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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions. (Kyodo)

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Nadeshiko Japan defeat Canada in friendly

EDMONTON, Canada - (from L to R) Yukari Kinga, Erina Yamane, Yuri Kawamura and Aya Miyama of Japan celebrate after beating Canada 3-0 in an international friendly soccer match in Edmonton, Canada, on Oct. 25, 2014.

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Kinga, Ono join Arsenal Ladies

LONDON, Britain - Yukari Kinga (L) and Shinobu Ono, members of the "Nadeshiko Japan" women's national soccer team, pose for photos at a press conference in London on Feb. 27, 2014 on their joining Arsenal Ladies in England.

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Onozuka returns good luck charm to mother

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Ayana Onozuka (R) hands a necklace back to her mother Yukari after winning the bronze medal in the women's ski halfpipe at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 20, 2014. Onozuka had borrowed the necklace, a keepsake from her grandfather, and used it as a good luck charm during the competition.

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Onozuka hugs mother after winning bronze in halfpipe

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Ayana Onozuka (L) and her mother Yukari hug each after Onozuka won the bronze medal in the women's ski halfpipe on Feb. 20, 2014, at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

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INAC Kobe defender Kinga to move to Arsenal

KOBE, Japan - Nadeshiko Japan defender Yukari Kinga gives a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Feb. 16, 2014, over her decision to move from INAC Kobe Leonessa to Arsenal LFC in England.

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JSDF vocalist serves public by singing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013, shows Yukari Miyake, the only vocalist in the 230,000-strong Japan Self-Defense Forces, who has seen her debut CD rise to the top of the classical music charts.

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Japan beats S. Africa in women's field hockey to finish 9th

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yukari Yamamoto (C) fights for the ball during the second half of a women's field hockey match against South Africa for ninth and 10th places at the Riverbank Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 8, 2012. Japan beat South Africa 2-1 in extra time. Seen in back (2nd from L) is Japan's Aki Mitsuhashi.

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Japan wins women's field hockey Group A match

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Nagisa Hayashi (far L), Yukari Yamamoto (back C), Masako Sato (far R) and other team members celebrate after winning against China in a women's field hockey tournament Group A match at the Riverbank Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012. Japan defeated China 1-0.

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Japan, U.S. draw in women's soccer

SENDAI, Japan - Defender Yukari Kinga (2) scores to prod Japan into a first-half lead against the United States during the opening game of the three-nation Kirin Challenge Cup exhibition tournament in Sendai on April 1, 2012. Japan and the United States drew 1-1.

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Baba wins 1st major at Japan Women's Open

NAGOYA, Japan - Yukari Baba celebrates after putting on the 18th hole of the final round of the Japan Women's Open at Nagoya Golf Club's famed Wago Course in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2011. Baba managed a par on the last hole to win by one stroke for her first major title.

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S. Korea's Kim wins Elleair Ladies

MATSUYAMA, Japan - South Korean golfer Kim Na Ri poses with a trophy after winning the Elleair Ladies Open in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2010. Kim shot a 13-under 203 to claim a one-shot win over Yukari Baba.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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5 mil. yen pancake recipe contest

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows an ''okonomiyaki'' Japanese-style savory pancake that won a 2003 recipe contest and a golden pancake turner, which will be offered as a prize, in Osaka on Oct. 6, 2010. Osaka-based okonomiyaki restaurant chain Yukari said it will conduct a second recipe contest with an award of at least 5 million yen plus the pancake turner.

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Japan beat China in East Asian women's opener

TOKYO, Japan - Japan defender Yukari Kinga (L) scores her side's second goal during the second half of the opening match against China in the East Asian women's championship at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2010. Japan won 2-0.

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Female winners of Japan figure skating c'ships

KADOMA, Japan - (From L) Akiko Suzuki, Mao Asada and Yukari Nakano pose for photos during an award ceremony for the Japan national figure skating championships at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 27, 2009. Asada, who won the competition, and Suzuki, second place, were selected to perform in the Vancouver Olympics.

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Nakano comes 2nd after SP at national championships

KADOMA, Japan - Yukari Nakano performs in the women's short program at the Japan national figure skating championships at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 26, 2009. Nakano came 2nd with 68.90 points after the short program.

