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SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU Speed Skating Junior World Cup

Milan, Italy November 29, 2025 ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, Milan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026 3000 M Men Junior Gold Medal Taiga Sasaki JPN, Silver Medal Ede Kortlever NED Bronze Medal Taiki Shingai JPN

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SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU Speed Skating Junior World Cup

Milan, Italy November 29, 2025 ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, Milan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026 Taiki Shingai JNP compete in the Men' s Single Distances and Team Competitions during the ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, RMilan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026

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SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU Speed Skating Junior World Cup

Milan, Italy November 29, 2025 ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, Milan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026 Taiki Shingai JNP compete in the Men' s Single Distances and Team Competitions during the ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, RMilan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026

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SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU Speed Skating Junior World Cup

Milan, Italy November 29, 2025 ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup 2025, Milan Speed Skating Stadium for the Road to 2026 3000M Women Jouniores Gold Taiga Sasaki JPN, Silver Medal Ede Kortlever NED, Bronze Medal Taiki Shingai JPN

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, loses control and heads groundward after lifting off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Taiwan rocket crashes in Hokkaido

A rocket developed by jtSPACE Co., a Japanese arm of a Taiwanese aerospace company, lifts off from a spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 12, 2025, before losing control and crashing to the ground.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Karl Tabouret of France (C) poses for a photo after winning the para cross-country men's sprint classic standing event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 5, 2025, alongside silver medalist Taiki Kawayoke of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Benjamin Daviet of France.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Taiki Kawayoke celebrates after winning silver in the para cross-country men's sprint classic standing event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 5, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Taiki Kawayoke competes en route to winning silver in the para cross-country men's sprint classic standing event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on March 5, 2025.

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(SP)JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS VS SHANDONG TAISHAN

(240313) -- YOKOHAMA, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Watanabe Taiki (R) of Yokohama F. Marinos vies with Fei Nanduo of Shandong Taishan during the quarterfinal second leg match between Yokohama F. Marinos of Japan and Shandong Taishan of China at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Yokohama, Japan, March 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Judo - Paris Grand Slam

Harim Lee Luka Mkheidze Taiki Nakamura and Francisco Garrigos during the Paris Grand Slam 2024 IJF World Judo Tour event at Accor Arena in Paris, France on February 2, 2024. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ROLLER SKATING (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Moritoki Mika(R)/Shibagaki Taiki of Japan compete during the Mixed Inline Freestyle Skating Slalom Pair of Roller Skating at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WRESTLING-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230917) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Taiki Yamamoto (R) and Sumit Sumit of the UWW compete during their 1/16 final match of the men's 125kg freestyle category at the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sept. 16, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO (CN)

(230801) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Abdurakhim Nutfulloev (L) of team Uzbekistan competes against Nakamura Taiki of team Japan during the judo men's team final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Qi Xiaoyi)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(230801) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chang Jiantao (L) of China competes with Nakamura Taiki of Japan during the Judo Men's Team Elimination Round of 16 match between China and Japan at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Luo Xuefeng)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(230729) -- CHENGDU, July 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taiki Nakamura (L) of Japan competes with Yang Yung-wei of Chinese Taipei during the final of Judo men's 60kg at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Luo Xuefeng)

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Japanese troops conduct landing drill in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force go ashore from a large landing craft on a beach at the Hamataiki camp in Taiki, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, during a drill on July 8, 2014.

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Japanese troops conduct landing drill in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A tank makes its way after disembarkation from a large landing craft on a beach at the Hamataiki camp in Taiki, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, during a drill on July 8, 2014.

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Japan's Paralympics medalists at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese medalists at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games - (from L) alpine skiers Taiki Morii, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano, and biathlon and cross-country skier Kozo Kubo - pose with their medals on March 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese duo Kano, Morii on podium for men's super-G sitting ski

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skiers Akira Kano and Taiki Morii celebrate on the podium at a medal ceremony for the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal and Morii got the silver.

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Japan Paralympic alpine skier Morii practices before race

SOCHI, Russia - Paralympic alpine skier Taiki Morii of Japan practices in March 2014 before the Winter Games in the Russian resort city of Sochi.

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Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers arrive in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers pose at Sochi International Airport in the early hours of March 2, 2014, after arriving in the Russian city for the 2014 Winter Games. (From L) Taiki Morii, captain of the Japanese team, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano.

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Send-off ceremony for Japan's Sochi Paralympics squad

TOKYO, Japan - Cross-country skier Shoko Ota (R), flag bearer for Japan's Sochi Winter Paralympics squad, receives the team flag from delegation head Masanobu Araki during a send-off ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. To the right is alpine skier Taiki Morii, the team captain.

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Tsunami evacuation tower in Mie Pref.

