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Holder of 5 women's shogi titles back to competition

Holder of 5 women's shogi titles back to competition

Professional shogi player Kana Fukuma, holder of five titles in the women's category, is pictured after beating Kei Kato in a round-robin match at the Hakurei women's championship in Takatsuki, Osaka, on Feb. 14, 2025. She returned to competition after being sidelined between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (L) concedes defeat to challenger Yoshiharu Habu in Game 2 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title at a Japanese hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2023, following a win in Game 1. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Veteran shogi player Yoshiharu Habu reflects on Game 2 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after evening the series by beating defending champion Sota Fujii at a Japanese hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2023. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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DPJ's Tsujimoto retains lower house seat

DPJ's Tsujimoto retains lower house seat

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan speaks to commuters in front of Takatsuki Station in Takatsuki, Osaka, on Dec. 15, 2014, a day after winning her lower house seat in the Osaka No. 10 single-seat constituency.

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1 tomato seed bears over 6,000 tomatoes in Osaka

1 tomato seed bears over 6,000 tomatoes in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A huge tomato plant, grown from a seed, and which has yielded more than 6,000 tomatoes at an experimental farm house of Kyowa Co., a plastics production firm in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, is photographed on May 20, 2014. The seed was planted last August.

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109-yr woman successfully undergoes surgery for appendicitis

109-yr woman successfully undergoes surgery for appendicitis

OSAKA, Japan - Ai Onishi (C), a 109-year-old woman in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, is pictured with her family and medical staff in the city on March 8, 2012. She successfully underwent surgery for appendicitis at the Daiichi Towakai hospital in the city on Feb. 22. To the left is the surgeon, Atsushi Okita.

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2 cab drivers assaulted in Osaka

2 cab drivers assaulted in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Police investigators examine the taxi of a driver who was assaulted by an unidentified man on a street in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, in the early morning of Jan. 6. Another taxi driver was attacked by a purported temp worker, who was later arrested, in nearby Neyagawa the same day. The incidents followed two recent fatal taxi holdups in the prefecture.

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Marudai to recall 5 products that may contain tainted milk

Marudai to recall 5 products that may contain tainted milk

TAKATSUKI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 20, 2008, shows the headquarters of Marudai Food Co. in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. The company said the same day it has begun recalling five of its products suspected of containing milk tainted with the toxin melamine that was imported from a major Chinese dairy firm.

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit: Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki = October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki = October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit: Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time),Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles,USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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