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Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's wife Yumiko (C) applauds as Ichiro makes a speech at a ceremony inducting him to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 27, 2025. Ichiro became the first Asian player to receive the honor.

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Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's wife Yumiko (3rd from L) watches Ichiro making his speech during a ceremony inducting him to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 27, 2025. Ichiro became the first Asian player elected to the Hall of Fame.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

A vehicle carrying former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko passes by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, during a parade on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko pose for a photo after taking part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, and his wife Yumiko take part in a parade in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of his induction ceremony.

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Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Yumiko Takano (3rd from L), CEO of Oriental Land Co., poses for photos with other dignitaries during a press conference to announce the Tokyo Disney Resort theme park operator's cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

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CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Yumiko Takano, CEO of Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, holds a press conference to announce the company's cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

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New area at Tokyo DisneySea

Yumiko Takano (4th from L), CEO of Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land Co., and other officials pose for a photo during the opening ceremony of the new Fantasy Springs area, themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled," at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on June 6, 2024.

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Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Yumiko Sugihara, 69, holds a picture book she has completed in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2013. The book tells the story of infant sea lions that were hunted near Takeshima, a group of islets in the Sea of Japan now controlled by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo.

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Japan suffers defeat vs S. Korea in golf match

MIYOSHI, Japan - Japan's captain Yumiko Yoshida (R), Momoko Ueda (C), and Lala Anai are seen after Japan's crushing defeat against South Korea in the Japan-South Korea women's golf team match play competition at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Ex-school teacher reads picture book about Takeshima

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former elementary school teacher Yumiko Sugihara reads her picture book about how life was for local residents around Takeshima, a pair of islands held by South Korea and claimed by Japan, to children in Yokohama on June 20, 2014.

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Ex-school teacher reads picture book about Takeshima

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former elementary school teacher Yumiko Sugihara (R) reads her picture book about how life was for local residents around Takeshima, a pair of islands held by South Korea and claimed by Japan, to children in Yokohama on June 20, 2014.

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Golf 5 Ladies

BIBAI, Japan - Yumiko Yoshida holds the trophy after winning the Golf 5 Ladies on the fourth playoff hole at Alpen Golf Club in Hokkaido on Sept. 8, 2013.

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Yoshida wins Samantha Thavasa Ladies

AMI, Japan - Japan's Yumiko Yoshida holds the victor's trophy after winning the Samantha Thavasa Ladies at Eagle Point Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 21, 2013.

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U.S. school shooting

NEWTOWN, United States - Yumiko Hawke, mother of a pupil at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the town on Dec. 15, 2012. Her 7-year-old daughter Rinei narrowly escaped a mass shooting Dec. 14 at the school where 26 students and teachers were killed.

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USJ has 100 millionth guest

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Yamashita from Tokyo holds a number plate at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012, upon becoming the 100 millionth visitor to the U.S.-originated Hollywood movie theme park since its opening in March 2001.

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USJ has 100 millionth guest

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Yamashita from Tokyo holds a number plate at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012, upon becoming the 100 millionth visitor to the U.S.-originated Hollywood movie theme park since its opening in March 2001.

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25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Mourners pray for one of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, Yumiko Yoshida, in front of her monument at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki takes part in the MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade with his wife Yumiko at Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on July 13, 2010, ahead of the game. Ichiro will play on the American League All-Star team.

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Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators as he takes part in the MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade with his wife Yumiko at Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on July 13, 2010, ahead of the game. Ichiro will play on the American League All-Star team.

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Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators as he takes part in the MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade with his wife Yumiko at Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on July 13, 2010, ahead of the game. Ichiro will play on the American League All-Star team.

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Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators as he takes part in the MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade with his wife Yumiko at Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on July 13, 2010, ahead of the game. Ichiro will play on the American League All-Star team.

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Memorial service for Kimura

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yumiko Kimura (L), wife of former Yomiuri Giants infield and running coach Takuya Kimura who died aged 37 after suffering a brain hemorrhage, attends a memorial service for her husband with her children in Hiroshima on April 10, 2010.

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2 die in residential fire in Hyogo Pref.

KAKOGAWA, Japan - A house in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, is damaged by a fire on Sept. 3. Police said two people, believed to be Yumiko Nakata, 46, and her daughter Tomomi, 7, died in the fire.

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Japanese hot-spring area makes 'happi' coats for Obama family

NAGASAKI, Japan - The proprietress of a Japanese-style inn Yumiko Kusano (2nd from L) and three members of a tourism association in the Obama hot-spring area of Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, pose Jan. 14 wearing and showing blue ''happi'' coats. They specially made them for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters to celebrate his upcoming inauguration. Kusano is secretary general of the group ''Change Obama no kai (Change Obama association)'' which consists of proprietresses and other local people. The group tailored the Japanese coats, with ''President Obama'' written on one of the collars and ''Nagasaki, Obama Hot Spring'' on the other in white for the couple, getting their measurements via the Internet.

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Himei remains in DPJ, not to join new group

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Himei (R), an opposition Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 29. Himei said she has decided not to join a new political party founded by two other DPJ members and two independents.

