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Hirokazu Matsuno

Hirokazu Matsuno, a member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister (photo taken on Aug. 15, 2016)

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Olympics: Japan reaches table tennis men's team final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Japan's Jun Mizutani reacts after gaining a point against Timo Boll of Germany in a table tennis men's team event semifinal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 15, 2016. Japan won 3-1 to advance to the final.

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Olympics: Japan's Yamaguchi through to badminton quarterfinals

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japan's Akane Yamaguchi plays against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in a badminton women's singles round of 16 match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016. Yamaguchi advanced with a 2-0 win.

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Olympics: Japan headed to men's table tennis final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - (From L) Jun Mizutani, head coach Yosuke Kurashima, Maharu Yoshimura and Koki Niwa celebrate after defeating Germany 3-1 in the table tennis men's team semifinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016.

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Olympics: Japan reaches table tennis men's team final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Jun Mizutani celebrates a winning point against Germany's Bastian Steger as Japan beat Germany in the table tennis men's team event semifinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 15, 2016.==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Yasutoshi Nishimura, aide of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, to make a ritual offering on behalf of Abe as head of the Liberal Democratic Party, not prime minister.

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Inada encourages SDF members in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is briefed by senior Self-Defense Forces personnel in Djibouti on Aug. 15, 2016, about their antipiracy mission off Somalia. Inada told reporters she hopes to enhance the activities.

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Poland's Wlodarczyk sets world record in women's hammer throw

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland shouts after making her fifth throw in the women's hammer throw final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016. Wlodarczyk won the event with a world record 82.29 meters in her third throw.

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TOCOM eyeing futures trading on electricity from 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Ezaki, president of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, unveils a plan to launch futures trading on electricity in the spring of 2016 during an interview with Kyodo News on Aug. 15, 2014.