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Victims, Mitsui settle fight over cadmium pollution

TOYAMA, Japan - Kunihiro Takagi (R), leader of a sufferers' group, and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. President Sadao Senda shake hands, holding documents of agreement, in Toyama, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013. The compensation issue over one of Japan's four major pollution-caused disease cases reached a complete settlement, as sufferers of cadmium poisoning, known as "Itai-Itai Disease," and the company responsible signed an agreement on it.

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Scholar devises catechin-based anti-flue mask

OSAKA, Japan - Associate professor Kunihiro Kaihatsu of Osaka Sangyo University announces on Oct. 26, 2014, the development of an anti-influenza mask containing a derivative of catechin, a major green tea component known to have antibacterial effects.

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Japanese men tame Egypt in Grand Champions Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Kunihiro Shimizu of Japan spikes the ball against Egypt's Abdel Latif during the first set of a match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2009. Japan won 25-15, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17.

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Comedian briefly becomes unconscious during Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese comedian Kunihiro Matsumura (in file photo) briefly lost consciousness while running in the Tokyo Marathon and was taken to a hospital on March 22.

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Japan ignores int'l treaty, avoids registering spy satellites

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiro Oda (R), head of the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, shakes hands with other officials after the successful launch of Japanese spy satellites in February.

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Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan - The government on June 15 appointed Kunihiro Matsuo (file photo), head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Akio Harada as prosecutor general, effective on June 25. Matsuo, 61, became a prosecutor in 1968 after graduating from the University of Tokyo, and assumed the current post in September 2003.

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Soga receives diploma in Sado

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese nationals on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, receives a graduation diploma from principal Kunihiro Fujiki of the prefectural Sado High School on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 18 at a makeshift ''graduation ceremony'' at a Niigata hotel. Soga was a 19-year-old student at the school at the time of her abduction.

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Deputy mayor of Ashiya arrested for alleged bribery

ASHIYA, Japan - Harue Kitamura (L), mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, talks with senior municipal officials Jan. 20 after Deputy Mayor Kunihiro Tomita was arrested the previous day on an alleged bribery charge. Tomita is accused of accepting a payoff from a construction company president in exchange for awarding the firm the contract for a reconstruction project after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan - The government on June 15 appointed Kunihiro Matsuo (file photo), head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Akio Harada as prosecutor general, effective on June 25. Matsuo, 61, became a prosecutor in 1968 after graduating from the University of Tokyo, and assumed the current post in September 2003. (Kyodo)

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Volleyball: Poland hands Japan 2nd loss in Olympic qualifying tourney

Japan's Kunihiro Shimizu (R) is blocked by Poland in the second set of a match in the Olympic men's volleyball qualifying tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 31, 2016. Poland won 25-22, 25-16, 25-23 to lead the eight-team, round-robin event with a 3-0 record, while Japan fell to 1-2 after three matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan starts Rio qualifiers with win over Venezuela

Kunihiro Shimizu (L) of Japan spikes the ball in the third set of a match against Venezuela at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 28, 2016. Japan won 3-1 as the Rio de Janeiro Olympic qualifiers began the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Paralympics: Weather pros give Japan's skiers push in Pyeongchang

Kazuo Asada (L) and Kunihiro Naito, both working for the weather forecasting company Weathernews Inc., watch cross-country skiing events at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on March 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aichi firm makes plastic scale models of Japan's 1st self-built jet

Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2015, shows Kunihiro Suzuki, who takes the helm of Fine Mold, a company in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, which is producing plastic scale models of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet. The developer, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., has been conducting tests on the MRJ at a local airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Comedian briefly becomes unconscious during Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese comedian Kunihiro Matsumura (in file photo) briefly lost consciousness while running in the Tokyo Marathon and was taken to a hospital on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Volleyball: Japan-China Olympic test event

Kunihiro Shimizu (red) of Japan spikes during the first set of a men's volleyball match against China at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on May 2, 2021, a test event for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Ex-top prosecutors oppose Japan gov't bill to delay retirement

Former Attorney General Kunihiro Matsuo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2020. A group of former top prosecutors submitted a letter to the Justice Ministry the same day to oppose a bill that would raise prosecutors' retirement age and would make them "act in the interest of the administration." (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top prosecutors oppose Japan gov't bill to delay retirement

Former Attorney General Kunihiro Matsuo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2020. A group of former top prosecutors submitted a letter to the Justice Ministry the same day to oppose a bill that would raise prosecutors' retirement age and would make them "act in the interest of the administration." (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese men tame Egypt in Grand Champions Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Kunihiro Shimizu of Japan spikes the ball against Egypt's Abdel Latif during the first set of a match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2009. Japan won 25-15, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17. (Kyodo)

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Soga receives diploma in Sado

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese nationals on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, receives a graduation diploma from principal Kunihiro Fujiki of the prefectural Sado High School on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 18 at a makeshift ''graduation ceremony'' at a Niigata hotel. Soga was a 19-year-old student at the school at the time of her abduction. (Kyodo)

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Deputy mayor of Ashiya arrested for alleged bribery

ASHIYA, Japan - Harue Kitamura (L), mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, talks with senior municipal officials Jan. 20 after Deputy Mayor Kunihiro Tomita was arrested the previous day on an alleged bribery charge. Tomita is accused of accepting a payoff from a construction company president in exchange for awarding the firm the contract for a reconstruction project after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.