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S. Korea's Kim wins season-opening Grand Prix, Japan's Asada 2nd

PARIS, France - Japan's Mao Asada (L), the silver medalist, South Korea's Kim Yu Na (C), the gold medalist, and Japan's Yukari Nakano, the bronze medalist, pose during an awards ceremony for the Ice Skating Trophee Bombard in Paris on Oct. 17, 2009.

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Japan's Yukari Nakano come in 3rd at season-opening Grand Prix

PARIS, France - Japan's Yukari Nakano performs her free skating program during the season-opening Trophee Bombard in Paris on Oct. 17, 2009. Nakano won the bronze with a total of 165.70 points.

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S. Korea's Kim 1st in short program at season-opening Grand Prix

PARIS, France - South Korea's Kim Yu Na reacts after performing her short program during the Trophee Bompard in Paris on Oct. 16, 2009. Kim came in first, followed by Yukari Nakano and Mao Asada, both from Japan.

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Nakano 2nd in short program at season-opening Grand Prix

PARIS, France - Japan's Yukari Nakano performs her short program during the Trophee Bompard in Paris on Oct. 16, 2009. Nakano came in second.

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S. Korea's Kim 1st in short program at season-opening Grand Prix

PARIS, France - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs her short program during the Trophee Bompard in Paris on Oct. 16, 2009. Kim came in first, followed by Yukari Nakano and Mao Asada, both from Japan.

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Sato, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2009, after losing her seat in the House of Representatives. Sato, a former chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston who became one of Koizumi's ''assassin'' candidates fielded against LDP dissidents, was defeated in her constituency in Tokyo by the DPJ's Yoshio Tezuka, 42, who served two terms in the lower house before losing his seat in 2005.

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Japan skaters meet press ahead of Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Japan's Takahiko Kozuka, Mao Asada and Yukari Nakano strike a pose during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 13 ahead of the Japan Open figure skating team event. Japan will compete against North America and Europe in the Oct. 3 event, in which two men and two women from each team perform free programs and total points decide the results.

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Japan's top skaters treat audience to fashionable ice show

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yukari Nakano performs during the Dream on Ice event at Shinyokohama Skate Center in Yokohama on June 19. Nakano is among the athletes taking part in a special training project led by the Japan Skating Federation prior to next year's Vancouver Olympics.

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Nakano finishes 3rd in women's figure skating at NHK Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Nakano of Japan competes in the women's free skating at the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Tokyo on Nov. 29. Nakano finished third in the event.

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Asada leads podium sweep for Japan at NHK Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to Right) Silver medalist Akiko Suzuki, gold medalist Maso Asada and bronze medalist Yukari Nakano pose with their medals during an awarding ceremony for the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Tokyo on Nov. 29.

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Nakano 2nd, Ando 3rd at Skate America

EVERETT, United States - Japan's Yukari Nakano performs during the free skating event at the Skate America international figure skating competition in Everett, Washington, on Oct. 26. Nakano came in second.

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S. Korea's Kim Yu Na wins Skate America int'l figure skating

EVERETT, United States - Medalists in the Skate America international figure skating competition -- (From L to R) silver medalist Yukari Nakano of Japan, gold medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea, bronze medalist Miki Ando of Japan -- pose during an award ceremony in Everett, Washington, on Oct. 26.

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Preliminary Japan-Norway women's soccer match in Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Yukari Kinga (R) scores an equalizer in the first half of a soccer preliminary match of the Beijing Olympics against Norway on Aug. 12.

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Japan, New Zealand draw 2-2 in women's soccer in Olympics

QINHUANGDAO, China - New Zealand midfielder Kirsty Yallop (L) scores an opening goal past Japan defender Yukari Kinga during the first half of a first-round match in the Beijing Olympic Games at Qinhuangdao Sports Center Stadium on Aug. 6. Japan and New Zealand drew 2-2.

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Baba wins Life Card Ladies golf tournament

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Yukari Baba holds up the winner's trophy after her victory at the Life Card Ladies golf tournament at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 20.

