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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen looks on as US President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

From left to right: United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher, US Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen, and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor look on as US President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher looks on as US President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton meets Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. The Prime Minister is at the White House for a Working Visit. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan holds a press conference with US President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor looks on as US President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan holds a press conference with US President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clinton Hosts a Press Conference with PM Kimchi Miyazawa of Japan

United States President Bill Clinton holds a press conference with Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 16, 1993. Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral service held for late Prime Minister Miyazawa

TOKYO, Japan - A funnel service for late Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, jointly organized by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party, is held at the Nippon Budoakn in Tokyo on Aug. 28.

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Ex-Chiba Gov. Kawakami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chiba Gov. Kiichi Kawakami (in this May 1983 file photo), who faced fierce protests against the opening of Narita airport and brought the Tokyo Disneyland resort to Chiba Prefecture while in office, died Aug. 14. He was 89.

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Drugstores CFS, Ain Pharmaciez announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Ishida (L), chairman and president of CFS Corp., and Kiichi Otani, president of Ain Pharmaciez Inc., pose for photographers at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5. The two companies said they will merge their operations under a joint holding company next April, creating the nation's second-largest drugstore chain after Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co.

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1,500 people bid final farewell to ex-premier Miyazawa

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was among some 1,500 people who bid a final farewell to former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa at a funeral service at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on July 1.

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1,500 people bid final farewell to ex-premier Miyazawa

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin of late former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa is carried to a car at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on July 1. Around 1,500 people bid a final farewell at a funeral service for the former prime minister, who died on June 28 at the age of 87.

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Ex-Prime Minister Miyazawa dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the home of former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Tokyo on June 28 after Miyazawa died at the age of 87 earlier in the day.

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Ex-Prime Minister Miyazawa dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the home of former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Tokyo on June 28 after Miyazawa died at the age of 87 earlier in the day.

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Ex-Prime Minister Miyazawa dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (file photo taken in 2004) died on June 28. He was 87. Miyazawa, who was premier from 1991 to 1993, passed away at 1:16 p.m. at his home in Tokyo. He was not suffering from any specific illness.

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto.

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Butterbur harvest begins in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Farmer Kiichi Abe harvests butterburs in the town of Ashoro in eastern Hokkaido on June 30.

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(1)Photos from quake and tsunami-hit regions

PHUKET, Thailand - Kiichi Nakamura (L), who operates a Japanese restaurant with Italians at a Phuket beach in southern Thailand, has reopened after the original restaurant collapsed. Nakamura and 20 employees, all of whom survived the Dec. 26 quake-induced tsunami, began reconstructing the restaurant three days after the disaster and reopened it on Jan. 14. Photo was taken Jan. 23.

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LDP names former premiers to lead drafting of new constitution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former prime ministers Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Ryutaro Hashimoto attend the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of a drafting committee on a new constitution at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24. At the meeting, the party endorsed a plan to have 10 subcommittees headed by former prime ministers and other key members draft reports by March on a new constitution.

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Koizumi meets former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front) holds talks on the future of Iraq with former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Yoshiro Mori, Toshiki Kaifu, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Ryutaro Hashimoto -- at his office in Tokyo on June 15.

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(4)Miyazawa ends political career

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) of the Liberal Democratic Party, who announced his retirement Oct. 23, stands with former U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) in their talks during the Tokyo summit of industrialized nations in July 1993 at the state guesthouse in Tokyo.

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(3)Miyazawa ends political career

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of the Liberal Democratic Party, who announced his retirement from politics Oct. 23, leaves the prime minister's residence in Tokyo in August 1993. His cabinet was swept out of office due to its failure to survive a no-confidence vote in June 1993.

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(2)Miyazawa ends political career

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of the Liberal Democratic Party, who announced his retirement Oct. 23, stands in the House of Representatives in November 1991 after being named prime minister.

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(1)Miyazawa ends political career

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of the Liberal Democratic Party, a major figure in postwar Japanese politics, speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 23. Miyazawa, 84, said he accepted a request to retire from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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(2)Nakasone rejects plea to retire, Miyazawa accepts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) meets with former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa at Miyazawa's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23 to call on him to retire from politics. Miyazawa accepted Koizumi's demand to abide by an age rule of the Liberal Democratic Party banning candidates over 73 from running in the proportional representation bloc in the House of Representatives election on Nov. 9.

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(2)Nakasone, Miyazawa express intention to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (in undated file photo) expressed his intention Oct. 9 to run in the upcoming House of Representatives election expected to be held Nov. 9. Miyazawa, 84, told reporters he ''would like to make a request'' to be allowed to run in the proportional representation bloc of the Chugoku area in western Japan.

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Inoue replaces state minister on disaster management Konoike

TOKYO, Japan - Kiichi Inoue speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after being named as state minister in charge of disaster management and legislation to deal with possible foreign attacks in the reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Koizumi talks with former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (3rd from R) holds talks with former prime ministers and a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) head at the premier's office on March 11. (From L to R) Former LDP President Yohei Kono and former prime ministers Ryutaro Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Yoshiro Mori.

