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The Old Guard 2 Premiere - LA

The Old Guard 2 Premiere - LA

A.J. Dix, Beth Kono, South African-American actress and producer Charlize Theron, Marc Evans and Dana Goldberg arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's 'The Old Guard 2' held at the Netflix Tudum Theater on June 25, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) holds talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang are pictured before a photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (front, 2nd from L) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (front, 3rd from L) take part in a photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (front, 2nd from L) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (front, 3rd from L) take part in a photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Ex-Japan lower house speaker Kono in Beijing

Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang are pictured before a photo session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 3, 2025.

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JCLP “Must Speak Up Now” Urgent Conference for 1.5 Degree Target

JCLP “Must Speak Up Now” Urgent Conference for 1.5 Degree Target

JCLP “We must speak up now” emergency press conference for the 1.5 degree target. Pictured from left to right: Masanori Imai, co-chairman of JCLP; Akira Nagakubo, Hayama Town Fishermen's Association; Yoshitaka Inoue, Furman representative director; Tomoko Irie, director of J League Sustainability Department; Takeo Fujiwara, professor of public health at Institute of Science Tokyo; Kenji Kono, professional skier.=December 3,2024,Tokyo

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'We must speak up now' Urgent press conference for 1.5 degree goal

'We must speak up now' Urgent press conference for 1.5 degree goal

“We must speak up now” Urgent press conference for the 1.5 degree target. Pictured from left to right: Masanori Imai, co-chairman of JCLP; Akira Nagakubo, Hayama Town Fishermen's Association; Yoshitaka Inoue, Furman representative director; Tomoko Irie, director of the J League Sustainability Department; Takeo Fujiwara, professor of public health at Institute of Science Tokyo; Kenji Kono, professional skier.”=December 3,2024,Tokyo

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono (C), a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, smiles after casting his ballot in the first round of voting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024, during the election to choose the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate contesting the upcoming leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024.

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Debate for LDP presidential race

Debate for LDP presidential race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo as they hold debate at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Debate for LDP presidential race

Debate for LDP presidential race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo as they hold debate at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a joint press conference at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2024, with the other eight candidates contesting the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

The nine candidates running in the upcoming leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi -- pose for a photo ahead of a joint press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

The nine candidates running in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to be held on Sept. 27, 2024 -- (front row, from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi -- attend an event to deliver their policy speeches at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Official campaigning for the election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Combined photo shows the nine candidates running in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, (from top L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi and economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, (from middle L) former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, (from bottom L) the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Digital Minister Taro Kono. Official campaigning for the Sept. 27, 2024, election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began on Sept. 12.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks during a seminar at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japan's digital minister Kono in LDP leadership race

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024, announcing his campaign pledges for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japan's digital minster Kono seeks LDP presidency

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2024, announcing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election.

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World religious leaders urge AI for peaceful purposes

World religious leaders urge AI for peaceful purposes

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono (2nd from L) and world religious leaders lay flowers at the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on July 10, 2024, the second day of a two-day meeting where they endorsed a document calling for artificial intelligence to be used only for peaceful purposes.

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-JAPAN-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-JAPAN-MEETING (CN)

(240702) -- BEIJING, July 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Yohei Kono, president of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade (JAPIT) and a delegation from the Japanese business community headed by Kono, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-JAPAN-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-JAPAN-MEETING (CN)

(240702) -- BEIJING, July 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Yohei Kono, president of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade (JAPIT) and a delegation from the Japanese business community headed by Kono, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Xiang)

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Japanese ex-lawmaker Kono in China

Japanese ex-lawmaker Kono in China

Japanese former House of Representatives speaker Yohei Kono (front, L) and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (front, R) walk to the venue of their meeting in Beijing on July 1, 2024.

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Japanese ex-lawmaker Kono in China

Japanese ex-lawmaker Kono in China

Japanese former House of Representatives speaker Yohei Kono (L) and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (R) hold talks in Beijing on July 1, 2024.

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Japan's digital minister Kono

Japan's digital minister Kono

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2024.

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Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, April 8 Kyodo - Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo on a limited basis on April 8, 2024, with transport minister Tetsuo Saito (L) and digital minister Taro Kono (R) attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of Japan's first such service. The app-based services are managed by taxi companies with drivers allowed to operate only when there is a taxi shortage in an area. (Kyodo)

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Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo

Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo

Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo on a limited basis on April 8, 2024, with transport minister Tetsuo Saito (L) and digital minister Taro Kono (R) attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of Japan's first such service. The app-based services are managed by taxi companies with drivers allowed to operate only when there is a taxi shortage in an area.

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Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo

Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo

Ride-sharing services begin in Tokyo on a limited basis on April 8, 2024, with digital minister Taro Kono speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of Japan's first such service. The app-based services are managed by taxi companies with drivers allowed to operate only when there is a taxi shortage in an area.

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G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono (L) speaks during the final day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 30, 2023.

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G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono speaks during the final day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 30, 2023.

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G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono attends a press conference after a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 30, 2023.

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G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

G7 digital ministers meeting in Gunma

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono speaks during the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 29, 2023.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono (L) attends a photo session with his avatar during a meeting of leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023. The so-called DX summit was held on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Japan Digital Minister Kono in Davos

Japan Digital Minister Kono in Davos

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono meets the press in the Swiss mountain resort town of Davos, the venue of the annual World Economic Forum, on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball - LA

Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball - LA

Mindy Kono arrives at Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball 2023 held at the W Hotel Rooftop on October 31, 2023 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball - LA

Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball - LA

Mindy Kono arrives at Billboard And Affinity Nightlife's Red Carpet Halloween Costume Ball 2023 held at the W Hotel Rooftop on October 31, 2023 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CEATEC 2023 Opening reception

CEATEC 2023 Opening reception

CEATEC 2023 Opening reception. Masaki Kikugawa, President and CEO of Xacti and Taro Kono, Minister of Digital=Date:October 16, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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U.N. forum on internet governance in Kyoto

U.N. forum on internet governance in Kyoto

Digital Minister Taro Kono (C) speaks at the annual meeting of the U.N. Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Japan-ASEAN cybersecurity forum

Japan-ASEAN cybersecurity forum

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono (front row, 2nd from L) takes part in a photo session with participants for a Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum on cybersecurity in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023. The public-private forum was held to mark the 50th anniversary of Japan-ASEAN friendship and cooperation.

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Japan-ASEAN cybersecurity forum

Japan-ASEAN cybersecurity forum

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono addresses a Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum on cybersecurity in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023. The public-private forum was held to mark the 50th anniversary of Japan-ASEAN friendship and cooperation.

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