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LDP lawmaker Santo

TOKYO, Japan - Akiko Santo, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Santo said she mediated Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's talks with the owner of the three major islands of the Senkakus. Ishihara revealed earlier that the Tokyo metropolitan government is negotiating with the owner with the aim of buying the dominant part of the disputed islands by the end of 2012.

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LDP lawmaker Santo

TOKYO, Japan - Akiko Santo, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Santo said she mediated Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's talks with the owner of the three major islands of the Senkakus. Ishihara revealed earlier that the Tokyo metropolitan government is negotiating with the owner with the aim of buying the dominant part of the disputed islands by the end of 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japanese emperor's enthronement ceremony

(From R) House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima, House of Councillors President Akiko Santo and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Naoto Otani head to the site of a ritual at the Imperial Palace Sanctuaries in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2019, prior to the proclamation of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement at another location in the palace later in the day. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo