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Baseball: Marines vs. Lions

Wu Nien-ting of the Seibu Lions hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a Pacific League baseball game against the Lotte Marines at Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022. Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikawa surrendered three straight home runs to Tomoya Mori, Hotaka Yamakawa and Wu during the inning.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Rockies

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (L) talks with his pitching coach (R) after giving up two straight hits in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Aug. 20, 2025, at Coors Field in Denver.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players acknowledge the crowd after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure its fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

Unclaimed baggage is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Air Travel Delays Continue - Washington

A flight departure information board is seen on Tuesday July 23, 2024 at Ronald Reagan Airport in Arlington, Virginia. A massive Crowdstrike outage impacting Microsoft systems continued to cause residual delays for air travel. Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker response to the outage that hit airlines, hospitals and businesses around the world. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A consumer selects fruits at a supermarket in Binzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Chu Baorui/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A consumer selects tomatoes at a supermarket in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Wu Jiquan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A consumer selects milk at a supermarket in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A consumer selects fruits at a supermarket in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A consumer selects milk at a supermarket in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A consumer selects tomatoes at a supermarket in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Wu Jiquan/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A consumer selects fruits at a supermarket in Binzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Chu Baorui/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-CPI-MAY-UP (CN)

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A consumer selects fruits at a supermarket in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 12, 2024. China's consumer prices gained for the fourth straight month in May in the latest sign of a steady domestic demand recovery, official data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.3 percent year on year last month, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)

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Death toll rises to 7 in storm-battered Houston

STORY: Death toll rises to 7 in storm-battered Houston SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:38 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: WEATHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of a club building damaged by severe thunderstorm 2. various of the restoration team cleaning the trees damaged 3. various of an office building damaged by severe thunderstorm 4. various of the restoration team cleaning the office buildings and road damaged by severe thunderstorm 5. various of electricity facility damaged by severe thunderstorm in northwest Houston 6. various of a housing unit damaged STORYLINE: The death toll from destructive storms battering Houston on Thursday night has risen to at least seven, the Harris County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Friday evening. An EF-1 tornado was confirmed near Cypress in the northwest of the fourth largest U.S. city with 100 mph (160 kmph) straight-line winds and tore over the downtown, causing widespread damage, the U.S. National Weather Service said on Friday. In east

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Japan's economy contracts annualized 2 pct in January-March

STORY: Japan's economy contracts annualized 2 pct in January-March SHOOTING TIME: April 30 & May 4, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of banks in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's economy shrank by an annualized 2.0 percent in the January-March period from the prior quarter, marking the first contraction in two quarters amid sluggish consumer spending, the latest GDP figures showed Thursday. Real gross domestic product (GDP) in this year's first quarter, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.5 percent from the previous quarter, according to preliminary data released by the Cabinet Office. Private consumption, which accounts for more than half of Japan's GDP, dropped 0.7 percent. It was the fourth straight quarter of decline, the longest streak since 2009, underscoring sluggish domestic demand. Capital spending fell 0.8 percent, down for the first time in two quarters, as Japanese firms curbed investment in mach

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India's forex reserves rise to 642.49 bln USD as rupee falls

STORY: India's forex reserves rise to 642.49 bln USD as rupee falls SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the India gate 2. various of the Reserve Bank of India 3. various of a market STORYLINE: India's foreign exchange reserves reached an all-time high of 642.49 billion U.S. dollars during the week ended on March 15, the country's central bank has reported. This was the fourth straight week with an increase in the forex reserves for the South Asian country. According to the Reserve Bank of India on Friday, the forex reserves rose by nearly 6.4 billion dollars during the week ended on March 15. The foreign currency assets stood at 568.386 billion dollars, while the gold reserves amounted to 51.14 billion dollars during the cited week, the data showed. Meanwhile, the Indian rupee fell to its lowest level of 83.43 against the U.S. dollar, due to broad weakness in its Asian peers and the aggressive

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U.S. Fed leaves rates unchanged amid inflation progress

STORY: U.S. Fed leaves rates unchanged amid inflation progress SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 31, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JEROME POWELL, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair STORYLINE: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged at a 22-year high of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent as inflation continued to cool, while avoiding the signal of an imminent rate cut going forward. This latest policy meeting, the first in 2024, marked the fourth straight meeting for the central bank to hold policy rate steady. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that inflation eased from its highs without a significant increase in unemployment, which was "very good news," while noting that inflation remained above the Fed's longer-run goal of 2 percent. SOUNDBITE (English): JEROME POWELL, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair "Today, the FOMC decided to leave our policy

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (L) speaks to catcher Matt Thaiss after giving up three straight hits, including back-to-back homers, during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Pirates vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (L) speaks to catcher Matt Thaiss after giving up three straight hits, including back-to-back homers, during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 21, 2023.

