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Literary award winner in Japan

Rie Kudan attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2024, after winning the Akutagawa Prize, a Japanese literary award for up-and-coming authors.

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Literary award winners in Japan

Rie Kudan (R), poses for photos at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2024, after winning the Akutagawa Prize, a Japanese literary award for up-and-coming authors, together with Akiko Kawasaki (C) and Manabu Makime (L), who won the Naoki Prize for popular fiction.

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Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama's work

Photo taken in November 1992 shows a nude photo book featuring actress Rie Miyazawa, titled Santa Fe, at a book store in Osaka. Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama, who shot the images in the blockbuster book, died on Jan. 4, 2024, at the age of 83, according to people close to him.

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Gymnast Tanaka announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Gymnast Rie Tanaka announces her retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Tanaka competed in the 2012 London Olympics.

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Seal case maker interested in using Tigers' logo

OSAKA, Japan - President Rie Yoda (L) of seal case producer Sohmeisha Co. in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, has a private consultation on the possible business use of the Hanshin Tigers' logo at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, during a business event hosted by the professional baseball club.

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Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

KYOTO, Japan - Sachie Ogawa (far R) of Tokyo, "2015 Miss Sake," poses for photos with some other finalists, including runners-up Rie Hisada (far L) from Kyoto and Rieko Yataka (2nd from L) from Nagano prefectures at a contest held in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2014. Ogawa will attend events both at home and abroad to promote sake for a year.

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7 celebrities given this year's Best Dresser Awards

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Rie Miyazawa poses with her trophy during a ceremony for this year's Best Dresser Awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Miyazawa is one of the seven recipients of the awards, which are given by the Men's Fashion Unity to celebrities for their good sense of fashion.

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Winners of 2014 Best Dresser Awards on stage

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the 43rd Best Dresser Awards, hosted by the Men's Fashion Unity, pose on stage after receiving awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. The winners are (From L) Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, Kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke, script and broadcast writer Kundo Koyama, actress Rie Miyazawa, actor Ryohei Suzuki, table tennis player Ai Fukuhara and photographer Tsuneko Sasamoto.

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Miyazawa wins Best Actress Award at Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa wins the Best Actress Award at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 31, 2014.

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Miyazawa wins Best Actress Award at Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa wins the Best Actress Award at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 31, 2014.

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27th Tokyo International Film Festival begins

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa attends the opening ceremony for the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival at the Roppongi Hills complex in central Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014. Around 300 films will be shown at the event, the largest film festival in Japan, through Oct. 31.

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AKB48, sister groups at event in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese pop group AKB48 member Rie Kitahara shakes hands with a fan at a meet-the-fans event with its sister groups on July 29, 2014, in Shanghai, China. The event also aims to promote tourism and enhance exchanges among youth in Asia.

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'Hula Girls' school in Japan marks 50th anniversary

IWAKI, Japan - Moana Rie (2nd from L), a leader of a Hawaiian dance group that shot to fame in the 2006 film "Hula Girls," and others meet reporters in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 9, 2014, about a performance set for July 9 in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a hula dance school.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Newscaster Christel Takigawa (L) and gymnast Rie Tanaka celebrate after Tokyo was chosen as the city to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo's Olympic bid presentation

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japanese gymnast Rie Tanaka delivers a speech during the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 15, 2013, as a presenter for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Games.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid presentation

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japanese gymnast Rie Tanaka delivers a speech during the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 15, 2013, as a presenter for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Games.

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Int'l gymnastics body chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bruno Grandi of Italy, president of the International Federation of Gymnastics (L), receives a bouquet from Japanese gymnast Rie Tanaka during a ceremony to award honorary doctorate to Grandi at Nippon Sport Science University in Tokyo on April 8, 2013.

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Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

NEW YORK, United States - Staff members of ''Material Wrld,'' online fashion business launched by Japanese and Chinese women Rie Yano and Jie Zheng, select clothing for photos to be posted on the website at a photo studio in New York on Dec. 11, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

NEW YORK, United States - Rie Yano (R) and Jie Zheng, business partners who jointly launched the ''Material Wrld'' fashion website, pose on a Manhattan street in New York on Jan. 29, 2013. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeed Yokota and Airi Hatakeyama (from L to R) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeed Yokota (from front to back) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kotono Tanaka, Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeedyokota, Airi Hatakeyama and Rina Miura (from R) wave to the crowds after their ball performance in the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeedyokota (from front to back) perform with the ball during the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Composite photo shows Japan's Rie Tanaka's sequence of a floor exercise performance (from R to L) during the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2012 London Olympics at North Greenwich Arena in London on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka (L) leaves with a smile after finishing her performance in the women's gymnastics all-around final at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the balance beam during the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2012 London Olympics at North Greenwich Arena in London on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the balance beam during the women's gymnastics all-around final at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the uneven bars during the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2012 London Olympics at North Greenwich Arena in London on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the uneven bars during the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2012 London Olympics at North Greenwich Arena in London on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the vault during the women's gymnastics all-around final at the 2012 London Olympics at North Greenwich Arena in London on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs in the floor exercise during the women's gymnastics all-around final at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs in the floor exercise during the women's gymnastics all-around final at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Tanaka 16th in women's gymnastics all-around

