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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing a four-hit shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto roaring after pitching a complete-game shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Float-pulling "Danjiri" festival in Osaka

A Danjiri float is pulled by neighborhood people through a street in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 17, 2022, as the two-day Danjiri festival began. It was the first time in three years that the traditional festival took place without COVID-19 restrictions.

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Float-pulling "Danjiri" festival in Osaka

A Danjiri float is pulled by neighborhood people through a street in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 17, 2022, as the two-day Danjiri festival began. It was the first time in three years that the traditional festival took place without COVID-19 restrictions.

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Float-pulling "Danjiri" festival in Osaka

A Danjiri float is pulled by neighborhood people through a street in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 17, 2022, as the two-day Danjiri festival began. It was the first time in three years that the traditional festival took place without COVID-19 restrictions.

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Float-pulling "Danjiri" festival in Osaka

A Danjiri float is pulled by neighborhood people through a street in Kishiwada in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 17, 2022, as the two-day Danjiri festival began. It was the first time in three years that the traditional festival took place without COVID-19 restrictions.

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Japan PM Kishida at robot development lab in Fukushima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) is seated at a cockpit of a flying vehicle during a visit to a robot development lab in Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows a vehicle, marked with the letter "Z" to show it belongs to the Russian military, discarded in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after the country recaptured the city from Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Sept. 17, 2022, shows an underground room in a police station in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after the country recaptured the city from Russia. The room was apparently used by Russian soldiers to torture Ukrainians.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows bronze statues wrapped in Ukrainian flags in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after the country recaptured the city from Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Sept. 17, 2022, shows a cell in a police station in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after the country recaptured the city from Russia. The cell was apparently used by Russian soldiers to detain Ukrainians.

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Scene in Ukraine

People line up for food in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Sept. 17, 2022, after the country recaptured the city from Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows a partially destroyed building in Balakliia in Ukraine's Kharkiv region after the country recaptured the city from Russia.

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Japan emperor in London for queen's funeral

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako (standing behind him) arrive at a hotel in London on Sept. 17, 2022, two days ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor in London for queen's funeral

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (inside car) and Empress Masako (2nd from R) arrive at London Stansted Airport on the outskirts of London on Sept. 17, 2022, to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor in London for queen's funeral

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at a hotel in London on Sept. 17, 2022, two days ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor in London for queen's funeral

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at London Stansted Airport on the outskirts of London on Sept. 17, 2022, to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. (Pool photo)