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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Keito Nakamura, Zion Suzuki and Shogo Taniguchi (from L) are pictured after conceding an equalizer in the second half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi arrives at the team's accommodation facility in Houston on June 29, 2026, following a 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi acknowledges the crowd following a 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Zion Suzuki (C) and Shogo Taniguchi (3) react after conceding a second-half injury-time goal in a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Zion Suzuki (C) and Shogo Taniguchi (3) react after conceding a second-half injury-time goal in a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi challenges Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres (foreground) during the second half of a World Cup Group F football match at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (2nd from L) heads clear during the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (2nd from L) heads clear during the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan defender Shogo Taniguchi (3) attempts to clear the ball during the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026.

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Geneva International Music Competition

Japanese violist Ayaka Taniguchi performs en route to winning second prize in the final round of the Geneva International Music Competition in Geneva on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Geneva International Music Competition

Japanese violist Ayaka Taniguchi performs en route to winning second prize in the final round of the Geneva International Music Competition in Geneva on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Geneva International Music Competition

Japanese violist Ayaka Taniguchi (2nd from L) is pictured after performing in the final round of the Geneva International Music Competition in Geneva on Nov. 12, 2025. Taniguchi won second prize.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Australia takes the lead with an own goal by Japan's Shogo Taniguchi in the second half of a 2026 football World Cup final-round Asian qualifier at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2024.

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Football World Cup in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 6 Kyodo - Shogo Taniguchi of Japan celebrates after Japan's 2-1 win over Spain in a World Cup Group E football match at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, in the early hours of Dec. 2, 2022. (Kyodo)

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THE BARBER'S BRUSH

THE BARBER'S BRUSH, Barber is an illustrator, Takashi Taniguchi, A Field Guide to the Waterbirds of Asia (A Field Guide to the Waterbirds of Asia), bird illustration, bird hunting, Takashi Taniguchi Bird Illustration Studio, bird book artist, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (R) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (2nd from R) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top, R) opens the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top, R) opens the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top, R) opens the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top, R) opens the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Football: Japan-El Salvador friendly

Japan's Shogo Taniguchi (top) opens the scoring with a header in the first half of an international football friendly against El Salvador on June 15, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Boxing: Taniguchi vs. Jerusalem

Filipino challenger Melvin Jerusalem (far R, back) celebrates after dethroning WBO minimumweight champion Masataka Taniguchi with a second-round technical knockout in a boxing world title fight at Edion Arena Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 6, 2023.

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Boxing: Taniguchi vs. Jerusalem

Japanese boxer Masataka Taniguchi exits the ring after relinquishing his WBO minimumweight championship to Filipino challenger Melvin Jerusalem via a second-round technical knockout at Edion Arena Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 6, 2023.

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Boxing: Taniguchi vs. Jerusalem

Filipino challenger Melvin Jerusalem (L) knocks out defending champion Masataka Taniguchi of Japan with a straight right in the second round to capture the WBO minumumweight crown in a boxing world title fight at Edion Arena Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 6, 2023.

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Japan's Taniguchi in 3rd round U.S. Open golf

PINEHURST, United States - Japan's Toru Taniguchi hits an approach shot on the eighth hole in the third round of the U.S. Open golf at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club's Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina on June 14, 2014.

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Oliver Stone in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.S. film director Oliver Stone (3rd from L) is pictured with Sumiteru Taniguchi (2nd from L), a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, in Nagasaki on Aug. 7, 2013.

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Japanese mourn relatives buried in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Makiko Taniguchi, 74, from Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, cries while holding a picture of her mother on June 21, 2013, at a site in Hamhung in the east of North Korea believed to contain the remains of around 1,600 Japanese soldiers and civilians. Taniguchi's sister and brother died near the burial site when they were 5 years old and 9 months old, respectively.

