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TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of the Tokyo chapter of the Japan Restoration Party, places a rose ornament above the name of the party's second successful candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in Tokyo on June 23, 2013. The party, co-headed by former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, saw the number of its assembly members decrease to two from three.

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks about a plan to launch a new party at a news conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, with former Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (L) and Yamagata Gov. Hiroshi Saito standing by him. Yamada will head the new party, Nippon Soshinto, while Nakada will serve as secretary general and Saito will become policy chief.

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, poses with other former or current heads of local governments at a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, during which they announced a plan to launch a new party, Nippon Soshinto. Yamada, who will head the party, said the party hopes to field more than 10 candidates in this summer's House of Councillors election.

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Local government heads plan to launch party soon

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks to reporters about a plan to launch a new political party with some other current and former heads of local governments in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. Yamada said the party will announce its formal name and candidates for this summer's House of Councillors election by the end of April.

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Suginami residents may join resident registry if they want

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, announces at a news conference June 4 his decision to allow residents to join the national resident registry network, to be launched on a full-fledtged basis in August, if they want to.

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Nobel laureate Koshiba named honorary Suginami resident

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (L), head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, presents an honorary resident certificate to Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, on Jan. 7. Koshiba, the first to receive such a certificate, lives in the ward with his wife Keiko.

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Suginami Ward not to join resident registry network

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Suginami Ward Mayor Hiroshi Yamada, announcing results of a residents survey, tells reporters Aug. 1 that the ward will not participate in a national resident registry network to be launched Aug. 5. He cited the lack of measures to protect privacy.

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Local government heads plan to launch party soon

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks to reporters about a plan to launch a new political party with some other current and former heads of local governments in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. Yamada said the party will announce its formal name and candidates for this summer's House of Councillors election by the end of April. (Kyodo)

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Australia livestock group invites Fukushima villagers

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Melanie Brock, leader of the Japanese unit of Meat & Livestock Australia, poses for photos with Fukushima's Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno (R), Hiroshi Sano (L), an official of the village, and Shin Yamada (2nd from L), a cow breeder from the village, on May 4, 2011, in the village of Iitate. The Australian livestock producers' group invited Kanno and Sano to Sydney to take part in an upcoming fundraising event in Sydney to help disaster-affected people in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks about a plan to launch a new party at a news conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, with former Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (L) and Yamagata Gov. Hiroshi Saito standing by him. Yamada will head the new party, Nippon Soshinto, while Nakada will serve as secretary general and Saito will become policy chief. (Kyodo)

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, poses with other former or current heads of local governments at a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, during which they announced a plan to launch a new party, Nippon Soshinto. Yamada, who will head the party, said the party hopes to field more than 10 candidates in this summer's House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Suginami residents may join resident registry if they want

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, announces at a news conference June 4 his decision to allow residents to join the national resident registry network, to be launched on a full-fledtged basis in August, if they want to. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Koshiba named honorary Suginami resident

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (L), head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, presents an honorary resident certificate to Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, on Jan. 7. Koshiba, the first to receive such a certificate, lives in the ward with his wife Keiko. (Kyodo)

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Suginami Ward not to join resident registry network

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Suginami Ward Mayor Hiroshi Yamada, announcing results of a residents survey, tells reporters Aug. 1 that the ward will not participate in a national resident registry network to be launched Aug. 5. He cited the lack of measures to protect privacy. (Kyodo)