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Japan's Nakano 3rd at worlds

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Japan's Yukari Nakano takes third place following compatriot Mao Asada after the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, on March 19.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Cadbury to launch friendly bid for candy maker Sansei Foods

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Inoue (L), president of Cadbury Japan Ltd., and Jiro Yumoto, president of Sansei Foods Co., pose for photographers at a news conference in Tokyo on June 18 after announcing that an investment unit of Cadbury Schweppes plc will launch a friendly bid of up to 13.75 billion yen for Sansei Foods Co. and turn the Japanese candy maker into a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Nakano charms Changchun audiences

CHANGCHUN, China - Japan's Yukari Nakano, who won the gold medal in the Winter Asian Games women's figure skating event, charms the audiences with her exhibition performance at Jilin Provincial Skating Link in Changchun on Feb. 4.

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Fashion show in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - A Japanese student dressed in the Vietnamese costume aodai takes part in a fashion show of Japanese kimono and Vietnamese costume in Hanoi. The show, held Jan. 12, was organized by Yukari Suzuki, the owner of a kimono studio in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.

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Japanese figure skater team to World championships in March

TOKYO, Japan - The five skaters representing Japan at the World Figure Skating Championships to be held in Tokyo from March 20-24 pose for photographers after holding a joint news conference in Tokyo. From L to R, Front row: Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Yukari Nakano. From L to R, Back row: Daisuke Takahashi and Nobunari Oda.

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Asada wins 1st national title

NAGOYA, Japan - Mao Asada (C), the winner of the figure skating national championships, smiles on the podium flanked by Miki Ando (L) who finished second and Yukari Nakano (R) who came third at Rainbow Hall in Nagoya on Dec. 29.

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Murata wins all-around silver in rhythmic gymnastics

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese rhythmic gymnast Yukari Murata (L) takes the silver in the individual all-around event at the Doha Asian Games on Dec. 10 after finishing runner-up to Kazakhstan's Aliya Yussupova (C). China's Xiao Yiming (R) took the bronze.

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Japan wins rhythmic gymnastics silver

DOHA, Qatar - (From L to R) Yukari Murata, Yuria Onuki, Ai Yokochi and Sayaka Nakano show off their silver medals on the podium during the victory ceremony of the rhythmic gymnastics final at the Asian Games on Dec. 9. Kazakhstan won the gold and China settled for the bronze.

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Asada, Suguri, Nakano get medals at NHK Trophy

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada, who won the women's singles at the NHK Trophy in Nagano on Dec. 2, and compatriots Fumie Suguri (L), who came in second, and Yukari Nakano (R), who finished third, pose for photos during the award ceremony.

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Nakano comes in 3rd in short program at NHK Trophy

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Yukari Nakano performs during the women's short program at the NHK Trophy, the sixth and final event of the International Skating Union's Grand Prix series, in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 1.

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LDP to readmit 11 'postal rebels' but rejects Hiranuma

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Sato (C) and other members of the Liberal Democratic Party give a joint press conference after a meeting they held to voice their opposition to the return to the party of 11 independent lawmakers who were ousted in 2005 over a policy dispute on Japan's postal liberalization program.

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Japan's Nakano finishes 2nd at Cup of China

NANJING, China - Japan's Yukari Nakano finished second behind former European champion Julia Sebestyen at the Cup of China in Nanjing on Nov. 11. Nakano scored 96.37 points in the free skate for an overall total of 151.27 while Hungarian Sebestyen came from behind to clinch the Grand Prix title with 153.80 points.

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Nakano 4th after short program at world c'ships

CALGARY, Canada - Japan's Yukari Nakano is in action in the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary on March 24. Nakano came fourth.

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Japan's Asada wins at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada (L), who won the title in the figure skating Grand Prix Final, poses with compatriot Yukari Nakano who placed third at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 17.

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'Assassin' Sato now head of LDP chapter in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yukari Sato (far L) participates in a ceremony to open a branch office of the party in Gifu Prefecture on Dec. 4. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fielded Sato in the September general election as one of his ''assassin'' candidates to defeat LDP rebels. Also taking part were LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (C) and Kuniko Inoguchi (front, in dark suit), state minister charged with declining birthrate issues.