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Boxing: Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Rene Mark Cuarto

Japan's Ginjiro Shigeoka (R) throws a straight left at Filipino opponent Rene Mark Cuarto during the fourth round of an IBF interim minimumweight world title boxing bout at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Komazawa wins 4th straight Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Komazawa University anchor man Naoki Shibata smiles after hitting the tape in Tokyo's Otemachi district Jan. 3 to win his team's fourth straight overall title in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Jojima homers, doubles twice in Mariners win

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima smiles in the dugout after having one of his most prolific outings of the season on Aug. 20. He drove in three runs with a homer and a pair of doubles to help the Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 9-4 at Metro Dome for their fourth straight victory. (MLB)

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Jojima homers, doubles twice in Mariners win

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima hits an RBI double to left in the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Metro Dome on Aug. 20. Jojima drove in three runs with a homer and a pair of doubles to help the Mariners beat the Twins 9-4 for their fourth straight victory. (MLB)

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Kansai Electric likely to be in red in FY 2014

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. He said the utility may post its fourth straight group net loss in fiscal 2014 unless its idled nuclear reactors come back online, amid surging costs for fossil fuels in the absence of nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.

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Date-Krumm pair beaten in U.S. Open doubles semifinal

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm (R) and Czech partner Barbora Zahlavova Strycova leave the court after losing in straight sets in the women's doubles semifinals at the U.S. Open in New York on Sept. 4, 2014. They fell 7-5, 6-3 to fourth-seeded Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

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Tanaka's 34-game win streak ends in Chicago

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs' Nate Schierholtz (L) runs past New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (L) to home plate to score his team's fourth run on a sacrifice fly by John Baker in the sixth inning of their game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on May 20, 2014. Tanaka allowed four runs in six innings. His streak of 34 straight wins in both Japanese baseball and the majors ended as the Yankees lost to the Cubs 6-1.

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Tanaka's 34-game win streak ends in Chicago

CHICAGO, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) tosses a ball bunted by Chicago Cubs' Emilio Bonifacio to tag out Cub's John Baker (L) at home base in the fourth inning of their game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on May 20, 2014. Tanaka allowed four runs in six innings. His streak of 34 straight wins in both Japanese baseball and the majors ended as the Yankees lost to the Cubs 6-1.

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Air pollution in China

BEIJING, China - Photo shows a person wearing a mask in Handan, Hebei Province, on Feb. 23, 2014. Smog continued to hit most Chinese urban centers that day, with Beijing experiencing its fourth straight day of serious air pollution.

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Air pollution in China

BEIJING, China - Children fly kites in Handan, Hebei Province, on Feb. 23, 2014. Smog continued to hit most Chinese urban centers that day, with Beijing experiencing its fourth straight day of serious air pollution.

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Air pollution in China

BEIJING, China - Air pollution blankets the city of Handan, Hebei Province, on Feb. 23, 2014. Smog continued to hit most Chinese urban centers that day, with Beijing experiencing its fourth straight day of serious air pollution.

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Canadian team after winning women's ice hockey gold

SOCHI, Russia - Members of the Canadian team pose for photos after winning the gold medal in women's ice hockey at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 20, 2014. Canada came from behind to defeat the United States 3-2 in overtime for its fourth straight title.

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Team Canada poses with gold from women's hockey at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Canadian team members pose for photos after winning the gold medal in the women's ice hockey at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 20, 2014. Canada came from behind to beat the United States 3-2 in overtime to claim its fourth straight title.

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Canada beats U.S. in women's ice hockey final at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Canadian players rejoice after coming from behind to defeat the United States 3-2 in the women's ice hockey final at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 20, 2014. It was Canada's fourth straight Olympic title in the women's ice hockey.

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Nishikori defends U.S. Indoor title

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Japan's Kei Nishikori (C) is pictured with Michael Chang (R) and Dante Bottini of his coaching team after winning the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships for the second straight year, his fourth career ATP title, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 16, 2014. Nishikori defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 in the final.

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Nishikori defends U.S. Indoor title

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Japan's Kei Nishikori is pictured after winning the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships for the second straight year, his fourth career ATP title, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 16, 2014. Nishikori defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 in the final.

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Takanashi continues World Cup domination with 4th straight win

CHAIKOVSKY, Russia - Japan's Sara Takanashi waves after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Chaikovsky on Jan. 3, 2014. Takanashi marked her fourth straight victory from the start of the season in the World Cup.