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Woman promotes award-winning Ryugasaki croquettes

TSUKUBA, Japan - Kyoko Yoshida from Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Ryugasaki croquettes, a local dish she has been promoting for years. The croquettes won Yahoo Japan Corp.'s local food popularity contest in 2014.

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Ryutsu Keizai Univ. players to become J leaguers

RYUGASAKI, Japan - (from L) Kazuya Yamamura, Takuya Masuda, Yusuke Higa and Takahiro Nakazato, students at Ryutsu Keizai University, pose for photos at a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. They all will join J-league soccer clubs next spring.

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Under-22 midfielder Yamamura

RYUGASAKI, Japan - Japan Under-22 midfielder Kazuya Yamamura, a student of Ryutsu Keizai University, attends a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. Yamamura, who will join Kashima Antlers next spring, expressed his wish to do his best in the J-League first division soccer team.

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(1)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tomoko Matsumoto (file photo), the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, is released from Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after completing a six-year term. Her lawyer said she headed to the city of Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, where her two children live.

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2 injured in crash landing in Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - A light plane (foreground) sits on the ground after making an emergency landing in a paddy field just east of Ryugasaki airport (background) in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24. Two of three people aboard the single-engine propeller plane were injured. According to their flight plan, the plane departed from Toyama airport in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast and was bound for Ryugasaki airport.

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2 injured in crash landing in Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - A light plane (foreground) sits on the ground after making an emergency landing in a paddy field just east of Ryugasaki airport (background) in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 24. Two of three people aboard the single-engine propeller plane were injured. According to their flight plan, the plane departed from Toyama airport in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast and was bound for Ryugasaki airport.

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Early voting station opens at college

A college student casts an early vote for the July 10 House of Councillors election at Ryutsu Keizai University in the city of Ryugasaki, near Tokyo, on June 23, 2016. It is the first state-level election since the voting age in Japan was lowered to 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ryutsu Keizai Univ. players to become J leaguers

RYUGASAKI, Japan - (from L) Kazuya Yamamura, Takuya Masuda, Yusuke Higa and Takahiro Nakazato, students at Ryutsu Keizai University, pose for photos at a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. They all will join J-league soccer clubs next spring. (Kyodo)

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Under-22 midfielder Yamamura

RYUGASAKI, Japan - Japan Under-22 midfielder Kazuya Yamamura, a student of Ryutsu Keizai University, attends a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. Yamamura, who will join Kashima Antlers next spring, expressed his wish to do his best in the J-League first division soccer team. (Kyodo)

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Woman promotes award-winning Ryugasaki croquettes

TSUKUBA, Japan - Kyoko Yoshida from Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Ryugasaki croquettes, a local dish she has been promoting for years. The croquettes won Yahoo Japan Corp.'s local food popularity contest in 2014. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Kisenosato formally promoted as 72nd yokozuna

Employees at the Ryugasaki municipal office in Ibaraki Prefecture celebrate Kisenosato's yokozuna promotion on Jan. 25, 2017. The 30-year-old, who hails from Ibaraki, became the 72nd yokozuna in sumo history and the first Japanese-born grand champion in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo