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Japan foreign minister in Samoa

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L) shakes hands with Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molio'o, Samoa's minister of women, community and social development, during a meeting in the Pacific island nation's capital Apia on Feb. 10, 2024.

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Japan foreign minister in Samoa

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L) poses with Samoan head of state Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II during a meeting in Samoa's capital Apia on Feb. 10, 2024.

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Japan foreign minister in Samoa

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L) holds talks with Samoa head of state Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II in Samoa's capital Apia on Feb. 10, 2024.

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - An employee at a post office in Apia, the Samoan capital, on Dec. 28, 2011, shows stamps commemorating the South Pacific island nation's shift from east of the international dateline to west of it on Dec. 31, 2011.

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Pacific island leaders launch alliance

APIA, Samoa - Kiribati's President Anote Tong (3rd from L) speaks about the launching of the Pacific Ocean Alliance in Samoa on Sept. 3, 2014. Next to him is Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga (2nd from L). The leaders were in Samoa to attend the 3rd United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States.

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Plan to build climate change center in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Takao Makino (C), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, attends a meeting held by the Japanese and Spanish governments to enhance cooperation for island nations on climate change and disaster prevention in Samoa on Sept. 2, 2014, at the U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States. Makino said there is a plan to build a climate change center in Samoa to tackle local environmental problems.

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U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Hiroko Morita, chief of the Small Island Developing States Unit in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, speaks to Kyodo News on Sept. 1, 2014, on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa's capital of Apia.

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Samoan food

APIA, Samoa - A worker holds oka, a local dish, at a restaurant in Apia, Samoa, in December 2011.

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaks in the Samoan capital of Apia on Dec. 29, 2011, before the South Pacific island nation shifted from east to west of the international dateline on Dec. 31 by skipping Dec. 30.

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2011, shows a signboard in the Samoan capital of Apia showing the South Pacific island nation shifting from east to west of the international dateline on Dec. 31 by skipping Dec. 30.

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Samoa changed auto lanes

APIA, Samoa - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2012, shows a road in the Samoan capital of Apia. The South Pacific island nation changed auto lanes in 2009 from right to left of roads.

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Samoans place hope in smelly cash crop

APIA, Samoa - A co-owner stands before Nonu-fruit trees, known as the Indian mulberry, at a plantation in the suburbs of Apia.

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko visit Samoan market

APIA, Samoa - Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) visit a market in Samoa on Oct. 4, the last day of their official 11-day tour of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa that began Sept. 27.

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Prince Akishino in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko watch children work on their abacas during their visit to a school in Tonga on Oct. 2. The royal couple, on an 11-day tour of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, arrived in Apia later on Oct. 2.

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SAMOA-APIA-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220528) -- APIA, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Samoan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa holds talks with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Apia, capital of Samoa, May 28, 2022. (Xinhua)

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SAMOA-APIA-HEAD OF STATE-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220528) -- APIA, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Samoa's Head of State Tuimalealiifano Sualauvi Vaaletoa II meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Apia, capital of Samoa, May 28, 2022. (Xinhua)

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Prince Akishino in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko watch children work on their abacas during their visit to a school in Tonga on Oct. 2. The royal couple, on an 11-day tour of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, arrived in Apia later on Oct. 2. (Kyodo)

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Pacific island leaders launch alliance

APIA, Samoa - Kiribati's President Anote Tong (3rd from L) speaks about the launching of the Pacific Ocean Alliance in Samoa on Sept. 3, 2014. Next to him is Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga (2nd from L). The leaders were in Samoa to attend the 3rd United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States. (Kyodo)

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Plan to build climate change center in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Takao Makino (C), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, attends a meeting held by the Japanese and Spanish governments to enhance cooperation for island nations on climate change and disaster prevention in Samoa on Sept. 2, 2014, at the U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States. Makino said there is a plan to build a climate change center in Samoa to tackle local environmental problems. (Kyodo)

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Samoan food

APIA, Samoa - A worker holds oka, a local dish, at a restaurant in Apia, Samoa, in December 2011. (Kyodo)

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U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Hiroko Morita, chief of the Small Island Developing States Unit in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, speaks to Kyodo News on Sept. 1, 2014, on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa's capital of Apia. (Kyodo)

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi speaks in the Samoan capital of Apia on Dec. 29, 2011, before the South Pacific island nation shifted from east to west of the international dateline on Dec. 31 by skipping Dec. 30. (Kyodo)

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Samoa changed auto lanes

APIA, Samoa - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2012, shows a road in the Samoan capital of Apia. The South Pacific island nation changed auto lanes in 2009 from right to left of roads. (Kyodo)

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2011, shows a signboard in the Samoan capital of Apia showing the South Pacific island nation shifting from east to west of the international dateline on Dec. 31 by skipping Dec. 30. (Kyodo)

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - An employee at a post office in Apia, the Samoan capital, on Dec. 28, 2011, shows stamps commemorating the South Pacific island nation's shift from east of the international dateline to west of it on Dec. 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko visit Samoan market

APIA, Samoa - Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (R) visit a market in Samoa on Oct. 4, the last day of their official 11-day tour of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa that began Sept. 27. (Kyodo)