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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro (2nd from L), manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, speaks during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro, manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, bows during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (L) and Iraq's Yaser Safa Kasim battle for the ball during the second half an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Japan down Australia in final Asian Cup warm-up

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuyuki Konno (2nd from L) of Japan is congratulated by teammates after heading in the opener in the second half of a game against Australia at Yanmar Stadium in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2014. Japan won 2-1 in the final warm-up for both teams ahead of the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January.

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Japan down Australia in final Asian Cup warm-up

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuyuki Konno of Japan heads in the opener in the second half of a game against Australia at Yanmar Stadium in Osaka on Nov. 18, 2014. Japan won 2-1 in the final warm-up for both teams ahead of the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre announces the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre announces the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre leaves after announcing the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Doctor briefs press on Ebola scare in Liberia

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Kato of Japan's National Center for Global Health and Medicine briefs reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2014, about his involvement in the fight against the Ebola virus disease in Liberia. He was dispatched to the western African country in May and August to help establish a center for the treatment of people infected with the virus in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

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Mementos left by Godzilla movie art director on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - A visitor watches pictures displayed in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, as part of mementos left by the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies.

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Work room of Godzilla movie art director exhibited

FUKUOKA, Japan - The work room of the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies, is displayed on Aug. 19, 2014, at an exhibition of his mementos in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi assumes professorship of science

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi (R), a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, shakes hands with Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after being named a professor of sports science at the school.

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Konno in World Cup warm-up against Cyprus

SAITAMA, Japan - Yasuyuki Konno clears the ball during the first half of Japan's World Cup warm-up match against Cyprus at Saitama Stadium 2002 on May 27, 2014. Japan won 1-0.

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J-League Gamba Osaka's Endo, Konno practices at training camp

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese soccer league Division 1 club Gamba Osaka's midfielder Yasuhito Endo (L) and defender Yasuyuki Konno practice during a training camp in Aya, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, before the new J-League season kicks off on March 1. Gamba was promoted to J1 after one season in the second tier.

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Fuji Heavy marks production of 20 mil. Subaru cars

OTA, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., speaks at a ceremony at its Yajima plant in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, to commemorate the production of over 20 million Subaru brand cars in Japan.

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Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga unveils the Levorg as the Tokyo Motor Show opened to the press at Tokyo Big Sight on Nov. 20, 2013. Leading automakers are showcasing next-generation fuel-cell cars and electric vehicles as they look to the burgeoning green car market.

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Mexico beat Japan in Confederations Cup

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (15) and Mexico's Giovani dos Santos compete for the ball during the first half of a Confederations Cup Group A soccer match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on June 22, 2013. Japan left the Confederations Cup empty-handed after suffering their third defeat in as many games as Mexico won 2-1.

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Italy beat Japan in Confederations Cup

RECIFE, Brazil - Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (L) and Italy's Mario Balotelli compete for the ball during the first half of a Confederations Cup Group A match in Recife, Brazil, on June 19, 2013. Italy won 4-3 to qualify for the semifinals while Japan were eliminated from the tournament.

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Retired rugby player

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 20, 2013 shows Sinali Latu (R), a retired rugby player for the Japan national team from Tonga, and Yasuyuki Kagami, a former coach of the Daito Bunka University rugby club, at the university playing field in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture.

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Japan qualifies for 2014 World Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Australia forward Tim Cahill (L) and Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno compete for the ball during the first half of a World Cup soccer qualifier at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on June 4, 2013. Japan drew 1-1 with Australia to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Fuji Heavy foresees record sales in 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2013. Yoshinaga said the maker of Subaru brand cars aims to sell a record 750,000 vehicles globally in 2013.

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Fuji Heavy president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012. Yoshinaga said the Japanese automaker is planning to boost vehicle output in the United States by 130,000 units to around 300,000 as early as the business year starting April 2016.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., stands by the automaker's new Forester sport utility vehicle in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012. The fully remodeled vehicle was launched the same day in Japan.

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Cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of Japan's Order of Culture pose for photos after receiving the awards at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2012. From L are art critic Shuji Takashina, film director Yoji Yamada, international law scholar Shigeru Oda, Japanese-style painter Toshio Matsuo, plant cell and molecular biology authority Yasuyuki Yamada and Nobel Prize in medicine laureate Shinya Yamanaka.

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New sports car co-developed by Fuji Heavy, Toyota

OTA, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga (L) and Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda shake hands at a plant of Fuji Heavy in Ota, Gunma Prefecture on March 16, 2012. Fuji Heavy began the same day full-fledged production of a new sports car it co-developed with Toyota. The rear-wheel-drive vehicle, to be sold by Fuji Heavy as the Subaru BRZ from March 28 and by Toyota as the ''86'' from April 6, is manufactured at the plant.

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Ex-SMBC director Kimoto

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Kimoto, a former senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Olympus Corp. is making final arrangements to appoint Kimoto as its chairman as part of efforts to turn around the company's management following a scandal in which the Olympus covered up losses, company sources said on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (R) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, collects a soil sample in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (L) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, holds a rice plant stump he collected in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (front) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, measures radioactivity levels in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan beat Tajikistan in World Cup qualifier

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Yasuyuki Konno (L) scores Japan's first goal in the 36th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier in Asian zone Group C against Tajikistan in Dushanbe on Nov. 11, 2011. Japan put one foot through the door to the final round of World Cup qualifying with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Tajikistan.

