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Mito Kakizawa, a member of the House of Representatives, secretary general of the Japan Restoration Party (photo taken on July 14, 2015)

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Former Foreign Minister Kakizawa dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Kakizawa (file photo), a former House of Representatives member and foreign minister, died of esophagus cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 27. He was 75.

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DPJ Tokyo assembly member offers to resign over drunk driving

TOKYO, Japan - Mito Kakizawa, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member from the Democratic Party of Japan, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12. Kakizawa was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his car into the median strip on the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5 route in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Feb. 9.

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Kakizawa decides to run for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa, after some twists, tells reporters Wednesday Feb. 17 he will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April. Leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to which Kakizawa belongs, had pressed him to give up to let former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi run on an LDP ticket.

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Akashi postpones meeting with Obuchi over Tokyo Gov. race

Former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi postpones a scheduled meeting Feb. 15 with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi following former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa's declaration of his candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial race. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has asked Akashi to join the race on the LDP ticket. Akashi was expected to tell Obuchi at the meeting whether he will accept the nomination and run in the April 11 gubernatorial election. Reporters are seen surrounding Akashi Feb. 15 in front of his home in Tokyo's Minato Ward.

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa announces Feb. 14 he intends to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket, defying his party's decision to field former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi. He is surrounded by reporters after meeting with Yoshinobu Shimamura, head of the party's Tokyo chapter, at LDP headquarters.

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa meets the press after revealing he will run for Tokyo governor in April even without the support from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kakizawa, 65, an LDP member of the House of Representatives, made the statement Feb. 14 during the TV Asahi news program ''Sunday Project.''

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Former Foreign Minister Kakizawa dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Kakizawa (file photo), a former House of Representatives member and foreign minister, died of esophagus cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 27. He was 75. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa meets the press after revealing he will run for Tokyo governor in April even without the support from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kakizawa, 65, an LDP member of the House of Representatives, made the statement Feb. 14 during the TV Asahi news program ''Sunday Project.'' ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid strife

Yorihisa Matsuno (L), leader of the Japan Innovation Party, and Mito Kakizawa, secretary general of the party, speak to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015, after the party's supreme leader Toru Hashimoto and adviser Ichiro Matsui announced they would leave the second-largest opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Japan Innovation Party adviser Ichiro Matsui speaks to reporters in Osaka after meeting with the party's secretary general, Mito Kakizawa, on Aug. 25, 2015. Matsui and supreme adviser Toru Hashimoto expressed their intention on Aug. 27 to step down amid internal strife over support offered by the party's secretary general to a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Mito Kakizawa, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, heads to an intra-party meeting at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. His support of a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement has drawn criticism from two senior members of the second-largest opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party launches new leadership

Senior lawmakers of the opposition Japan Innovation Party pose for photos in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, as its new leadership is launched. From left, policy chief Masato Imai, party chief Yorihisa Matsuno, former party head Kenji Eda, and secretary general Mito Kakizawa. Eda stepped down over a failed bid by a local party group to reorganize the Osaka city administration, with the plan rejected in a referendum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Japan Innovation Party adviser Ichiro Matsui speaks to reporters in Tokyo after meeting with the party's secretary general, Mito Kakizawa, on Aug. 27, 2015. Matsui and supreme adviser Toru Hashimoto have expressed their intention to step down amid internal strife over support offered by the party's secretary general to a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ Tokyo assembly member offers to resign over drunk driving

TOKYO, Japan - Mito Kakizawa, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member from the Democratic Party of Japan, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12. Kakizawa was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his car into the median strip on the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5 route in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Kakizawa decides to run for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa, after some twists, tells reporters Wednesday Feb. 17 he will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April. Leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to which Kakizawa belongs, had pressed him to give up to let former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi run on an LDP ticket. ==Kyodo

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa announces Feb. 14 he intends to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket, defying his party's decision to field former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi. He is surrounded by reporters after meeting with Yoshinobu Shimamura, head of the party's Tokyo chapter, at LDP headquarters.