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S. Korea proposes joint World Cup antiterror panel with Japan

NEW YORK, United States - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa prior to their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 11. Han proposed that Japan and South Korea establish a joint committee to prevent terrorism at next year's World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by the two countries.

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Japan urges world to back Afghanistan rebuilding initiative

NEW YORK, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Nov. 11. He said Japan intends to play an active role in the peace process and in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

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Foreign Minister Tanaka reiterates Japan's remorse over war

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at a ceremony commemorating the signing of the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty at San Francisco's Opera House on Sept. 8 with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (L), Japan's former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (2nd from L) and former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz listening to her speech.

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Ruling parties propose economic and employment measures

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief Taro Aso (R) hands Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a report compiled by the LDP and its two ruling coalition partners proposing comprehensive economic and employment measures, at the premier's official residence Sept. 7. Policy chiefs from the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party -- Kazuo Kitagawa (2nd from L) and Kiichi Inoue (L) -- were also present for the handover.

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Former leaders call for reduction in wealth disparity

AWAJISHIMA, Japan - Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (L) and former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa sit for a news conference at the end of the plenary session of InterAction Council held in Awajishima Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Fraser said, ''Globalization has resulted in economic growth in some regions and among some populations, but its benefits have been unequally distributed.''

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'OB Summit' begins on Awaji Island to discuss int'l affairs

KOBE, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) and former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt chat at the 19th plenary session of the InterAction Council, know as the ''OB Summit,'' on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 13. Former government leaders from 16 countries gathered for the three-day session to discuss international affairs.

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Former leaders attend welcome reception ahead of 3-day meeting

AWAJISHIMA ISLAND, Japan - About 160 former world leaders and local representatives attended a welcoming reception May 12 on Awajishima Island in Hyogo Prefecture, ahead of a three-day meeting of former leaders starting May 13. Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is serving as honorary chairman, while former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C) and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser are serving as co-chairmen of the conference, comprised of 35 former prime ministers and presidents from 34 nations. The InterAction Council has been held annually in various countries since 1983.

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Government again downgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Taro Aso, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, Ryutaro Hashimoto, minister in charge of administrative reform, Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori chat before they discuss a monthly economic report on April 13. The government said in the report the Japanese economy is weakening, downgrading its assessment of overall domestic economic activity for the third consecutive month.

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Ministers reach basic accord on farm import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshio Yatsu heads for a meeting in the Diet on March 30 with Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma to discuss problems resulting from surging imports from China of stone leeks, ''shiitake'' mushrooms and rushes used in ''tatami'' mats. They reached a basic agreement to impose a temporary emergency import curb on these products.

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FY 2001 budget passes Diet with upper house approval

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) and Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori bow to members of the House of Councillors in the Diet in Tokyo on March 26 after the upper house plenary session approved the 82.65 trillion yen fiscal 2001 state budget. The budget cleared the Diet with its passage through the upper chamber.

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Japan's economy in serious stage: Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) on March 15 addresses the first meeting of a government-ruling coalition task force set up to map out emergency measures to rev up the nation's faltering economy and buoy the slumping stock market. He said Japan's economy is ''in a serious stage'' in view of worrying economic prospects and slowing U.S. growth. At left is Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

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Mori tells ministers to study stock, bad debt remedies

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa is surrounded by reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 13 after returning from the prime minister's official residence. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori summoned Miyazawa, Hakuo Yanagisawa, minister in charge of financial affairs, and Taro Aso, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and instructed them to soon study ways to boost the free-falling stock market.

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Japan on brink of fiscal 'catastrophe': Miyazawa

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa answers questions at a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 8. He said Japan is on the brink of fiscal ''catastrophe'' and called for dramatic action to put its fiscal house in order.

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Only 4 reelection-seeking lawmakers behind Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) chats with Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C) and Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) before the start of a regular cabinet session Feb. 21. The Yomiuri Shimbun said its latest survey shows only four out of 61 House of Councillors members of the three ruling coalition parties facing reelection this summer want Mori to stay on.

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Miyazawa, O'Neill meet in Italy

PALERMO, Italy - Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) meets U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in Palermo on the Italian island of Sicily on Feb. 17. In the meeting, O'Neill urged Japan to do more to put the world economy on a sustainable growth track.

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Miyazawa reiterates tolerance for weak yen

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa speaks at a gathering of business people at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 19. Miyazawa reiterated his toleration of a weak yen and said the government will not take any immediate foreign-exchange action.

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Gov't leaders review report on economy

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and Fukushiro Nukaga, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, attend a meeting to review a government report on the state of Japan's economy, at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 19. The report by the Cabinet Office says the economy remains on a mild recovery track despite a long-delayed upturn in personal spending and the slowing of growth in industrial production.