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Japan envoy to China presents certificate to essay contest winner

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera (R) presents a certificate to a Chinese university student, winner of a contest for essays written in Japanese by Chinese people studying Japanese, at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2014.

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Japanese envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera holds a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2013.

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Japan's new envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Japan's new ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, attends a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 25, 2012.

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Japan's new envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Japan's new ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, answers reporters' questions at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 25, 2012.

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Japan's new envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Japan's new ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, answers reporters' questions at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 25, 2012.

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New Japan envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show incoming Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera (C) and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Jiro Kodera (R), both of whom will take up the posts on Nov. 26, 2012. At left is Kazuyoshi Umemoto, who became Japan's assistant chief Cabinet secretary on Nov. 22, 2012.

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Diplomat Kitera

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Masato Kitera, a Japanese career diplomat acting as assistant chief Cabinet secretary. Sources said on Oct. 5, 2012, that the government began making arrangements to select Kitera as Japan's new ambassador to China, following the sudden death of recently appointed envoy Shinichi Nishimiya in September.

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Group of Japanese "taiko" drummers performs in Beijing

Masato Kitera (3rd from L), Japanese ambassador to China, shakes hands with a leader of the Yamato group of Japanese "taiko" drummers after their performance in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2015. Xie Yuan (far L), vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, stands ready to present a bunch of flowers to the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese envoy applauds performance by Yamato group of drummers

Masato Kitera (C, front row), Japanese ambassador to China, and Xie Yuan (L), vice president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, applaud after a performance by the Yamato group of Japanese "taiko" drummers in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy to China presents certificate to essay contest winner

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Masato Kitera (R) presents a certificate to a Chinese university student, winner of a contest for essays written in Japanese by Chinese people studying Japanese, at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2014. (Kyodo)