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Nuclear panel head favors continued reactor operations

TOKYO, Japan - President Itaru Yasui (C) of the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation speaks in favor of maintaining nuclear power generation in a mid-term review of nuclear policy at a meeting of a panel he heads under the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014.

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Garden designer Sasaki holds 'Kaze no Denwa' picture book

TOKYO, Japan - Garden designer Itaru Sasaki in February 2014 holds picture book "Kaze no Denwa" (The Phone of the Wind), themed after a phone booth he built to provide a place to mourn for people who lost their loved ones in the March 2011 disaster, in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. Visitors talk with their missing or deceased family members or friends in their heart at the booth. The book was written by children's book author Yoko Imoto.

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'Kaze no Denwa' phone booth in Otsuchi Town

TOKYO, Japan - A phone booth built to provide a place to mourn for people who lose their loved ones in the March 2011 disaster stands in its builder Itaru Sasaki's garden in Otsuchi Town in Iwate Prefecture in February 2014.

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Teenager aims to paraglide from 7 summits

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2013 shows Itaru Asano, a high school student in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, at the paragliding practice area in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture. Asano paraglided from the top of Mont Blanc in September 2013, his first step toward flying from the summits of the highest mountains on each of the world's seven continents.

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All Blacks crush Japan at Rugby World Cup

HAMILTON, New Zealand - Three Japanese players including Hitoshi Ono (R) and Itaru Taniguchi (C back) tackle Jerome Kaino (C) of New Zealand during the first half of a Rugby World Cup game at Waikato Stadium in New Zealand on Sept. 16, 2011. The All Blacks crushed Japan 83-7, scoring 13 tries.

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Japanese karate athlete at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese karate athlete Itaru Oki takes a stance during a match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on Nov. 24, 2010. Oki won the silver medal.

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Nissan begins leasing fuel-cell vehicles

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Itaru Koeda (L), co-chairman of Nissan Motor Co., gives Cosmo Oil Co. Chairman and President Keiichiro Okabe a key for an X-Trail FCV fuel-cell vehicle March 29 in Yokohama. Nissan began leasing the vehicle the same day following in the footsteps of rivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. in efforts to promote commercial use of environment-friendly fuel-cell cars.

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Japan's new police chief

Yasuhiro Tsuyuki (L), new commissioner general of Japan's National Police Agency, shakes hands with his predecessor Itaru Nakamura at the agency's head office in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2022. Nakamura effectively stepped down from the post to take responsibility for the July 8 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during upper house election campaigning.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, gestures during a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Toyota's Cho to head Japan car industry group from May

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association has tapped Fujio Cho (in file photo), vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., as its chairman to succeed Itaru Koeda, co-chairman of Nissan Motor Co., association officials said on March 16. (Kyodo)

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Japanese karate athlete at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese karate athlete Itaru Oki takes a stance during a match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on Nov. 24, 2010. Oki won the silver medal. (Kyodo)

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All Blacks crush Japan at Rugby World Cup

HAMILTON, New Zealand - Three Japanese players including Hitoshi Ono (R) and Itaru Taniguchi (C back) tackle Jerome Kaino (C) of New Zealand during the first half of a Rugby World Cup game at Waikato Stadium in New Zealand on Sept. 16, 2011. The All Blacks crushed Japan 83-7, scoring 13 tries. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear panel head favors continued reactor operations

TOKYO, Japan - President Itaru Yasui (C) of the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation speaks in favor of maintaining nuclear power generation in a mid-term review of nuclear policy at a meeting of a panel he heads under the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014. (Kyodo)