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Olympics: Japan quartet 6th in kayak four final

BEIJING, China - Japan's (L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki in action during the women's kayak four 500 meters final of the Beijing Olympics at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 22. Japan finished sixth, its best Olympic showing in the event.

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N. Korean defector sues Chongryon over emigration program

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Chiba speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 13 after filing an 11 million yen damages suit against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, over its responsibility for a program that promoted the emigration of Korean residents of Japan to North Korea. Chiba, 47, moved to North Korea with her parents in 1963 under the program and defected from the country in 2003.

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Mariners' Suzuki joins parade ahead of MLB All-Star game

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) joins a parade with his wife Yumiko in San Francisco July 10 ahead of a major league All-Star game later in the day.

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Tosa named in world athletics championships squad

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Toshinari Suwa, Reiko Tosa, Yumiko Hara and Wataru Okutani, who are among 10 Japanese male and female marathoners who will compete in the world athletics championships in Osaka this summer, join hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 12.

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Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yumiko Hara waves at an awards ceremony at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 28 after winning the Osaka Women's International Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 48 seconds.

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Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yumiko Hara crosses the finishing line at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 28 to win the Osaka Women's International Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 48 seconds.

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M&As among smaller enterprises being used

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Kawano (C), 52, managing director of Hope Life Inc., works with her employees in Oita city, Oita Prefecture. The photo was taken in November, 2005.

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Hara wins Nagoya race, books ticket to world c'ships

NAGOYA, Japan - Yumiko Hara crosses the finishing line at Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya on March 13 to win the Nagoya International Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 24 minutes, 19 seconds.

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(1)Prince, princess offer condolences for grandmother's death

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and Princess Masako (R), along with their child, Princess Aiko, visit the home of Suzuko Egashira, Princess Masako's grandmother, in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to offer condolences for the grandmother's death. Princess Masako's maternal grandmother died Nov. 19 at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture at age 88. At left is Princess Masako's mother Yumiko Owada. (Pool photo)

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Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins bronze in the women's kayak fours 500 meters in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Miho Adachi, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki. (Asian Games)

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Ichiro heads back to U.S. for spring training

OSAKA, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, along with his wife Yumiko, prepares to leave Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Feb. 3 for the United States, where Ichiro will head for spring training camp. Ichiro, who won last year's Most Valuable Player award in the American League, returned to Japan in December after finishing his first season in the U.S. major leagues.

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Mariners' outfielder Ichiro returns home

OSAKA, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who won this year's Most Valuable Player award in the American League, arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Dec. 9, along with his wife Yumiko.

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(7)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Owada (L) and Reiko Ikeda, mother and younger sister, respectively, of Crown Princess Masako, arrive at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital with some gifts in hand Dec. 7.

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Crown Princess Masako's parents attend celebration of birth

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (R) and Yumiko -- leave their home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 2 to attend an event at the Imperial Palace celebrating the birth of the princess. Their daughter gave birth to the baby girl on Dec. 1 at the Hospital of the Imperial Household.

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(10)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (L) and his wife Yumiko -- leave the Hospital of the Imperial Household in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Dec. 1 after seeing their daughter. The princess gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital the same day. (Pool photo)

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(2)Princess Masako awaits birth of 1st child in hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Owada, the mother of Crown Princess Masako, arrives at the Hospital of the Imperial Household in the Imperial Palace compounds in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 1 to be together with her daughter, who was admitted to the hospital to deliver her first baby. (Pool photo)

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Dolls reflecting Japanese society released

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker releases dolls Nov. 20 representing major events in Japan this year. The pair on the left, called ''structural reform dolls,'' are modeled after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi. The other pair depict Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and his wife Yumiko.

Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

New area at Tokyo DisneySea

Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

Japan suffers defeat vs S. Korea in golf match

Ex-school teacher reads picture book about Takeshima

Ex-school teacher reads picture book about Takeshima

Golf 5 Ladies

Yoshida wins Samantha Thavasa Ladies

U.S. school shooting

USJ has 100 millionth guest

USJ has 100 millionth guest

25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

Ichiro at All-Star Game parade

Memorial service for Kimura

2 die in residential fire in Hyogo Pref.

Japanese hot-spring area makes 'happi' coats for Obama family

Himei remains in DPJ, not to join new group

Olympics: Japan quartet 6th in kayak four final

N. Korean defector sues Chongryon over emigration program

Mariners' Suzuki joins parade ahead of MLB All-Star game

Tosa named in world athletics championships squad

Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

Hara wins Osaka Women's International Marathon

M&amp;As among smaller enterprises being used

Hara wins Nagoya race, books ticket to world c'ships

(1)Prince, princess offer condolences for grandmother's death

Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

Ichiro heads back to U.S. for spring training

Mariners' outfielder Ichiro returns home

(7)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

Crown Princess Masako's parents attend celebration of birth

(10)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

(2)Princess Masako awaits birth of 1st child in hospital

Dolls reflecting Japanese society released

M&As among smaller enterprises being used