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Local gov'ts to decide on income cap for cash benefit plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Hori (R), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, and his New Komeito counterpart, Natsuo Yamaguchi, announce at a press conference in the lower house members office building on Nov. 12 agreements reached by senior lawmakers of the ruling parties on a cash benefit program under the central government's new economic stimulus package.

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Aso brushes off idea of lower house dissolution at this time

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions from Kosuke Hori, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Oct. 6.

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Aso appoints top lieutenants in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso named four top lieutenants in the ruling party on Sept. 22 shortly after he won the LDP leadership race. From left to right: LDP General Council Chairman Takashi Sasagawa, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Kosuke Hori, and LDP Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga.

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Rhythmic gymnastics: Japan national championships

Kosuke Hori performs his rope routine at the rhythmic gymnastics national championships at Takasaki Arena in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2022.

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Rhythmic gymnastics: Japan national championships

Kosuke Hori poses with the golden cup after winning the men's all-around title at the rhythmic gymnastics national championships at Takasaki Arena in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2022.

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Aso appoints top lieutenants in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso named four top lieutenants in the ruling party on Sept. 22 shortly after he won the LDP leadership race. From left to right: LDP General Council Chairman Takashi Sasagawa, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Kosuke Hori, and LDP Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga. (Kyodo)

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Local gov'ts to decide on income cap for cash benefit plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Hori (R), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, and his New Komeito counterpart, Natsuo Yamaguchi, announce at a press conference in the lower house members office building on Nov. 12 agreements reached by senior lawmakers of the ruling parties on a cash benefit program under the central government's new economic stimulus package. (Kyodo)

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Reform panel on scandal-tainted police holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Hori (standing), home affairs minister and chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, addresses the inaugural meeting March 23 of the ''Council on the Reform of Police Systems,'' a five-member advisory panel charged with the task of reforming the country's police system following a spate of scandals involving high-ranking officers.

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Ishihara, Hori chat during spring decoration photo session

Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) and Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, chat with each other during a photo session for recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aso brushes off idea of lower house dissolution at this time

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions from Kosuke Hori, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Oct. 6. (Kyodo)

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Upper house OKs pension reform bills

TOKYO, Japan - Home Affairs Minister Kosuke Hori (front L) and Health and Welfare Minister Yuya Miwa bow in appreciation of a House of Councillors approval March 22 of bills aimed to slash pension payments to private-sector employees. The bills were immediately sent to the House of Representatives for approval.

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Japan to set up panel to reform scandal-tainted police

TOKYO, Japan - Kosuke Hori, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, announces the establishment of a six-member panel to review the nation's scandal-tainted police system at a news conference March 9.

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NPA head tells police chiefs to be aware of duty

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency (NPA) Director General Setsuo Tanaka (R) on March 4 urges Japan's police chiefs to be aware of their duty and to enforce discipline in their police forces. Tanaka delivered the message to the chiefs of the nation's 47 prefectural police forces who were summoned to an emergency meeting at the NPA in Tokyo. Kosuke Hori (L), chief of the National Public Safety Commission and home affairs minister, told the meeting it was regrettable that the scandals involving the Niigata prefectural police had led to the NPA chief's responsibility of supervising Nakada to be cast in doubt.