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Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the University of Oxford, where they both studied, on Friday, June 28, before returning from their state visit to Britain.

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UK: Japanese Emperor And Empress Visit Oxford University

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the University of Oxford, where they both studied, on Friday, June 28, before returning from their state visit to Britain.

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Policy goals of Ozawa's new party announced

TOKYO, Japan - Political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa (L) holds up a logo of his new party People's Life First at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, held to announce the new party's policy goals. To the right is Ryoko Tani, a two-time Olympic judo gold medalist and a member of the House of Councillors.

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Tani named best female judoka ever

PARIS, France - Ryoko Tani (C), Japanese judo champion-turned-lawmaker, attends a ceremony in Paris celebrating the 60th anniversary of the International Judo Federation on Aug. 21, 2011. The two-time Olympic 48-kilogram champion was selected as the best female judoka in history by the IJF on the same day.

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Basic law on sports enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoko Tani (C), a two-time Olympic judo gold medalist and a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi after a basic law outlining the promotion of sports as a state responsibility was enacted on June 17, 2011, during a House of Councillors plenary session at the Diet building in Tokyo.

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Lawmaker Tani at Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoko Tani, a former judo champion who serves as a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker, stands in front of the parliamentary building in Tokyo on July 30, 2010.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) heads to a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) shakes hands with ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa at a press conference where she announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career as a DPJ lawmaker.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani holds a bouquet and waves after a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani holds a bouquet after a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career.

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Ozawa asks support for DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, powerful lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Ryoko Tani, popular Olympic gold medalist judo wrestler and a rookie upper house lawmaker, shake hands at a Diet member building in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2010. Ozawa visited DPJ lawmakers to ask for their support in the Sept. 14 presidential election of the ruling party, in which he will run against Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Diet session convenes

TOKYO, Japan - Judo Olympic gold medalist Ryoko Tani sets her name plate in the House of Councillors main hall on July 30, 2010, as she attended parliament for the first time following her election. The Diet was convened the same day.

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Olympic judo champ Tani wins upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoko Tani, an Olympic champion judoka, shakes hands with a supporter in Tokyo on July 11, 2010, after succeeding in her bid to win a House of Councillors seat as a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

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Judo champion Tani stumps as DPJ candidate for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani works the popular Azabu Juban shopping area in central Tokyo on June 24, 2010 as she makes her debut as a candidate for the House of Councillors. Official campaigning for the poll on July 11 got under way the same day.

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Judo champion Tani to run in election on DPJ ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa (L) asks two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani to stand after a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. Tani announced she will run in the House of Councillors election in the summer on the DPJ ticket and said she will continue her judo career.

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Judo champion Tani to run in election on DPJ ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani (C) joins hands with ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa (L) and DPJ House of Councillors caucus head Azuma Koshiishi during a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. Tani announced she will run in the House of Councillors election in the summer on the DPJ ticket and said she will continue her judo career.

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Judo champion Tani to run in election on DPJ ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani announces she will run in the House of Councillors election in the summer on the ruling Democratic Party of Japan ticket at a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. Tani, whose maiden name was Tamura, said she will continue her judo career.

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Judoka Tani gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani leaves a hospital in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009, holding her 5-day-old baby boy. The 34-year-old judoka and her husband Yoshitomo, a professional baseball player, have named their second son Komei. She said she is resolved to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.

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Judoka Tani gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani leaves a hospital in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2009, holding her 5-day-old baby boy. The 34-year-old judoka and her husband Yoshitomo, a professional baseball player, have named their second son Komei. She said she is resolved to compete in the 2012 London Olympics.

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Tani returns home after Beijing Olympics

NARITA, Japan - Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani arrives at Narita airport on Aug. 11 due to her son's poor health after taking a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympic Games.

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Beijing Olympics women's 48-kg judo medalists

BEIJING, China - Romania's Alina Alexandra Dumitru (2nd from L) holds the gold medal for the women's 48-kilogram class judo at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 9. Yanet Bermoy (L) of Cuba won the silver, and Paula Belen Pareto (2nd from R) of Argentina and Ryoko Tani of Japan shared the bronze.

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Tani settles for bronze at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ryoko Tani leaves the ring after her defeat by Romania's Alina Dumitru in the semifinals of the women's 48-kilogram class judo at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 9. Tani had to settle for a bronze medal after failing in her quest for a third consecutive Olympic title, giving Japan its first medal of the Games with an ippon victory over Russian Lyudmila Bogdanova in the match for third place.

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Tani settles for bronze at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ryoko Tani shows off her bronze medal after winning third place with an ippon victory over Russian Lyudmila Bogdanova in the women's 48-kilogram class judo at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 9.

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Tani loses to Dumitru in semis at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Romania's Alina Dumitru (L) celebrates after defeating Japan's two-time Olympic champion Ryoko Tani (R) in the semifinals of the women's 48-kilogram weight category at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 9.

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Tani settles for bronze at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ryoko Tani (top), who lost to Romania's Alina Dumitru in the semifinals, clinched the bronze to give Japan its first medal of the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 9 with an ippon victory over Russian Lyudmila Bogdanova in the match for third place.

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Judoka Tani practices ahead of Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's judoka Ryoko Tani, the Olympic gold medalist in the women's 48-kilogram class in Sydney in 2002 and Athens four years ago, practices in Beijing on Aug. 7 ahead of the opening of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8.