TAIKI, Japan - Photo shows a tower for evacuation in case of tsunami in Taiki, Mie Prefecture in western Japan, in May 2011. Visitors to the 21.8 meter-high tower have increased since the March quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Jockey Take injured in fall

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Star jockey Yutaka Take is thrown off his horse The Taiki in a Grade Three race at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 27, 2010. Take was taken to a hospital with a suspected broken left shoulder and damaged joints in his right hand.

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - (From L to R) Silver medalist Martin Braxenthaler of Germany, gold medalist Akira Kano, and bronze medalist Taiki Mori, both from Japan, celebrate on the podium during an awards ceremony for the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010.

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Japan's Morii wins bronze in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010. Morii won the bronze medal.

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Akira Kano (L) and Taiki Morii hold up their gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010.

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Japan's Morii wins silver at Paralympics

WHISLTER, Canada - Taiki Morii of Japan skies to win the silver in the men's downhill sitting race at the Vancouver Paralympics in Whistler on March 18, 2010.

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Camui rocket undergoes flight test in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Preparations are underway for the small rocket system Camui in the town of Taiki, Hokkaido, on March 15. On March 16, the Camui underwent a flight experiment as part of joint research by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Hokkaido University for an ejector rocket engine.

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Low-cost experimental rocket lifts off in Hokkaido

TAIKI, Japan - An experimental rocket that uses liquid oxygen and polyethylene as composite propellant lifts off from Taichi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23. The 2.8-meter rocket soared to an altitude of about 1,000 meters in 10 seconds. Developers say the rocket, developed by Harunori Nagata, professor of space engineering at Hokkaido University, takes just about one-10th of the launch cost for a conventional solid-fuel rocket.

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years.

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Papers on 9 Snow Brand execs sent to prosecutors

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s plant in Taiki, Hokkaido. The plant former head Osamu Kubota is one of the nine company officials sent to prosecutors on March 16 on suspicion of professional negligence in the massive outbreak of food poisoning that hit western Japan last summer. Others include former Snow Brand President Tetsuro Ishikawa and former Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Soma. The powdered skim milk produced in Taiki was an ingredient in tainted dairy products such as low-fat milk and yogurt drinks made at Snow Brand's Osaka plant that led to widespread food poisoning in June and July last year.

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Operations at Snow Brand's Hokkaido factory suspended

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshiaki Endo (C), head of the Hokkaido branch of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., apologizes at a press conference Aug. 23 for his company's poor control of bacteria. The Hokkaido prefectural government ordered the company to suspend operations at its plant in Taiki after discovering a bacterial toxin in samples of powdered skimmed milk produced at the plant.

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Pillbox in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2022, in Taiki, Hokkaido, shows pillboxs built during the closing days of World War II to block a U.S. military landing on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Pillbox in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2022, in Taiki, Hokkaido, shows a pillbox built during the closing days of World War II to block a U.S. military landing on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Pillbox in Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2022, in Taiki, Hokkaido, shows a pillbox built during the closing days of World War II to block a U.S. military landing on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Closing ceremony of Beijing Paralympics

Taiki Kawayoke (red) bears the Japanese flag during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics on March 13, 2022, at the National Stadium.

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Closing ceremony of Beijing Paralympics

Taiki Kawayoke (3rd from R) bears the Japanese flag during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics on March 13, 2022, at the National Stadium.

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Closing ceremony of Beijing Paralympics

Taiki Kawayoke (C) bears the Japanese flag during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics on March 13, 2022, at the National Stadium.

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(SP)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING-OPEN 4X2.5KM RELAY (CN)

(220313) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, March 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kawayoke Taiki of Japan competes during the Para Cross-Country Skiing Open 4x2.5km Relay of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-WINTER PARALYMPICS-AWARDING CEREMONY-PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING(CN)

(220307) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Kawayoke Taiki of Japan poses for photos during the awarding ceremony for Para Cross-Country Skiing Men's Long Distance Classical Technique Standing event of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou Medals Plaza in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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Beijing Paralympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Taiki Kawayoke of Japan poses with his gold medal for the men's long distance standing cross-country skiing at the Beijing Paralympics on March 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

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(SP)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING -MEN'S LONG DISTANCE CLASSIC STANDING (CN)

(220307) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kawayoke Taiki of Japan competes during the para cross-country skiing men's long distance classic standing event of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING -MEN'S LONG DISTANCE CLASSIC STANDING (CN)

(220307) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, March 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Taiki Kawayoke (R) of Japan and Cai Jiayun of China compete during the para cross-country skiing men's long distance classic standing event of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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Beijing Paralympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Taiki Kawayoke of Japan celebrates after winning gold in the men's long distance standing cross-country skiing at the Beijing Paralympics on March 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing Paralympics: Cross-Country Skiing

Taiki Kawayoke of Japan celebrates after winning gold in the men's long distance standing cross-country skiing at the Beijing Paralympics on March 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.