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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

Photo taken at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023, shows a bobblehead doll of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

Photo taken at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023, shows a bobblehead doll of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

A fan shows off his bobblehead doll of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

Photo taken at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023, shows a bobblehead doll of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

Fans show off their bobblehead dolls of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Baseball: Bobblehead of Ohtani

Fans show off their bobblehead dolls of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2023. The dolls were handed out to spectators ahead of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Dolls cast out to sea in girls' happiness prayer

Two boats carrying "Hina," traditional Japanese dolls, are cast out to sea from the coast off Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2023, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness on the annual "Hina-matsuri," or Girls' Day festival celebrated across Japan.

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Doll festival in Nara temple

Hina dolls playing musical instruments are displayed during a seasonal event at Tsubosakadera Temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2023, two days before Girls' Day celebration in Japan.

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Doll festival in Nara temple

Hina dolls are on display in a prayer hall during a seasonal event at Tsubosakadera Temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2023, two days before Girls' Day celebration in Japan.

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Silver 'hina' dolls to be sold to commemorate princess' wedding

TOKYO, Japan - A set of silver ''hina'' dolls commemorating the wedding of Princess Sayako on Nov. 15 is displayed at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 22. The set consists of two dolls representing an emperor and empress wearing the court dress of the Heian period (794-1185) and three dolls representing court ladies serving the emperor and the empress, sitting on a vermillion-lacquered platform. Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. will sell the ''hina'' dolls at 150,000 yen per set for display at the annual March 3 Doll Festival.

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Cambodia introduces 1st police 'koban'

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Two Japanese police officers (L) lecture Cambodian policemen on how to use Cambodia's first Japanese-style police box, or ''koban,'' completed in Phnom Penh on Dec. 12. The koban, built at a cost of about $20,000, was donated by Masahiro Yokota, president of a toys and dolls museum in Ikaho, a hot spring resort in central Japan's Gunma Prefecture. The community-friendly koban have caught the attention of other countries, with Singapore and San Paulo, Brazil, already introducing the system.

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Kim-Kim dolls appear at Seoul department store

SEOUL, South Korea - Dolls of South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appear at a department store in Seoul on June 15 in commemoration of the signing of the historic North-South accord by the two leaders the previous day.

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"Hina" dolls of 2021 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls modeled after newsmakers of the year 2021 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo's Ueno area on Nov. 25, 2021, including one depicting Japanese major league baseball two-way player Shohei Ohtani who won the American League's MVP award earlier in the year.

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"Hina" dolls of 2021 newsmakers

"Hina" dolls modeled after newsmakers of the year 2021 are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo's Ueno area on Nov. 25, 2021, including one depicting Japanese major league baseball two-way player Shohei Ohtani who won the American League's MVP award earlier in the year.

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Cambodia introduces 1st police 'koban'

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Two Japanese police officers (L) lecture Cambodian policemen on how to use Cambodia's first Japanese-style police box, or ''koban,'' completed in Phnom Penh on Dec. 12. The koban, built at a cost of about $20,000, was donated by Masahiro Yokota, president of a toys and dolls museum in Ikaho, a hot spring resort in central Japan's Gunma Prefecture. The community-friendly koban have caught the attention of other countries, with Singapore and San Paulo, Brazil, already introducing the system.

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Tokyo, Osaka governors featured as traditional Japanese dolls ?

TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - A?traditional?doll maker that unveils new figures featuring prominent newsmakers each year has chosen the governors of Tokyo and Osaka, two cities with high numbers of novel coronavirus cases, this time as a gesture of hope for an end to the pandemic.?Tokyo-based Kyugetsu Co. revealed the hina?dolls?of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, 68, and Hirofumi Yoshimura, 45, on Wednesday at its headquarters ahead of Girls' Day on March 3.?In Japan, hina?dolls, representing an emperor, empress and their attendants wearing the court dress of the Heian period (794-1185), are?traditionally displayed by families with girls to celebrate the Girls' Day festival each spring.The firm also revealed?dolls?representing U.S. President Joe Biden, 78.

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"Blue-eyed doll" from U.S. seen in Shiga Prefecture

A "blue-eyed doll" from the United States discovered at an elementary school in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, about 40 years ago is seen on Aug. 7, 2015. It is one of some 12,000 dolls sent to Japan from the United States in the 1920s to promote goodwill and peace between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman pleads not guilty over deaths of 2 children in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Zheng Yongshan (in file photo),a Chinese national indicted on charges of killing two kindergarteners in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, in 2006, pleaded not guilty during the first hearing of her trial at the Otsu District Court on Feb. 2. ''I stabbed sand dolls, not humans,'' Zheng told the court. ''They did not bleed nor scream. The two children are still alive.'' (Kyodo)

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Silver 'hina' dolls to be sold to commemorate princess' wedding

TOKYO, Japan - A set of silver ''hina'' dolls commemorating the wedding of Princess Sayako on Nov. 15 is displayed at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 22. The set consists of two dolls representing an emperor and empress wearing the court dress of the Heian period (794-1185) and three dolls representing court ladies serving the emperor and the empress, sitting on a vermillion-lacquered platform. Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. will sell the ''hina'' dolls at 150,000 yen per set for display at the annual March 3 Doll Festival. (Kyodo)

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"Hina" dolls of 2020 newsmakers

A doll maker in Tokyo unveils on Nov. 26, 2020, "hina" dolls modeled after the year's newsmakers, including one depicting shogi sensation Sota Fujii (L), who became the youngest player ever to hold two of the board game's eight major titles in August 2020 at age 18.

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Hina dolls of 2018 newsmakers

Photo shows sets of "hina" dolls featuring newsmakers of the year in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, led by U.S. Open tennis champion Naomi Osaka and Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hina dolls of 2018 newsmakers

Photo shows sets of "hina" dolls featuring newsmakers of the year in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, led by U.S. Open tennis champion Naomi Osaka and Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Fans show off bobblehead dolls of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels which were given away to spectators at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Children pose with bobblehead dolls of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels which were given away to spectators at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows bobblehead dolls of two-way player Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels which were given away to spectators at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kim-Kim dolls appear at Seoul department store

SEOUL, South Korea - Dolls of South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appear at a department store in Seoul on June 15 in commemoration of the signing of the historic North-South accord by the two leaders the previous day.