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Japan top gov't spokesman meets with new U.S. envoy

Japan top gov't spokesman meets with new U.S. envoy

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) and new U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass shake hands during their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 22, 2025.

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Japan gov't top spokesman Hayashi

Japan gov't top spokesman Hayashi

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) talks to the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 10, 2025.

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

A woman holding a protest sign is pictured in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha arrived Friday at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Ahead of Vance's arrival, the visit drew criticism from political leaders and public figures in both Denmark and Greenland, who denounced the trip as "uninvited" and "provocative". Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

This photo taken on March 28, 2025 in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, shows U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance speaking through live telecast. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha arrived Friday at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Ahead of Vance's arrival, the visit drew criticism from political leaders and public figures in both Denmark and Greenland, who denounced the trip as "uninvited" and "provocative". Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Vivian Motzfeldt, the incoming foreign minister of Greenland's new autonomous government, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha arrived Friday at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Ahead of Vance's arrival, the visit drew criticism from political leaders and public figures in both Denmark and Greenland, who denounced the trip as "uninvited" and "provocative". Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Jens-Frederik Nielsen speaks during a ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

A man walks past protest signs in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha arrived Friday at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Ahead of Vance's arrival, the visit drew criticism from political leaders and public figures in both Denmark and Greenland, who denounced the trip as "uninvited" and "provocative". Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

A baby is lifted up during the ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

This photo taken on March 28, 2025 shows the ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

People attend a ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

This photo taken on March 28, 2025 shows the ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

This photo taken on March 28, 2025 shows the ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

Greenland announces new autonomous gov't amid Trump pressure

People attend a ceremony marking the establishment of a new autonomous government of Greenland, in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, March 28, 2025. Four Greenlandic parties signed a new coalition agreement on Friday in Nuuk, capital of Greenland, to establish a new autonomous government. The chairman of the Demokraatit (Democratic Party), Jens-Frederik Nielsen, will be the prime minister of the government. Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Please KILL caption headlined "Gov't releasing rice reserves." This photo is not for sale. ==Kyodo

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Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office on March 5, 2025.

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Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office on March 5, 2025.

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Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2025. The group reaffirmed its opposition to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's plan to set up liaison offices in Tokyo and Pyongyang to resolve the long-standing issue.

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Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2025. The group reaffirmed its opposition to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's plan to set up liaison offices in Tokyo and Pyongyang to resolve the long-standing issue.

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Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Families of abductees slam gov't plan for N. Korea liaison offices

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2025. The group reaffirmed its opposition to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's plan to set up liaison offices in Tokyo and Pyongyang to resolve the long-standing issue.

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Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2025.

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Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japan gov't approves record 115.5 tril. yen budget for FY 2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024, after his Cabinet approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ($730 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japan's top gov't spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan top gov't spokesman

Japan top gov't spokesman

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2024.

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Gov't campaign for integrated My Number cards

Gov't campaign for integrated My Number cards

Photo taken at a medical institution in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a health ministry poster recommending patients switch from existing health insurance cards to My Number identification cards incorporating their functions. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a campaign to encourage use of the integrated My Number cards.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Japan PM Ishiba at gov't panel meeting

Japan PM Ishiba at gov't panel meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) attends a government panel meeting to discuss measures to realize a "new form of capitalism" at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba at gov't panel meeting

Japan PM Ishiba at gov't panel meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a government panel meeting to discuss measures to realize a "new form of capitalism" at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Japan top gov't spokesman

Japan top gov't spokesman

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Japan top gov't spokesman

Japan top gov't spokesman

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman on man detained in Belarus

Japan's top gov't spokesman on man detained in Belarus

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, regarding the case of a Japanese man who has been detained in Belarus after allegedly violating its domestic law on July 9, 2024.

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Japan's top gov't spokesman on man detained in Belarus

Japan's top gov't spokesman on man detained in Belarus

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, regarding the case of a Japanese man who has been detained in Belarus after allegedly violating its domestic law on July 9, 2024.

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Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2024, declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election later in the month.

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Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2024, declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election later in the month.

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Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2024, declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election later in the month.

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Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japan gov't spokesman joins ruling party leadership race

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2024, declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election later in the month.

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERIM GOV'T-TAKING OATH

BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERIM GOV'T-TAKING OATH

(240809) -- DHAKA, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus (R) takes oath as the head of the country's interim government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8, 2024. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus and other members of the new interim government at the presidential palace in the capital Dhaka. Yunus' role as chief advisor was reportedly the equivalent to a prime minister. Sixteen other people have been included in the interim government. (Bangladesh's Press Information Department/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERIM GOV'T-TAKING OATH

BANGLADESH-DHAKA-INTERIM GOV'T-TAKING OATH

(240809) -- DHAKA, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus (R, front) takes oath as the head of the country's interim government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8, 2024. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus and other members of the new interim government at the presidential palace in the capital Dhaka. Yunus' role as chief advisor was reportedly the equivalent to a prime minister. Sixteen other people have been included in the interim government. (Bangladesh's Press Information Department/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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JAPAN-HIROSHIMA-ATOMIC BOMBING-79TH ANNIVERSARY

JAPAN-HIROSHIMA-ATOMIC BOMBING-79TH ANNIVERSARY

(240807) -- HIROSHIMA, Aug. 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Participants strike the Bell of Peace during a memorial ceremony on the 79th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2024. As Japan marked the anniversary of atomic bombing on the western city of Hiroshima on Tuesday, people from across the nation gathered to protest the government's accelerated arms build-up, urging it to stick to peace. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Japanese gov't urged to stick to peace on Hiroshima A-bomb anniversary" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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