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Golf: Lee Ji Hee wins 2nd major title in Japan

Golf: Lee Ji Hee wins 2nd major title in Japan

HACHIMANTAI, Japan, Sept. 10 Kyodo - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee holds the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at Appi Kogen Golf Club in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2017. Lee picked up her second major title and 22nd career win on the Japan LPGA Tour.

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Baseball: Former Yomiuri starter Mikolas

Baseball: Former Yomiuri starter Mikolas

Miles Mikolas of the Yomiuri Giants throws a ball to spectators after recording his 13th win of the season in a game against the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2017. The free-agent starter has signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the club announced Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: RWC 2019 organizers told to quicken the pace

Rugby: RWC 2019 organizers told to quicken the pace

Photo taken in the western Japan city of Kyoto on May 10, 2017, shows the Webb Ellis Cup, the trophy awarded to the winner of the Rugby World Cup. Japan Rugby 2019 were given a public reminder on Sept. 17, 2017, that their preparations for the event in two years time are not progressing as well as they should. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive by boat near Cox's Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, on Sept. 8, 2017, after fleeing Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine State. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declared a temporary cease-fire on Sept. 10 and urged the government to reciprocate to allow for humanitarian assistance to reach vulnerable people trapped in the conflict zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive by boat near Cox's Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, on Sept. 8, 2017, after fleeing Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine State. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declared a temporary cease-fire on Sept. 10 and urged the government to reciprocate to allow for humanitarian assistance to reach vulnerable people trapped in the conflict zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive by boat near Cox's Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, on Sept. 8, 2017, after fleeing Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine State. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declared a temporary cease-fire on Sept. 10 and urged the government to reciprocate to allow for humanitarian assistance to reach vulnerable people trapped in the conflict zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

CORRECTED: Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive by boat near Cox's Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, on Sept. 8, 2017, after fleeing Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine State. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declared a temporary cease-fire on Sept. 10 and urged the government to reciprocate to allow for humanitarian assistance to reach vulnerable people trapped in the conflict zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya insurgents declare monthlong truce to allow aid delivery

Rohingya Muslims unable to enter overflowing refugee camps are crowded on the side of a road near Cox's Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh, on Sept. 7, 2017. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declared a temporary cease-fire on Sept. 10 and urged the government to reciprocate to allow for humanitarian assistance to reach vulnerable people trapped in the conflict zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Harumafuji guns for 9th title as last yokozuna standing

Sumo: Harumafuji guns for 9th title as last yokozuna standing

Harumafuji (R) takes part in a training session at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017. Harumafuji, the only grand champion competing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting Sept. 10, will aim to win his ninth championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Harumafuji guns for 9th title as last yokozuna standing

Sumo: Harumafuji guns for 9th title as last yokozuna standing

Harumafuji (facing camera) takes part in a training session at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017. Harumafuji, the only grand champion competing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting Sept. 10, will aim to win his ninth championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: FC Tokyo announce signing of veteran striker Okubo

Soccer: FC Tokyo announce signing of veteran striker Okubo

Yoshito Okubo (L) shoots during the first half of Kawasaki Frontale's 3-1 win at home to Avispa Fukuoka in the J-League first division on Sept. 10, 2016. FC Tokyo announced the acquisition of the former Japan striker on Jan. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kawasaki to re-sign minor league deal with Cubs

Baseball: Kawasaki to re-sign minor league deal with Cubs

Munenori Kawasaki hits an infield single in the fifth inning of the Chicago Cubs' 5-4, 10-inning win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sept. 16, 2016. Kawasaki will re-sign a minor league deal with the Cubs, a U.S. baseball source said on Jan. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China sees string of publishing of books on leader Xi

China sees string of publishing of books on leader Xi

A bookstore in Beijing displays copies of a book praising Chinese President Xi Jinping's growth process during his time spent as a youth in a farming village during the Cultural Revolution, on Sept. 15, 2017. Since August, about 10 books on Xi, including the book recommended as a study material for university students, have been published in China ahead of October's Congress of the Communist Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China sees string of publishing of books on leader Xi

China sees string of publishing of books on leader Xi

A bookstore in Beijing displays copies of a book praising Chinese President Xi Jinping's growth process during his time spent as a youth in a farming village during the Cultural Revolution, on Sept. 15, 2017. Since August, about 10 books on Xi, including the book recommended as a study material for university students, have been published in China ahead of October's Congress of the Communist Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Yoshihide Kiryu

Athletics: Yoshihide Kiryu

Composite photo shows Yoshihide Kiryu (5th from R) becoming the first Japanese to break the 10-second barrier at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kiryu 1st Japanese to break 10-second barrier

Kiryu 1st Japanese to break 10-second barrier

Photographers jostle to snap pictures of Yoshihide Kiryu (257) on Sept. 9, 2017, the day he won the men's 100 meters final at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui Prefecture in a time of 9.98 seconds, becoming the first Japanese to run the distance in under 10 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uniqlo vending machine installed in U.S.

Uniqlo vending machine installed in U.S.

