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Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From left: Hirohisa Tsuruta, Director General, Logistics & Automotive Bureau; Koichi Ito, President, Toyota Industries Corporation. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From left: Hirohisa Tsuruta, Director General, Logistics & Automotive Bureau; Koichi Ito, President, Toyota Industries Corporation. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA.

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Actress Tsuruta in Kenyan refugee camp as TICAD goodwill envoy

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese actress Mayu Tsuruta, the goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Tokyo International Conference on African Development, is surrounded by children at a refugee camp in Kenya on March 30. Tsuruta toured the camp in Nakuru, central Kenya, following the Kenyan presidential election late last year that ballooned into inter-tribal fighting.

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Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoki Sugita, president of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the namesake business daily known as the Nikkei, tells reporters in Tokyo on May 16 that Chairman Takuhiko Tsuruta has stepped down and become an adviser.

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Actress Tsuruta marries modern artist Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan - Popular actress Mayu Tsuruta (file photo) and New York-based modern artist Daisuke Nakayama were married in a private ceremony on Dec. 10, show business sources said Dec. 12.

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Former pro wrestler Jumbo Tsuruta dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former leading Japanese pro wrestler Jumbo Tsuruta (in this file photo), whose real name was Tomomi Tsuruta, died May 13 in Manila, where he was receiving treatment, All Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. said May 16. He was 49. The cause of death was not disclosed at the request of his family. Tsuruta, who was hospitalized between 1992 and 1993 for hepatitis B, retired from professional wrestling in March last year.

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Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoki Sugita, president of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the namesake business daily known as the Nikkei, tells reporters in Tokyo on May 16 that Chairman Takuhiko Tsuruta has stepped down and become an adviser. (Kyodo)

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Actress Tsuruta marries modern artist Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan - Popular actress Mayu Tsuruta (file photo) and New York-based modern artist Daisuke Nakayama were married in a private ceremony on Dec. 10, show business sources said Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

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Former pro wrestler Jumbo Tsuruta dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former leading Japanese pro wrestler Jumbo Tsuruta (in this file photo), whose real name was Tomomi Tsuruta, died May 13 in Manila, where he was receiving treatment, All Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. said May 16. He was 49. The cause of death was not disclosed at the request of his family. Tsuruta, who was hospitalized between 1992 and 1993 for hepatitis B, retired from professional wrestling in March last year.

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Participant pulls suction cup in tug of war contest

A bald-headed participant competes during the first national suction cup tug of war competition in Tsuruta town, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Balding TV personality takes part in suction cup tug of war

Moto Fuyuki (front L), a TV personality with little hair left, takes part in the first national suction cup tug of war competition in Tsuruta town, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015. Completely or almost bald contestants compete by pulling suction cups attached to their foreheads, tied with a string. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clothes for people with or without disabilities

Fashion designer Takafumi Tsuruta talks about clothes designs in Tokyo's Kichijoji on July 9, 2015. He created the brand "tenbo" under the concept of "people design" to provide fashionable clothes for people with or without disabilities, as well as regardless of their age, physique and nationality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brighten up world with bald heads

Two men perform a tug-of-war with suction cups attached to their heads during an event in Tsuruta town, northern Japan, on Sept. 27, 2015. The biannual event hosted by a group of bald men features funny programs that take advantage of a lack of hair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brighten up world with bald heads

Two men play a tug-of-war with suction cups attached to their heads in an event in the northern Japanese town of Tsuruta on Sept. 27, 2015. The biannual event hosted by a group of bald men features funny programs that take advantage of a lack of hair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress Tsuruta in Kenyan refugee camp as TICAD goodwill envoy

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese actress Mayu Tsuruta, the goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Tokyo International Conference on African Development, is surrounded by children at a refugee camp in Kenya on March 30. Tsuruta toured the camp in Nakuru, central Kenya, following the Kenyan presidential election late last year that ballooned into inter-tribal fighting. (Kyodo)

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Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA. (Kyodo)

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Japanese "karuta" card championships

Sae Tsuruta (L) and Ere Yamashita warm up for the women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships in Otsu, western Japan, on Jan. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Playoff for Japanese cards championship held

Tsubasa Tsubota (R) and Sae Tsuruta warm up for their Japanese card championship match in the western Japan city of Otsu on Jan. 7, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo