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(SP)ESTONIA-RAKVERE-VOLLEYBALL WORLD BEACH PRO TOUR

(240707) -- RAKVERE, July 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- (L to R)Silver medalists Urmas Piik/Dimitri Korotkov of Estonia, gold medalists Jacob Holting Nilsson/Elmer Anderssonof of Sweden and bronze medalists Robin Sowa/Maximilian Just of Germany pose during the awarding ceremony for the men's event at the 2024 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Rakvere, Estonia, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Stepanov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER), Robin Sowa (GER), Anna-Lena Grune (GER) Chenoa Christ (GER) celebrate the double victory during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) celebration during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) celebration for the victory during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) celebration during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) celebration during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Robin Sowa (GER) in action during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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Beach Volley match - World Beach Pro Tour

Maximilian Just (GER) and Robin Sowa (GER) during World Beach Pro Tour, Beach Volley match in Messina, Italy, June 23 2024

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-BEACH PRO TOUR FUTURES-QUARTERFINALS

(240414) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Robin Sowa saves the ball during the men's quarterfinals match between Krystof Jan Oliva/Vaclav Kurka of Czech Republic and Robin Sowa /Maximilian Just of Germany at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures in Laguna Province, the Philippines, April 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-BEACH PRO TOUR FUTURES-QUARTERFINALS

(240414) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Maximilian Just (R) competes against Czech Republic's Krystof Jan Oliva during the men's quarterfinals match between Krystof Jan Oliva/Vaclav Kurka of Czech Republic and Robin Sowa /Maximilian Just of Germany at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures in Laguna Province, the Philippines, April 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering inspects the production of Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the t

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering gives a lesson to his students in a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine.

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering inspects the production of Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the t

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering gives a lesson to his students in a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine.

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering and his students learn about the policies related to developing Tibetan medicine in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the title

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering gives a lesson to his students in a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine.

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering gives a lesson to his students in a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine.

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering and his students learn about the policies related to developing Tibetan medicine in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the title

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering inspects the production of Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the t

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-TIBETAN MEDICINE-PRACTITIONER (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Buchung Tsering inspects the production of Tibetan medicine in Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. Buchung Tsering has been engaged in the field of Tibetan medicine for about 20 years. He is the manager of the production department of Tibet Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. Tibetan medicine, known as "Sowa Rigpa" in Tibetan, dates back 2,500 years. It has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. Since 2008, Buchung Tsering has been committed to making use of modern science and technology to boost the production of Tibetan medicine. He launched a specimen gallery for Tibetan medicine in the company, and invited well-known experts to identify and fix the weak links in medicine production. Buchung Tsering has also compiled some instruction manuals of Tibetan medicine. In 2021, he was awarded the t

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CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-MEDICINAL BATH (CN)

(230415) -- LHASA, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker prepares a room for customers at a Tibetan medicinal bath center in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 14, 2023. The 1,300-year-old Tibetan medicinal bath, officially called the Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2018. TO GO WITH "Letter from Lhasa: Indulge in healing touch of Tibetan medicinal bath" (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-MEDICINAL BATH (CN)

(230415) -- LHASA, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker prepares oxygen tanks at a Tibetan medicinal bath center in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 14, 2023. The 1,300-year-old Tibetan medicinal bath, officially called the Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2018. TO GO WITH "Letter from Lhasa: Indulge in healing touch of Tibetan medicinal bath" (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-MEDICINAL BATH (CN)

(230415) -- LHASA, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker prepares a set of herbs required for bathwater at a Tibetan medicinal bath center in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 14, 2023. The 1,300-year-old Tibetan medicinal bath, officially called the Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2018. TO GO WITH "Letter from Lhasa: Indulge in healing touch of Tibetan medicinal bath" (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Men in search of healing turn to tea ceremonies

TOKYO, Japan - Men participate in a tea ceremony class taught by Sowa Akiyama (far L), a teacher at the Urasenke tea school in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 14.

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Nagaoka assured of win in Ibaraki lower house by-election

SOWA, Japan - Yoji Nagaoka (C), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate, celebrates after being assured of victory April 27 in the House of Representatives by-election for the Ibaraki No. 7 constituency.

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U.S. financier Ross discusses purchase of Tokyo Sowa Bank

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. financier Wilbur Ross (R), together with officials of Japan's state-run Deposit Insurance Corp., announces an agreement allowing an investment fund led by Ross to buy Tokyo Sowa Bank, a failed Japanese midsize bank put under state control last June.

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Police raid Tokyo Sowa Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators walk into the head office of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank in Tokyo's Akasaka on May 11 on suspicion of cooking up a scheme to falsely show the bank had adequate capital reserves. The bank went bankrupt last June.

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aEx-Tokyo Sowa execs arrested

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Shoichi Osada (L), former chairman of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank, and Mizuho Kojima (R), former president of the bank, who were arrested May 11 on suspicion of cooking up a scheme to falsely show the bank had adequate capital reserves.

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Ex-Tokyo Sowa execs arrested

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Shoichi Osada (L), former chairman of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank, and Mizuho Kojima (R), former president of the bank, who were arrested May 11 on suspicion of cooking up a scheme to falsely show the bank had adequate capital reserves.

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JAPAN/FUJIYAMA/HOKUSAI

One of Hokusai's '36 views of Fujiyama' : the lake is Lake Sowa, and the mountain itself is in the far distance Date: early 19th century

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Nagaoka assured of win in Ibaraki lower house by-election

SOWA, Japan - Yoji Nagaoka (C), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate, celebrates after being assured of victory April 27 in the House of Representatives by-election for the Ibaraki No. 7 constituency. (Kyodo)

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Ex-bank execs found guilty of capital falsification

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Osada (L, file photo), former chairman of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank, and former President Mizuho Kojima (R, file photo), were among five former bank executives found guilty on Feb. 18 of falsely making it appear that the bank had adequate capital reserves in the late 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Sale of Tokyo Sowa to WL Ross canceled

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoji Matsuda (2nd from L), a deputy governor of the government's Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC), flanked by administrators of Tokyo Sowa Bank, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30. Matsuda said DIC and the administrators have decided to cancel the sale of the failed regional bank to an investment company led by U.S. financier Wilbur R. Ross.

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5 former Tokyo Sowa execs plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows (from L to R) Shoichi Osada, a former chairman of Tokyo Sowa Bank, former President Mizuho Kojima, and former Vice President Masatoshi Fukui, who with two other ex-executives pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to show falsely that the bank had adequate capital reserves, in the first hearing of their trial at the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 31.

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U.S. financier Ross discusses purchase of Tokyo Sowa Bank

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. financier Wilbur Ross (R), together with officials of Japan's state-run Deposit Insurance Corp., announces an agreement allowing an investment fund led by Ross to buy Tokyo Sowa Bank, a failed Japanese midsize bank put under state control last June.

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Police raid Tokyo Sowa Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators walk into the head office of the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank in Tokyo's Akasaka on May 11 on suspicion of cooking up a scheme to falsely show the bank had adequate capital reserves. The bank went bankrupt last June.