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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 5

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 4

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 2

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Thai festival in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 9 Kyodo - Fans gather in front of a booth promoting Thai "boys' love" dramas at a small-scale Thai Festival in Osaka's Namba area in western Japan on June 5, 2022. (Kyodo)

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Miyu Namba, Waka Kobori, Nagisa Ikemoto and Rio Shirai celebrate during a medal ceremony after finishing second in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Miyu Namba, Waka Kobori, Nagisa Ikemoto and Rio Shirai pose for photos after winning silver in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japanese swimmers Rio Shirai, Nagisa Ikemoto, Waka Kobori and Miyu Namba pose for photos after winning silver in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan's Miyu Namba swims in the final leg of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Asian Games: Swimming

Japan anchor Miyu Namba (bottom) shakes hands with her fellow team members after the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takahashi Keihan (L) and Namba Takahiro (C) of Japan compete during the Volleyball Men's Bronze Medal Match between Qatar and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230922) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Namba Takahiro (C) of Japan celebrates during the Volleyball Men's Cross Match between Kazakhstan and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomoko Namba, founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2016, after assuming the position of team owner of the Central League's DeNA BayStars. Namba, 52, became the first woman ever to take over ownership of a Japanese baseball club.

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DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomoko Namba, founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2016, after assuming the position of team owner of the Central League's DeNA BayStars. Namba, 52, became the first woman ever to take over ownership of a Japanese baseball club.

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Mock Japan army notices passed out on war anniversary

OSAKA, Japan - A member of a civic organization advocating women's rights and peace hands out mock "akagami" (red paper) army induction notices to senior high school students in front of Namba Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the launch of World War II in the Pacific theater triggered by the country's attack on Pearl Harbor in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

OSAKA, Japan - Newspaper extra editions, reporting the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 to two Japanese and a Japanese-born American physicists, are handed out to passers-by in Osaka's Namba district on Oct. 7, 2014. Two Japanese physicists -- Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano -- and Japanese-born American Shuji Nakamura were awarded the prize for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.

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Prayer room at Osaka department store

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils a prayer room available mainly for Muslims at its department store in the Namba City mall connected to Namba station in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The arrow attached to the ceiling shows the direction of Mecca.

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Nankai, Peach Aviation launches special "Rapi:t"

OSAKA, Japan - A special version of Nankai Electric Railway Co.'s "Rapi:t" limited express train sporting a design similar to low-cost carrier Peach Aviation's aircraft is seen in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014. The "Happyliner" will run for about a year from Sept. 7 between Nankai Namba Station and Kansai-Airport Station.

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DeNA's Namba, Takeo mayor meet press

SAGA, Japan - Tomoko Namba (L), founder and board member of DeNA Co., and Takeo Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi meet the press in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on June 25, 2014, on computer programming education for elementary school students.

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'Cool Biz' campaign at Osaka department store

OSAKA, Japan - An array of "Cool Biz" light clothes are seen on sale in a men's clothes section of Takashimaya department store in Osaka's Namba district, western Japan, on June 2, 2014.

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Special seats matching image of popular anime Gundam

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils three special seats set up inside the limited express train Rapi:t to create an atmosphere associated in the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn" on April 24, 2014 in Osaka, western Japan. The red train assumes the image of Neo Zeon, Gundam's "popular" villain organization, and runs between Namba Station and Kansai Airport Station in Osaka Prefecture from April 26 to June 30, 2014.

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Upper house election in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, makes a stump speech in Osaka's Namba district on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Christians seek new ways to spread word in modern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masachika Namba, pastor at the Shibetsu Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan, talks about his editing policy for the local church's free paper "Let us run" at the church in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 4, 2012.

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop group AKB48 pose at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day.

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop groups AKB48 (1st to 4th from R) and NMB48 (1st to 3rd from L) pose with drinks at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day.

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19.

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-MELBOURNE-SWIMMING-FINA-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 25M-DAY 4

(221216) -- MELBOURNE, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Namba Miyu (L) of Japan, gold medalist Lani Pallister (C) of Australia and bronze medalist Kensey McMahon of the United States pose for photos after the women's 1500m freestyle final at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022, in Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 16, 2022. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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University of Tokyo course aiming to cultivate 'plant doctors'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeto Namba, a professor of bioscience at the University of Tokyo, at his study room in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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The watertight board "Tomemi-chan" released by Hamaguchi Shokai

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the annual number of rainfall events averaging more than 50 millimeters per hour nationwide averaged about 311 during 2009-18. This is about 40% more than the 226 times in the first 10 years of the statistical period, 1976-85. Small and medium-sized machinery-related companies believe that such data and the actual damage caused by the torrential rains in western Japan will increase demand for products that can be used to prepare for localized heavy rains such as "guerrilla rains. In June, Hamaguchi Shokai (Naniwa Ward, Osaka City) launched "Tomemi-chan," an aluminum watertight plate. According to Minoru Namba, deputy general manager of the sales department of Hamaguchi Shokai, its strength is its ease of installation at building entrances, "even women have no difficulty. Photo taken on June 7, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Onitsuka Tiger's logo

