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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: Level 2 Evacuations Issued As Upper Cemetery Fire Sparks In Spokane

The Upper Cemetery Fire, previously called the Hills Fire, sparked near Greenwood Memorial Terrace in the Spokane Palisades Park area on Friday, July 26. The fire burned 90 acres, threatening more than 500 structures within hours, and level 2 evacuations were in place.

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Friendship house on Russian-held island converted into lodging facility

Photo taken on July 24, 2023, shows a sports bar in a Japan-donated friendship facility on Russian-held Kunashiri Island off Hokkaido, northern Japan. The so-called Muneo House, named after Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki due to his involvement in the construction project, was converted into a commercial facility after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and is currently being used as a lodging facility rather than a center for mutual exchanges as initially agreed by Japan and Russia.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, during a party in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, held to celebrate his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. Suzuki was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. He was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (R) is released on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2011, after being imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Fallen lawmaker Suzuki enters jail

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, an outspoken politician convicted of crimes including bribery, waves to supporters as he arrives at the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office on Dec. 6, 2010. The former House of Representatives member, who has protested his innocence since being charged in 2002, was incarcerated in the Tokyo Detention House the same day.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki prior to imprisonment

KUSHIRO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker, cries during a gathering in his constituency Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2010, after talking about his upcoming imprisonment. Suzuki was convicted of four charges including bribery.

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Lawmaker Suzuki loses seat in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a seasoned House of Representatives lawmaker, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2010, after the Supreme Court turned down his complaint over its recent decision to reject his appeal against his conviction on four counts including bribery. Suzuki has lost his seat in parliament following the court decision.

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DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

URUMA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (2nd form L), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, takes a look at waters off the Katsuren Peninsula in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, the prospective candidate site for a planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station, with other members of the committee on March 31, 2010.

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Prime Minister Hatoyama talks with ex-Soviet President Gorbachev

TOKYO, Japan - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (L), accompanied by House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party member, returns to the House of Representatives on Sept. 21, despite facing a bribery trial, as a member of the New Party Daichi to attend a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki to make comeback to lower house

SAPPORO, Japan - Scandal-tainted former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki celebrates Sept. 11 in Sapporo as he is certain to regain his parliamentary seat in the day's House of Representatives election. Suzuki ran in the election in the proportional representation block in Hokkaido from his newly launched New Party Daichi, based in Sapporo.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, smiles during a ceremony launching a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (R), a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets supporters during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki loses in upper house election

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former House of Representatives member on trial on bribery and other charges, meets reporters in Sapporo on July 11 after he failed to win in the House of Councillors election.

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(10)Campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, on trial for bribery and other charges, waves as he leaves his election office to campaign for the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Suzuki to run in upper house election despite bribery trial

TOKYO, Japan - Former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (file photo), on trial for bribery and other charges, has decided to run in the House of Councillors election this summer, sources close to him said April 19.

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Suzuki pleads not guilty to bribery, perjury

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 11 to obtain admission tickets to attend the trial of House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki, who is charged with bribery, perjury and falsification of political funds reports. Suzuki pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

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Diet panel approves perjury complaint against lawmaker Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee stand up Sept. 5 to show their approval of a measure to file a perjury complaint with prosecutors against scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki over testimony he made to the committee in March.

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House passes motion calling for Suzuki resignation

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives in a plenary session June 21 passes a resolution urging disgraced lawmaker Muneo Suzuki to resign. It is unclear whether the nonbinding resolution will push Suzuki, who was arrested June 19 on suspicion of bribery, to quit as lawmaker.

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Lower house passes motion calling for Suzuki's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives stand up at a plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 21 to vote for a resolution urging lawmaker Muneo Suzuki give up his seat in the lower chamber. All parties in the ruling and opposition camps voted for the resolution.

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Prosecutors arrest Suzuki on bribery charge

TOKYO, Japan - A car believed to be carrying House of Representative member Muneo Suzuki, arrested on suspicion of accepting 5 million yen in bribes from Yamarin, a timber company in Hokkaido, enters the Tokyo Detention House on June 19.

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(2)Diet OKs request to arrest Suzuki on bribery charge

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama bows in appreciation June 19 after the House of Representatives authorized public prosecutors to arrest lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on suspicion of bribery.

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(1)Diet OKs request to arrest Suzuki on bribery charge

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives meeting in a plenary session June 19 authorizes public prosecutors to arrest lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on suspicion of bribery. Seated second from right is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Diet panel backs Suzuki arrest

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives Steering Committee is in session on June 19. The committee later agreed to allow public prosecutors to arrest lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on suspicion of bribery.

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Suzuki denies bribery allegations in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on June 18 after denying bribery allegations at the lower house steering committee. Prosecutors allege Suzuki accepted 5 million yen in bribes from Yamarin, a Hokkaido lumber firm.

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Lower house panel hears bribe-taking allegations facing Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a member of the House of Representatives, heads for the lower house steering committee in the Diet in Tokyo on June 18 to respond to prosecutors' allegations that he accepted 5 million yen in bribes from Yamarin, a lumber firm in Hokkaido.

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Lower house steering committee discusses Suzuki issue

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Hatoyama (C), chairman of the House of Representatives steering committee, heads to the committee's board meeting to hold discussions over a request for an arrest warrant for lawmaker Muneo Suzuki. Suzuki is suspected of having accepted a 5 million yen bribe from Hokkaido lumber firm Yamarin in August 1998 in exchange for trying to secure favorable Forestry Agency treatment.

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Prosecutors raid lawmaker Suzuki's office, residence

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters surround the home of House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 23 following a news that prosecutors raided his Diet office and private residence in connection with a scandal involving his official secretary, who has been indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law.

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(2)Lower house panel rejects motion on Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Hatoyama, chairman of the House of Representatives Steering Committee, speaks to the media May 14 after voting to reject an opposition motion calling for a vote to be taken in the full lower house to have lawmaker Muneo Suzuki quit the Diet. The vote in the 25-member committee was evenly divided and committee chairman Kunio Hatoyama (seated at far end of the table) voted to reject the motion.

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(1)Lower house panel rejects motion on Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives Steering Committee vote May 14 on an opposition motion calling for a vote to be taken in the full lower house to have lawmaker Muneo Suzuki quit the Diet. The vote in the 25-member committee was evenly divided and committee chairman Kunio Hatoyama (seated at far end of the table) voted to reject the motion.

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Diet panel votes down Suzuki perjury complaint motion

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee stand up in the Diet on May 10 to vote for a motion to file a criminal complaint of perjury against lower house member Muneo Suzuki. The motion was defeated by the three ruling coalition parties.

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Pressure increases on scandal-tainted Suzuki to quit Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party's Taku Yamasaki (L), the New Komeito Party's Tetsuzo Fuyushia (C), and the New Conservative Party's Toshihiro Nikai -- discuss an opposition demand May 7 in the Diet that House of Representative member Muneo Suzuki again be summoned to the Diet as a sworn witness in connection with a scandal involving his former aide.

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(2)Prosecutors begin grilling people linked to Muneo House

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Miyano, secretary to lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, who was arrested April 30 on suspicion he interfered in the bidding process of Muneo House, a building on disputed Kunashiri Island named after Suzuki.

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(1)Suzuki's secretary arrested

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki who quit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in March under pressure following a series of scandals, including his meddling in Foreign Ministry affairs. Prosecutors arrested his secretary Akira Miyano on April 30 on suspicion he interfered in the bidding process of Muneo House, a building on disputed Kunashiri Island named after Suzuki.

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(4)Prosecutors begin grilling people linked to Muneo House

TOKYO, Japan - File photo Lawmaker Meneo Suzuki (L) who attended a ceremony marking the completion of the House of Friendship on Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, in October 1999. The house doubles as an accommodation and evacuation facility.

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(3)Prosecutors begin grilling people linked to Muneo House

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the House of Friendship built with Japanese aid on disputed Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan. It is dubbed Muneo House after lawmaker Muneo Suzuki.

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House panel rejects plenary vote on Suzuki resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the three ruling parties vote down at the House of Representatives steering committee on March 20 an opposition motion calling for a vote at a plenary session to urge the resignation of scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki from the Diet.

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Koizumi voices displeasure with Suzuki's island remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looks at a copy of a classified Foreign Ministry document during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 12. The premier voiced strong displeasure with scandal-hit Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Muneo Suzuki for his remarks in 1995, quoted in the document, that Japan's diplomatic efforts to regain sovereignty over a group of Russian-held islands are meaningless.

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Opposition submits motion seeking Suzuki's resignation

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Representatives of four opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution to Fukumaru Tani, secretary general of the House of Representatives on March 12 demanding scandal-hit Muneo Suzuki of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) resign as a lower house member.

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Pressure increases on Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-hit lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (C) is surrounded by reporters after a House of Representatives plenary session March 12. Suzuki is under growing pressure to leave the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Diet, for his unsolicited involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(6)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R, standing) replies to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L, front) of the Social Democratic Party at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session March 11 as he gave testimony as a sworn witness over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(7)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a House of Representatives member, leaves the Diet on March 11 after finishing his testimony at the house's Budget Committee session over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(5)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki listens to a questioner at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session March 11 as he testified as a sworn witness over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(2)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki makes an oath before giving his testimony at the house's Budget Committee session March 11 over allegations of improper influence over Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(4)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki gives sworn testimony at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session March 11 over allegations of improper influence over Foreign Ministry affairs