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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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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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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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Japan-Australia free trade pact takes effect

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kiuchi (2nd from R), parliamentary vice foreign minister, and other Japanese officials shake hands with Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller (C) during a bilateral committee meeting held in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, following the effectuation of a free trade agreement between the two countries.

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Japanese official meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's Kiuchi meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha before talks at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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State minister Kiuchi speaks at Arab disaster confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi delivers a speech at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sept. 14, 2014.

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2009, after she was defeated by independent Minoru Kiuchi in the House of Representatives election. Katayama, who was touted by Koizumi as a ''madonna of reform,'' was defeated by Kiuchi, an LDP rebel who voted against Koizumi's postal reform bills and was forced to give up the seat to Katayama at the last election.

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Japan, Mekong states eye new development strategy beyond 2015

Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japanese senior vice foreign minister, holds bilateral talks with Sar Kheng, deputy prime minister and interior minister of Cambodia, ahead of a meeting in Tokyo of the Japan-Mekong economic cooperation forum on Feb. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2009, after she was defeated by independent Minoru Kiuchi in the House of Representatives election. Katayama, who was touted by Koizumi as a ''madonna of reform,'' was defeated by Kiuchi, an LDP rebel who voted against Koizumi's postal reform bills and was forced to give up the seat to Katayama at the last election. (Kyodo)

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Japan-Australia free trade pact takes effect

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kiuchi (2nd from R), parliamentary vice foreign minister, and other Japanese officials shake hands with Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller (C) during a bilateral committee meeting held in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, following the effectuation of a free trade agreement between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kiuchi meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha before talks at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese official meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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State minister Kiuchi speaks at Arab disaster confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi delivers a speech at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sept. 14, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan asks U.N. disarmament forum to take up N. Korea abduction issue

Minoru Kiuchi (C), chairman of Japan's House of Representatives special committee on North Korean abductions, Yasuhide Nakayama (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Eiichiro Washio of the Democratic Party attend a press conference in Geneva on Aug. 30, 2017. The three lawmakers requested that the U.N. Conference on Disarmament also take up the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s as the forum works to address Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo