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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Ex-China State Councillor Tang meets Hokkaido Gov.

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan (R), president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former Chinese state Councillor, shakes hands with Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2014.

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China-Japan friendly exchange event held in western Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (standing) addresses an annual Japan-China friendship exchange conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014. Tang heads the China-Japan Friendship Association.

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China-Japan friendly exchange event held in western Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan addresses an annual Japan-China friendship exchange conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2014. Tang heads the China-Japan Friendship Association.

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (middle row, 2nd from R), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and other attendees clap as a two-day meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century wraps up in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 6, 2014.

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tang Jiaxuan, former Chinese state councilor and head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, speaks at a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2014.

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Japan-China meeting in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tang Jiaxuan (middle row, 2nd from R), former Chinese state councilor and head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attends a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2014.

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Tang Jiaxuan

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, speaks during a meeting in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2013, with a delegation of representatives of news organizations from Kyushu and Okinawa. He said that a summit between the leaders of Japan and China should not be held given the current low ebb of bilateral relations.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - (from R) Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, Hiromasa Yonekura, who chairs the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Fujio Cho (L), head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who leads the China-Japan Friendship Association, shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama heads for talks with China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, after arriving in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2013, for a four-day visit to China.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attend a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after Niwa's official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day.

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Ex-Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan

BEIJING, China - Undated file photo shows former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. The Chinese government plans to appoint him as chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, Beijing's unofficial channel to promote ties with Japanese, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Nov. 7, 2011.

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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Japan-China friendship ceremony

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, lift their glasses during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Friendship Association.

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China-Japan friendship award

BEIJING, China - SG Holdings Co. Chairman Eiichi Kuriwada (R) receives a friendship emissary award from the China-Japan Friendship Association in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2010, for his contribution to promoting bilateral friendship over the past 25 years through the donation of used trucks to China and other activities.

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Kyocera's Inamori honored by China

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. said April 6 its honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) was honored by China for his contribution to the development of Japan-China ties. Photo shows Inamori receiving an award from Song Jian (R), chairman of the China-Japan friendship association, in Beijing on April 5.

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Koizumi praises China's effort to realize 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Song Jian (L), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 4. Koiuzumi thanked Song for Beijing's effort to realize the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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Friendship association head meets Mori in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. Song visited Japan to attend a reception the following day marking 50 years since the establishment of its Japanese counterpart.

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, chats with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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West Japan businesspeople meet former Chinese State Councilor Tang

A mission of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren) from Osaka, western Japan, meets with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (4th from far L), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on July 13, 2015. The mission, led by Kankeiren deputy head Masayuki Matsushita, conferred with leaders of Chinese companies the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's ex-State Councilor Tang greets Japanese business leader

Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) shakes hands with Masayuki Matsushita, visiting vice chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation, in Beijing before their talks on July 13, 2015. At the talks, Tang, who now heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, paid his respect to Kankeiren's continued efforts to promote exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-finance chief greeted by China's ex-foreign minister in Beijing

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) shakes hands with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former foreign minister, before their talks in Beijing on May 6, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-finance chief Nukaga meets ex-China foreign minister Tang

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (2nd from R) talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (far L), president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former foreign minister, in Beijing on May 6, 2015, on ways of improving bilateral ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ex-finance chief meets China's ex-foreign minister in Beijing

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association and former foreign minister, head for a meeting room for talks in Beijing on May 6, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Nagasaki Gov. Kaneko named China-Japan friendship envoy

Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R), president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, bestows the title of China-Japan Friendship Envoy on former Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko, a current upper house member, in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Komeito chief meets ex-Chinese foreign minister

Natsuo Yamaguchi (2nd from R foreground), leader of Japan's Komeito party, a junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, meets with former Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from L), who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship ceremony

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, lift their glasses during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Friendship Association. (Kyodo)

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China-Japan friendship award

BEIJING, China - SG Holdings Co. Chairman Eiichi Kuriwada (R) receives a friendship emissary award from the China-Japan Friendship Association in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2010, for his contribution to promoting bilateral friendship over the past 25 years through the donation of used trucks to China and other activities. (Kyodo)

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan

BEIJING, China - Undated file photo shows former Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. The Chinese government plans to appoint him as chairman of the China-Japan Friendship Association, Beijing's unofficial channel to promote ties with Japanese, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Nov. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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China's Tang meets with Democratic Party leader Renho

Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese state councilor and foreign minister who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Renho, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, shake hands as they meet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Tang meets with LDP Secretary General Nikai

Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese state councilor and foreign minister who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016, ahead of their talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyocera's Inamori honored by China

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. said April 6 its honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) was honored by China for his contribution to the development of Japan-China ties. Photo shows Inamori receiving an award from Song Jian (R), chairman of the China-Japan friendship association, in Beijing on April 5. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi praises China's effort to realize 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Song Jian (L), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 4. Koiuzumi thanked Song for Beijing's effort to realize the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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Friendship association head meets Mori in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. Song visited Japan to attend a reception the following day marking 50 years since the establishment of its Japanese counterpart.