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Ex-Justice Minister Shimoinaba dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1998 shows Kokichi Shimoinaba, former justice minister and Metropolitan Police Department chief. Shimoinaba died of sepsis on Feb. 17, 2014. He was 87.

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Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former justice minister under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from August 1993 to April 1994. Mikazuki, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died at the age of 89 at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010.

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Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986.

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Ex-Justice Minister Hatoyama dies at 67

File photo taken February 2007 shows former Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama (L) and his elder brother Yukio, former prime minister, meeting with reporters in front of a statue of their grandfather Ichiro, also a former premier. It was reported on June 22, 2016, that Kunio has died at age 67. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 ex-justice ministers join anti-death penalty rally

Seiken Sugiura (L) and Hideo Hiraoka, both of whom previously served as justice minister, attend an anti-death penalty rally in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2015, to appeal for the abolition of capital punishment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986. (Kyodo)

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Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former justice minister under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from August 1993 to April 1994. Mikazuki, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died at the age of 89 at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Use of separate surnames should be allowed: ex-justice

Former Supreme Court Justice Yoshiki Yamaura gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2016, following his retirement in July. Yamaura, now a lawyer, said married couples should be allowed to use separate surnames under the Constitution, although the top court ruled in December 2015 that forcing couples to use the same surname is constitutional. Yamaura was against the decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Use of separate surnames should be allowed: ex-justice

Former Supreme Court Justice Yoshiki Yamaura gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2016, following his retirement in July. Yamaura, now a lawyer, said married couples should be allowed to use separate surnames under the Constitution, although the top court ruled in December 2015 that forcing couples to use the same surname is constitutional. Yamaura was against the decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo