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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani celebrates with a San Diego Padres fan after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Padres on Aug. 24, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Ohtani made a detour after rounding the bases to get to the fan near the dugout, who had been heckling him throughout the game.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Padres

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani celebrates with a San Diego Padres fan after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Padres on Aug. 24, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Ohtani made a detour after rounding the bases to get to the fan near the dugout, who had been heckling him throughout the game.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (C front), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the opposition Your Party, speaks to reporters at the metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014, after Akihiro Suzuki, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party assembly member, apologized to her for recent sexist heckling. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ends a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the Liberal Democratic Party, who admitted on June 23, 2014, to having made a sexist remark during its session. A female assembly member was heckled by Suzuki while posing questions on maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki made the remarks while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures.

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Joyce Gelb

Joyce Gelb

NEW YORK, United States - Joyce Gelb, professor emeritus of the City College of New York, speaks to Kyodo News in New York on July 17, 2014. The specialist on women and gender issues in Japan hopes the recent heckling issue at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly will spark change within the country.

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LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone.

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LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone.

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Sexist heckling at Diet

Sexist heckling at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Uenishi, 31, said July 3, 2014, she was subjected to sexist heckling during a Diet committee meeting in April, in an incident similar to one that rocked the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in June.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, ends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (far R, facing the camera), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, is seen ahead of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 24, 2014, shows the office of Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki after about 20 eggs were found hurled there. Suzuki admitted the previous day heckling an assemblywoman with sexist remarks during an assembly session.

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Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 24, 2014, shows the office of Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki after about 20 eggs were found hurled there. Suzuki admitted the previous day heckling an assemblywoman with sexist remarks during an assembly session.

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Joyce Gelb

Joyce Gelb

NEW YORK, United States - Joyce Gelb, professor emeritus of the City College of New York, speaks to Kyodo News in New York on July 17, 2014. The specialist on women and gender issues in Japan hopes the recent heckling issue at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly will spark change within the country. (Kyodo)

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LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (far R, facing the camera), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, is seen ahead of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, ends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly. (Kyodo)

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Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

Eggs hurled at office of Tokyo assemblyman who made sexist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 24, 2014, shows the office of Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki after about 20 eggs were found hurled there. Suzuki admitted the previous day heckling an assemblywoman with sexist remarks during an assembly session. (Kyodo)

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (C front), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki made the remarks while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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New senior vice minister at Cabinet Office

New senior vice minister at Cabinet Office

Undated file photo shows House of Representatives member Ryosei Tanaka, who was appointed senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office on Jan. 29, 2018. He replaced Fumiaki Matsumoto, who has quit after heckling another lawmaker at the Diet in a discussion of forced landings by U.S. helicopters in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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