Keywords: Onitsuka Tiger, Onitsuka Tiger, ASICS, asics, sneakers, company, sign, logo, logo mark = September 5, 2019, Onitsuka Tiger Namba, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Onitsuka Tiger's logo

Keywords: Onitsuka Tiger, Onitsuka Tiger, ASICS, asics, sneakers, company, sign, logo, logo mark = September 5, 2019, Onitsuka Tiger Namba, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Onitsuka Tiger's logo

Keywords: Onitsuka Tiger, Onitsuka Tiger, ASICS, asics, sneakers, company, sign, logo, logo mark = September 5, 2019, Onitsuka Tiger Namba, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Late writer Ayako Miura's works to be exhibited across Japan

Masachika Namba, an official of the Miura Ayako Literature Museum in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, speaks on Jan. 16, 2015 about a plan to exhibit across Japan items related to the late writer's novels "The Muzzle" and "Mother" to stress the tragedy of war and militarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yasuko namba died while on her way down from the Mt Everest,

Yasuko Namba, second Japanese woman who climbed to the summit of Mt Everest. She died while on her way down from the mountain on 1996/05/11.

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BayStars to hit home runs for Myanmar midwives in aid program

DeNA BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata and owner Tomoko Namba announce the baseball club's social contribution program at a press conference in Yokohama on March 20, 2015. The BayStars will donate one rechargeable solar light lantern to midwives in Myanmar who work in areas with no electricity each time they hit a home run in the regular season beginning March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Business Federation's 1st female vice chair

Tomoko Namba, founder and chairwoman of online service provider DeNA Co., seen in this file photo, has been appointed by the Japan Business Federation as the first female vice chair in its 75-year history, the business lobby known as Keidanren said on March 8, 2021.

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Puppeteer reunites with old buddy in Tokyo

Veteran puppeteer Ikue Namba poses for photos at a cafe in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2015, with a puppet of "Torahige," a character from the children's puppet show "Hyokkori Hyotanjima" aired on the public network NHK TV in the 1960s. Namba, 80, manipulated the puppet on the program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppeteer delights fans with live performance in Tokyo

Veteran puppeteer Ikue Namba (L) operates a puppet of "Torahige," a character from the children's puppet show "Hyokkori Hyotanjima" aired on the public network NHK TV in the 1960s, at a cafe in the Harajuku district of Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2015. Namba, 80, manipulated the puppet on the program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Limited express featuring 'Yokai Watch' video game unveiled in Osaka

Nankai Electric Railway Co. opens to the public a limited express train featuring the popular "Yokai (specter) Watch" video game series at a depot in Osaka, western Japan, on April 28, 2015, with two workers saluting. With film sheet images of Yokai Watch characters such as Jibanyan and Whisper pasted on the exterior, the train is running between Osaka's Namba Station and two stations in Wakayama Prefecture until June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19. (Kyodo)

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop groups AKB48 (1st to 4th from R) and NMB48 (1st to 3rd from L) pose with drinks at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day. (Kyodo)

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Kansai's 1st AKB48 cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Some members of all-girl pop group AKB48 pose at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Namba in Osaka on April 3, 2012. The first AKB48 outlet in the Kansai region will open the following day. (Kyodo)

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DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomoko Namba, founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2016, after assuming the position of team owner of the Central League's DeNA BayStars. Namba, 52, became the first woman ever to take over ownership of a Japanese baseball club. (Kyodo)

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DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomoko Namba, founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2016, after assuming the position of team owner of the Central League's DeNA BayStars. Namba, 52, became the first woman ever to take over ownership of a Japanese baseball club. (Kyodo)

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Mock Japan army notices passed out on war anniversary

OSAKA, Japan - A member of a civic organization advocating women's rights and peace hands out mock "akagami" (red paper) army induction notices to senior high school students in front of Namba Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the launch of World War II in the Pacific theater triggered by the country's attack on Pearl Harbor in the U.S. state of Hawaii. (Kyodo)

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2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

OSAKA, Japan - Newspaper extra editions, reporting the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 to two Japanese and a Japanese-born American physicists, are handed out to passers-by in Osaka's Namba district on Oct. 7, 2014. Two Japanese physicists -- Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano -- and Japanese-born American Shuji Nakamura were awarded the prize for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes. (Kyodo)

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Prayer room at Osaka department store

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils a prayer room available mainly for Muslims at its department store in the Namba City mall connected to Namba station in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The arrow attached to the ceiling shows the direction of Mecca. (Kyodo)

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Nankai, Peach Aviation launches special "Rapi:t"

OSAKA, Japan - A special version of Nankai Electric Railway Co.'s "Rapi:t" limited express train sporting a design similar to low-cost carrier Peach Aviation's aircraft is seen in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014. The "Happyliner" will run for about a year from Sept. 7 between Nankai Namba Station and Kansai-Airport Station. (Kyodo)

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DeNA's Namba, Takeo mayor meet press

SAGA, Japan - Tomoko Namba (L), founder and board member of DeNA Co., and Takeo Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi meet the press in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on June 25, 2014, on computer programming education for elementary school students. (Kyodo)

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Tomoko Namba, new Keidanren vice chair

Tomoko Namba, founder and chairwoman of online service provider DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after becoming the first female vice chair of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, on June 1, 2021.