the International Olympic Committee decision on its venue.

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Countdown event to invite 2016 Summer Olympics held

TOKYO, Japan - Beijing Olympic badminton player Reiko Shiota (R in back) and Olympic swimmer Junichi Miyashita (L in back), together with children, invite the 2016 Summer Olympics to Tokyo at a countdown event in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 50 days ahead of the International Olympic Committee decision on its venue.

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Shiota to make switch to mixed doubles

OSAKA, Japan - Popular badminton player Reiko Shiota (R in this file photo) will aim to make her second Olympic appearance in London in 2012, this time in mixed doubles. Shiota is set to team up with fellow Beijing Olympian Shintaro Ikeda. (L)

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes.

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'Ogu-Shio' doubles pair victorious at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Ogura (L) and partner Reiko Shiota hold trophies after claiming their fifth consecutive women's doubles title in their final match together at the badminton national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium on Nov. 16.

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota (2nd from L) succumbed to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang (R side) in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11.

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota succumbed 21-8, 21-5 to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11.

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Two women players lead popularity of badminton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Reiko Shiota (L) and Kumiko Ogura won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, last December.

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'Ogu-Shio' doubles pair victorious at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Ogura (L) and partner Reiko Shiota hold trophies after claiming their fifth consecutive women's doubles title in their final match together at the badminton national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium on Nov. 16. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes. (Kyodo)

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Shiota to make switch to mixed doubles

OSAKA, Japan - Popular badminton player Reiko Shiota (R in this file photo) will aim to make her second Olympic appearance in London in 2012, this time in mixed doubles. Shiota is set to team up with fellow Beijing Olympian Shintaro Ikeda. (L) (Kyodo)

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota succumbed 21-8, 21-5 to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota (2nd from L) succumbed to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang (R side) in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo's 2020 Olympics bid

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Wheelchair athlete Wakako Tsuchida, badminton player Reiko Shiota, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and gymnast Kohei Uchimura pose for photos during a press conference on the city's bid to host the 2020 Olympics at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The Tokyo bid committee the same day disclosed the contents of its application file submitted to the International Olympic Committee. (Kyodo)

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Japan Asian Games athletes in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Badminton player Reiko Shiota shows her decorated fingernails as she arrived in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 9, 2010, to compete in the Asian Games. (Kyodo)

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Japan Asian Games athletes head for China

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese badminton player Reiko Shiota leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport Nov. 9, 2010, for Guangzhou, China, to compete in the Asian Games. (Kyodo)

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair holds a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships and helped popularize badminton in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Countdown event to invite 2016 Summer Olympics held

TOKYO, Japan - Beijing Olympic badminton player Reiko Shiota (L) and Olympic swimmer Junichi Miyashita (R) shake hands at a countdown event in Tokyo to help invite the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Japanese capital on Aug. 13, 50 days ahead of the International Olympic Committee decision on its venue. (Kyodo)

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Countdown event to invite 2016 Summer Olympics held

TOKYO, Japan - Beijing Olympic badminton player Reiko Shiota (R in back) and Olympic swimmer Junichi Miyashita (L in back), together with children, invite the 2016 Summer Olympics to Tokyo at a countdown event in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 50 days ahead of the International Olympic Committee decision on its venue. (Kyodo)