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Japan emissary delivers letter to China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi answers reporters' questions at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2012. Yamaguchi handed a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addressed to Chinese President Hu Jintao to Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

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Emissary bearing Noda's letter arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi arrives at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, bearing a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to Chinese President Hu Jintao, amid heightened bilateral tension over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japanese government officials said Noda's letter is aimed at expressing Japan's wish to ameliorate the tension, coming on the heels of an attack in Beijing on the official vehicle of the Japanese ambassador to China.

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Emissary bearing Noda's letter arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi is surrounded by reporters after arriving at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, bearing a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to Chinese President Hu Jintao, amid heightened bilateral tension over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japanese government officials said Noda's letter is aimed at expressing Japan's wish to ameliorate the tension, coming on the heels of an attack in Beijing on the official vehicle of the Japanese ambassador to China.

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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah, an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, throws flowers into the ocean from a boat on May 16, 2011, in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot in Miyagi Prefecture hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to commemorate victims of the disaster.

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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah (C), an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, and others pray for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on May 16, 2011, on a boat in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture.

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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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Copper mirror from 240 found at ancient tomb mound in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 4, 2010, shows a fragment of a bronze mirror that was among 81 mirrors which Kashihara Archeological Institute said Jan. 7, 2010, were found at a tomb mound in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. The mirror the piece belongs to has an inscription of an era name and year that suggests it is from the year 240, the same year the emissary to China of legendary Japanese ruler Queen Himiko is believed to have returned home.

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Japanese emissary meets U.S. admiral over ship-sub collision

HONOLOLU, Hawaii - Japanese government emissary Yoshitaka Sakurada (R) talks with Adm. Tom Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 10 after the Feb. 9 collision between Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville that left nine Japanese missing. Sakurada, parliamentary foreign secretary, asked Fargo for further rescue efforts.

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Putin to meet Japan's new leader in late April

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Japanese government emissary Muneo Suzuki in Moscow on April 4. Putin agreed to an informal meeting with the new Japanese prime minister sometime between April 28 and 30. Yoshiro Mori, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is likely to be chosen as prime minister April 5, a day after the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who collapsed April 2 due to a stroke.

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Taiwan envoy meets Qian

Taiwan's top China emissary Koo Chen-fu (L) meets China's Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 18. He told Qian that ''One China'' means the ''Republic of China'' and ''it is a fact Taiwan had been separately governed for the past 50 years.'' Koo said the biggest achievement of his six-day visit to China was to restart communication between the two sides, which had been suspended since 1995 after Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui's visit to the United States.

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300 (2006)

Michael Fassbender Characters: Stelios Film: 300 (USA 2006) / Comicverfilmung / Based On The Graphic Novel Director: Zack Snyder 09 December 2006 Stelios (MICHAEL FASSBENDER) refuses the Persian emissary

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300 (2006)

Michael Fassbender & Tyrone Benskin Characters: Stelios & Persian Emissary Film: 300 (USA 2006) / Comicverfilmung / Based On The Graphic Novel Director: Zack Snyder 09 December 2006 Spartan sword meets Persian whip as Stelios (MICHAEL FASSBENDER) leaps over several guards to counter the attack of the Persian emissary (TYRONE BENSKIN) in Warner Bros. Pictures

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Patrick Stewart Characters: Captain Jean-Luc Picard Film: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV-SERIE) Usa 1993-1999, / Episode 1.01: 'Der Abgesandte' (Emissary, Regie: David Carson, 1993) 03 January 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (USA 1993-1999) Patrick Stewart / Science Fiction, DS9, DSN, Borg, Cyborg, Menschmaschine, Pilotfilm: 'Der Abgesandte' Date: 03 January 1993

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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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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah, an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, throws flowers into the ocean from a boat on May 16, 2011, in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot in Miyagi Prefecture hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to commemorate victims of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Pope's emissary visits disaster-hit Matsushima

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Cardinal Robert Sarah (C), an emissary of Pope Benedict XVI, and others pray for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on May 16, 2011, on a boat in the Matsushima area, a popular tourist spot hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Copper mirror from 240 found at ancient tomb mound in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 4, 2010, shows a fragment of a bronze mirror that was among 81 mirrors which Kashihara Archeological Institute said Jan. 7, 2010, were found at a tomb mound in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. The mirror the piece belongs to has an inscription of an era name and year that suggests it is from the year 240, the same year the emissary to China of legendary Japanese ruler Queen Himiko is believed to have returned home. (Kyodo)

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Japanese emissary meets U.S. admiral over ship-sub collision

HONOLOLU, Hawaii - Japanese government emissary Yoshitaka Sakurada (R) talks with Adm. Tom Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 10 after the Feb. 9 collision between Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville that left nine Japanese missing. Sakurada, parliamentary foreign secretary, asked Fargo for further rescue efforts.

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Putin to meet Japan's new leader in late April

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Japanese government emissary Muneo Suzuki in Moscow on April 4. Putin agreed to an informal meeting with the new Japanese prime minister sometime between April 28 and 30. Yoshiro Mori, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is likely to be chosen as prime minister April 5, a day after the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who collapsed April 2 due to a stroke.

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Taiwan envoy meets Qian

Taiwan's top China emissary Koo Chen-fu (L) meets China's Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 18. He told Qian that ''One China'' means the ''Republic of China'' and ''it is a fact Taiwan had been separately governed for the past 50 years.'' Koo said the biggest achievement of his six-day visit to China was to restart communication between the two sides, which had been suspended since 1995 after Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui's visit to the United States. ==Kyodo