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Musicians to teach jazz in college

TOKYO, Japan - Jazz musicians Yosuke Yamashita (L), Sadao Watanabe (C) and Makoto Ozone smile after a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. They will teach a new course on jazz at Kunitachi College of Music in western Tokyo from the academic year beginning in April 2011.

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Kawashima promoted to emperor's top aide

TOKYO, Japan - File photos of Yutaka Kawashima (L), who was named as grand chamberlain at the Imperial House Agency on June 15, and Koichi Haraguchi (R), who was appointed the same day to take over Kawashima's post as head of court ceremonies at the agency. Kawashima, 65, a former vice foreign minister, replaces Makoto Watanabe, who retired the same day. Haraguchi, 66, was a former Japanese negotiator for normalizing ties with North Korea.

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(6)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - The emperor's grand chamberlain, Makoto Watanabe, arrives at the Crown Prince's Palace on Dec. 7 to deliver the name and appellation chosen for the newborn princess. (Pool photo)

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Kawashima promoted to emperor's top aide

TOKYO, Japan - File photos of Yutaka Kawashima (L), who was named as grand chamberlain at the Imperial House Agency on June 15, and Koichi Haraguchi (R), who was appointed the same day to take over Kawashima's post as head of court ceremonies at the agency. Kawashima, 65, a former vice foreign minister, replaces Makoto Watanabe, who retired the same day. Haraguchi, 66, was a former Japanese negotiator for normalizing ties with North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Musicians to teach jazz in college

TOKYO, Japan - Jazz musicians Yosuke Yamashita (L), Sadao Watanabe (C) and Makoto Ozone smile after a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. They will teach a new course on jazz at Kunitachi College of Music in western Tokyo from the academic year beginning in April 2011. (Kyodo)

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Research on making biofuel from algae

TSUKUBA, Japan - Makoto Watanabe, a researcher on producing oil from microscopic algae, stands in front of cylinder vessels called ''pipeline reactors'' for cultivation of algae in his laboratory at the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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(6)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - The emperor's grand chamberlain, Makoto Watanabe, arrives at the Crown Prince's Palace on Dec. 7 to deliver the name and appellation chosen for the newborn princess.

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Tsunami aftermath in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Makoto Endo (R), a local fisherman farming scallops and salmon, eats supper with his wife in a room provided by his friend Hiroshi Watanabe in the Ogatsucho area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011, following the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami aftermath in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Local fishermen -- (from L) Hiroshi Sasaki, Makoto Endo and Hiroshi Watanabe -- recollect the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster on higher ground in the Ogatsucho area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011. (Kyodo)