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BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 19 Kyodo - Leaders of Asian and European countries, and international organizations attend a photo session for the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Brussels on Oct. 19, 2018. (Pool photo)

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Russian President Putin at ASEM summit closing ceremony

MILAN, Italy - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the closing ceremony for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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China Premier Li attends ASEM summit closing ceremony

MILAN, Italy - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the closing ceremony for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, or ASEM, in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 17, 2014.

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PM Abe attends closing ASEM session

MILAN, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the closing session of the two-day Asia-Europe Meeting on Oct. 17, 2014, in Milan, Italy. In the ASEM chair's statement, Asian and European leaders highlighted their determination to stop the Ebola virus from spreading further.

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ASEM finance chiefs seek Europe's growth-friendly fiscal reform

MILAN, Italy - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Milan, Italy, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a one-day meeting of finance ministers from 49 member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - A plenary session is held as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit began in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. (Pool photo)

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Myanmar President Thein Sein (L in front row) attends an Asia-Europe Meeting summit that began in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. It is the first time a Myanmar leader has attended an ASEM summit. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Leaders attend a photo session as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit begins in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R front) and other leaders attend a photo session as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit begins in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) enters the venue of a plenary session as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit began in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. (Pool photo)

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ASEM summit in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - A ceremony is held as an Asia-Europe Meeting summit began in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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PM Noda leaves for ASEM summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in the capital of Laos.

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Japan's PM Noda arrives in Laos for ASEM summit

VIENTIANE, Laos - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) is greeted after arriving at an airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on Nov. 4, 2012, to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting summit to be held Nov. 5 and 6. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Meeting prior to ASEM summit

VIENTIANE, Laos - Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2012, shows the venue of a conference for senior officials from Asian countries in Vientiane, which was held Nov. 1 prior to the Asia-Europe Meeting summit on Nov. 5 and 6 in the capital of Laos.

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Kan returns home from ASEM summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 5, 2010, after attending a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Kan met on the sidelines with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for the first time since bilateral ties became strained over maritime collisions the previous month near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese Premier Wen at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Kan, Wen meet on sidelines of ASEM

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao who met in Brussels on the sideline of the Asia-Europe Meeting on Oct. 4, 2010 and agreed to improve bilateral ties by holding high-level talks at appropriate times. It was the first Japan-China summit talks since a spat broke out over maritime collisions near a disputed group of islets in the East China Sea.

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Japanese PM Kan at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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PM Kan attends ASEM

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010. Asian and European leaders are likely to reaffirm the need for a strategic partnership to ensure sustainable economic growth at the two-day biennial summit talks.

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Chinese Premier Wen at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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ASEM summit opens in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Asian and European leaders attend the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010. They are likely to reaffirm the need for a strategic partnership to ensure sustainable economic growth at the two-day biennial summit talks.

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Japanese PM Kan at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Kan in Brussels for ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives in Brussels on Oct. 3, 2010, to attend the biennial Asia-Europe Meeting and meet separately with some of the ASEM leaders.

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Kan in Brussels for ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives in Brussels on Oct. 3, 2010, to attend the biennial Asia-Europe Meeting and meet separately with some of the ASEM leaders.

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PM Kan leaves for Brussels to attend ASEM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 3, 2010, for a three-day trip to Brussels to attend the biennial Asia-Europe Meeting and meet separately with some of the ASEM leaders.

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PM Kan speaks to reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2010, before his departure to attend the Asia-Europe meeting in Brussels. Kan said he will explain Japan's stance on Chinese boat collision to world leaders who gather for the ASEM summit.

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ASEM leaders wrap up 2-day summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Leaders of Asian and European nations wrap up their two-day summit in a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 25. The Asia-Europe Meeting was attended by more than 40 heads of state and leaders. (Pool photo)

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Aso leaves for Beijing for ASEM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) waves as he leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Beijing on Oct. 23 to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting summit and to hold his first bilateral talks with the leaders of China and South Korea. At left is his wife Chikako.

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ASEM ministerial meeting on small business opens in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Asian and European ministers in charge of small business meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 30 for a two-day ASEM ministerial meeting on small and medium enterprises. The meeting, proposed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the ASEM summit in September 2006, is aimed at enhancing the role of small business in the globalized economy.

