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Protest against Fukushima water release in Hong Kong

People protest against Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean in front of a building housing the Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Protest against Fukushima water release in Hong Kong

People protest against Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean in front of a building housing the Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong on Aug. 24, 2023.

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Japanese chef Higuchi given French order

Japanese chef Hiroe Higuchi (L) is pictured with Jules Irrmann, consul general at the French consulate general in Kyoto, on Feb. 13, 2023, in the Mie prefectural city of Shima, western Japan. Higuchi, executive chef at Shima Kanko Hotel in the city, was recently conferred the rank of chevalier in the French Order of Agricultural Merit for her contribution to popularize French culinary culture in Japan.

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Japan briefs Chinese travel agents on eased visa rules

SHANGHAI, China - Officials from travel agencies attend a briefing held at the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Jan. 13, 2015, to explain Japan's planned easing of requirements for issuing visas to Chinese tourists.

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Anti-Japan group stages protest in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - About 10 members of an anti-Japanese group stage a demonstration near the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong on July 4, 2014, following the Japanese Cabinet's decision to enable the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Anti-Japan group stages protest in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - Members of an anti-Japanese group set fire to a photograph of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe near the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong on July 4, 2014, in protest against the Japanese Cabinet's decision to enable the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Japan consulate general warns about Brazi's security

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Officials of the Japanese Consulate General in Sao Paulo explain to people associated with travel companies the current security situation surrounding the country on May 28, 2014, as the start of the World Cup finals draws near.

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Japanese-Brazilian woman detained in China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on May 27, 2014. The same day, a 29-year-old Brazilian woman of Japanese ancestry who turned herself in at the diplomatic mission was handed over to Chinese public safety authorities on suspicion of entering the country illegally. The woman is suspected of involvement in a case of an assistant nurse from Osaka whose body was found in a Tokyo rental storage unit earlier that month.

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Antinuclear protesters in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Reporters surround protesters rallying in front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York to oppose the Japanese government's embrace of nuclear power on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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H.K. activists protest against Japan's "military ambitions"

HONG KONG, China - H.K. activists set fire to a Japanese national flag near the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Aug. 15, 2013. The activists and political groups protested against what they said is a revival of Japanese militarism, demanding an apology and compensation for victims of Japan's wartime atrocities as Asia marked the anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Alert in China on Japan war anniversary

SHANGHAI, China - Men stand with a banner criticizing Japan's wartime militarism in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai on Aug. 15, 2013, the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japanese expats start voting in upper house election

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a polling station set up inside the Japanese Consulate General in New York on July 5, 2013. Japanese expatriates began visiting embassies and consulates around the world that day to cast their ballots for the House of Councillors election set for July 21 in Japan.

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Japanese expats start voting in upper house election

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a polling station set up inside the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on July 5, 2013. Japanese expatriates began visiting embassies and consulates around the world that day to cast their ballots for the House of Councillors election set for July 21 in Japan.

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Chinese protest in U.S. ahead of Abe's visit

NEW YORK, United States - More than 200 pro-China demonstrators gather in front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York on Feb. 19, 2013, to protest Japanese claims to the Senkaku Islands ahead of a U.S. visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. China also claims the islands it calls the Diaoyus in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest in U.S. ahead of Abe's visit

NEW YORK, United States - More than 200 pro-China demonstrators gather in front of the Consulate General of Japan in New York on Feb. 19, 2013, to protest Japanese claims to the Senkaku Islands ahead of a U.S. visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. China also claims the islands it calls the Diaoyus in the East China Sea.

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Japan, U.S. high school students

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Itami High School in Japan and Baruch College Campus High School in the United States meet Dec. 13, 2012, at the Japanese Consulate General in New York. The two schools are planning to start an exchange program.

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Japan, U.S. high school students

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Itami High School in Japan and Baruch College Campus High School in the United States pose for a photo session on Dec. 13, 2012, at the Japanese Consulate General in New York. The two schools are planning to start an exchange program.

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Memorial service for wartime Chinese forced laborers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Liu Guangyao from the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka reads a message from Li Tianran, the Chinese consul general, at a memorial service in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2012, held for Chinese people who died as a result of forced labor during World War II at a Japanese coal mine.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHANGHAI, China - People stage an anti-Japan demonstration near the Japanese Consulate General (R back) in Shanghai on Sept. 18, 2012, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China. There have been widespread demonstrations in China since the Japanese government purchased three of the main islands in the Japan-controlled Senkaku group in the East China Sea, which are claimed by China, where they are referred to as Diaoyu.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHANGHAI, China - Armed police officers guard the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai as participants hold up portraits of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong during an anti-Japanese demonstration on Sept. 18, 2012, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHANGHAI, China - Participants carry a sign and banner reading "rational patriotism" during an anti-Japanese demonstration near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 18, 2012, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHANGHAI, China - Participants in an anti-Japanese demonstration gather near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 18, 2012, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protest in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Residents of Chinese descents stage a rally in front of the Japanese Consulate General in New York on Sept. 16, 2012, to protest Japan's purchase of three islets of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China which claims them.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

SHANGHAI, China - A participant holds a portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong during an anti-Japanese demonstration near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 16, 2012. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

SHANGHAI, China - Onlookers view an anti-Japanese demonstration near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 16, 2012. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

SHANGHAI, China - Participants take part in an anti-Japanese demonstration near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 16, 2012. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHANGHAI, China - Demonstrators gather in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 15, 2012, in protest at the Japanese government's purchase of three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China claims sovereignty over the Senkakus and calls them the Diaoyu Islands. Similar rallies were staged the same day across China.

