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Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company\'s plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company's plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A drone flies in the dark during a demonstration at a KDDI Corp. press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company plans to deploy such drones, equipped with cameras and sensors, at 1,000 locations across Japan in order to respond quickly to earthquakes and other natural disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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A drone flies in the dark during a demonstration at a KDDI Corp. press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company plans to deploy such drones, equipped with cameras and sensors, at 1,000 locations across Japan in order to respond quickly to earthquakes and other natural disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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A drone flies in the dark during a demonstration at a KDDI Corp. press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company plans to deploy such drones, equipped with cameras and sensors, at 1,000 locations across Japan in order to respond quickly to earthquakes and other natural disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Photo taken on May 13, 2024, shows an unmanned mobile shop opened by Japanese convenience store operator FamilyMart Co. at a construction site within the venue for 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. The operator hopes to eventually deploy such stores in disaster-stricken areas and depopulated regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department enter a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, to conduct a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department enter a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, to conduct a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department carry items from a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, following a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department carry items from a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, following a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Political group "Tsubasa no To" head Kurokawa

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Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department enter a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, to conduct a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$In a file photo taken on April 16, 2024, Atsuhiko Kurokawa (lower R), head of the political group "Tsubasa no To," speaks near where candidate Hirotada Ototake (upper L) is holding a stump event in Tokyo\'s Koto Ward ahead of the April 28 House of Representatives by-election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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In a file photo taken on April 16, 2024, Atsuhiko Kurokawa (lower R), head of the political group "Tsubasa no To," speaks near where candidate Hirotada Ototake (upper L) is holding a stump event in Tokyo's Koto Ward ahead of the April 28 House of Representatives by-election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Softbank Group logs annual loss

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Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department carry items from a building housing the office of the political group "Tsubasa no To" on May 13, 2024, in Tokyo, following a search related to campaign obstruction in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election, in a rare move after receiving complaints from several other camps in the race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, after the Japanese tech and investment giant registered a net loss of 227.65 billion yen ($1.5 billion) for the year ended March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, after the Japanese tech and investment giant registered a net loss of 227.65 billion yen ($1.5 billion) for the year ended March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Japan\'s Naomi Osaka (facing camera) shakes hands with China\'s Qinwen Zheng after her loss in the fourth round of the women\'s singles at the Italian Open tennis tournament on May 13, 2024, in Rome. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Tennis: Italian Open

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Japan's Naomi Osaka (facing camera) shakes hands with China's Qinwen Zheng after her loss in the fourth round of the women's singles at the Italian Open tennis tournament on May 13, 2024, in Rome. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, C) poses for photos with business leaders from Japan and South Korea at the prime minister\'s office in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, ahead of the annual bilateral conference starting on May 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Japan, S. Korea business leaders in Tokyo

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, C) poses for photos with business leaders from Japan and South Korea at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, ahead of the annual bilateral conference starting on May 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Real Sociedad\'s Takefusa Kubo (L) plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Football: Spanish La Liga

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Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (L) plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Real Sociedad\'s Takefusa Kubo (R) plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Football: Spanish La Liga

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Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo (R) plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Real Sociedad\'s Takefusa Kubo plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Football: Spanish La Liga

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Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo plays in the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match against Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs pitches in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs pitches in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs pitches in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs pitches in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs pitches in a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga strikes out Adam Duvall of the Atlanta Braves in the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

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Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga strikes out Adam Duvall of the Atlanta Braves in the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 13, 2024 06:00 AM

Northern lights observed in parts of Japan

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Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga strikes out Adam Duvall of the Atlanta Braves in the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park in Atlanta on May 13, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$An aurora is apparently observed in Abashiri on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 11, 2024. The lights are believed to have been spotted in parts of Japan following a series of eruptions on the sun\'s surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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An aurora is apparently observed in Abashiri on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 11, 2024. The lights are believed to have been spotted in parts of Japan following a series of eruptions on the sun's surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$An aurora is apparently observed in Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 11, 2024. The lights are believed to have been spotted in parts of Japan following a series of eruptions on the sun\'s surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Northern lights observed in parts of Japan

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An aurora is apparently observed in Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 11, 2024. The lights are believed to have been spotted in parts of Japan following a series of eruptions on the sun's surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots (back, L) as gifts on Mother\'s Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

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Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots (back, L) as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother\'s Day on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

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Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) beats yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo\'s Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Sumo: Summer tournament

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Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) beats yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Chisato Iwai celebrates after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

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Chisato Iwai celebrates after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

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Chisato Iwai celebrates after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Chisato Iwai holds the victor\'s trophy after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Golf: RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies

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Chisato Iwai holds the victor's trophy after winning the RKB x Mitsui Matsushima Ladies golf tournament at the Fukuoka Country Club in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo\'s Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Sumo: Summer tournament

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Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo\'s Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Sumo: Summer tournament

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Newly promoted komusubi Onosao (L) is pictured after beating yokozuna Terunofuji on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People do zazen or seated meditation at Daihonzan Sojiji temple in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 12, 2024. Some 1,000 individuals -- 700 from this temple and 300 from around 10 others (on screen), including those abroad -- participated in the simultaneous zazen event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

1,000 people do zazen simultaneously

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People do zazen or seated meditation at Daihonzan Sojiji temple in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 12, 2024. Some 1,000 individuals -- 700 from this temple and 300 from around 10 others (on screen), including those abroad -- participated in the simultaneous zazen event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki\'s U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Event to watch "The Boy and the Heron" in Beijing

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An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki's U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki\'s U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

Event to watch "The Boy and the Heron" in Beijing

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An event to watch Japanese anime giant Hayao Miyazaki's U.S. Academy Award-winning film "The Boy and the Heron" is held at a movie house in Beijing on May 12, 2024, with local film critics holding a forum with about 100 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$San Diego Padres\' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season\'s third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$San Diego Padres\' starting pitcher Yu Darvish waves after picking up the season\'s third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish waves after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

$San Diego Padres\' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season\'s third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo$

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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San Diego Padres' starting pitcher Yu Darvish (C) poses after picking up the season's third win in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM

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Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on May 12, 2024. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

May 12, 2024 06:00 AM