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Yusuke Doi is seen in a photo he provided on security camera footage taken five days before a robbery at a convenience store in Osaka Prefecture. He touched the automatic door, leaving behind fingerprints that were later used to falsely pin him as the culprit.

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Shogi player Akira Watanabe prepares to return home after suffering leg pain during the sixth-round match in the Meijin A-Class ranking tournament that prompted him to resign, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Dec. 13, 2024. (Mainichi/Koichiro Iwashita)

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