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Koizumi back in Japan after ASEM summit in Finland

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi returned to Tokyo's Haneda airport from Helsinki on a government plane Sept. 12 after attending the two-day Asia-Europe Meeting summit.

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Koizumi heads back to Japan after ASEM summit

HELSINKI, Finland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference at the end of the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Helsinki on Sept. 11.

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Koizumi heads back to Japan after ASEM summit

HELSINKI, Finland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is about to leave the conference room at the end of the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Helsinki on Sept. 11. Seen in the fore is Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

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Koizumi arrives in Helsinki to attend ASEM summit

HELSINKI, Finland - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) arrives in Helsinki on Sept. 7 to attend the Asia-Europe Summit Meeting in the Finnish capital.

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Koizumi leaves for Helsinki to attend ASEM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves as he leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 7 for Helsinki to attend the Asia-Europe Summit Meeting.

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ASEM ministers point to oil price hike as risk for growth

TIANJIN, China - Finance ministers from Asia and Europe attend a joint press conference in the Chinese northern port city of Tianjin on June 26 after the end of their meeting.

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ASEM finance ministers hold talks on growth amid oil price hike

TIANJIN, China - Finance ministers from Asia and Europe meet in China's northern port city of Tianjin on June 26 for talks on growth in the two regions amid worries about the dampening effects of record-high crude oil prices on their economies.

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ASEM finance ministers hold talks on growth amid oil price hike

TIANJIN, China - Finance ministers from Asia and Europe meet in China's northern port city of Tianjin for talks on growth in the two regions on June 26.

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Prime Minister Koizumi at ASEM in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) chats with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) prior to the summit of the Asia-Europe Meet (ASEM) in Hanoi on Oct. 9.

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Koizumi meets with Chirac in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) talks with French President Jacques Chirac in Hanoi on Oct. 8. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit.

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ASEM summit in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from Asian and European countries sit for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Hanoi on Oct. 8.

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Koizumi urges Asian, European leaders to support U.N. reform

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi on Oct. 8.

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ASEM begins 3-day summit in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - Leader of Asian and European countries line up during a ceremony to commemorate the enlargement of members of the Asian-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Hanoi on Oct. 7, the opening day of the fifth biennial ASEM summit. Set up in 1996 by 10 Asian nations and the then 15 members of the European Union, ASEM has accepted the 10 new EU members and the three relatively new members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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(1)Koizumi arrives in Hanoi for ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrives at Hanoi airport on Oct. 6 to attend the fifth biennial summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting and meet with his French and Vietnamese counterparts.

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(2)Koizumi arrives in Hanoi for ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrives at Hanoi airport on Oct. 6 to attend the fifth biennial summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Koizumi leaves for ASEM in Hanoi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 6 for Hanoi to attend the fifth biennial summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting and meet with his French and Vietnamese counterparts.

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(2)Vietnam's Khai says 13 more states may join ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (R) meets Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi (L) at his office in Hanoi on March 2. Khai said his country is aiming to expand the membership of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) ahead of its summit conference in Hanoi in October by inviting 13 more nations to join.

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(1)Vietnam's Khai says 13 more states may join ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai meets Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi at his office in Hanoi on March 2. He said his country is aiming to expand the membership of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) ahead of its summit conference in Hanoi in October by inviting 13 more nations to join.

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Asia, Europe ministers to seek consensus over Myanmar

BALI, Indonesia - Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (3rd from L in front) is surrounded by foreign ministers from Asian and European countries during a group photo session in Bali on July 24. The foreign ministers from 10 Asian and 15 European countries gathered in the Indonesian resort island for a one-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign ministers.

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Asia, Europe ministers to mull Asian bond markets

BALI, Indonesia - Finance ministers from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) pose for photographers in front of the International Convention Center in Bali on July 5 before starting a two-day conference.

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Koizumi rules out aid to N. Korea before normalization

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference in Copenhagen on Sept. 24 after the end of the three-day Asian-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. Koizumi said that Japan will not provide economic aid to North Korea before the two countries normalize relations.