Photo taken Sept. 5, 2017, shows a vending machine selling Uniqlo casual clothing at a shopping mall in New York. The machines have been installed at 10 locations in the United States, including Houston airport and a Los Angeles shopping mall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uniqlo vending machine installed in U.S.

Uniqlo vending machine installed in U.S.

Photo taken Sept. 5, 2017, shows a vending machine selling Uniqlo casual clothing at a shopping mall in New York. The machines have been installed at 10 locations in the United States, including Houston airport and a Los Angeles shopping mall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japanese Prince Akishino (L) and his wife Princess Kiko visit a salmon farm in La Union, southern Chile, on Sept. 30, 2017, during their 10-day trip to the South American country. Japan has provided technological assistance for the development of salmon farming in Chile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japanese Prince Akishino (L) and his wife Princess Kiko visit a salmon farm in La Union, southern Chile, on Sept. 30, 2017, during their 10-day trip to the South American country. Japan has provided technological assistance for the development of salmon farming in Chile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japan's Prince Akishino visits salmon farm in southern Chile

Japanese Prince Akishino (L) and his wife Princess Kiko visit a salmon farm in La Union, southern Chile, on Sept. 30, 2017, during their 10-day trip to the South American country. Japan has provided technological assistance for the development of salmon farming in Chile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko leave for 10-day trip to Chile

Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko leave for 10-day trip to Chile

Japan's Prince Akishino (R) and his wife Princess Kiko (C) depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport for a 10-day trip to Chile on Sept. 25, 2017, to mark the 120th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko leave for 10-day trip to Chile

Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko leave for 10-day trip to Chile

Japan's Prince Akishino (R) and his wife Princess Kiko depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport for a 10-day trip to Chile on Sept. 25, 2017, to mark the 120th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Aoki gets 2 hits in Mets' loss to Nationals

Baseball: Aoki gets 2 hits in Mets' loss to Nationals

Norichika Aoki hits a single to left field in the first inning of the New York Mets' 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Washington Nationals at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 23, 2017. Aoki went 2-for-5 in his second straight multiple-hit game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Ninomiya, Voracova advance to Pan Pacific Open doubles semifinals

Tennis: Ninomiya, Voracova advance to Pan Pacific Open doubles semifinals

Makoto Ninomiya (L) of Japan hits a forehand in a doubles quarterfinal match with partner Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic against Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Abigail Spears of the United States at the Toray Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Sept. 21, 2017. The pair won 7-5, 1-6, 10-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Ninomiya, Voracova advance to Pan Pacific Open doubles semifinals

Tennis: Ninomiya, Voracova advance to Pan Pacific Open doubles semifinals

Makoto Ninomiya (L) of Japan and her partner Renata Voracova (C) of the Czech Republic celebrate Sept. 21, 2017, after winning a doubles quarterfinal match against Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Abigail Spears of the United States at the Toray Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum. The pair won 7-5, 1-6, 10-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dragons make meal of playoff-chasing Giants

Dragons make meal of playoff-chasing Giants

Chunichi Dragons starting pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara throws against the Yomiuri Giants at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya on Sept. 19, 2017. Ogasawara marked his fifth win as the Dragons won 10-2, knocking the Giants out of third place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bali police arrest alleged killer of Japanese couple

Bali police arrest alleged killer of Japanese couple

Photo taken Sept. 10, 2017, shows a house in the Jimbaran area of southern Bali, Indonesia, where an elderly Japanese couple had been found dead. Police in the Indonesian resort island arrested a 25-year-old local man on Sept. 18 for the murder of the couple earlier in September, citing financial trouble as a motive. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Ichiro goes 1-for-4 in Marlins' loss to Brewers

Baseball: Ichiro goes 1-for-4 in Marlins' loss to Brewers

Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki rounds first base on a two-run double during the fourth inning of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Sept. 17, 2017. The Marlins lost 10-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Aoyama, Yang win Japan Women's Open doubles

Tennis: Aoyama, Yang win Japan Women's Open doubles

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and China's Yang Zhaoxuan celebrate at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2017, after beating Australian pair Monique Adamczak and Storm Sanders 6-0, 2-6, 10-5 in the doubles final at the Japan Women's Open. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Aoyama, Yang win Japan Women's Open doubles

Tennis: Aoyama, Yang win Japan Women's Open doubles

Japan's Shuko Aoyama (R) and China's Yang Zhaoxuan play against Australian pair Monique Adamczak and Storm Sanders in the Japan Women's Open doubles final at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2017. Aoyama and Yang won 6-0, 2-6, 10-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Urawa shellshock 10-man Kawasaki to return to ACL semifinals

Soccer: Urawa shellshock 10-man Kawasaki to return to ACL semifinals

Urawa Reds players celebrate at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, Japan, on Sept. 13, 2017 after erasing a 3-1 first-leg deficit to defeat 10-man Kawasaki Frontale 5-4 on aggregate in their Asian Champions League soccer quarterfinal tie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani prepares for 3rd start of season

