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Reopening of Red Brick Office in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki (R) attends a ceremony marking the reopening of the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Reopening of Red Brick Office in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki (C) attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Hokkaido Gov. Suzuki

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki gives an interview in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2023.

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Hokkaido Gov. Suzuki

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki gives an interview in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2023.

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Japanese emperor in Hokkaido

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako are greeted by Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki (bowing) after arriving at an airport in Kushiro on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Premium-grade melons fetch 1 mil. yen for two

SAPPORRO, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki (C), mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido on May 17, 2012. The pair fetched 1 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at the market, matching the top price from the previous year.

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies

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Japan's youngest mayor Suzuki

YUBARI, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki poses for photos after being newly elected mayor of financially collapsed Yubari in Hokkaido on April 24, 2011. Suzuki, a former official of the Tokyo metropolitan government, became the youngest mayor in Japan at the age of 30.

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Lotte beats Chunichi in Game 5

CHIBA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Naomichi Donoue fails to field a grounder hit by the Lotte Marines' Tsuyoshi Nishioka during the first inning of Game 5 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 4, 2010. The Dragons lost 10-4.

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Dragons vs. Giants in Game 3 of Climax Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Naomichi Donoue (L) tags out the Yomiuri Giants' Kenji Yano around second base in Game 3 of the Central League Climax Series at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya on Oct. 22, 2010.

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Japanese Red Cross sends staff to quake-hit Haiti

NARITA, Japan - Naomichi Shirata, a Japanese Red Cross official, prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2010, for a two-week trip to Haiti to assess personnel and supply requirements for relief efforts following a strong earthquake the previous day .

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Taniguchi takes 3-shot lead in Nippon Series 1st round

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Taniguchi responds to the galleries during tye opening round of the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 1. Taniguchi had an eagle, five birdies and a bogey en route to taking a three-stroke lead over Naomichi Ozaki, Shinichi Yokota and Satoru Hirota with a 6-under-par 64.

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N. Ozaki wins Chunichi Crowns

TOGO, Japan - Naomichi ''Joe'' Ozaki smiles with his trophy in hands after beating Steven Conran of Australia in a playoff to win the Chunichi Crowns for his second straight victory in as many weeks on the Nagoya Golf Club's Wago Course on May 1.

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N. Ozaki hangs on to win Tsuruya Open for 31st career title

KAWANISHI, Japan - Naomichi ''Joe'' Ozaki holds up his trophy after winning the Tsuruya Open golf tournament at Yamanohara Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 24.

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Katayama surges into lead after Chunichi Open 2nd round

TOGO, Japan - Shingo Katayama carded eight birdies to match Naomichi Ozaki with the day's low of 6-under-par 64 and take sole possession of the lead with a three-stroke advantage midway into the Chunichi Crowns in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on April 30.

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(1)Ozaki wins Bridgestone Open in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - Veteran Naomichi Ozaki holds up his trophy after winning the Bridgestone Open golf tournament at Sodegaura Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 26. Ozaki defeated overnight leader Paul Sheehan of Australia in a playoff.

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(2)Ozaki wins Bridgestone Open in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - Paul Sheehan (R) congratulates Naomichi Ozaki who won the Bridgestone Open golf tournament by beating the Australian golfer in a playoff at Sodegaura Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 26.

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Kobe quake survivors to encourage Taiwanese

KOBE, Japan - Two brothers who were victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan, are planning a bicycle tour around quake-hit Taiwan to encourage Taiwanese children. Masamichi Yazaki, 13, (L) and his brother Naomichi, 10, of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, will spend their winter holidays cycling around Taiwan to meet children who were victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the island in September. They also plan to visit asylums for orphans who lost their parents in the disaster.

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Hosokawa hangs on for ANA Open golf victory

KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan - Kazuhiko Hosokawa overcomes a pair of bogeys on the back nine and hangs on to win the ANA Open golf tournament at Sapporo Golf Club's Wattsu Course in Hokkaido on Sept. 19, holding off late charges by Katsuyoshi Tomori and Naomichi Ozaki for a one-shot victory.

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Imano surges to title at Chunichi Crowns golf

Fourth-year pro Yasuharu Imano turns in his second straight round of 5-under-par 65 May 2, edging out Naomichi ''Joe'' Ozaki by one stroke for his first Japanese tour victory at the 110 million yen Chunichi Crowns golf tournament.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki prays on April 28, 2022, in front of a facility set up in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to store the bodies of people killed in the April 23 tourist boat accident off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki prays on April 28, 2022, in front of a facility set up in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to store the bodies of people killed in the April 23 tourist boat accident off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Deadly tour boat accident off Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki offers flowers on April 28, 2022, in front of a facility set up in the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to store the bodies of people killed in the April 23 tourist boat accident off the Shiretoko Peninsula.

