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Rugby: Japan women's sevens in training

Rugby: Japan women's sevens in training

Yume Hirano, a member of the extended Japan women's rugby sevens squad, gives an interview after an open training session in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Rugby: Japan women's sevens in training

Rugby: Japan women's sevens in training

Yume Hirano (R), a member of the extended Japan women's rugby sevens squad, works on her tackles during an open training session in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume (1st L) and Urabe Ran (2nd L) of Japan compete during the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume of Japan competes during the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume of Japan reacts during the awarding ceremony after the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume (1st L) and Urabe Ran (2nd L) of Japan compete during the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Goto Yume of Japan, gold medalist Thi Oanh Nguyen of Vietnam and bronze medalist Akbayan Nurmamet of Kazakhstan (L to R) pose during the awarding ceremony after the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume of Japan celebrates during the awarding ceremony after the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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Premium brand persimmon hits market

Premium brand persimmon hits market

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A staffer of a local branch of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group shows a box filled with "Yume" (Dream) premium-brand persimmons in Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, on the first day of shipment.

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Russian newspapers on Putin-Abe meeting

Russian newspapers on Putin-Abe meeting

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows the Feb. 10, 2014, editions of Russian newspapers reporting on the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sochi on Feb. 8. Putin took his dog Yume, a present from the governor of Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, to the meeting.

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Chinese newspapers on Abe-Putin meeting

Chinese newspapers on Abe-Putin meeting

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the Feb. 10, 2014, editions of Chinese newspapers reporting on the meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8. Putin took his dog Yume, a present from the governor of Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, to the meeting.

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Kanji characterizing 2013

Kanji characterizing 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2013. While "wa" was chosen as the Chinese character best symbolizing 2013's national ethos in Japan, Abe said he chose "yume" meaning dream as the year's kanji, as Tokyo won its bid in September to host the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Puppy to be given to Putin

Puppy to be given to Putin

AKITA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake holds a puppy named "Yume" at the prefectural government hall in the city of Akita on July 23, 2012. The Akita prefectural government will give the puppy to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's offer to make a gift of an Akita-breed dog to the Russian leader during their meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, in June 2012 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit.

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Puppy to be given to Putin

Puppy to be given to Putin

AKITA, Japan - Farmer Shoji Hatakeyama poses with his Akita puppy "Yume" in the city of Akita on July 23, 2012. The Akita prefectural government will give the puppy to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's offer to make a gift of an Akita-breed dog to the Russian leader during their meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, in June 2012 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit.

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Character 'dream' made of drawings

Character 'dream' made of drawings

SENDAI, Japan - People line up 600 drawings by elementary school children in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011, to form the Chinese character ''yume,'' meaning dream, in the town on June 14, 2011.

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Robot climbing ladder

Robot climbing ladder

OSAKA, Japan - A robot climbs a ladder during a demonstration in Osaka on Oct. 26, 2010. The Yume Robo, 1.4 meters tall and 35 kilograms in weight, has been shown at the Japanese Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo. A group of 15 small companies in Osaka Prefecture developed the humanoid.

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Eating utensils donated to Niigata quake victims

Eating utensils donated to Niigata quake victims

NIIGATA, Japan - Students of the Kashiwazaki Comprehensive High School in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture use their school gymnasium to sort out eating utensils donated by people around Japan to victims of the July 16 earthquake in Niigata. The donation campaign was launched by a Kobe-based non-profit organization after the city was destroyed by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Isao Arai, head of the NPO Himawari-no-Yume Kikaku (Project Sunflower Dream), says the utensils would be distributed to the quake victims from mid-August after they move into temporary housing being built by the government. Phone number for inquiries on the donation campaign: 078-787-7387.

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Russian Pres. Putin, Japan PM Abe in 2014

Russian Pres. Putin, Japan PM Abe in 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his Akita dog Yume to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as they meet for a bilateral summit in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014. The dog was presented to Putin by Japan's Akita Prefecture in 2012.

