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Osaka governor, mayor announce twin elections

Hirofumi Yoshimura (R), Osaka governor and leader of the Japan Innovation Party, and Osaka mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama meet the press in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2026. The Osaka governor and Osaka mayor said they will resign and run for reelection to their respective posts as part of the JIP's third attempt to transform the western Japan city into a metropolis like Tokyo.

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Basketball: Utsunomiya clinches B-League title

Utsunomiya Brex players celebrate after winning the 2024-2025 B-League basketball title with a 73-71 victory over the Ryukyu Golden Kings in Game 3 of the best-of-three league finals at Yokohama Arena in Yokoyama near Tokyo on May 27, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama (far R) waves from inside a self-driving bus during a test ride in Osaka on March 25, 2025, ahead of the 2025 World Exposition starting in the western Japan city in April. The bus, adorned with the expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku, will transport people to the expo venue on the artificial island of Yumeshima from local railway stations.

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Osaka Metro Chuo Line Yumeshima Station opens

Opening of Yumeshima Station on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line. Photo shows (from right) Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Nakano, Osaka Governor Yoshimura, and Osaka Mayor Yokoyama waving to reporters from a test ride train.=January 18,2025,Osaka

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Osaka Metro Chuo Line Yumeshima Station opens

Opening of Yumeshima Station on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line. The photo shows (from left) Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Nakano, Osaka Mayor Yokoyama, and Osaka Governor Yoshimura waving to the press after the test ride.=January 18,2025,Osaka

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Jiro Hamasumi (far L), who was exposed to radiation while in his mother's womb when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a deputy secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, speaks during an event to share his experience at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the group received the Nobel Peace Prize. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Teruko Yokoyama, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and vice president of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, attends an event to share her experiences at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

Teruko Yokoyama, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and vice president of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, attends an event to share her experiences at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Rikuto Yokoyama throws against Taiwan in a Super Round game at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2024.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Rikuto Yokoyama throws against the Dominican Republic in the eighth inning of an opening round Group B game at the Premier12 baseball tournament in Taipei on Nov. 18, 2024.

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Baseball: Premier12

Australia's Rixon Wingrove hits a two-run home run off Japan's Rikuto Yokoyama in the sixth inning of the opening game of Group B at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 13, 2024, at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in central Japan.

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Rice price futures index's listing

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange. (Kyodo)

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga pose for a photo in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Rice price futures index's listing

(from L) SBI Holdings Inc. CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Masayoshi Matsumoto, Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama and Osaka Dojima Exchange Inc. President Wataru Ariga break a sake cask in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 20, 2024, in a ceremony marking the listing a week before of a Japanese rice price futures index on the Osaka Dojima Exchange.

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Horse racing: Japanese Derby

Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama acknowledges the crowd after riding Danon Decile to victory in the 91st running of the Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2024.

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Horse racing: Japanese Derby

Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama celebrates after riding Danon Decile to victory in the 91st running of the Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2024.

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Horse racing: Japanese Derby

Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama celebrates after riding Danon Decile to victory in the 91st running of the Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2024.

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Horse racing: Japanese Derby

Danon Decile (far R) ridden by Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama races en route to winning the 91st running of the Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2024.

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Horse racing: Japanese Derby

Danon Decile ridden by Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama wins the 91st running of the Tokyo Yushun, or Japanese Derby, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2024.

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Takashimaya apologizes over Christmas cake chaos

Kazuhisa Yokoyama, senior managing director of Japanese department store operator Takashimaya Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023, over 1,200 complaints from customers that the cakes they bought online for Christmas arrived damaged.

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Takashimaya apologizes over Christmas cake chaos

Kazuhisa Yokoyama, senior managing director of Japanese department store operator Takashimaya Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023, over 1,200 complaints from customers that the cakes they bought online for Christmas arrived damaged.

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Takashimaya apologizes over Christmas cake chaos

Kazuhisa Yokoyama, senior managing director of Japanese department store operator Takashimaya Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023, over 1,200 complaints from customers that the cakes they bought online for Christmas arrived damaged.

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Takashimaya apologizes over Christmas cake chaos

Kazuhisa Yokoyama, senior managing director of Japanese department store operator Takashimaya Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023, over 1,200 complaints from customers that the cakes they bought online for Christmas arrived damaged.

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Osaka expo construction site

Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama (2nd from L) visits the construction site for the 2025 World Exposition's Osaka Pavilion during a tour for the pavilion's sponsors on Nov. 13, 2023, on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay that will be the venue of the Osaka expo.

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Horse racing: Sol Oriens wins Satsuki-sho

Jockey Takeshi Yokoyama celebrates aboard Sol Oriens after winning the Satsuki-sho Grade 1 horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 16, 2023.

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Horse racing: Sol Oriens wins Satsuki-sho

Jockey Takeshi Yokoyama pumps his fist as he rides Sol Oriens into the winner's circle after the Satsuki-sho Grade 1 horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 16, 2023.

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Japan Post to hike parcel delivery rates by 12%

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Kunio Yokoyama, president of Japan Post Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2017. The company said it will raise basic shipping fees for its door-to-door parcel delivery service by an average 12 percent from March 2018 as labor costs continue to climb due to a courier shortage.

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World Series Game 7

KANSAS CITY, United States - Illustrator Hideshi Yokoyama, who is visiting the United States from Japan to support the Kansas City Royals, holds illustrations of outfielder Norichika Aoki (L) and infielder Eric Hosmer at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 29, 2014, ahead of Game 7 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. The two teams had won three games apiece heading into the series' decisive Game 7.

