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Abductee's mother meets with top gov't spokesman

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press after holding a meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2026. Standing beside Yokota is Satomi Mori, who heads a group to support her.

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Abductee's mother meets with top gov't spokesman

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press after holding a meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2026. Standing beside Yokota is Satomi Mori, who heads a group to support her.

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Abductee's mother meets with top gov't spokesman

Sakie Yokota (L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, poses with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2026. Standing beside Yokota is Satomi Mori, who heads a group to support her.

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Abductee's mother meets with top gov't spokesman

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2026. Sitting beside Yokota is Satomi Mori, who heads a group to support her.

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Abductee's mother meets with top gov't spokesman

Sakie Yokota (C), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2026. Sitting beside Yokota is Satomi Mori, who heads a group to support her.

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Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee during a plenary session in Tokyo on April 23, 2026.

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Japan eases arms export rules to enable weapons sales

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 21, 2026, following a Cabinet decision to revise limits on Japan's defense equipment exports to enable the sale of weapons overseas.

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Japan eases arms export rules to enable weapons sales

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 21, 2026, following a Cabinet decision to revise limits on Japan's defense equipment exports to enable the sale of weapons overseas.

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Japan eases arms export rules to enable weapons sales

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 21, 2026, following a Cabinet decision to revise limits on Japan's defense equipment exports to enable the sale of weapons overseas.

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Japan top spokesman Kihara meets GCC diplomats

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) poses with diplomats from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 12, 2026. They expressed solidarity amid escalating Middle East tensions during their meeting.

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General election in Japan

Yukio Edano of the Centrist Reform Alliance meets the press on Feb. 9, 2026, after the former chief Cabinet secretary lost his seat in a general election.

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PM Takaichi's meeting with TSMC CEO

(From L) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chief Executive Officer C.C. Wei, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2026.

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U.N. chief Guterres

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 29, 2026.

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Trump Joins White House Briefing

United States President Donald J Trump, followed by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to join the White House briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the President taking office for his second term. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Japan top spokesman Kihara

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with Fox News during a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shields her eyes from the sun as she speaks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with Fox News during a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a Washington Examiner news article as she speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds an NBC news article as she speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters following a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with Fox News during a TV interview outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, January 12, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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President Trump Meets With Oil and Gas Executives in Washington, DC

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles look on as Energy Secretary Christopher Wright speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, January 9, 2026. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US President Donald Trump mets with oil executives in the East Room

US President Donald Trump (L) with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright (2-R) and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles (R) during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 09 January 2026. The meeting included executives from Exxon, Shell, Chevron and Conoco. Trump is hoping to persuade oil executives to return to Venezuela. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO/ POOL

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Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Takayuki Kobayashi (C), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press following talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro in Manila on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Takayuki Kobayashi (L), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoroin Manila on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Donald Trump Returns to White House

United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick waves as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump Returns to White House

United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick waves as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump Returns to White House

United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick waves as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Donald Trump Returns to White House

United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick waves as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bush Speaks to Senior US Government Employees

United States Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, left, and US Secretary of Transportation Samuel K Skinner converse prior to US President George HW Bush delivering remarks to senior US Government employees at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, US, on January 26, 1989. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bush Speaks to Senior US Government Employees

From left to right: United States Secretary of State James A Baker III, US Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, and US Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter converse prior to US President George HW Bush delivering remarks to senior US Government employees at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, US, on January 26, 1989. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Senator Bob Packwood (Republican of Oregon), Chair, US Senate Committee on Finance, listens as US Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Secretary of State James A Baker III Testifies on Iraq

United States Secretary of State James A Baker III testifies before the US House Committee on Foreign Relations on the situation in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on December 6, 1990. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Secretary of State James A Baker III Testifies on Iraq

United States Secretary of State James A Baker III testifies before the US House Committee on Foreign Relations on the situation in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on December 6, 1990. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Secretary of State James A Baker III Testifies on Iraq

United States Secretary of State James A Baker III testifies before the US House Committee on Foreign Relations on the situation in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on December 6, 1990. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM