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Athletics: Osako sets new Japan record at Valencia Marathon

Suguru Osako meets the press after setting a new Japanese record of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 55 seconds at the Valencia Marathon in Valencia, Spain, on Dec. 7, 2025. He finished fourth.

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Athletics: Osako sets new Japan record at Valencia Marathon

Suguru Osako meets the press after setting a new Japanese record of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 55 seconds at the Valencia Marathon in Valencia, Spain, on Dec. 7, 2025. He finished fourth.

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Athletics: Osako sets new Japan record at Valencia Marathon

Suguru Osako meets the press after setting a new Japanese record of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 55 seconds at the Valencia Marathon in Valencia, Spain, on Dec. 7, 2025. He finished fourth.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Suguru Osako competes in the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, in the French capital.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Hanshin Tigers catcher Seishiro Sakamoto (front) and closer Suguru Iwazaki celebrate winning the Japan Series baseball championship with victory over the Orix Buffaloes in the deciding Game 7 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu hits a single from his old nemesis former Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Japan gets men's team foil silver in fencing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Suguru Awaji, Yuki Ota, Ryo Miyake, and Kenta Chida (from L to R) smile with the silver medals they won in the men's fencing team foil at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 5, 2012. Japan lost to Italy 45-39.

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Japan gets men's team foil silver in fencing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Suguru Awaji (L) competes against Italy's Andrea Cassara in the men's fencing team foil gold medal match at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 5, 2012. Japan lost to Italy 45-39 and finished with silver.

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Japan wins bronze at world fencing

PARIS, France - (From L) Yuki Ota, Suguru Awaji, Kenta Chida and Ryo Miyake of Japan show off the bronze medals they won in the team foil at the world fencing championships in Paris on Nov. 11, 2010.

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Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

TOKYO, Japan - This May 1979 file photo shows Shigeru Kobayashi, a pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers, pitching against the Yomiuri Giants at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. Kobayashi, who moved to the Tigers from the Giants in a controversial trade involving star pitcher Suguru Egawa the previous year, died Jan. 17, 2010.

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IOC OKs entry of Japanese bobsleigh team to Winter Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters in Nagano on Feb. 1 after the International Olympic Committee told the Japanese Olympic Committee that it plans to allow the Japanese team to participate in the Turin Winter Olympics.

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Japan's Olympic bobsleigh berths on hold

TURIN, Italy - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters at the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation in Nagano on Jan. 31. They face a nervous wait to see if they are allowed to appear at the Winter Olympics after it was learned they have not obtained entry qualification for the upcoming event in Turin.

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Athletics: Retired marathon runner Osako

Suguru Osako, who ended his marathon career after finishing sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2021.

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Athletics: Retired marathon runner Osako

Suguru Osako, who ended his marathon career after finishing sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2021.

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Athletics: Retired marathon runner Osako

Suguru Osako, who ended his marathon career after finishing sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan approaches the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. Osako finished sixth.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan approaches the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. Osako finished sixth.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan is pictured after finishing sixth in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Suguru Osako (front) takes a drink during the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Suguru Osako (front) takes a drink during the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan approaches the finish line in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan runs in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. Osako finished sixth.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Suguru Osako (R) falls away from the leading pack in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan falls away from the leading pack during the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

(From L) Ayad Lamdassem of Spain, Suguru Osako of Japan and Koen Naert of Belgium, run in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Suguru Osako of Japan runs in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Runners, including Daniel do Nascimento of Brazil, Suguru Osako of Japan and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, compete in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

(From L) Suguru Osako of Japan, Elroy Gelant of South Africa and Daniel Mateo of Spain run in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Runners, including Khoarahlane Seutloali of Lesotho, Suguru Osako of Japan, and Uganda's Filex Chemongesi and Fred Musobo, compete in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Athletics

Runners including Elroy Gelant of South Africa and Suguru Osako of Japan compete in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan.

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1977, Japan.

The 1977 compilation of the Japan-Soviet 200 nautical mile problem. Children chase supercars. Mt. Usu eruption. Suguru Egawa refuses to join the Crown. Illustrations of a map of the 200 nautical mile area, a fishing boat in the sea, a Soviet ship, a meeting of party leaders, an illustration of a map of the four northern islands, a Japan-Soviet fishery agreement being exchanged, housewives arranging for food to be shipped directly from its place of origin, a pawn shop thriving, a supercar display event, happy children, a tardiness chart imitating a timetable, a long A long telephone receiver, a housewife using a gas stove for toilet gas, the eruption of Mount Usu, volcanic ash falling on the city, a home run by Oh, pitching by Taku Egawa, six Japanese Army personnel allowed to leave prison after the Japan Airlines hijacking incident, people resisting the Narita Airport issue and the Sanrizuka struggle. date unknown Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 23, 1977.