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H.K. boat activists protest against Japanese government

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong activists protest against the Japanese government in front of the building housing the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Aug. 24, 2012. The group members crash-landed a fishing boat on Aug. 15 on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a small group of uninhabited islands known in Japan as the Senkakus, which China claims and calls Diaoyu.

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Anti-Japan rallies in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Demonstrators gather in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, on Aug. 19, 2012. Anti-Japan rallies took place in several parts of China over the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are also claimed by China.

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Anti-Japan rallies in China

SHANGHAI, China - A woman with anti-Japan stickers stuck to her face holds a placard that reads "Defeat Japan...," near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 19, 2012. Anti-Japan demonstrations and rallies took place across China over a territorial row in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

SHANGHAI, China - Plainclothes police officers surround a man holding a Japanese flag (3rd from L) near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 17, 2012. The man apparently aimed to use the flag as part of a protest against Japan, as China and Japan have been at odds over a territorial row.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

SHANGHAI, China - Demonstrators march toward the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

SHANGHAI, China - Men hold banners in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 16, 2012, demanding Japan release Hong Kong activists arrested upon landing on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Cherry tree planting in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Shigeyuki Hiroki (front L), consul general at the Japanese Consulate General in New York, and Adrian Benepe (R), commissioner of the New York City government Department of Parks & Recreation, plant a cherry tree during a ceremony at Central Park in New York on April 11, 2012. The ceremony marked the 100 anniversary of Japan's plantings of cherry trees in Washington and also in New York in 1912.

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Japan protests U.S. paper ads

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows full-page opinion ads in the March 1, 2012, edition of The New York Times, apparently claiming South Korean sovereignty over disputed islets under the pretext of tourism promotion. The Japanese Consulate General in New York said on March 15, 2012, that Japan has lodged a protest with the U.S. paper. The ads used the Korean name Dokdo for the Takeshima Islands, South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan in the Sea of Japan.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Cooks learn how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Sushi chef Toshio Suzuki (L) explains the meaning of the Japanese phrase ''Itadakimasu'' (thank you for the food) before teaching cooks how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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Japanese curry to raise funds for quake victims in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese volunteers residing in Istanbul serve Japanese curry at the ''Eat Curry'' charity event held at the former Japanese Consulate General in the city on Nov. 14, 2011, to raise funds for people affected by major earthquakes that hit eastern Turkey in October and November 2011. Several hundred people participated in the event organized by the Japanese volunteers in the western Turkish city.

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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NY-based S. Korean groups donate for disaster victims in Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Consul General of South Korea Kim Young Mok (R) and Japanese Consul General Shigeyuki Hiroki shake hands as representatives of five New York-based South Korean groups handed over checks worth a total of $56,000 from donations to support disaster-stricken people in Japan at the Japanese Consulate General in New York on April 20, 2011.

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Joint relief efforts deepened bilateral ties

NAHA, Japan - Hidetoshi Hirata (R), Japanese Self Defense Forces liaison and coordination officer in Okinawa, and Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, commander of Marine Corps Bases Japan, attend a press conference at a U.S. Consulate General in Okinawa Prefecture on April 15, 2011. They said joint search and relief efforts by the SDF and the U.S. military in areas struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami helped deepen bilateral relations.

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Cover art of Bloomberg Businessweek

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the cover art of the March 21, 2011, edition of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, which features a cracked Japanese national flag with the headline ''Crisis in Japan.'' The Consulate General of Japan in New York lodged a protest with the magazine, claiming the cover art was inappropriate.

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Messages of support by Chinese children

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken on March 17, 2011, shows heart-shaped cards with messages written in Japanese by children in China, which were sent with donation money to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The front message reads ''Let's hang in there together.''

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators at an anti-Japanese rally march in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators shout anti-Japanese slogans during a rally in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators shout anti-Japanese slogans during a rally in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators set fire to Japanese national flags during an anti-Japanese rally in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - A man waves a Chinese national flag during an anti-Japanese rally in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators march to the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing in an anti-Japanese rally on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Anti-Japan rally in Chongqing

CHONGQING, China - Demonstrators set fire to a Japanese national flag during an anti-Japanese rally in front of the Japanese Consulate-General in Chongqing on Oct. 26, 2010.