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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan goalkeeper Daisuke Okamoto (21), Spain right wing Aleix Gomez (28), Japan left wing Naoki Sugioka (9) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Makoto Sugioka, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks to the press on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Asian Games: Handball

Japan's Naoki Sugioka scores a goal during the first half of the handball men's bronze medal match against Kuwait at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Makoto Sugioka, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks to the press on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge.

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Takashimaya, H2O to partner, aim to merge in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - H2O Retailing Corp. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (L) and Takashimaya Co. President Koji Suzuki shake hands after a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 10. The two department store operators decided to forge a business and capital alliance with a view to merging in three years' time.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Securities watchdog seeks 500 mil. yen fine on Nikko

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial group Vice President Hiroaki Sugioka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 as Japan's securities authorities the same day recommended a largest-ever fine of 500 million yen against Nikko Cordial Corp. for falsifying its group's financial statement for fiscal 2004.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka hold a joint press conference in a Tokyo hotel to announce an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene.

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Teikoku Oil to drill despite risk of Chinese interruption

TOKYO, Japan - Teikoku Oil Co. President Masatoshi Sugioka speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 26. He indicated the company's readiness to conduct test drilling in prospective East China Sea gas fields despite the risk of Chinese interruption. ''We would never be able to conduct test drilling if we stuck to the absence (of interruption) as a precondition of doing so,'' Sugioka said.

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Nobel laureate Shirakawa gets cultural order

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show the six winners of this year's Order of Culture named Oct. 24. (Upper, from L to R) sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo and Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa, (lower, from L to R) calligrapher Kason Sugioka, organic chemist Ryoji Noyori and actress Isuzu Yamada. They will receive their order from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace on Culture Day on Nov. 3.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka hold a joint press conference in a Tokyo hotel to announce an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene. (Kyodo)

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Securities watchdog seeks 500 mil. yen fine on Nikko

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial group Vice President Hiroaki Sugioka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 as Japan's securities authorities the same day recommended a largest-ever fine of 500 million yen against Nikko Cordial Corp. for falsifying its group's financial statement for fiscal 2004. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Takashimaya, H2O to partner, aim to merge in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - H2O Retailing Corp. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (L) and Takashimaya Co. President Koji Suzuki shake hands after a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 10. The two department store operators decided to forge a business and capital alliance with a view to merging in three years' time. (Kyodo)

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene. (Kyodo)

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Teikoku Oil to drill despite risk of Chinese interruption

TOKYO, Japan - Teikoku Oil Co. President Masatoshi Sugioka speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 26. He indicated the company's readiness to conduct test drilling in prospective East China Sea gas fields despite the risk of Chinese interruption. ''We would never be able to conduct test drilling if we stuck to the absence (of interruption) as a precondition of doing so,'' Sugioka said. (Kyodo)

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge. (Kyodo)

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Football: Copa America

Angel Mena (10) of Ecuador and Daiki Sugioka of Japan vie for the ball during the first half of a 1-1 draw in Group C of the Copa America football tournament on June 24, 2019, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Iniesta debuts in Japan

Andres Iniesta of Vissel Kobe is tackled by Shonan Bellmare defender Daiki Sugioka during the second half of a match at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on July 22, 2018. Iniesta made his J-League debut in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitor looks at Kason Sugioka's calligraphy at Nara museum

A visitor looks at a collaborative work of calligrapher Kason Sugioka (1913-2012) with Japanese-style painter Yujin Nakaji at the Nara City Museum of calligraphy in honor of Kason Sugioka in the western Japanese city on July 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists experience calligraphy at Nara museum

Tourists try their hand at calligraphy at the Nara City Museum of calligraphy in honor of Kason Sugioka in the western Japanese city on July 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.