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Two-time judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japan's two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani waves to well-wishers after arriving at Beijing airport on Aug. 5. Tani will shoot for her third consecutive gold in the 48-kilogram category at the Beijing Olympics.

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Tani receives 'Child-Rearing Gold Medalist' award from Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (R, front row), who won her seventh career title at the judo world championships in Rio de Janeiro in September, receives the ''Medal of Honor for Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' from Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso in a ceremony at the Fukuoka prefectural government office on Nov. 12. Tani, 32, gave birth to a son in late 2005, and the Rio championships marked her first attempt to regain the world title she last won in 2003. Fukuoka Prefecture, which has already awarded the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Medal of Honor'' and the ''Fukuoka Prefecture Sports Medal of Honor'' to Tani, created the ''Child-Rearing Gold Medalist'' award in honor of its proud native.

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Tani wins gold in 48 kg weight class

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Ryoko Tani shows off the gold medal she won in the women's 48-kilogram category at the judo world championships in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 16. Tani scored a ''yuko'' against defending champion Yanet Bermoy of Cuba.

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Tani wins gold in 48 kg weight class

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Ryoko Tani gazes at the gold medal she won in the women's 48-kilogram category at the judo world championships in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 16. It was the 32-year-old Tani's first international competition since the 2004 Athens Olympics and her first gold medal since she gave birth to her son Yoshiaki in 2005.

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Tani wins gold medal at judo worlds

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Ryoko Tani acknowledges fans after winning the gold medal in the women's 48-kilogram weight category on the final day of the judo world championships in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 16. The Athens Olympic champion won her seventh world title.

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Tani wins gold in 48 kg weight class

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Ryoko Tani (R) takes on defending champion Yanet Bermoy of Cuba in the final match of the women's 48-kilogram category at the judo world championships in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 16. Tani won her seventh career title by scoring a ''yuko'' against Bermoy.

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Tani falls in invitational final in return to competition

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (L), back to action after a two-year maternity leave, is defeated by rival Tomoko Fukumi in the women's 48-kilogram final at the national weight-class invitational tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on April 8.

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Athens champion Tani to compete in national invitational meet

TOKYO, Japan - The All Japan Judo Federation said on Jan. 17 that Athens Olympic 48-kilogram women's gold medalist Ryoko Tani (in file photo) will take part in the national invitational weight-class championships in April. Tani's appearance at the April 7-8 meet in Fukuoka will be her first since she prevailed to capture her third straight title and 14th overall in 2005. Kyodo)

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Olympic champion Tani leaves hospital with her baby

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo champion Ryoko Tani (R), who gave birth to a boy at a hospital in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 31, leaves the hospital on Jan. 5. At left is her husband Yoshitomo Tani, a baseball player of the Orix Buffaloes in the Pacific League.

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Olympic champion Tani not to compete at judo worlds

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic champion Ryoko Tani tells a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 that said she will not compete at the judo world championships in Egypt in September as she is expecting the birth of her first child.

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Olympic champion Tani not to compete at judo worlds

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic champion Ryoko Tani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27. Tani, 29, said she will not compete at the judo world championships in Egypt in September as she is expecting the birth of her first child.

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(2)Ichiro sings praises of Ogi's Hall of Fame induction

OSAKA, Japan - Orix Buffaloes player Yoshitomo Tani (2nd from L) and wife Ryoko (L), a six-time world champion judoka, offer congratulations to former Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony held for the 69-year-old newly appointed manager of the Orix Buffaloes at an Osaka hotel on Dec. 7.

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Athens gold medallist Tani gets congratulations at Toyota

TOYODA, Japan - Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani, who won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics, and Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho (R) pose for pictures at the company headquarters in Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Tamura is an employ of Toyota.

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Japan Olympic judo tam returns home with medals

NARITA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (front C) and other members of the Japanese Olympic judo team show off their medals at a press conference on returning from Athens on Aug. 23. (Pool photo)

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(4)Japan's Tani wins gold medal in judo

ATHENS, Greece - Ryoko Tani of Japan kisses her gold medal in the women's 48-kg class judo event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games on Aug. 14. The medal is Tani's second straight gold. She won in Sydney four years ago, but missed the gold in Atlanta in 1996.

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(3)Japan's Tani wins gold medal in judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani jumps in celebration after beating France's Frederique Jossinet to win the gold medal in the women's 48-kg class judo event at the Athens Olympics on Aug. 14.

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Tani wins gold medal in judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Ryoko Tani is seen in action against Frederique Jossinet of France in the final of the women's 48-kg class judo event in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 14 at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. Tani captured Japan's first gold medal of the Athens 2004 Olympics.

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(2)Japan's Tani wins gold medal in judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Ryoko Tani is seen jubilant after winning Japan's first Athens Olympic gold medal in the women's 48-kg class judo event by beating Frederique Jossinet of France at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 14.

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Japan's Tani advances to final in women's judo

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Ryoko Tani (L) advances to the final in the 48-kg class judo event after beating Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania in the Athens Olympics at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 14.

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Tani beats Greece's Karagiannopoulou

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's judoka Ryoko Tani (top) beats Maria Karagiannopoulou of Greece in the second round of the 48-kg class judo event in the Athens Olympics at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall on Aug. 14.