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Japan ocean minister speaks to press after APEC meet

BEIJING, China - Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, speaks to reporters after the end of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's ocean-related ministerial meeting in China's coastal city of Xiamen on Aug. 28, 2014.

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China delegate speaks at APEC ocean-related meeting

XIAMEN, China - Liu Cigui, head of China's State Oceanic Administration, speaks at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's ocean-related ministerial meeting in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen on Aug. 28, 2014. Ichita Yamamto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, is seen on the right side at the bottom of this photo.

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Expert panel submits proposals on marine resource hunting

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Komiyama (L), chairman of a government-appointed advisory panel, presents a set of proposals for the development of marine resources to Ichita Yamamoto, minister for oceanic policy and territorial integrity, in Tokyo on May 22, 2014.

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Japanese minister for territorial integrity

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, answers a question after giving a speech in Singapore, organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, on Jan. 16, 2014.

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Japan minister in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Ichita Yamamoto (L), Japan's minister in charge of oceanic policies and territorial issues, and Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh shake hands in Hanoi on Jan. 14, 2014.

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Japanese minister at IAEA

VIENNA, Austria - Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks at the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 16, 2013. Yamamoto spelled out Japan's efforts to deal with radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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U.S, Japan ministers in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Ichita Yamamoto (L), Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of science and technology policy, and U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz head to their talks in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2013. They were in the Austrian capital to take part in the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Japanese state minister to visit Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Ichita Yamamoto (pictured), state minister in charge of territorial issues, will visit Russian-held islands off the northern prefecture of Hokkaido in September 2013 for discussions with local officials and to inspect infrastructure, a government source said Aug. 14, 2013.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Ichita Yamamoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named state minister in charge of issues related to Okinawa and Northern Territories by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Three Liberal Democratic Party members in this file photos -- (from L to R) Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister for science and technology, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto -- have expressed their willingness to run in the party's presidential election on Sept. 22 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. But the prospects of meeting the requirement for candidacy have not yet emerged.

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Body in Afghanistan looks Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27 about the discovery of a body appearing to be that of a Japanese man in Afghanistan. Yamamoto said the government has not yet been able to confirm whether it is that of Kazuya Ito, an aid worker kidnapped on Aug. 26 in eastern Afghanistan.

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Japan unveils 8-point proposal at UN NPT review session

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Foreign Secretary Ichita Yamamoto addresses the opening-day session of the U.N. conference to review implementation of the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on April 24. He unveiled an eight-point proposal aimed at breathing new life to the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime, including a moratorium of all nuclear weapon tests.

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Albright, Japan's Yamamoto hold joint news confab

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's No. 3 Foreign Ministry official Ichita Yamamoto (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (R) speak to reporters at a joint news conference Oct. 15 in Washington. Earlier, Yamamoto, state foreign secretary, presented a letter from Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to Albright, urging the United States to continue efforts for the ratification of a global treaty to ban nuclear testing.

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LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Three Liberal Democratic Party members in this file photos -- (from L to R) Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister for science and technology, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto -- have expressed their willingness to run in the party's presidential election on Sept. 22 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. But the prospects of meeting the requirement for candidacy have not yet emerged. (Kyodo)

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Body in Afghanistan looks Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichita Yamamoto speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27 about the discovery of a body appearing to be that of a Japanese man in Afghanistan. Yamamoto said the government has not yet been able to confirm whether it is that of Kazuya Ito, an aid worker kidnapped on Aug. 26 in eastern Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Japan ocean minister speaks to press after APEC meet

BEIJING, China - Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, speaks to reporters after the end of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's ocean-related ministerial meeting in China's coastal city of Xiamen on Aug. 28, 2014. (Kyodo)

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China delegate speaks at APEC ocean-related meeting

XIAMEN, China - Liu Cigui, head of China's State Oceanic Administration, speaks at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's ocean-related ministerial meeting in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen on Aug. 28, 2014. Ichita Yamamto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, is seen on the right side at the bottom of this photo. (Kyodo)

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Japan unveils 8-point proposal at UN NPT review session

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Foreign Secretary Ichita Yamamoto addresses the opening-day session of the U.N. conference to review implementation of the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on April 24. He unveiled an eight-point proposal aimed at breathing new life to the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime, including a moratorium of all nuclear weapon tests.

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Japan's state foreign secretary holds concert in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese State Foreign Secretary Ichita Yamamoto on Dec. 27 sings in front of about 400 people at the first musical concert in South Korea by a member of the Japanese Diet. At the concert held at the Se Chong cultural hall in Seoul, Yamamoto, 41, played the guitar and sang ''Narrow Strip of Water'' in Korean.

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Albright, Japan's Yamamoto hold joint news confab

WASHINGTON, U.S. - Japan's No. 3 Foreign Ministry official Ichita Yamamoto (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (R) speak to reporters at a joint news conference Oct. 15 in Washington. Earlier, Yamamoto, state foreign secretary, presented a letter from Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to Albright, urging the United States to continue efforts for the ratification of a global treaty to ban nuclear testing.