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Ice sculpture of Spinosaurus appears at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors watch Koichi Hirata, a world champion of ice sculpture, putting the finishing touches to a 2.2 meter-high ice sculpture of theropod dinosaur Spinosaurus at ''Dinosaur Expo 2009 - The Miracle of Deserts'' at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex in Chiba on Aug. 28.

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata announces his intention to resign during a press conference at the Finance Ministry on March 26. He made the announcement following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month.

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (L) attend a session of the fiscal and finance committee of the House of Councilors on March 26. Hirata announced his intention to resign later in the day following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month, and Aso accepted his offer.

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Finance ministry's Hirata sold stocks despite ban on trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 26. A document showed that Hirata sold a massive number of shares of a plasterboard maker in off-market trading in early March despite a ban on stock trading under the ethics code for politically appointed ministers.

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MOF cuts economic assessments for all 11 regions

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (second from right) delivers a speech at a meeting of the heads of regional financial bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry downgraded its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the July-September period from the previous quarter, the first across-the-board evaluation cut in 10 years.

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Kyowa Hakko to sell liquor operations to Asahi Breweries

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Ikeda (L), president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Tadashi Hirata, president of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., a fermented-chemical manufacturer, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. They said Kyowa will sell its alcoholic beverage operations to Asahi for 20 billion yen.

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MOF cuts economic assessments for all 11 regions

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (second from right) delivers a speech at a meeting of the heads of regional financial bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry downgraded its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the July-September period from the previous quarter, the first across-the-board evaluation cut in 10 years. (Kyodo)

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Finance ministry's Hirata sold stocks despite ban on trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 26. A document showed that Hirata sold a massive number of shares of a plasterboard maker in off-market trading in early March despite a ban on stock trading under the ethics code for politically appointed ministers. (Kyodo)

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata announces his intention to resign during a press conference at the Finance Ministry on March 26. He made the announcement following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month. (Kyodo)

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Vice MOF chief Hirata to quit over shady stock trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Senior Vice Finance Minister Koichi Hirata (L) attend a session of the fiscal and finance committee of the House of Councilors on March 26. Hirata announced his intention to resign later in the day following the revelation of his shady stock sales earlier this month, and Aso accepted his offer. (Kyodo)

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Ice sculpture of Spinosaurus appears at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors watch Koichi Hirata, a world champion of ice sculpture, putting the finishing touches to a 2.2 meter-high ice sculpture of theropod dinosaur Spinosaurus at ''Dinosaur Expo 2009 - The Miracle of Deserts'' at the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex in Chiba on Aug. 28. (Kyodo)

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Kyowa Hakko to sell liquor operations to Asahi Breweries

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Ikeda (L), president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Tadashi Hirata, president of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., a fermented-chemical manufacturer, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. They said Kyowa will sell its alcoholic beverage operations to Asahi for 20 billion yen.