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RECAP: Over 50 Injured After Strong M7.5 Quake Strikes Northern Japan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Aomori late Monday, December 8, triggering tsunami warnings across Hokkaido and Tohoku before being lifted early Tuesday. Over 50 injuries and power outages were reported. Authorities warn of a heightened risk of another major quake in the coming week.

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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 7

A powerful Magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture around 11:15 p.m. on Monday, December 8, injuring dozens of people and leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. A 70 cm tsunami was observed at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, and all warnings were subsequently lifted.

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Year's first trading day at Tokyo Stock Exchange

Japan Exchange Group Inc. CEO Akira Kiyota delivers a speech at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Japanese capital during a ceremony to mark the first trading day of the year on Jan. 4, 2023.

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Seibu returns to Tokyo Stock Exchange after 10-year hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Goto (L), president of Seibu Holdings Inc., poses with Akira Kiyota, president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after the company's relisting on the TSE's First Section on April 23, 2014. The railway and retail business group was delisted in 2004 for shady accounting statements and other irregularities.

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TSE absorbs OSE trading

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Akira Kiyota answers reporters' questions after the start of trading at the bourse in Tokyo's Kabutocho area on July 16, 2013. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Kiyota, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., speaks at the TSE in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013, after the bourse began trading. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses integrate

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Kiyota (R), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., answers a reporter's question at the TSE in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on July 16, 2013, after the bourse began trading. To the left is Takafumi Sato, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of shares at the TSE the same day, making it the world's third-largest exchange by number of listed companies.

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WBO super middle title fight

DRESDEN, Germany - Photo shows Japan's Yuzo Kiyota with a cut over his left eye following an accidental head-butt in the eighth round of a WBO super middleweight title fight against German champion Robert Stieglitz in Dresden, Germany, on July 13, 2013. Stieglitz won on a unanimous decision.

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Lotte takes 2-1 Japan Series lead

CHIBA, Japan - The Lotte Marines' Ikuhiro Kiyota hits a bases-loaded triple against the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 2, 2010. Lotte won 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead.

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Lotte takes 2-1 Japan Series lead

CHIBA, Japan - The Lotte Marines' Ikuhiro Kiyota hits a bases-loaded triple against the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 2, 2010. Lotte won 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead.

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Chunichi beat Lotte

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines left fielder Ikuhiro Kiyota catches a fly hit by the Chunichi Dragons' Kazuhiro Wada during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 31, 2010. The Marines lost 12-1.

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines left fielder Ikuhiro Kiyota drives a game-tying homer against the Chunichi Dragons in the third inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 30, 2010.

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Kazuhiro Ibata throws to first to complete a double play after forcing out Lotte Marines Ikuhiro Kiyota during the first inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 30, 2010.

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2-week old Hokkaido dog puppies

SAPPORO, Japan - An amateur breeder shows two-week-old puppies of the Hokkaido dog breed, also known as the Ainu dog, designated as a Japanese natural treasure in 1937, in Sapporo's Kiyota Ward on Sept. 2, 2009. The dog, of the Spitz type, is rarely seen outside Japan. It was named after Japan's indigenous Ainu people who live in Hokkaido. The breed has been largely unchanged for tens of thousands of years. By the time of its 1937 designation, it was in danger of extinction.

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(4)Main Japanese ground troops arrive in Iraq's Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Yasushi Kiyota (R), who commands the first batch of Japan's main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent, shakes hands with Col. Masahisa Sato, who heads the advance team for a GSDF mission to Iraq, at the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 8.

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(3)Main Japan ground troop contingent arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Yasushi Kiyota, who commands the first group of Japan's core Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent tasked with helping Iraq's reconstruction, fields questions from reporters at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait Feb. 4.

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Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. President Akira Kiyota (C) and Vice President Kensuke Uchida (L) bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. to apologize for allegations that the company's division chief has earned more than 3 million yen in February through insider trading.

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Tokyo stock market reorganization

Akira Kiyota, chief executive of Japan Exchange Group Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange to mark the reorganization of the market into three trading segments on April 4, 2022.

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Last trading day of 2021 for Tokyo stock market

Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group Inc., speaks during the closing ceremony of the year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2021.

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Japan Exchange Group CEO Akira Kiyota

Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group Inc., the parent of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's operator, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2021, about the extension of the bourse's regular trading hours by 30 minutes, possibly starting in the second half of fiscal 2024.

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Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. President Akira Kiyota (C) and Vice President Kensuke Uchida (L) bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. to apologize for allegations that the company's division chief has earned more than 3 million yen in February through insider trading. (Kyodo)

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TSE head Kiyota to become CEO of Japan Exchange Group

Akira Kiyota, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. seen in this undated photo, is due to succeed Atsushi Saito as chief executive officer of the bourse's parent company Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX) on June 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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London to stay as int'l financial center: lord mayor

Jeffrey Evans (R), Lord Mayor of the City of London, visits the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 14, 2016, escorted by Akira Kiyota, chief executive officer of Japan Exchange Group Inc. Evans told reporters that the status of London as the world's leading financial hub will not change amid concern that the recent "Brexit" vote will undermine its global standing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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London to stay as int'l financial center: lord mayor

Jeffrey Evans (L), Lord Mayor of the City of London, visits the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 14, 2016, escorted by Akira Kiyota, chief executive officer of Japan Exchange Group Inc. Evans told reporters that the status of London as the world's leading financial hub will not change amid concern that the recent "Brexit" vote will undermine its global standing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buffaloes ace Kaneko blows up in long-awaited debut

Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko reacts after giving up a grand slam to Ikuhiro Kiyota in the second inning of a 6-5 loss to the Lotte Marines at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on May 23, 2015. Kaneko was roughed up for six runs in three innings in his injury-delayed season debut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TSE head Kiyota to become CEO of Japan Exchange Group

Combined photo shows Atsushi Saito (L), chief executive officer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's parent Japan Exchange Group Inc., and Akira Kiyota, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. Kiyota will succeed Saito, sources close to the matter said on April 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Post, 2 units debut on TSE, 10 years after privatization

Taizo Nishimuro (L), president of Japan Post Holdings Co., receives a listing notice from Akira Kiyota, chief executive officer of Japan Exchange Group Inc., during a ceremony to mark the debut of his company and its banking and insurance units on the main section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 4, 2015. The listings represented the final stage of the privatization of Japan's postal system, which kicked off with reforms enacted in 2005 under the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2-week old Hokkaido dog puppies

SAPPORO, Japan - An amateur breeder shows two-week-old puppies of the Hokkaido dog breed, also known as the Ainu dog, designated as a Japanese natural treasure in 1937, in Sapporo's Kiyota Ward on Sept. 2, 2009. The dog, of the Spitz type, is rarely seen outside Japan. It was named after Japan's indigenous Ainu people who live in Hokkaido. The breed has been largely unchanged for tens of thousands of years. By the time of its 1937 designation, it was in danger of extinction. (Kyodo)

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Lotte takes 2-1 Japan Series lead

CHIBA, Japan - The Lotte Marines' Ikuhiro Kiyota hits a bases-loaded triple against the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 2, 2010. Lotte won 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. (Kyodo)

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Lotte takes 2-1 Japan Series lead

CHIBA, Japan - The Lotte Marines' Ikuhiro Kiyota hits a bases-loaded triple against the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 2, 2010. Lotte won 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. (Kyodo)

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Chunichi beat Lotte

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines left fielder Ikuhiro Kiyota catches a fly hit by the Chunichi Dragons' Kazuhiro Wada during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 31, 2010. The Marines lost 12-1. (Kyodo)

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Kazuhiro Ibata throws to first to complete a double play after forcing out Lotte Marines Ikuhiro Kiyota during the first inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines left fielder Ikuhiro Kiyota drives a game-tying homer against the Chunichi Dragons in the third inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Athletics: Japanese marathon runners for world c'ships in London

Japanese marathon runners for the world championships in London in August 2017 pose for a photo in Tokyo on March 20: (from L) Kentaro Nakamoto, Yuki Kawauchi, Hiroto Inoue, Yuka Ando, Risa Shigetomo and Mao Kiyota. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Stock Exchange CEO's resignation over Oct. outage

Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group Inc., the parent company of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2020. TSE President and CEO Koichiro Miyahara stepped down the same day to take responsibility for a system failure in October that caused an unprecedented full-day trading suspension.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange CEO's resignation over Oct. outage

Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group Inc., the parent company of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2020. TSE President and CEO Koichiro Miyahara stepped down the same day to take responsibility for a system failure in October that caused an unprecedented full-day trading suspension.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange CEO's resignation over Oct. outage

Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group Inc., the parent company of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2020. TSE President and CEO Koichiro Miyahara stepped down the same day to take responsibility for a system failure in October that caused an unprecedented full-day trading suspension.

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Baseball in Japan

Ikuhiro Kiyota of the Lotte Marines gives air high-fives to teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning against the Orix Buffaloes at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, Japan, on June 23, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stock market's last trading day of 2019

Japan Exchange Group Inc. CEO Akira Kiyota (2nd from L) and Kyogen actor Nomura Mansai (far R) attend a Tokyo Stock Exchange ceremony marking the end of the 2019 trading on Dec. 30, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China ETF connectivity

Japan Exchange Group Inc. CEO Akira Kiyota (2nd from R) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 25, 2019, to mark the start of cross-listing of exchange-traded funds on the Tokyo and Shanghai stock exchanges amid a thaw in bilateral ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JPX, Saudi Stock Exchange conclude memorandum of understanding

Akira Kiyota (R), CEO of Japan Exchange Group, Inc., shakes hands with Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO of the Saudi Stock Exchange, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 14, 2017. They concluded a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperative ties in cross-listing, financial education and other areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JPX, Saudi Stock Exchange conclude memorandum of understanding

Akira Kiyota (R), CEO of Japan Exchange Group, Inc., shakes hands with Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO of the Saudi Stock Exchange, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 14, 2017. They concluded a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperative ties in cross-listing, financial education and other areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JPX, Saudi Stock Exchange conclude memorandum of understanding

Akira Kiyota (L), CEO of Japan Exchange Group, Inc., and Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO of the Saudi Stock Exchange, sign a memorandum of understanding at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 14, 2017, to promote cooperative ties in cross-listing, financial education and other areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(4)Main Japanese ground troops arrive in Iraq's Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Yasushi Kiyota (R), who commands the first batch of Japan's main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent, shakes hands with Col. Masahisa Sato, who heads the advance team for a GSDF mission to Iraq, at the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

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(3)Main Japan ground troop contingent arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Yasushi Kiyota, who commands the first group of Japan's core Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent tasked with helping Iraq's reconstruction, fields questions from reporters at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait Feb. 4. (Kyodo)