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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Amari to be retained as METI chief

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Akira Amari, who is tapped to remain in the new Abe Cabinet as minister of economy, trade and industry.

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Amari known as industrial policy expert, nuke power advocate

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27 after being retained in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuttled Cabinet. Amai is known as an expert in industrial policy and an advocate of nuclear power and economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region.

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Abe wants Amari to stay in Cabinet despite graft allegation

TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Economy minister Akira Amari (top) walks past a seated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to respond to a question in parliament during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2016. Abe said the same day he wants Amari, a key political ally, to continue serving in his Cabinet for the time being despite allegations he received cash for favors.

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

TOKYO, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari is seen at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, on the allegation that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company.

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Cabinet OKs record 96.34 tril. yen budget for FY 2015

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2015. The Cabinet approved a record-high 96.34 trillion yen ($810.97 billion) general-account budget for fiscal 2015.

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Over 2.5-percentage-point cut in corporate tax eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on the Tax System, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 26, 2014, for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Prior to their meeting, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari said it is "necessary" to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate by "more than 2.5 percentage points."

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Japan economy shrinks in July-Sept. period

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, attends a press conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014, following the release of a preliminary report that the country's economy shrank an annualized real 1.6 percent in the three months to September.

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TPP leaders fail to set fresh time frame

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and TPP minister Akira Amari attend the meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Beijing, China, on Nov. 10, 2014. The leaders involved in the TPP talks did not fix a fresh time frame for the deal after it became unrealistic to strike a deal by the end of the year as originally proposed by Washington. (Pool photo)

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Trade ministers from Japan, Australia talk in Beijing

Beijing, China - Akira Amari (2nd from R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, and Australian trade minister Andrew Robb (2nd from L) attend their talks in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Trade ministers from Japan, Australia talk in Beijing

Beijing, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, and Australian trade minister Andrew Robb shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, speaks to reporters in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014, after talks with New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (furthest R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser (far L) hold talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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TPP ministers see no year-end deal but agree to speed up talks

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Nov. 8, 2014, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where trade ministers from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations met the same day. According to Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of TPP talks, the ministers failed to clear a path for concluding a deal by the end of the year as proposed by the United States, but they agreed to accelerate their talks as much as possible.

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Japan TPP minister Amari attends press conference

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese TPP minister Akira Amari (L) attends a press conference on Oct. 27, 2014, following a three-day TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is seen at right.

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Froman, Amari hold talks

SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (2nd from L) holds talks with Akira Amari (far R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, in Sydney on Oct. 27, 2014.

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TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Akira Amari, Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 26. Amari is in Sydney to attend a three-day TPP ministerial meeting that started the previous day.

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TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Trade ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating countries, including Akira Amari (2nd from L), Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of the TPP trade talks, pose for a group photo in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 26, 2014, the second day of their three-day meeting.

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TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, attends a meeting of trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the negotiations in Sydney on Oct. 25, 2014. The three-day meeting which began that day is aimed at making progress toward a U.S.-proposed goal of reaching a deal by year-end.

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Japanese PM Abe attends Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a Cabinet meeting with Akira Amari (L), minister in charge of economic revitalization, and Finance Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, a day after two ministers -- Justice Minister Midori Matsushima and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi -- stepped down.

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Japan Cabinet approves guidelines on state secrets

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Akira Amari, minister in charge of economic revitalization, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Taro Aso, deputy prime minister, attend a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 14, 2014, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. The Cabinet approved guidelines on the handling of state secrets at the meeting before a controversial secrecy law that will toughen penalties on leakers takes effect in December.

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Japan, U.S. fail to reach accord at TPP talks in U.S.

WASHINGTON D.C., United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Japanese economic policy minister Akira Amari fail to reach agreement during a new round of bilateral talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade scheme in Washington on Sept. 24, 2014.

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U.S. retracts plan to scrap tariffs on auto parts under TPP

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari (front), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negociations, is surrounded by reporters in Washington on Sept. 24, 2014, after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.

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Japan, U.S. fail to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman leaves a conference room after a two-day meeting with Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. They failed to clinch a bilateral agreement seen as crucial for working out a multilateral Pacific Rim free trade deal.

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Japan, U.S. fail to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters on Sept. 24, 2014, in Washington, the United States, following a two-day meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Trade Representative Michael Froman. They failed to clinch a bilateral agreement seen as crucial for working out a multilateral Pacific Rim free trade deal.

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Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters following talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman over the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman chat prior to their ministerial talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Dollar rises above 106 yen line in early Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 106 yen line, its first rise above the line since October 2008, in the early morning on Sept. 9, 2014. Finance Minister Taro Aso and economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari expressed concern later that day about the recent sharp jump by the dollar to a nearly six-year high against the yen.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, retained as minister of state for economic and fiscal policy and minister in charge of TPP negotiations, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Japan's GDP shrinks annual 6.8% in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference on Aug. 13, 2014, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo, after the government announced that the economy shrank an annualized real 6.8 percent in the April to June quarter, apparently due to the consumption tax hike on April 1.

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Economic policy minister Amari speaks at business seminar

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari addresses the annual Summer Forum held by the Japan Business Federation or Keidanren in Tokyo on July 24, 2014.

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Decision on additional tax hike to come in early Dec.: Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows economy and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari, who took part in an interview with Kyodo News. He said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will decide in early December whether to raise the consumption tax to 10 percent next year.

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Decision on additional tax hike to come in early Dec.: Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows economy and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari, who took part in an interview with Kyodo News. He said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will decide in early December whether to raise the consumption tax to 10 percent next year.

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Amari vows to cut Japan's corporate tax rate below 30% within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2014. He pledged to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate to below 30 percent within five years from the next fiscal year starting April 2015.

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Keidanren chief meets economic policy minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), new chairman of Keidanren, greets Akira Amari, minister in charge of economic revitalization, at a hotel in Tokyo on June 18, 2014, before their talks on economic policy.

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New Keidanren head talks with economic policy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), speaks during his first meeting with economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari at a Tokyo hotel on June 18, 2014. Sakakibara replaced Hiromasa Yonekura on June 3.

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Economic policy minister meets with new Keidanren head

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari (far R) speaks at a meeting with members of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) at a Tokyo hotel on June 18, 2014, held for the first time since Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from front L) assumed the Keidanren chairmanship on June 3.

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Meeting over tax cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, minister of economic and fiscal policy, heads for a meeting with Finance Minister Taro Aso over plans to cut the corporate tax rate at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 13, 2014.

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Meeting over tax cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso heads for a meeting with Akira Amari, minister of economic and fiscal policy, over plans to cut the corporate tax rate at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 13, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman are pictured during a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, converse after a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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Amari at press conference after TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks at a press conference after the closing of two-day 12-nation TPP talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari(L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman converse before a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo converse before their talks on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade negotiations in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (L) hold talks on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade negotiations in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks with reporters ahead of the second day of a TPP ministerial conference in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and Singaporean Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang (2nd from R) hold talks in Singapore on May 19, 2014.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and Singaporean Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang shake hands before their talks in Singapore on May 19, 2014.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (far L) and Akira Amari (far R), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, hold talks in Singapore on May 19, 2014.