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ANA launches project with AKB48

TOKYO, Japan - Members of all-girl pop group AKB48, (from L) Sayaka Akimoto, Rina Kawaei, Mayu Watanabe and Yui Yokoyama, and Mariya Suzuki, who has been transferred to sister group SNH48, pose for photos wearing All Nippon Airways Co. cabin attendant uniforms at an event in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The event was held to announce the launch of a joint project between ANA and AKB48 to push young Asians to travel more.

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ANA launches project with AKB48

TOKYO, Japan - Members of all-girl pop group AKB48, (from L) Sayaka Akimoto, Rina Kawaei, Mayu Watanabe and Yui Yokoyama, and Mariya Suzuki, who has been transferred to sister group SNH48, pose for photos wearing All Nippon Airways Co. cabin attendant uniforms at an event in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The event was held to announce the launch of a joint project between ANA and AKB48 to push young Asians to travel more.

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Japan defeat Mexico in Under-20 Women's World Cup

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Kumi Yokoyama scores the team's third goal against Mexico during the second half of the Under-20 Women's World Cup at Miyagi Stadium in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2012. Japan won 4-1.

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Nissan tests vehicle battery to store solar power

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. demonstrates testing of a new system to store solar power in the same type of lithium-ion batteries used in its Leaf electric vehicle in a bid to use solar energy to recharge its EVs in Yokoyama on July 11, 2011.

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Ozaki inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Masashi ''Jumbo'' Ozaki (C), the JGTO Tour leader with 94 career wins, holds a bouquet and smiles during a press conference in Yokoyama on Oct. 6, 2010, after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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Ozaki inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Masashi ''Jumbo'' Ozaki, the JGTO Tour leader with 94 career wins, speaks of his joy in Yokoyama on Oct. 6, 2010, as he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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Yokoyama's masterwork in exhibition

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors view a masterpiece by renowned artist Yokoyama Taikan titled ''Koyo (autumn leaves)'' painted on a folding screen at Adachi Museum in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Sep. 1, 2010. The special exhibition of Yokoyama's works continues at the museum through Nov. 30, 2010.

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Top favorite Buena Vista wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Jockey Norihiro Yokoyama celebrates after his horse Buena Vista won the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Race Course on May 16, 2010. The 4-year-old filly covered the 1,600-meter turf track in 1 minute, 32.4 seconds.

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Top favorite Buena Vista wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Buena Vista (11), jockeyed by Norihiro Yokoyama, compete in the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Race Course on May 16, 2010. The 4-year-old filly won the race with a time of 1 minute, 32.4 seconds.

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Toyota files for recall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s managing officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), bows after submitting a formal recall notice to Ryuji Masuno (L), director-general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 223,000 vehicles in four hybrid models in Japan to repair brake problems.

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Toyota denies cover-up on Prius brakes

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), managing officer for quality and customer service of Toyota Motor Corp., bows to reporters after briefing them on brake problems involving the company's best-selling Prius in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010. Yokoyama said, ''We were trying to investigate the cause so we were not covering up the claims.''

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Toyota denies cover-up on Prius brakes

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Yokoyama, managing officer for quality and customer service of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks about brake problems involving the company's best-selling Prius during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010. Yokoyama said, ''We were trying to investigate the cause so we were not covering up the claims.''

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Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony marking the completion of a statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is held in Kobe's Nagata Ward in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009. The iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' statue unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is unveiled at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 28, 2009. The 15-meter-high, 50-ton iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. A ceremony to mark the completion of the statue will be held on Oct. 4.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' statue unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is unveiled at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 28, 2009. The 15-meter-high, 50-ton iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. A ceremony to mark the completion of the statue will be held on Oct. 4.

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Kamei goes deep twice, gets walk-off shot in 11th

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kamei (back) hits a walk-off two-run homer off Ryuji Yokoyama (front) in the 11th inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima carp 6-4 at Asahikawa Starffin Stadium on Aug. 4.

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Logi Universe nails victory in Japanese Derby

TOKYO, Japan - Second pick Logi Universe (L), jockeyed by Norihiro Yokoyama, wins the Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse on May 31 in a time of 2 minutes, 33.7 seconds.

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2 bodies found after explosion, fire in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters battle a blaze at a three-story building in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 12 after an explosion triggered the fire there. Two bodies, believed to be those of Kiyoko Yokoyama, 88, and her daughter-in-law Yoko, 55, were found.

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Hideyo Noguchi African Prize awarded to Were, Greenwood

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates -- Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya (L) and Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain -- pose for photos at a hotel in Yokoyama on May 28. The prize, which was established in July 2006, is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit exhibition of works by Taikan Yokoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Ahikito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) examine a painting by renowned Japanese artist Taikan Yokoyama at an exhibition of his works at the National Art Center in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 18. The exhibition is being held in commemoration of the 50th year of his death. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Osaka governor, comedian Knock Yokoyama dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Former Osaka governor and comedian Knock Yokoyama (file photo taken in 1999) dies of throat cancer on May 3 at the age of 75. Yokoyama, whose real name was Isamu Yamada, was forced to resign from office after being charged with molesting a woman during his reelection campaign in 1999.

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Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. President Shinichi Yokoyama (C) and other Nippon Life executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Sumitomo is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001.