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Retired shogi player Hifumi Kato dies at 86

Retired pro shogi player Hifumi Kato (R) chats with young player Sota Fujii in Tokyo in November 2018. The former holder of the most prestigious Meijin title, Kato died of pneumonia on Jan. 22, 2026, aged 86. He had held the record for becoming the youngest pro shogi player at 14 years and seven months in 1954 until Fujii broke it at 14 years and two months in 2016, while he played to the age of 77 years and five months, the oldest on record.

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Retired shogi player Hifumi Kato dies at 86

Retiring pro shogi player Hifumi Kato waves after his retirement press conference in Tokyo in June 2017. The former holder of the most prestigious Meijin title, Kato died of pneumonia on Jan. 22, 2026, aged 86. He had held the record for becoming the youngest pro shogi player at 14 years and seven months in 1954 until Sota Fujii broke it at 14 years and two months in 2016, while he played to the age of 77 years and five months, the oldest on record.

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Retired shogi player Hifumi Kato dies at 86

Retired pro shogi player Hifumi Kato gives an interview in Tokyo in November 2018. The former holder of the most prestigious Meijin title, Kato died of pneumonia on Jan. 22, 2026, aged 86. He had held the record for becoming the youngest pro shogi player at 14 years and seven months in 1954 until Sota Fujii broke it at 14 years and two months in 2016, while he played to the age of 77 years and five months, the oldest on record.

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Retired shogi player Hifumi Kato dies at 86

Pro shogi player Hifumi Kato (R) reviews his match against debutant Sota Fujii after being beaten by him in Tokyo in December 2016. The former holder of the most prestigious Meijin title, Kato died of pneumonia on Jan. 22, 2026, aged 86. He had held the record for becoming the youngest pro shogi player at 14 years and seven months in 1954 until Fujii broke it at 14 years and two months in 2016, while he played to the age of 77 years and five months, the oldest on record.

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Valentino Garavan, undated picture. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Valentino and Alba Parietti at the opening of a new Valentino store in Via Montenapoleone. Milan, Italy, September 23, 2001. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by Maurizio Maule/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Valentino Garavan, undated picture. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Valentino Garavan, undated picture. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Valentino Garavan, undated picture. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Dies Aged 93

Files Photo - Usher, singer and rapper, poses with his girlfriend at the Valentino fashion show in Milan. Milan, Italy, June 29, 2005. Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani has died at 93. Photo by Maurizio Maule/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume (C), known for hosting "The Best Ten" music show between 1978 and 1985, and anchoring the "News Station" news show between 1985 and 2004, receives "the best dressed eyes" award in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2004. Kume died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 2026, aged 81.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing in July 1998. Fuwa died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Masashi Ozaki acknowledges the fans after winning the Japan PGA Championship at Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 19, 1971, for his first career win. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

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Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Masashi Ozaki lifts the victor's trophy after winning the ANA Open golf tournament at Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 22, 2002, becoming the oldest winner on the Japan Golf Tour at 55 years and 7 months. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

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Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Former professional golfer Masashi Ozaki speaks to the media in Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, in September 2020. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British Photographer Martin Parr Dies at 73

File photo - Martin Parr at his 'Short & Sweet' personal photographic exhibition at Mudec Museum in Milan, Italy on September 2, 2024. - British photographer Martin Parr, famed for his iconic depictions of British life, has died at 73. Photo by Marco Passaro/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. A model walks at the Paul Costelloe London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. A model walks at the Paul Costelloe London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. A model walks at the Paul Costelloe London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. A model walks at the Paul Costelloe London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Irish Fashion Designer Paul Costelloe Dies Aged 80 - London

Latest photographies of Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe who died aged 80, in London, on November 22. Paul Costelloe for his London Fashion Week SS26 Runway at the Waldorf, on November 19, 2025. Photo by LounisPhotographyABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope Leo XIV during the inauguration of the S. Martino Clinic in the Vatican on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope Leo XIV during the inauguration of the S. Martino Clinic in the Vatican on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope Leo XIV during the inauguration of the S. Martino Clinic in the Vatican on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope Leo XIV during the inauguration of the S. Martino Clinic in the Vatican on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At 2025-2026 Academic Year Opening Of The Aula Magna Of The Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV attends the opening of the Dies Academicus, the official inauguration of the 2025-2026 Academic Year at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Lateran University which, in a special capacity, constitutes the Pope's University, in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV visits the Pontifical Lateran University - Rome

Pope Leo XIV visits the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy on November 14, 2025 for the inauguration of the 2025-2026 academic year. In the university’s Aula Magna, the Pope participated in its ‘Dies Academicus’, a moment of reflection and encounter which marked the beginning of the academic year. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM