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Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Rugby: Smith, Pocock to go head-to-head in All-Japan C'ship final
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Naoki Ozawa scores a try in the first half of Suntory Sungoliath's 54-29 win over Teikyo University in a semifinal of the All Japan Championship at Hanazono Rugby Ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2017. The Jan. 29 final will feature a match-up between two of rugby's greatest-ever back-row forwards, Suntory's George Smith and David Pocock of Panasonic Wild Knights. (Kyodo)
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950K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Tennis: S. Williams breezes into 4th round in Melbourne
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Serena Williams returns a shot during her third-round match against fellow American Nicole Gibbs at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 21, 2017. Williams won 6-1, 6-3. (Kyodo)
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949K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Tennis: S. Williams breezes into 4th round in Melbourne
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Serena Williams returns a shot during her third-round match against fellow American Nicole Gibbs at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 21, 2017. Williams won 6-1, 6-3. (Kyodo)
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49K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Sumo: Kisenosato clinches maiden title at New Year basho
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Kisenosato, seen in this undated photo, captured his long-awaited first title on the 14th day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2017. (Kyodo)
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787K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Sumo: Kisenosato clinches maiden title at New Year basho
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Ozeki Kisenosato (L) fights No. 13 maegashira Ichinojo on the 14th day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2017. Kisenosato won to improve his record to 13-1 and then captured his long-awaited first title when yokozuna Hakuho fell to his third loss. (Kyodo)
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Size:
667K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Rugby: Smith, Pocock to go head-to-head in All-Japan C'ship final
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Akihito Yamada scores a try in the first half of Panasonic Wild Knights' 36-24 win over Yahama Jubilo in a semifinal of the All Japan Championship at Hanazono Rugby Ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2017. The Jan. 29 final will feature a match-up between two of rugby's greatest-ever back-row forwards, Panasonic's David Pocock and George Smith of Suntory Sungoliath. (Kyodo)
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Size:
213K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Ski jumping: Aigner wins Continental Cup event in Sapporo
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Clemens Aigner of Austria soars through the air on his way to winning an event of the second-tier Continental Cup on the Okurayama large hill in Sapporo on Jan. 21, 2017. (Kyodo)
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Size:
103K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: S. Korea's culture minister arrested over alleged blacklisting
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Undated combined photo shows South Korean Culture Minister Cho Yoon Sun (L) and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki Choon. Cho was arrested on Jan. 21, 2017, for her alleged role in the creation of a blacklist of artists deemed critical of President Park Geun Hye's administration, while the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Kim, accused of masterminding the blacklisting of some 10,000 people. (Kyodo)
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936K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Baseball: Darvish fit and excited for season, confirms WBC no show
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Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish speaks to reporters in Dallas on Jan. 20, 2017. Darvish said he is fit and looking forward to the new season, but confirmed he will play no part in the World Baseball Classic in March with the Japan national team. (Kyodo)
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Size:
887K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Baseball: Darvish fit and excited for season, confirms WBC no show
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Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish attends a team event in Dallas on Jan. 20, 2017. Darvish told reporters the same day that he is fit and looking forward to the new season, but confirmed he will play no part in the World Baseball Classic in March with the Japan national team. (Kyodo)
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1121K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Crane falls on Takahama plant building housing spent nuclear fuel
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Photo taken Jan. 21, 2017, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, where a crane collapsed a day earlier, damaging a building housing spent nuclear fuel. No one was injured in the accident. (Kyodo)
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Size:
691K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Trump's scrapping of TPP complicates Japan's trade, growth options
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Photo taken in December 2016 shows Donald Trump (L) and SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son meeting at Trump Tower in New York. U.S. President Trump's resolve as to kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal has knocked out a pillar of Japan's growth strategy, but analysts say the country's best chance at overcoming the setback lies in tapping into the business-oriented mind of Trump himself. (Kyodo)
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829K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Crane falls on Takahama plant building housing spent nuclear fuel
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Photo taken Jan. 21, 2017, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, where a crane collapsed a day earlier, damaging a building housing spent nuclear fuel. No one was injured in the accident. (Kyodo)
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Size:
874K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Japanese city called "Usa" goes American for one day
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People wearing Barack Obama and Donald Trump masks walk down the stairs at JR Usa Station in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2017. The train station changed its name to "Usa American Station" for the day to mark the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president and potentially cash in on increased interest in everything and anything American. (Kyodo)
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Size:
907K
Date: 2017-01-21
Title: Motor racing: Toyota returns to World Rally C'ship
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Photo taken in September 2016 shows Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) and four-time world rally champion Tommi Makinen posing for photos in Paris when the automaker announced a technology partnership agreement with Microsoft Corp. for the 2017 World Rally Championship series. Toyota made its return to the championship at the Rally of Monte Carlo on Jan. 20, 2017. (Kyodo)
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