Baseball: Otani prepares for 3rd start of season

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Shohei Otani throws a bullpen session at MetLife Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2017, ahead of the third start of his injury-plagued season on Sept. 12 against the Rakuten Eagles at Sapporo Dome. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Jordan vow to steadily implement U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

Japan, Jordan vow to steadily implement U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi talk in Amman on Sept. 10, 2017. They confirmed the importance of steadily implementing U.N. sanctions on North Korea after its latest nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Yui Kamiji (L) of Japan poses with the winner's trophy after winning the women's singles final against Diede de Groot (R) of the Netherlands at the U.S. Open wheelchair championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2017. Kamiji won 7-5, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Yui Kamiji of Japan returns the ball to Diede de Groot of the Netherlands in the women's singles final at the U.S. Open wheelchair championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2017. Kamiji won 7-5, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Yui Kamiji of Japan returns the ball to Diede de Groot of the Netherlands in the women's singles final at the U.S. Open wheelchair championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2017. Kamiji won 7-5, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Tennis: Kamiji wins women's wheelchair singles at U.S. Open

Yui Kamiji of Japan poses with the winner's trophy after winning the women's singles final against Diede de Groot of the Netherlands at the U.S. Open wheelchair championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2017. Kamiji won 7-5, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Usami scores on debut in win for Dusseldorf

Soccer: Usami scores on debut in win for Dusseldorf

Japanese striker Takashi Usami scores in the second half on his debut for Fortuna Dusseldorf in a 3-2 win over Union Berlin in the German second division in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Sept. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Ishihara double boosts Sendai's J-League survival chances

Soccer: Ishihara double boosts Sendai's J-League survival chances

Vegalta Sendai's Naoki Ishihara (R) and Riki Harakawa of Sagan Tosu vie for the ball in the first half during a J-League top-flight match in Sendai on Sept. 10, 2017. Ishihara struck on either side of halftime as Sendai collected a crucial three points in the J-League survival race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Ishihara double boosts Sendai's J-League survival chances

Soccer: Ishihara double boosts Sendai's J-League survival chances

Naoki Ishihara (11) of Vegalta Sendai opens the scoring in the first half of their 4-1 win at home against Sagan Tosu on Sept. 10, 2017. Ishihara struck on either side of halftime as Sendai collected a crucial three points in the J-League survival race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Lee Ji Hee wins 2nd major title in Japan

Golf: Lee Ji Hee wins 2nd major title in Japan

South Korea's Lee Ji Hee reacts after sinking her winning putt in the final round of the LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at Appi Kogen Golf Club in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2017. Lee picked up her second major title and 22nd career win on the Japan LPGA Tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Lone yokozuna Harumafuji starts autumn tourney with victory

Sumo: Lone yokozuna Harumafuji starts autumn tourney with victory

Harumafuji (L), the only yokozuna competing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, defeats komusubi Tochiozan at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2017, the opening day of the 15-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Lone yokozuna Harumafuji starts autumn tourney with victory

Sumo: Lone yokozuna Harumafuji starts autumn tourney with victory

Harumafuji (facing camera), the only yokozuna competing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, defeats komusubi Tochiozan at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2017, the opening day of the 15-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cat cafe train in Japan

Cat cafe train in Japan

A boy plays with a cat aboard a cat cafe train on the Yoro Railway line between Gifu and Mie prefectures in central Japan in a one-day event on Sept. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cat cafe train in Japan

Cat cafe train in Japan

Passengers play with a cat on a cat cafe train on the Yoro Railway line between Gifu and Mie prefectures in central Japan in a one-day event on Sept. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Mikolas throws gem as Giants beat Swallows

Baseball: Mikolas throws gem as Giants beat Swallows

Miles Mikolas of the Yomiuri Giants pitches against the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 10, 2017. Mikolas worked seven shutout innings as the Giants won 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: LS Kitami to represent Japan in women's event at 2018 Olympics

Curling: LS Kitami to represent Japan in women's event at 2018 Olympics

LS Kitami curling team members (from L) Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Satsuki Fujisawa and Chinami Yoshida acknowledge the crowd after winning a best-of-five series against Chubu Electric Power in Kitami, Sapporo, on Sept. 10, 2017. LS Kitami will represent Japan in the women's curling competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: LS Kitami to represent Japan in women's event at 2018 Olympics

Curling: LS Kitami to represent Japan in women's event at 2018 Olympics

LS Kitami skip Satsuki Fujisawa (C) delivers a stone, with Yurika Yoshida (L) and Yuumi Suzuki sweeping, in the first end in Game 4 of a best-of-five series against Chubu Electric Power in Kitami, Sapporo, on Sept. 10, 2017. LS Kitami won the series three games to one to represent Japan in the women's curling competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Kiryu runs 9.98 in 100, 1st Japanese to break 10-second barrier

Athletics: Kiryu runs 9.98 in 100, 1st Japanese to break 10-second barrier

Yoshihide Kiryu poses after winning the men's 100 meters final with a time of 9.98 seconds at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2017. Kiryu became the first Japanese to break the 10-second barrier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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