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Sampei wins silver in BMX men's motos

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Masahiro Sampei (2nd from R) competes in the BMX men's motos event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014. Sampei captured silver.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Photo taken June 16, 2013, shows offering left by Sampei Asano -- incense sticks and a sheet of paper bearing the name of his elder brother -- at a farm in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, a site believed to contain the remains of Japanese soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. Asano's elder brother Nishihide is thought to have died from malnutrition at a prison camp in Komusan.

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Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Sampei Asano (L front) on June 16, 2013, stands at a farm in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, a site believed to contain the remains of Japanese soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. Asano's elder brother Nishihide is thought to have died from malnutrition at a prison camp in Komusan.

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'Rakugo' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei, actress Kokubu to marry

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei. The 40-year-old comedian will marry actress Sachiko Kokubu, their agencies said Jan. 22, 2011.

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'Rakugo' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei performs in Shanghai on Nov. 20, 2010.

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (R) and Masahiro Sampei hold up their medals after winning silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010.

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (L) and Masahiro Sampei (2nd from L, 16) compete in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. Sakamoto and Sampei won silver and bronze, respectively.

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'Rakugo' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei, actress Kokubu to marry

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei. The 40-year-old comedian will marry actress Sachiko Kokubu, their agencies said Jan. 22, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Sampei wins silver in BMX men's motos

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Masahiro Sampei (2nd from R) competes in the BMX men's motos event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014. Sampei captured silver. (Kyodo)

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'Rakugo' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei performs in Shanghai on Nov. 20, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (R) and Masahiro Sampei hold up their medals after winning silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (L) and Masahiro Sampei (2nd from L, 16) compete in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. Sakamoto and Sampei won silver and bronze, respectively. (Kyodo)