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Whistling proficiency test

FUKUI, Japan - Mikio Mori, associate professor of the graduate school at University of Fukui, demonstrates a whistling proficiency test that he developed in the city of Fukui, on the Sea of Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mikio Aoki (file photo) has told executives of the main opposition party's Shimane prefectural chapter that he does not intend to run in the prefectural district of the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health, a senior chapter member said on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiko Aoki, the eldest son and secretary of veteran Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Mikio Aoki, speaks about his father's intention not to run in the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Mikio Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.

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KEDO officials to meet on N. Korea nuclear project

NEW YORK, United States - Mikio Mori, of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks to journalists following talks with officials from the United States, South Korea and the European Atomic Energy Community on technical issues concerning a U.S. proposal to call off the construction of two nuclear reactors for North Korea in New York on July 14.

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LDP's Nonaka, Aoki discuss ways to deal with Kato

KYOTO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), discuss with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki how to deal with confusion within the LDP at a Kyoto hotel on Nov. 11, a day after party heavyweight Koichi Kato intensified his pressure on embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by saying he has no plans to defend Mori in the event of a no-confidence motion.

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4,000 attend funeral for former Prime Minister Takeshita

KAKEYA, Japan - About 4,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley and former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, attend a funeral for former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita at a Kakeya municipal gymnasium in his hometown of Kakeya, Shimane Prefecture, on July 29. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, who chairs the funeral committee for Takeshita, said in a memorial address, weeping, ''He returned to dust in Shimane at last.''

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Mori dissolves lower house for June 25 election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (far R) stands, along with other cabinet members, in the House of Representatives on June 2. He dissolved the lower house the same day for a June 25 general election. Standing next to him are (from L to R) Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

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Japan's EPA slightly upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) sits with (from L to R) Economic Planning Agency (EPA) chief Taichi Sakaiya, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on May 12 to read an EPA monthly report for May. The EPA slightly upgraded its assessment of the domestic economy, saying it is continuing to improve moderately, due largely to boosted corporate activities.

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Top spokesman heads list for acting premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and his cabinet members decide April 14 to designate Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (1) as acting premier in the event the premier becomes unable to carry out his duties. Mori said Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (2) would be second in line for the post, followed by Construction Minister Masaaki Nakayama (3), International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (4) and Defense Agency Chief Tsutomu Kawara (5). The arrangement stands only for Mori's cabinet. Successive prime ministers will draw up their own list when they launch their cabinets.

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EPA monthly report announced

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers April 14 to work on the Economic Planning Agency's monthly economic report for April. The report said the Japanese economy is showing signs of a self-sustaining recovery. Seated from left to right are EPA chief Taichi Sakaiya, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

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Meteorologist Manabe receives Japan's top cultural award

Princeton University senior meteorologist Syukuro Manabe (L), who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics, poses for a photo with Mikio Mori, Japan's consul general in New York, on Sept. 1, 2022, at the consul general's official residence in New York. Manabe received the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, the same day.

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Baseball: Ceremonial pitch by consul general of Japan in N.Y.

Mikio Mori, consul general of Consulate General of Japan in New York, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a major league baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field in New York on Aug. 25, 2022.

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Baseball: Ceremonial pitch by consul general of Japan in N.Y.

Mikio Mori (L), consul general of Consulate General of Japan in New York, waves to the crowd as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a major league baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field in New York on Aug. 25, 2022. Former Mets and Rockies pitcher Masato Yoshii (R) acted as a catcher in the ceremony.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mikio Aoki (file photo) has told executives of the main opposition party's Shimane prefectural chapter that he does not intend to run in the prefectural district of the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health, a senior chapter member said on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori. (Kyodo)

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiko Aoki, the eldest son and secretary of veteran Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Mikio Aoki, speaks about his father's intention not to run in the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Mikio Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori. (Kyodo)

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Whistling proficiency test

FUKUI, Japan - Mikio Mori, associate professor of the graduate school at University of Fukui, demonstrates a whistling proficiency test that he developed in the city of Fukui, on the sea of Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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KEDO officials to meet on N. Korea nuclear project

NEW YORK, United States - Mikio Mori, of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks to journalists following talks with officials from the United States, South Korea and the European Atomic Energy Community on technical issues concerning a U.S. proposal to call off the construction of two nuclear reactors for North Korea in New York on July 14. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Nonaka, Aoki discuss ways to deal with Kato

KYOTO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), discuss with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki how to deal with confusion within the LDP at a Kyoto hotel on Nov. 11, a day after party heavyweight Koichi Kato intensified his pressure on embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori by saying he has no plans to defend Mori in the event of a no-confidence motion.

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4,000 attend funeral for former Prime Minister Takeshita

KAKEYA, Japan - About 4,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley and former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, attend a funeral for former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita at a Kakeya municipal gymnasium in his hometown of Kakeya, Shimane Prefecture, on July 29. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, who chairs the funeral committee for Takeshita, said in a memorial address, weeping, ''He returned to dust in Shimane at last.''

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Mori dissolves lower house for June 25 election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (far R) stands, along with other cabinet members, in the House of Representatives on June 2. He dissolved the lower house the same day for a June 25 general election. Standing next to him are (from L to R) Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

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Japan's EPA slightly upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) sits with (from L to R) Economic Planning Agency (EPA) chief Taichi Sakaiya, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on May 12 to read an EPA monthly report for May. The EPA slightly upgraded its assessment of the domestic economy, saying it is continuing to improve moderately, due largely to boosted corporate activities.

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Top spokesman heads list for acting premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and his cabinet members decide April 14 to designate Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (1) as acting premier in the event the premier becomes unable to carry out his duties. Mori said Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (2) would be second in line for the post, followed by Construction Minister Masaaki Nakayama (3), International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (4) and Defense Agency Chief Tsutomu Kawara (5). The arrangement stands only for Mori's cabinet. Successive prime ministers will draw up their own list when they launch their cabinets.

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EPA monthly report announced

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers April 14 to work on the Economic Planning Agency's monthly economic report for April. The report said the Japanese economy is showing signs of a self-sustaining recovery. Seated from left to right are EPA chief Taichi Sakaiya, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.