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Japan defense minister in Sri Lanka

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) holds talks with Sri Lanka's Deputy Defense Minister Aruna Jayasekara in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 4, 2025.

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Japan defense minister in Sri Lanka

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Deputy Defense Minister Aruna Jayasekara before their talks in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 4, 2025.

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Japan defense minister in Sri Lanka

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (back, far L) holds talks with Sri Lanka's Deputy Defense Minister Aruna Jayasekara (front, 3rd from L) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 4, 2025.

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Sri Lanka election

Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake (L) speaks to reporters on the day of the country's parliamentary elections on Nov. 14, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka election

Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C, front) walks with his supporters after casting his vote in the country's parliamentary elections on Nov. 14, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Powell inspects tsunami-devastated areas in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks to reporters at the air force base in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 7 after inspecting tsunami-devastated areas in the country.

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(5)Scenes after Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A woman who lost her house outside Colombo sits down Jan. 2 amid images of Buddha and Christ taken out from houses that collapsed in the tsunami disaster caused by the Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra Island.

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(4)Scenes after Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A boy carries a pack outside Colombo Jan. 2 after the tsunami disaster caused by the Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra Island.

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Sri Lanka bomb attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 22 Kyodo - Photo shows the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019, one of three hotels hit by bomb attacks the previous day.

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Sri Lanka bomb attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 23 Kyodo - A woman prays in front of a Buddhist statue on a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 23, 2019, two days after deadly bomb attacks in the country's largest city.

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Sri Lanka bomb attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 22 Kyodo - Debris lies in front of the Kingsbury Colombo Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019, one of three hotels hit by bomb attacks the previous day.

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Sri Lanka bomb attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 22 Kyodo - People wait in a long line for taxis at Colombo's airport on April 21, 2019, after hundreds of people were killed and injured in bomb attacks in the Sri Lankan city.

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Japanese tableware draws rich shoppers in Colombo

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Shoppers look around at a flagship store of Noritake Co., a Japanese maker known for its fine porcelain tableware, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in this file photo taken on Dec. 24, 2014. The shop's luxury chinaware is popular especially among rich visitors from India and Pakistan.

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Voting under way in Sri Lankan presidential election

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - People line up under tight security at a polling station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 8, 2015, to vote in the country's presidential election.

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Abe arrives in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) watches a dance performance to welcome him after arriving at Colombo's international airport on Sept. 7, 2014.

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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is interviewed by Kyodo News on Sept. 3, 2014, at his office in the capital Colombo, ahead of a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the island nation.

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Japan deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) holds talks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2013.

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Japan Deputy PM Aso in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso visits a port in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2013.

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Japanese slogan utilized in Sri Lanka

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese working slogan "5S," comprising five words with an initial letter S, including those meaning sorting and cleaning, is on display at a cable factory in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in May 2012.