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Mutsuko Miki, wife of late Prime Minister Takeo Miki, dies

Mutsuko Miki, wife of late Prime Minister Takeo Miki, dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2002 shows Mutsuko Miki, the wife of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki and a renowned activist. Mutsuko Miki died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 31, 2012. She was 95.

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(1)Japan's women pick up 1st win at Athens basketball

(1)Japan's women pick up 1st win at Athens basketball

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's center Mutsuko Nagata shoots during a Group A preliminary round match against Nigeria in the women's basketball tournament at Olympic Indoor Hall on Aug. 16.

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(2)Women's Asia Basketball Championship

(2)Women's Asia Basketball Championship

SENDAI, Japan - Japan forward Mutsuko Nagata (L) puts up a shot over China center Chen Luyun during the second quarter of a Women's Asia Basketball Championship match at the Sendai Municipal Gymnasium on Jan. 13.

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(5)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

(5)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mutsuko Tokai reads 'a pledge for peace' Aug. 9 in a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city.

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Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sugishima (C), a former Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporter who was detained in North Korea for over two years on suspicion of espionage until mid-February, thanks Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) on April 1 for the ministry's efforts to have him released. Sugihara's wife Mutsuko is seated at right.

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Intellectuals protest nationalist-authored history text

Intellectuals protest nationalist-authored history text

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature prize winner Kenzaburo Oe (L) and Mutsuko Miki, widow of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 about their statement urging the education ministry not to approve a junior high school history textbook written by nationalist academics. In addition to Oe and Miki, the statement had the support of novelist Hisashi Inoue, photographer Yoshino Oishi and Yoshikazu Sakamoto, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

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Queen Elizabeth in Japan in 1975+

Queen Elizabeth in Japan in 1975+

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 9 Kyodo - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (2nd from R) and Prince Philip (2nd from L) attend a banquet hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 1975. Miki's wife Mutsuko can be seen next to Prince Philip.

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Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sugishima (C), a former Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporter who was detained in North Korea for over two years on suspicion of espionage until mid-February, thanks Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) on April 1 for the ministry's efforts to have him released. Sugihara's wife Mutsuko is seated at right.

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Spending overnight in car continues following quakes

Spending overnight in car continues following quakes

Kyoji Okubo, 61, (R) and his wife Mutsuko, 59, have spent overnight in their car for almost a week at a parking lot in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on April 20, 2016, as their house may collapse in the wake of powerful earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Women's Asia Basketball Championship

(2)Women's Asia Basketball Championship

SENDAI, Japan - Japan forward Mutsuko Nagata (L) puts up a shot over China center Chen Luyun during the second quarter of a Women's Asia Basketball Championship match at the Sendai Municipal Gymnasium on Jan. 13. (Kyodo)

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

Mutsuko Onishi, 76, closes her half-century-old whale meat restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019, having nobody to succeed her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

Mutsuko Onishi serves whale meat at her restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

Mutsuko Onishi serves whale meat at her restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

People eat whale meat at Mutsuko Onishi's restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

People eat whale meat at Mutsuko Onishi's restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

People eat whale meat at Mutsuko Onishi's restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final day of whale meat restaurant

Final day of whale meat restaurant

Mutsuko Onishi serves whale meat at her restaurant Tokuya in Osaka, western Japan, on May 25, 2019. Having nobody to succeed her, Onishi, 76, closed the half-century-old restaurant later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale meat restaurant

Whale meat restaurant

Photo taken in Osaka on Dec. 26, 2018, shows Mutsuko Onishi, who runs a restaurant specializing in whale meat. Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale meat restaurant

Whale meat restaurant

Photo taken in Osaka on Dec. 26, 2018, shows Mutsuko Onishi, who runs a restaurant specializing in whale meat. Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

(5)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mutsuko Tokai reads 'a pledge for peace' Aug. 9 in a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city. (Kyodo)

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Intellectuals protest nationalist-authored history text

Intellectuals protest nationalist-authored history text

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature prize winner Kenzaburo Oe (L) and Mutsuko Miki, widow of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 about their statement urging the education ministry not to approve a junior high school history textbook written by nationalist academics. In addition to Oe and Miki, the statement had the support of novelist Hisashi Inoue, photographer Yoshino Oishi and Yoshikazu Sakamoto, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

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