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PM Abe's wife performs "naginata" demonstration

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, perform a demonstration of "naginata," a Japanese martial art using a long wooden sword with a curved blade, at a Japan-Russia martial arts exchange event on Oct. 4, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, holds her husband's mortuary tablet as she is driven off from a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3.

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China's Li meets Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (2nd from R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and his wife Zhu Lin meet former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) and his wife Kumiko (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo on April 4.

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Hashimoto arrives in Birmingham

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R), accompanied by his wife Kumiko, removes his overcoat on arrival at Birmingham, England, on May 14. Hashimoto is in the central England city to attend the annual G-8 summit scheduled for May 15-17.

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France's Statue of Liberty lit

France's Statue of Liberty is lit up in Tokyo's Odaiba Kaihin Park on April 28, by Leo Bazi from France (Far R) and Keiko Shimizu from Japan, both 10, as dignitaries applaud. From left are French President Jacques Chirac, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Princess Masako, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko.

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Hashimoto leaves for London to attend ASEM

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, along with his wife Kumiko, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for London on April 2 to attend the April 3-4 summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which will also be participated in by leaders of the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Korea and China.

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China's Li meets Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (2nd from R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and his wife Zhu Lin meet former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) and his wife Kumiko (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo on April 4.

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, holds her husband's mortuary tablet as she is driven off from a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3. (Kyodo)

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Yeltsins and Hashimotos share pr

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his wife Naina (left-hand side of the table) share a laugh with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko during luncheon at the seaside Kawana resort on eastern Izu Peninsula April 19. Hashimoto hosted the private luncheon after the two leaders wound up two days of ''no necktie'' summit there.

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France's Statue of Liberty lit

France's Statue of Liberty is lit up in Tokyo's Odaiba Kaihin Park on April 28, by Leo Bazi from France (Far R) and Keiko Shimizu from Japan, both 10, as dignitaries applaud. From left are French President Jacques Chirac, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Princess Masako, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko.

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PM Abe's wife performs "naginata" demonstration

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, perform a demonstration of "naginata," a Japanese martial art using a long wooden sword with a curved blade, at a Japan-Russia martial arts exchange event on Oct. 4, 2014, in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Hashimoto arrives in Birmingham

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R), accompanied by his wife Kumiko, removes his overcoat on arrival at Birmingham, England, on May 14. Hashimoto is in the central England city to attend the annual G-8 summit scheduled for May 15-17. ==Kyodo

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Yeltsins and Hashimotos share pr

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his wife Naina (left-hand side of the table) share a laugh with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko during luncheon at the seaside Kawana resort on eastern Izu Peninsula April 19. Hashimoto hosted the private luncheon after the two leaders wound up two days of ''no necktie'' summit there.

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Hashimoto leaves for London to a

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, along with his wife Kumiko, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for London on April 2 to attend the April 3-4 summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which will also be participated in by leaders of the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Korea and China. ==Kyodo