Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 4 Kyodo - Video taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (1st row, far L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (1st row, 2nd from L), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (1st row, 3rd from L), curler Sayaka Yoshimura (1st row, 2nd from R), Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (1st row, far R), snowboarder Ayumu Hirano (2nd row, L) and speed skater Miho Takagi (2nd row, R). (Kyodo)

Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (1st row, far L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (1st row, 2nd from L), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (1st row, 3rd from L), curler Sayaka Yoshimura (1st row, 2nd from R), Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (1st row, far R), snowboarder Ayumu Hirano (2nd row, L) and speed skater Miho Takagi (2nd row, R).

Football: Japan's Women's World Cup squad

Football: Japan's Women's World Cup squad

Futoshi Ikeda, head coach of the Japan women's national football team, names his 23-player squad for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup at a news conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on June 13, 2023.

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated September 6, 2017 of PSG's new player Kylian Mbappe is unveiled alongside Paris Saint Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi during a press conference at the Parc des Princes, following his transfer from Monaco FC to Paris Saint Germain, France. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari President Nasser Al-Khelaifi poses along side Argentinian football player Lionel Messi as he holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated September 6, 2017 of PSG's new player Kylian Mbappe is unveiled alongside Paris Saint Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi during a press conference at the Parc des Princes, following his transfer from Monaco FC to Paris Saint Germain, France. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Paris Saint-Germain's sporting director Leonardo (R), Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari President Nasser Al-Khelaifi pose along side Argentinian football player Lionel Messi as he holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari President Nasser Al-Khelaifi poses along side Argentinian football player Lionel Messi as he holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Argentinian football player Lionel Messi holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated September 6, 2017 of PSG's new player Kylian Mbappe is unveiled alongside Paris Saint Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi during a press conference at the Parc des Princes, following his transfer from Monaco FC to Paris Saint Germain, France. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Argentinian football player Lionel Messi holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Argentinian football player Lionel Messi holds-up his number 30 shirt while standing on the pitch during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated January 31, 2013 British and New PSG football player David Beckham flanked by PSG Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (L) and Brazilian sport director Leonardo, poses with his new jersey at the end of a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France on. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated January 31, 2013 British and New PSG football player David Beckham flanked by PSG Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (L) and Brazilian sport director Leonardo, poses with his new jersey at the end of a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France on. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

File photo dated January 31, 2013 of British and New PSG football player David Beckham poses with his PSG Football shirt after his PSG signature at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Ten Years of High End Transfers At PSG

Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari President Nasser Al-Khelaifi poses along side Argentinian football player Lionel Messi as he holds-up his number 30 shirt during a press conference at the French football club Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on August 11, 2021. Since the arrival of the Qataris at the head of PSG in 2011, the club has managed to attract the biggest names in its squad. A long list of stars that Lionel Messi is joining. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan coach Takakura names squad

Japan coach Takakura names squad

Japanese women's soccer coach Asako Takakura names her squad for an upcoming friendly away to Sweden during a press conference on July 6, 2016, in Tokyo. Regular captain Aya Miyama, the three-time Asian Player of the Year, was overlooked as she "is still not right condition-wise," Takakura said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Celebration for Fujii winning 2 major shogi titles

Celebration for Fujii winning 2 major shogi titles

Photo taken Aug. 21, 2020, at a cafe in shogi prodigy Sota Fujii's hometown in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows two rice omelets, with his face drawn with ketchup on one and the names of the two titles he holds on the other. The cafe made the special dish in celebration of the 18-year-old's feat in becoming the youngest player ever to win two of the game's major titles, Oi and Kisei.

Shogi body names new head after cheating claim

Shogi body names new head after cheating claim

Yasumitsu Sato (C), new head of the Japan Shogi Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2017. His predecessor stepped down before the end of his term in June to take responsibility for the flawed manner in which the association dealt with a claim that a top-ranked player cheated in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo