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Japanese, Russian mayors call for enhanced economic ties

HAKODATE, Japan - Niigata Mayor and Japanese delegation head Akira Shinoda (R) shakes hands with Khabarovsk Mayor Aleksander Sokolov after signing a joint statement adopted at the end of a two-day ''coastal city'' meeting in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Aug. 20. Mayors of 18 Japanese cities, mostly on the Sea of Japan coast, and 10 Russian Far Eastern cities took part in the meeting.

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Niigata mayor backs Hokuetsu's efforts to foil Oji takeover bid

NIIGATA, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (R) calls on Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda (L) on Aug. 10 to ask for support for his company's efforts to thwart a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co.

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Niigata, Yokohama hope to co-host 2008 G-8 summit

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (L), Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida and Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda join hands at a news conference in Tokyo May 9. They announced their hope for the two cities to co-host the 2008 summit of the Group of Eight countries.

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Niigata, Yokohama hope to co-host 2008 G-8 summit

TOKYO, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (L), Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida and Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda join hands at a news conference in Tokyo May 9. They announced their hope for the two cities to co-host the 2008 summit of the Group of Eight countries. (Kyodo)

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Niigata mayor backs Hokuetsu's efforts to foil Oji takeover bid

NIIGATA, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (R) calls on Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda (L) on Aug. 10 to ask for support for his company's efforts to thwart a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co. (Kyodo)

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Mayors from Japan, Russia discuss regional exchanges

Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda (C) speaks at a meeting of mayors of cities in the Russian Far East and Japanese cities facing the Sea of Japan on Aug. 24, 2015, in Vladivostok, Russia. They discussed ways to strengthen economic ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Niigata releases short movie with teen idol to promote city

Ayaka Tano (C), a member of all-girl pop group NGT48 based in Niigata, speaks during an event in the northwestern Japanese city on Nov. 19, 2015, on a 5-minute short movie she starred in to promote the city as a nice place to move to. On the left is Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Russian mayors call for enhanced economic ties

HAKODATE, Japan - Niigata Mayor and Japanese delegation head Akira Shinoda (R) shakes hands with Khabarovsk Mayor Aleksander Sokolov after signing a joint statement adopted at the end of a two-day ''coastal city'' meeting in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Aug. 20. Mayors of 18 Japanese cities, mostly on the Sea of Japan coast, and 10 Russian Far Eastern cities took part in the meeting. (Kyodo)