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Cosmos park in Kyoto

Cosmos park in Kyoto

Cosmos flowers are in full bloom at the Yume Cosmos En park in Kameoka in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 18, 2021.

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Cosmos park in Kyoto

Cosmos park in Kyoto

Cosmos flowers are in full bloom at the Yume Cosmos En park in Kameoka in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 18, 2021.

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Paralympic event in central Japan

Paralympic event in central Japan

A flame-collecting ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympics is held at Nihondaira Yume Terrace in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Aug. 17, 2021, ahead of the Aug. 24 opening ceremony of the games.

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Paralympic event in central Japan

Paralympic event in central Japan

A flame-collecting ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympics is held at Nihondaira Yume Terrace in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Aug. 17, 2021, ahead of the Aug. 24 opening ceremony of the games. No spectators from the general public were allowed to attend the event amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Paralympic event in central Japan

Paralympic event in central Japan

A flame-collecting ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympics is held at Nihondaira Yume Terrace in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Aug. 17, 2021, ahead of the Aug. 24 opening ceremony of the games. No spectators from the general public were allowed to attend the event amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

Martin Scorsese Characters: Vincent Van Gogh Film: Dreams; Akira Kurosawa'S Dreams (Yume) Jp/Usa 1990, Director: Akira Kurosawa 10 May 1990 Date: 10 May 1990

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Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

Akira Kurosawa Film: Dreams; Akira Kurosawa'S Dreams (Yume) Jp/Usa 1990, Director: Akira Kurosawa 10 May 1990 Date: 10 May 1990

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Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

Akira Kurosawa'S Dream (1990)

General Scene Film: Dreams; Akira Kurosawa'S Dreams (Yume) Jp/Usa 1990, Director: Akira Kurosawa 10 May 1990 Date: 10 May 1990

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Top-class persimmons get quality check in western Japan

Top-class persimmons get quality check in western Japan

This year's first selection of top-quality Fuyugaki persimmons called "Yume" (Dream) is held in the western Japanese town of Kudoyama, one of the major producers of the fruit, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eating utensils donated to Niigata quake victims

Eating utensils donated to Niigata quake victims

NIIGATA, Japan - Students of the Kashiwazaki Comprehensive High School in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture use their school gymnasium to sort out eating utensils donated by people around Japan to victims of the July 16 earthquake in Niigata. The donation campaign was launched by a Kobe-based non-profit organization after the city was destroyed by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Isao Arai, head of the NPO Himawari-no-Yume Kikaku (Project Sunflower Dream), says the utensils would be distributed to the quake victims from mid-August after they move into temporary housing being built by the government. Phone number for inquiries on the donation campaign: 078-787-7387. (Kyodo)

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Character 'dream' made of drawings

Character 'dream' made of drawings

SENDAI, Japan - People line up 600 drawings by elementary school children in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011, to form the Chinese character ''yume,'' meaning dream, in the town on June 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Robot climbing ladder

Robot climbing ladder

OSAKA, Japan - A robot climbs a ladder during a demonstration in Osaka on Oct. 26, 2010. The Yume Robo, 1.4 meters tall and 35 kilograms in weight, has been shown at the Japanese Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo. A group of 15 small companies in Osaka Prefecture developed the humanoid. (Kyodo)

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Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee is pictured ahead of the women's 100-meter backstroke final at the Ikiiki Ibaraki Yume Cup swimming competition on May 23, 2021, in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee swims en route to winning the women's 100-meter backstroke final at the Ikiiki Ibaraki Yume Cup swimming competition on May 23, 2021, in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee swims en route to winning the women's 100-meter backstroke final at the Ikiiki Ibaraki Yume Cup swimming competition on May 23, 2021, in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Swimming: Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee starts in the women's 100-meter backstroke final at the Ikiiki Ibaraki Yume Cup swimming competition on May 23, 2021, in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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