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Japanese mourn relatives buried in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Makiko Taniguchi, 74, from Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, cries while covering her face with a picture of her mother on June 21, 2013, at a site in Hamhung in the east of North Korea believed to contain the remains of around 1,600 Japanese soldiers and civilians. Taniguchi's sister and brother died near the burial site when they were 5 years old and 9 months old, respectively.

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Farm for abandoned animals

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Seiji Taniguchi, operator of "Sankyu Bokujo" (Thank You Farm) for abandoned animals, feeds a goat at the farm in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2012.

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Farm for abandoned animals

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Seiji Taniguchi, operator of "Sankyu Bokujo" (Thank You Farm) for abandoned animals, bends down to pet a male Japanese Shiba dog named Haru at the farm in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2012.

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All Blacks crush Japan at Rugby World Cup

HAMILTON, New Zealand - Three Japanese players including Hitoshi Ono (R) and Itaru Taniguchi (C back) tackle Jerome Kaino (C) of New Zealand during the first half of a Rugby World Cup game at Waikato Stadium in New Zealand on Sept. 16, 2011. The All Blacks crushed Japan 83-7, scoring 13 tries.

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PM Kan apologizes over hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) apologizes to Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) shakes hands with Sumiteru Taniguchi, 81, head of the Nagasaki A-bomb Sufferers' Council at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2010. The photo at upper right shows the burns Taniguchi received on his back in the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Ban visited the atom-bombed city for the first time.

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U.N. chief in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) shakes hands with Sumiteru Taniguchi, 81, head of the Nagasaki A-bomb Sufferers' Council at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2010. The photo at upper right shows the burns Taniguchi received on his back in the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Ban visited the atom-bombed city for the first time.

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Taniguchi wins Japan PGA C'ship for 3rd major title

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toru Taniguchi waves to the gallery after a birdie on the ninth hole during the final round of the Japan PGA Championship golf tournament at Passage Kinkai Island Golf Club in Nagasaki on May 16, 2010. Taniguchi edged Tetsuji Hiratsuka by one stroke for his third career major title at the tournament.

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Taniguchi wins Japan PGA C'ship for 3rd major title

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toru Taniguchi holds up the winner's trophy after his victory in the Japan PGA Championship golf tournament at Passage Kinkai Island Golf Club in Nagasaki on May 16, 2010. Taniguchi edged Tetsuji Hiratsuka by one stroke for his third career major title.

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Hiroyuki Taniguchi scores the opener during the first half of a Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Taniguchi takes ANA Open for 1st win in 2 years

SAPPORO, Japan - Toru Taniguchi poses with the winner's trophy after winning the ANA Open golf tournament at Sapporo Golf Club's Wattsu Course in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, on Sept. 20, 2009.

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Kawasaki share spoils with Pohang in AFC Champions League

POHANG, South Korea - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Hiroyuki Taniguchi (L) tussles for the ball during the first half of an AFC Champions League first round game against South Korea's Pohang Steelers at Pohang Steelyard in South Korea on March 18. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Taniguchi wins Sun Chlorella title with last-hole birdie

OTARU, Japan - Takuya Taniguchi holds the victor's trophies after winning the Sun Chlorella Classic with a birdie in the final hole at Otaru Country Club in Hokkaido on Aug. 3, beating his former collegiate teammate Hideto Tanihara by a stroke.

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Jones wins Nippon Series, Taniguchi clinches money title

TOKYO, Japan - Brendan Jones of Australia poses with his trophy in hands at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 2 after winning the Nippon Series JT Cup by one shot over Toru Taniguchi, who clinched his second money title on the JGTO tour.

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Jones wins Nippon Series, Taniguchi clinches money title

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Taniguchi is tossed into the air by his colleagues and fans after placing second behind Brendan Jones of Australia at the Nippon Series JT Cup on Dec. 2 to clinch his second money title on the JGTO tour.

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Taniguchi snatches 2nd Japan Open title with final-round 66

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Toru Taniguchi smiles with his cup in hands after winning his second Japan Open crown at Sagamihara Golf Club on Oct. 14.