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Mitsubishi Chemical agrees to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., and Masanao Kambara, president of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2009, at which they announced that Mitsubishi Chemical is aiming to turn Mitsubishi Rayon into a wholly owned subsidiary by next March in a deal that could be worth around 200 billion yen.

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Ozaki wins Kochi gubernatorial election

KOCHI, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Masanao Ozaki (C) beat three other candidates to win the Kochi gubernatorial election Nov. 25 to succeed reformist Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto, who is stepping down after 16 years in office.

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Ozaki wins Kochi gubernatorial election

KOCHI, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Masanao Ozaki (C) beat three other candidates to win the Kochi gubernatorial election Nov. 25 to succeed reformist Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto, who is stepping down after 16 years in office. (Kyodo)

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Joyo, Ashikaga to inaugurate holding company Oct.1

Joyo Bank President Kazuyoshi Terakado (L) and Ashikaga Holdings Co. President Masanao Matsushita shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on April 25, 2016, at which they announced their agreement to integrate their managements under a holding company to be named Mebuki Financial Group on Oct. 1 with assets totaling 15 trillion yen ($135 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joyo, Ashikaga to inaugurate holding company Oct.1

Joyo Bank President Kazuyoshi Terakado (L) and Ashikaga Holdings Co. President Masanao Matsushita announce in Tokyo on April 25, 2016, that the two companies have formally agreed to integrate their managements under a holding company to be named Mebuki Financial Group on Oct. 1 with assets totaling 15 trillion yen ($135 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cathay marks 50th anniv. of flight service between Nagoya, Hong Kong

James Ginns (2nd from L in front), a director at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Masanao Tomozoe (R in front), president of Central Japan International Airport Co., and other officials attend a ceremony at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the western Japanese city of Tokoname on March 22, 2016, as the airline marked on March 11 the 50th anniversary of the start of its flight service between Nagoya and Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local political leaders join hands to promote use of wooden panels

Noboru Ota (L), mayor of Maniwa in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, Parliamentary Cabinet Office Vice Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) and Kochi Governor Masanao Ozaki pose for photos with a sample of cross-laminated timber in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015. A group of governors and mayors is promoting this type of timber to help revive the forestry industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New president of Central Japan Int'l Airport Co. meets press

Masanao Tomozoe meets the press as the new president of Central Japan International Airport Co. in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyukeiren, Fukuoka sign MOU with Shanghai business group

Zheng Yonggang (L), chairman of the Shanghai Entrepreneur Association, Kyushu Economic Federation Chairman Yutaka Aso (C) and Fukuoka Deputy Mayor Masanao Nakazono pose for photos in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 15, 2015, after signing a memorandum of understanding to promote economic exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-major leaguer Fujikawa meets with Kochi governor

The former Texas Ranger Kyuji Fujikawa (L) meets with Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki in the prefectural office in Japan's southwestern main island of Shikoku on June 8, 2015, to tell him he will join the Kochi Fighting Dogs in the Shikoku Island League Plus. Becoming a free agent in the major league in May, the 34-year-old closer decided to spend more time with his family and return to his native Kochi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kochi governor pitches for city dwellers' relocation to countryside

Gov. Masanao Ozaki of Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, addresses an opening ceremony for an office set up by the internal affairs ministry in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 25, 2015, to support people wishing to move to less populated areas and to help bolster sluggish regional economic activity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Governor of Japan's Kochi region promotes tourism in Jakarta

Masanao Ozaki, governor of Kochi Prefecture, promotes the western Japanese region in Jakarta on Nov. 23, 2015, during a symposium aimed at encouraging tourism-related exchanges between Japan and Indonesia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Representative of Ryoma's Sakamoto family appears at fan gathering

Masahiro Sakamoto (R), the 10th head of Sakamoto family known for Sakamoto Ryoma, who played a major role in dethroning the Tokugawa shogunate toward the end of the Edo period, is introduced as Kochi Prefecture's special tourism envoy during an event in Kochi, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015, a day before the 180th anniversary of the birth of Ryoma. About 500 fans from across Japan and abroad gathered for the event. Standing in the left is Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Makimura Masanao

Makimura Masanao==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Abe vows to ensure residents' safety from possible N. Korean missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) receives a written request from Shimane Gov. Zembee Mizoguchi (2nd from R), alongside (from L) Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki, Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura and Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017. Abe pledged to ensure the safety of residents in the four western Japan prefectures over which North Korea has said its missiles could fly en route to waters off the U.S. territory of Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chubu airport to build complex to display 1st unit of Boeing 787

Central Japan International Airport Co. President Masanao Tomozoe attends a groundbreaking ceremony on April 27, 2017, to mark the beginning of construction for a commercial complex to showcase the first Boeing Co. 787 jetliner in the central Japan city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture. The complex, which is dubbed "Flight of Dreams," is expected to open at the airport in the summer of 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Celebrities visit new Kochi Castle Museum of History

(From L) Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue, actor Hideki Takahashi and Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki visit the Kochi Castle Museum of History in Kochi, western Japan, on March 4, 2017, its opening day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Chemical agrees to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., and Masanao Kambara, president of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2009, at which they announced that Mitsubishi Chemical is aiming to turn Mitsubishi Rayon into a wholly owned subsidiary by next March in a deal that could be worth around 200 billion yen. (Kyodo)