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako of Japan poses next to a clock displaying his new national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako of Japan pumps his fist as he finishes fourth and breaks his own national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020, to move closer to Olympic selection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo craft artist creates cardboard animals with touch of realism

Photo taken Oct. 19, 2016 shows craft artist Suguru Yoshida with two of his works made of cardboard -- a salmon and a tiger coming out of a folding screen -- in Japan's northern city of Sapporo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lovely Day wins autumn run of Emperor's Cup G1 horse race

Jockey Suguru Hamanaka celebrates race favorite Lovely Day's win at the 2,000-meter autumn Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) race at Tokyo Racecourse in the Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian Jewish Congress chief talks about diplomat Sugihara

Russian Jewish Congress President Yuri Kanner and Japan-Russia culture center chief Suguru Kawamura (R) talk about the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara in front of a plaque commemorating Sugihara at a hotel in Moscow on Oct. 14, 2015. Sugihara saved the lives of thousands of Jews during his tenure as vice-consul at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 1939 to 1940 by issuing transit visas to Japan to many Jews escaping from persecution by the Nazis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Commemorative plaque praising Sugihara's acts shown in Moscow

Japan-Russia culture center chief Suguru Kawamura shows a commemorative plaque honoring the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara at a hotel in Moscow on Oct. 14, 2015. Kawamura worked for a trading company in Moscow after World War II as a subordinate of Sugihara, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during the war by issuing them with visas to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man nabbed over murder of Fukuoka elderly woman

FUKUOKA, Japan - Suguru Noji, who is suspected of stabbing an elderly woman to death in Fukuoka, western Japan, lowers his head as he was taken to a police station in a police vehicle April 15. Noji, 22, was arrested the same day for allegedly murdering and robbing Hisako Tanaka, 78, as well as possessing a knife in violation of the firearm and sword control law. He admitted to killing the woman and also hinted at his involvement in the March 25 stabbing of another woman in the city, according to police. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Olympic bobsleigh berths on hold

TURIN, Italy - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters at the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation in Nagano on Jan. 31. They face a nervous wait to see if they are allowed to appear at the Winter Olympics after it was learned they have not obtained entry qualification for the upcoming event in Turin. (Kyodo)

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IOC OKs entry of Japanese bobsleigh team to Winter Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters \in Nagano on Feb. 1 after the International Olympic Committee told the Japanese Olympic Committee that it plans to allow the Japanese team to participate in the Turin Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Pitcher Kobayashi, in 1978 trade row, dies

TOKYO, Japan - This May 1979 file photo shows Shigeru Kobayashi, a pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers, pitching against the Yomiuri Giants at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. Kobayashi, who moved to the Tigers from the Giants in a controversial trade involving star pitcher Suguru Egawa the previous year, died Jan. 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze at world fencing

PARIS, France - (From L) Yuki Ota, Suguru Awaji, Kenta Chida and Ryo Miyake of Japan show off the bronze medals they won in the team foil at the world fencing championships in Paris on Nov. 11, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Athletics: Osako after rewriting Japan marathon record

Suguru Osako attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2020, a day after breaking his national record in a fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Marathon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Osako after rewriting Japan marathon record

Suguru Osako attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2020, a day after breaking his national record in a fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Marathon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Osako after rewriting Japan marathon record

Suguru Osako attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2020, a day after breaking his national record in a fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Marathon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Osako after rewriting Japan marathon record

Suguru Osako attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2020, a day after breaking his national record in a fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Marathon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako of Japan massages his side with 4 kilometers remaining en route to finishing fourth and breaking his own national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020, moving closer to Olympic selection. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako of Japan massages his side with 4 kilometers remaining en route to finishing fourth and breaking his own national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020, moving closer to Olympic selection. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako of Japan pumps his fist as he finishes fourth and breaks his own national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020, to move closer to Olympic selection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Tokyo Marathon

Suguru Osako (front) of Japan runs en route to breaking his own national record at the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020, to move closer to Olympic selection. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo