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Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Hiromu Hashimoto (JPN) and Kaisar Alpysbay (KAZ) Male Kumite -60 Kg Bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dark Ducks chorus group member Takamizawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 1991 shows Hiromu Takamizawa (L), a member of the male chorus group Dark Ducks, singing during a concert commemorating the 40th anniversary of the chorus group at Carnegie Hall in New York. Takamizawa died at his home in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2011, at the age of 77.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party Chairman Murakami dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in January 1989 shows Hiromu Murakami, former chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, who died of pneumonia at an Osaka hospital on March 22, the party said on March 23. He was 85.

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Ex-LDP strongman calls for BOJ chief Fukui's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, former secretary general of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at a meeting organized in Tokyo by Kyodo News on June 19. He said that Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui should resign over his 10 million yen investment in a fund led by an arrested financier.

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Ax man attacks Japan children in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Pupils at a school for Japanese children in Seoul leave with their mother Jan. 29 after an ax-wielding man attacked two children there. Hiromu Takishima, 6, was seriously injured.

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(1)LDP heavyweight Nonaka to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announces his intention to retire from politics without running in the next election at a news conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 9.

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(2)LDP heavyweight Nonaka to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, leaves the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 9 after announcing his intention to retire from politics without running in the next election.

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LDP heavyweights Nonaka, Koga abstain from vote on Iraq bill

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (2nd from L) and Makoto Koga (R), heavyweights in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), abstain from voting on a contentious bill to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to help rebuild Iraq during a House of Representatives plenary session on July 4. The lower house approved the bill by a majority vote.

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Emperor confers top honors on 13 people

TOKYO, Japan - Thirteen men, including former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka and former Tohoku University President Junichi Nishizawa, pose for a photo with their wives at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 7 after being given awards by Emperor Akihito.

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Nonaka, Koga talk with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang

BEIJING, China - Two former secretaries general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Makoto Koga -- speak to reporters in Beijing on April 14 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan.

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Surgery to correct Hashimoto's heart problem completed

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (L), former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (R) speak to reporters in front of the state-run International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo on March 1 after visiting former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the hospital. Hashimoto underwent an operation on his heart.

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China stresses benefits from peaceful ties with Japan

BEIDAIHE, China - Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (2nd from R) tells Hiromu Nonaka (2nd from L), a heavyweight in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and his delegation Aug. 5 that peaceful ties between the two countries will benefit both sides, suggesting Japan exercise caution over contentious issues relating to Japan's militaristic past. Hu met the delegation in the seaside resort of Beidaihe, east of Beijing.

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Tang opposed to shrine visit by Koizumi

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan greets members of the media before speaking to them on his talks with Hiromu Nonaka, former secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Beijing on August 2. Tang said he conveyed his strong opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to visit a shrine to the war dead.

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Nonaka meets with Chinese foreign minister

BEIJING, China - Hiromu Nonaka, former secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to journalists folling his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan in Beijing on August 2. Nonaka said Tang voiced strong opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to visit a shrine to the war dead.

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LDP No. 2 backs Nonaka as Mori's successor

SAPPORO, Japan - File photo shows ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Makoto Koga, who expressed support in Sapporo on March 31 for party heavyweight Hiromu Nonaka to succeed Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. ''I hope Mr. Nonaka will stay at the pivot of Japan's administration and work at the top of his ability,'' said Koga, the party's second-in-command after Mori, who is the LDP's president.

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Nonaka again denies intention to succeed Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, a former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) viewed as a leading candidate to succeed Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, in Saga, western Japan, on March 17 again ruled out assuming the premiership. 'I never think of becoming the prime minister. In such confused times, politicians with deep insight and fresh ideas should assume the post. As a person of the old generation, I should not think about it,' says the 75-year-old politician.

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Ruling bloc split over LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Power brokers in Japan's ruling coalition were split March 16 over when to hold the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election to choose a new leader to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. (From L to R) LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei, former LDP Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka, himself one of Mori's possible successors, and Deputy Secretary General Kanezo Muraoka huddle during a House of Representative session.

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Koga named LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Standing next to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who is also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Makoto Koga, newly appointed secretary general, addresses a meeting of LDP leaders at the party headquarters Dec. 5. Seated at left is outgoing Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka.

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Mori prepares for cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks to reporters outside his official residence Dec. 1 after his talks with Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka. Mori earlier said he wants to reshuffle his cabinet on Dec. 5 to prepare for the reorganization of government ministers in January.

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Koga seen as successor to Nonaka

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Koga, chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, walks into the prime minister's official residence Dec. 1. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is expected to name Koga as successor to Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka.

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LDP power broker Nonaka to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters Dec. 1 as he emerges from a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori ahead of a cabinet reshuffle scheduled for early next week. Nonaka told reporters that, although the premier asked him to stay on, he ultimately accepted his offer to resign.

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LDP's Nonaka swamped by reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by a number of reporters on the morning of Nov. 20 near his residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The House of Representatives is expected to take a vote later in the day on an opposition-tabled no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's cabinet.

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LDP to expel Kato if he supports no-confidence motion

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka tells a press conference in downtown Tokyo LDP headquarters on Nov. 19 that LDP executives decided to expel Koichi Kato and Taku Yamasaki from the party if they do not change their minds about supporting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. 'The LDP plans to vote down the motion. If they cannot abide by that policy, they will be expelled.'

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LDP to join coalition partners to fight Kato rebellion

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (C), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and senior party members meet in Tokyo on Nov. 14 to reconfirm the party will join its two other coalition partners to fight a possible no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. LDP heavyweight Koichi Kato said earlier that if the opposition were to submit a no-confidence motion to the Diet, he may skip the related Diet sessions, effectively giving support to the motion.

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Mori, Nonaka, Kamei in huddle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) huddles with two top senior officials of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Diet on Nov. 13 to discuss how to respond to LDP heavyweight Koichi Kato's demands for Mori's resignation. Mori chats with LDP Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka (C) and LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei.

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LDP's Nonaka, Aoki discuss ways to deal with Kato

KYOTO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), discuss with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki how to deal with confusion within the LDP at a Kyoto hotel on Nov. 11, a day after party heavyweight Koichi Kato intensified his pressure on embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by saying he has no plans to defend Mori in the event of a no-confidence motion.

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Zhu meets LDP's Nonaka

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese ruling and opposition party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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LDP's Nonaka shakes hands with Chinese Premier Zhu

BEIJING, China - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji before talks in Beijing on Oct. 8. Zhu met with Nonaka and the secretaries general of Japan's two other ruling parties -- the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party. Zhu will visit Japan on Oct. 12-17.