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs in the floor exercise during the women's gymnastics all-around final at North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012. She finished 16th.

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Japan women struggle to last place in gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Members of the Japanese team (from L in front row) Yuko Shintake, Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto and Rie Tanaka applaud the U.S. team's victory in the London Olympic women's gymnastics team final at the North Greenwich Arena on July 31, 2012. Japan finished eighth.

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Japan women struggle to last place in gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs on the vault during the London Olympic women's gymnastics team final at the North Greenwich Arena on July 31, 2012. Japan finished eighth.

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Japan advances to women's gymnastics team final at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs in the floor exercise during the London Olympics women's gymnastics qualification round at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012. National champion Tanaka earned 27th place in individual rankings and qualified for the all-around final.

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Japan advances to women's gymnastics team final at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs in the floor exercise during the London Olympics women's gymnastics qualification round at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012. National champion Tanaka earned 27th place in individual rankings and qualified for the all-around final.

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Japan advances to women's gymnastics team final at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto, Yuko Shintake, Koko Tsurumi, and Rie Tanaka (From L to R) wave to cheering spectators after the London Olympics women's gymnastics qualification round at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012. The five advanced to the team final, while Teramoto and Tanaka earned places in the all-around individual final.

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Japan advances to women's gymnastics team final at London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Rie Tanaka smiles after she completes the uneven bars in the London Olympics women's gymnastics qualification round at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012. National champion Tanaka earned 27th place in individual rankings and qualified for the all-around final.

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Karzai in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) receives flowers from Rie Tanaka, a Japanese gymnast set to compete in the London Olympics, after receiving an honorary doctorate from Nippon Sport Science University at the university in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 9, 2012.

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Tanaka siblings win London Olympic berths

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Rie Tanaka (C) and her elder brother Kazuhito (R) and younger brother Yusuke celebrate at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012, after the three gymnast siblings were ensured berths for the London Olympics at the NHK Cup.

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Tanaka seals London Olympic berth with NHK Cup win

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Rie Tanaka holds the victor's trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012, after winning in the women's individual all-around at the NHK Cup. Tanaka secured a berth to her first Olympics at the gymnastics competition, the final Japanese selection qualifier for the London Games.

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Tanaka seals London Olympic berth with NHK Cup win

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs her floor exercise routine in the women's individual all-around at the NHK Cup at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012. Tanaka secured a berth to her first Olympics with a victory at the gymnastics competition, the final Japanese selection qualifier for the London Games.

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Tanaka wins first national title

TOKYO, Japan - Rie Tanaka performs her balance beam routine in the women's final at the national all-around gymnastics championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 8, 2012. Tanaka captured her first national title.

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Tanaka wins first national title

TOKYO, Japan - Rie Tanaka holds her gold medal after capturing her first title at the national all-around gymnastics championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 8, 2012.

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Japan's Tanaka 20th at worlds

TOKYO, Japan - Rie Tanaka of Japan performs on the balance beam during the women's all-around final at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. She finished 20th in the competition.

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Japan's Tanaka 20th at worlds

TOKYO, Japan - Rie Tanaka of Japan performs her balance beam routine in the women's all-around final at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. She finished 20th in the competition.

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2 men sentenced to death for killing woman

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumiko Isogai, the mother of 31-year-old company employee Rie Isogai, speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on March 18 after the Nagoya District Court sentenced two men to death and one to life in prison for murdering Rie in 2007 in a crime that caught public attention as an Internet site was used to attract ''crime mates.''

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Economic crisis affects fund-raising drive to aid students

TOKYO, Japan - Rie Sakai (C) seeks donations as part of a fund-raising drive in front of JR Ichikawa Station in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, in October 2008.

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Murata takes lead after Japan Women's Open 2nd round

HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, Japan - Unheralded Rie Murata took a one-stroke lead over tour veteran Fuki Kido midway through the Japan Women's Open after shooting a second-round 70 at Hiroshima Country Club in Hiroshima Prefecture on Oct. 1.