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Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi.

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Yamaha Motor to enter automobile market

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi stands by its four-wheel, two-seater Motiv prototype vehicle unveiled on Nov. 20, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward during the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day prior to opening to the public. Yamaha plans to enter the four-wheel vehicle market globally by 2020 to broaden its customer base by adding automobiles to its mainstay lineup of motorcycles, Yanagi said.

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Yamaha Motor to enter automobile market

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi stands by its four-wheel, two-seater Motiv prototype vehicle unveiled on Nov. 20, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward during the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day prior to opening to the public. Yamaha plans to enter the four-wheel vehicle market globally by 2020 to broaden its customer base by adding automobiles to its mainstay lineup of motorcycles, Yanagi said.

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Yamaha Motor President Yanagi

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2013.

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Yamaha to set up sales company in Myanmar

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. president Hiroyuki Yanagi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 21, 2012. Yanagi said Yamaha Motor will soon set up a company in Myanmar to sell its motorbikes there.

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Industrial designer Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2002 shows Sori Yanagi, a pioneering industrial designer in Japan known for his prizewinning work ''Butterfly Stool.'' Yanagi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 25, 2011. He was 96.

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Japanese rock singer, guitarist Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 1998 shows Japanese rock singer and guitarist George Yanagi. He died of kidney failure on Oct. 10, 2011, his family said Oct. 14. He was 63.

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal.

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Chinese grandson of Japan woman released from immigration center

OSAKA, Japan - Immigration authorities released Takeo Yanagi, 21, from an Osaka Prefecture detention center Oct. 29. A college student from China, he was detained in August last year for having no blood ties with his Japanese grandmother, making his stay in Japan unlawful.

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Avispa management apologizes for player who paid teen for sex

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshihiro Yanagi (L), senior managing director of the company running J-League soccer team Avispa Fukuoka, and the company's managing director, Katsuhiko Machida, bow at a news conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Nov. 3. A 19-year-old team member, whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of paying a 14-year-old junior high school girl in July to fondle her.

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Avispa management apologizes for player who paid teen for sex

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshihiro Yanagi (L), senior managing director of the company running J-League soccer team Avispa Fukuoka, and the company's managing director, Katsuhiko Machida, bow at a news conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Nov. 3. A 19-year-old team member, whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested on suspicion of paying a 14-year-old junior high school girl in July to fondle her.

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FEATURE: Steeplejack firm chief offers helping hand to ex-inmates, delinquents

Yuya Yanagi, who has been released from a juvenile training school in Tokyo, works on a scaffold in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese rock singer, guitarist Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 1998 shows Japanese rock singer and guitarist George Yanagi. He died of kidney failure on Oct. 10, 2011, his family said Oct. 14. He was 63. (Kyodo)

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View of Yokohama Station from Yanagi Bridge

The bridge to the right with the girders seen is the Yanagi Bridge and further on is the Oe Bridge, and the upper left is Yokohama station. Yokohama station was designed by the American architect Brigens at the time the railway started (1872).==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐76‐0]

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Yanagibashi bridge and ryogokubashi bridge

The meeting point of Kanda River and Sumida River. In the fore is Yanagi Bridge and in the rear is Ryogoku Bridge. Kanda River flows from the fore to the rear.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐26‐0]

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, bows and apologizes at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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2 senior prosecutors arrested over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Toshio Yanagi, chief prosecutor of the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, speaks at a press conference after 2 senior prosecutors were arrested over alleged data tampering, in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested Hiromichi Otsubo, former chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, and his former deputy earlier in the day in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi. (Kyodo)

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Industrial designer Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2002 shows Sori Yanagi, a pioneering industrial designer in Japan known for his prizewinning work ''Butterfly Stool.'' Yanagi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 25, 2011. He was 96. (Kyodo)

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Baseball in Japan

Yuya Yanagi of the Chunichi Dragons pitches against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on April 30, 2021.

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Baseball in Japan

Yuya Yanagi of the Chunichi Dragons pitches against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on April 30, 2021.

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Chinese grandson of Japan woman released from immigration center

OSAKA, Japan - Immigration authorities released Takeo Yanagi, 21, from an Osaka Prefecture detention center Oct. 29. A college student from China, he was detained in August last year for having no blood ties with his Japanese grandmother, making his stay in Japan unlawful. (Kyodo)

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Tabata repeats as national speed skate champ

KUSHIRO, Japan - Maki Tabata speeds to the goal line Dec. 29 as she completes a clean sweep of all four distances to successfully defend her women's crown at the national speed skating championships at Yanagi oval in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture.

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Shirahata wins fifth title in men's competition

KUSHIRO, Japan - Keiji Shirahata wins his fifth title in the men's competition Dec. 29 at the national speed skating championships held at Yanagi oval in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture.