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U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass meets the press at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, after holding talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.

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U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass meets the press at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, after holding talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (far R) visits the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (2nd from R) and Takuya (2nd from L) on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (L) upon arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 27, 2025, as the president visits Japan on the second leg of his nearly weeklong, three-nation trip to Asia, which began in Malaysia. (Pool photo)

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Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Kiuchi

New Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Minoru Kiuchi, who is set to become minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Newly appointed Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony for the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Imperial Palace.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Newly appointed Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony for the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Imperial Palace.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Newly appointed Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announces the lineup of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet on Oct. 21, 2025, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi addresses the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi attends the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi attends the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

OSAKA, Japan, May 2 Kyodo - Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025. (Kyodo)

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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025.

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Japan, EU economic security talks

Japan's Minister in charge of Economic Security Minoru Kiuchi meets the press after holding talks with his European Commission counterpart Maros Sefcovic in Brussels, Belgium, on April 30, 2025.

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Japan, EU economic security talks

Japan's Minister in charge of Economic Security Minoru Kiuchi (L) and his European Commission counterpart Maros Sefcovic shake hands ahead of their talks in Brussels, Belgium, on April 30, 2025.

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Shizuoka Bank Hachijuni Bank Yamanashi Chuo Bank Conference

Fuji-Alps Alliance press conference. Photo shows, from front, Mr. Yoshiaki Furuya, President of Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Mr. Minoru Yagi, President of Shizuoka Bank, and Mr. Masaki Matsushita, President of Hachijuni Bank.=March 27,2025,Tokyo

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Shizuoka Bank Hachijuni Bank Yamanashi Chuo Bank Conference

Fuji-Alps Alliance press conference. Photo shows, from front, Mr. Yoshiaki Furuya, President of Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Mr. Minoru Yagi, President of Shizuoka Bank, and Mr. Masaki Matsushita, President of Hachijuni Bank.=March 27,2025,Tokyo

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Shizuoka Bank Hachijuni Bank Yamanashi Chuo Bank Conference

Fuji-Alps Alliance press conference. Photo shows Minoru Yagi, President of Shizuoka Bank.=March 27,2025,Tokyo

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Honda Motorcycle Business Briefing

Honda Motorcycle Business Briefing. The photo shows Minoru Kato, Executive Officer, General Manager of Motorcycle & Power Products Division and General Manager of Motorcycle Business Management Department (left), and Hiroki Mihara, Executive Officer, General Manager of Motorcycle & Power Products Electric Business Management Department, Electric Business Development Division, who answered questions.=January 28,2025,Tokyo

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Honda Motorcycle Business Briefing

Honda's motorcycle business briefing. Photo shows Minoru Kato (left), Executive Officer, and Hiroki Mihara, Executive Officer, at the press conference.=January 28,2025,Tokyo

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Minoru Kiuchi, who is set to become economic security minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times the previous day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times the previous day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (back, R) meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024, after a Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times earlier in the day, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever.

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Japan-Canada defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and his Canadian counterpart, Bill Blaire, shake hands ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2024.

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Japan-Finland defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and his Finish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, shake hands ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministers' meeting

(From L) Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong hold a joint press conference following their meeting in Queenscliff, in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministers' meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a joint press conference with their Australian counterparts following their meeting in Queenscliff, in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministers' meeting

(From L) Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, her Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles chat during a photo session for a meeting of their countries' foreign and defense ministers in Queenscliff, in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministers' meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) speaks during a meeting of foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Australia alongside Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (2nd from L) in Queenscliff, in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japan-Australia foreign and defense ministers' meeting

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (2nd from L) speaks during a meeting of foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Australia alongside Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) in Queenscliff, in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japan-Italy defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto (far L) hold talks in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara visits Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism as it honors the souls of Japan's more than 2.4 million war dead as well as the country's wartime leaders convicted as war criminals, on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Japan Defense Minister Kihara

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shake hands ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Japan Extended Deterrence Ministerial meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan And US Upgrade Military Ties - Tokyo

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Japan Foreign and Defense Ministerial (2+2) meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, and Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2024. US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, joined their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara, at the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee in Tokyo, known as “2+2” security talks, where they reaffirmed their bilateral alliance in the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the November presidential race. Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via ABACAPRESS.COM