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"Gay marriage" in Japan's entertainment world

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Ayaka Ichinose (L) and actress Akane Sugimori pose for photos in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, as they announce their wedding ceremony next spring. It is rare in Japan for gay entertainers to publicize their "marriage," as gay marriage is illegal.

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Same-sex marriage revealed in Japan's entertainment world

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Ayaka Ichinose (L) and actress/dancer Akane Sugimori tell a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, they will marry on April 19 next year in the Japanese capital. It is rare in Japan for gay entertainers to publicize their "marriage" as same-sex marriage is illegal.

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Shinto priest blazing trail as community activist

HIGASHIHIROSHIMA, Japan - Mitsunobu Okada, chief priest of Sugimori Shrine in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, performs a purification ceremony in front of children at the shrine on Sept. 8, 2013.

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Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

TAIJI, Japan - Miyato Sugimori, a senior official of a fishermen's association in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, stands by a memorial erected to console the souls of dead whales in the fishing village in the prefecture. Photo taken Dec. 24, 2012.

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Sugimori competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Teruhiro Sugimori skates during the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Sugimori placed 26th with 1 minute, 11.13 seconds.

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics.

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics.

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Sugimori wins women's 1,500 at Asian championships

INCHEON, South Korea - Miho Sugimori of Japan (R) wins the women's 1,500 meters in a meet record time on the opening day of the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 1.

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Sugimori wins women's 1,500 at Asian championships

INCHEON, South Korea - Miho Sugimori of Japan (R) wins the women's 1,500 meters in a meet record time on the opening day of the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 1. (Kyodo)

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JX to take over TonenGeneral in Japan refinery consolidation

(From L) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. President Tsutomu Sugimori, JX Holdings Inc. President Yukio Uchida, Chairman Yasushi Kimura, TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. President Jun Muto and Vice President Takashi Hirose pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2015. JX Holdings, Japan's largest oil refiner, said it has agreed in principle to take over its smaller rival TonenGeneral in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lesbian entertainers hold wedding ceremony

Ayaka Ichinose (L), a 34-year-old TV personality, kisses her partner, actress and dancer Akane Sugimori, 28, after their wedding ceremony in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 19, 2015. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in Japan, Shibuya Ward in the Japanese capital on March 31 became the country's first municipality to adopt an ordinance enabling it to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lesbian entertainers hold wedding ceremony

Ayaka Ichinose (L), a 34-year-old TV personality, and her partner, actress and dancer Akane Sugimori, 28, pose for a photo after their wedding ceremony in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 19, 2015. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in Japan, Shibuya Ward in the Japanese capital on March 31 became the country's first municipality to adopt an ordinance enabling it to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lesbian entertainers hold wedding ceremony

Ayaka Ichinose (L), a 34-year-old TV personality, and her partner, actress and dancer Akane Sugimori, 28, pose for a photo after their wedding ceremony in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 19, 2015. Although same-sex marriage is not legal in Japan, Shibuya Ward in the Japanese capital on March 31 became the country's first municipality to adopt an ordinance enabling it to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugimori competes in 1,000m speed skating at Vancouver

RICHMOND, Canada - Japan's Teruhiro Sugimori skates during the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, Canada, on Feb. 17, 2010. Sugimori placed 26th with 1 minute, 11.13 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Japan gov't, business lobby to cooperate for "carbon-free" society

Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and Tsutomu Sugimori, a vice chair of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2020, as they exchange documents on cooperation for realizing a "carbon-free" society.

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Head of oil distributor JXTG

Tsutomu Sugimori, president of major Japanese oil distributer JXTG Holdings Inc., gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Head of oil distributor JXTG

Tsutomu Sugimori, president of major Japanese oil distributer JXTG Holdings Inc., gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Sugimori clinches Vancouver berth

NAGANO, Japan - Teruhiro Sugimori skates to victory as he rewrote his own national record in winning the men's 1,500 in the final qualifying meet for next February's Vancouver Games with a time of 1:47.49 at Nagano's M-Wave ice arena on Dec. 30, 2009. He booked his second straight berth at the Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)