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Japanese film at Berlin film festival

Japanese director Gakuryu Ishii (2nd from R), gives a speech after the official screening of "The Box Man" at the Berlin International Film Festival in the German capital on Feb. 18, 2024, alongside Japanese actors from the film Tadanobu Asano (far L), Masatoshi Nagase (2nd from L), and Koichi Sato (far R).

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Actor Rentaro Mikuni dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Koichi Sato gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2013, on the death of his father, actor Rentaro Mikuni, the previous day. Mikuni died of respiratory failure at the age of 90.

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Actor Rentaro Mikuni dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Koichi Sato gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2013, on the death of his father, actor Rentaro Mikuni, the previous day. Mikuni died of respiratory failure at the age of 90.

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Actor Rentaro Mikuni dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Koichi Sato (C) gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2013, on the death of his father, actor Rentaro Mikuni, the previous day. Mikuni died of respiratory failure at the age of 90.

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Toyota launches new lower-priced Mark X sporty, luxury sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Koichi Sato stands by Toyota Motor Corp.'s new, sportier Mark X luxury sedan during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2009. The second-generation Mark X, fully remodeled for the first time since 2004, comes in three types -- standard, sports and premium -- with a starting price of 2.38 million yen.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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2 Japanese students win bronze medals in chemistry Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Naoto Sato (L) and Koichi Ueno, who are 17-year-old seniors at Soka High School in Tokyo, hold up their bronze medals awarded at the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens on July 13. A total of 232 participants from 59 countries took part in the competition and 70 of them were awarded bronze medals.

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Calls growing for Kato's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, speaks to reporters in front of his office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 28 about reports that about 90 million yen was transferred into his personal bank account from a political fund-managing body run by Saburo Sato, his former aide, who was arrested on suspicion of evading 104 million yen in taxes.

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Ex-aide to LDP's Kato arrested in tax evasion case

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is surrounded by reporters as he leaves his home in Tokyo on March 8 following the arrest of a former aide on suspicion of tax evasion. Saburo Sato was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of evading 104 million yen in tax by concealing 277 million yen in income in the three years through 2000.

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Kato apologizes to supporters for secretary's tax scandal

YAMAGATA, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato on Jan. 12 apologized to local supporters in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, over a tax evasion scandal involving his senior secretary Saburo Sato.

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Kato apologizes to supporters for secretary's tax scandal

YAMAGATA, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato on Jan. 12 apologized to local supporters in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, over a tax evasion scandal involving his senior secretary Saburo Sato.

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Calls growing for Kato's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, speaks to reporters in front of his office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 28 about reports that about 90 million yen was transferred into his personal bank account from a political fund-managing body run by Saburo Sato, his former aide, who was arrested on suspicion of evading 104 million yen in taxes.

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Ex-aide to LDP's Kato arrested in tax evasion case

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is surrounded by reporters as he leaves his home in Tokyo on March 8 following the arrest of a former aide on suspicion of tax evasion. Saburo Sato was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of evading 104 million yen in tax by concealing 277 million yen in income in the three years through 2000.

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Mizuho, Mitsui Sumitomo joins list of 2020 Tokyo Olympics "gold" sponsors

Yasuhiro Sato (L), president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., and Koichi Miyata (R), president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., pose with Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on April 14, 2015, after signing up their companies as official "Gold Partners" sponsoring the Games, the highest rank in the three tiers of local sponsorship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota launches new lower-priced Mark X sporty, luxury sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Koichi Sato stands by Toyota Motor Corp.'s new, sportier Mark X luxury sedan during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2009. The second-generation Mark X, fully remodeled for the first time since 2004, comes in three types -- standard, sports and premium -- with a starting price of 2.38 million yen. (Kyodo)

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2 Japanese students win bronze medals in chemistry Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Naoto Sato (L) and Koichi Ueno, who are 17-year-old seniors at Soka High School in Tokyo, hold up their bronze medals awarded at the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens on July 13. A total of 232 participants from 59 countries took part in the competition and 70 of them were awarded bronze medals. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors questioned Koichi Kato: sources

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office have questioned former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato (left) over suspected misappropriation of political funds and tax evasion involving a former Kato aide, Saburo Sato (right), sources familiar with the investigation said April 29.