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Next Fuji Heavy president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, the next president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., gives an interview in Tokyo on May 16, 2011. Yoshinaga said that the maker of Subaru brand vehicles will build upon its strengths, placing emphasis on the characteristic features of its products, in seeking to boost its performance.

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Yoshinaga promoted to Fuji Heavy Industries president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, corporate executive vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., who will become president and chief operating officer of the company. The maker of Subaru automobiles on May 10, 2011, announced his promotion, which will take place in late June. Current President Ikuo Mori will become chairman while retaining his post as chief executive officer.

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Quake charity soccer match

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuo Ogasawara (R) of a J-League select team and Yasuyuki Konno of the Japan national team, both from quake-hit northeastern Japan, respond to the crowd at Osaka's Nagai Stadium on March 29, 2011, after a charity match dedicated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern and eastern Japan. The national team won 2-1.

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Japan win Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (L) and Australia's Tim Cahill (4) compete for the ball during the first half of the Asian Cup soccer final in Doha on Jan. 29, 2011. Japan beat Australia 1-0 to hold the title for a record fourth time.

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Japan win Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Yasuyuki Konno (L) and Australia's Harry Kewell compete for the ball during the first half of the Asian Cup soccer final in Doha on Jan. 29, 2011. Japan beat Australia 1-0 to hold the title for a record fourth time.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese goal keeper Eiji Kawashima (R) pulls off a save as South Korean forward Ji Dong Won (10) and Japanese defender Yasuyuki Konno (4) look on during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno (R) dribbles the ball during a workout at the J-Green Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2011, ahead of the squad's departure for the Asian Cup tournament in Qatar.

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Japan draw with S. Korea in friendly

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan midfielder Yasuyuki Konno (R) challenges South Korea midfielder Choi Sung Kuk during the second half of a friendly at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on Oct. 12, 2010. The game ended scoreless.

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Japan's World Cup squad return home from South Africa

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - (From R to L) Yasuhito Endo, Yuji Nakazawa and Yasuyuki Konno return with the Japanese squad from the World Cup in South Africa to Kansai International Airport near Osaka on July 1, 2010. Japan crashed out of the tournament after a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round.

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Defender Konno set to miss World Cup opener

SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno prepares to leave the team's training camp in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, on June 5, 2010, for the World Cup tournament in South Africa. Konno is almost certain to miss Japan's opener against Cameroon on June 14 after sustaining a right knee injury in a loss to the Ivory Coast the previous day.

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Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-0 in World Cup warm-up match

SION, Switzerland - Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno (L) tackles Ivory Coast midfielder Didier Zokora during the second half of a warm-up match in Sion, Switzerland, on June 4, 2010, before the start of the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa on June 11. Ivory Coast won 2-0.

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Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-0 in World Cup warm-up match

SION, Switzerland - Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno (R) and Ivory Coast forward Seydou Doumbia try to gain possession during the first half of a warm-up match in Sion, Switzerland, on June 4, 2010, before the start of the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa on June 11. Ivory Coast won the warm-up game 2-0.

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Japan soccer team in Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland - (From L) Defender Yasuyuki Konno, midfielder Kengo Nakamura, defender Daiki Iwamasa, midfielder Makoto Hasebe and defender Yuto Nagatomo of the Japan national team arrive at Geneva airport on May 26, 2010. The team plans to undergo Alpine training ahead of the upcoming World Cup finals in South Africa.

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Konno in Japan World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan defender Yasuyuki Konno speaks about the upcoming World Cup finals in South Africa during a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010, after being picked as one of the 23 members of the national team.

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Nagatomo, Konno in Japan World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan defenders Yuto Nagatomo (L) and Yasuyuki Konno kick globe balls in Tokyo on May 10, 2010, after being picked as members of the 23-man national team for the upcoming World Cup finals in South Africa.

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Rome deputy mayor apologizes to Japanese man

TSUKUBA, Japan - Deputy Rome Mayor Mauro Cutrufo (R) gives a silver plate with an emblem of Rome to Yasuyuki Yamada, a 35-year-old business owner from Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, at an Italian restaurant at the Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi district on Sept. 19, 2009. Cutrufo, now in Japan to attend an event related to Italy, invited Yamada to the restaurant and apologized to him for having been given an outrageous bill after eating at a famous restaurant in Rome in June.

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Japan lose 2-1 to Australia in World Cup q'fier

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan defenders Yasuyuki Konno (2nd from L) and Yuto Nagatomo (R) struggle to block Australia forward Joshua Kennedy (C) in the first half of their final qualifier for next year's World Cup finals at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 17. Australia came from behind to claim a 2-1 win to finish top of Asian Zone qualifying.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in WBC final at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japan's Yasuyuki Kataoka (R) steals second in the seventh inning of the World Baseball Classic final against South Korea at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 23. At left is South Korea's shortstop Park Ki Hyuk.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in WBC final at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japan's Yasuyuki Kataoka (L) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring on an RBI single hit by Hiroyuki Nakajima in the seventh inning of the World Baseball Classic final against South Korea at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 23.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Yasuyuki Kataorka hits an RBI single to right off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 to play against the United States in the semifinals.