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Baseball in Japan

Yakult Swallows pitcher Yasuhiro Ogawa (29) and shortstop Naomichi Nishiura (3) pose for photos after leading the team to a 3-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2021.

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N. Ozaki hangs on to win Tsuruya Open for 31st career title

KAWANISHI, Japan - Naomichi ''Joe'' Ozaki holds up his trophy after winning the Tsuruya Open golf tournament at Yamanohara Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on April 24. (Kyodo)

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N. Ozaki wins Chunichi Crowns

TOGO, Japan - Naomichi ''Joe'' Ozaki smiles with his trophy in hands after beating Steven Conran of Australia in a playoff to win the Chunichi Crowns for his second straight victory in as many weeks on the Nagoya Golf Club's Wago Course on May 1. (Kyodo)

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Taniguchi takes 3-shot lead in Nippon Series 1st round

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Taniguchi responds to the galleries during tye opening round of the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 1. Taniguchi had an eagle, five birdies and a bogey en route to taking a three-stroke lead over Naomichi Ozaki, Shinichi Yokota and Satoru Hirota with a 6-under-par 64. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido melons fetch record 3 million yen at season's 1st auction

Naomichi Suzuki (R), mayor of the Hokkaido city of Yubari, holds a pair of Yubari melons with Takamaru Konishi, buyer at a supermarket in Amagasaki, western Japan, who became the winning bidder of the premium melons with a record-setting price of 3 million yen in the season's first auction in Sapporo on May 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan edge N. Korea in Rio Olympic q'fier

Naomichi Ueda (far R) of Japan scores a goal in the first half of a Group B game against North Korea at the Asian Under-23 Championship, the continent's final qualifying competition for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. Japan won 1-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan edge N. Korea in Rio Olympic q'fier

Naomichi Ueda (5) of Japan celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of a Group B game against North Korea at the Asian Under-23 Championship, the continent's final qualifying competition for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. Japan won 1-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan faces off against N. Korea for U-23 match

Naomichi Ueda (5) of Japan's Under-23 team celebrates after scoring the opener during the first half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against North Korea in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan faces off against N. Korea for U-23 match

Naomichi Ueda (5) of Japan's Under-23 team scores the opener during the first half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against North Korea in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan faces off against N. Korea for U-23 match

Players of Japan's Under-23 team celebrate after Naomichi Ueda (5) scored the opener during the first half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against North Korea in Doha on Jan. 13, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fashion industry group names "Best Dresser" awardees

Photo taken at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, shows five recipients of this year's Best Dresser awards given by the Men's Fashion Unity industry group -- (from L) Naomichi Suzuki, mayor of Hokkaido's Yubari city; Hideo Sawada, chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co.; comedian and Akutagawa literary award winner Naoki Matayoshi; actress Yo Yoshida; and actor Tori Matsuzaka. Another awardee, Charlotte Kate Fox, an American actress who won popularity after playing a heroine in a TV serial drama, was absent due to poor health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Red Cross sends staff to quake-hit Haiti

NARITA, Japan - Naomichi Shirata, a Japanese Red Cross official, prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2010, for a two-week trip to Haiti to assess personnel and supply requirements for relief efforts following a strong earthquake the previous day . (Kyodo)

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Lotte beats Chunichi in Game 5

CHIBA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Naomichi Donoue fails to field a grounder hit by the Lotte Marines' Tsuyoshi Nishioka during the first inning of Game 5 of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium on Nov. 4, 2010. The Dragons lost 10-4. (Kyodo)

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Football: Japan-Serbia friendly

Japan's Naomichi Ueda (L) and Serbia's Milan Makaric vie for the ball in the air during the first half of an international football friendly at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan, on June 11, 2021.

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Premium-grade melons fetch 1 mil. yen for two

SAPPORRO, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki (C), mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, holds a pair of Yubari premium-grade melons at Sapporo's Central Wholesale Market in Hokkaido on May 17, 2012. The pair fetched 1 million yen in the first auction of the harvest season at the market, matching the top price from the previous year. (Kyodo)

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Expensive melons

SAPPORO, Japan - Kazuo Watarai (R) from wholesaler Kurashige Shoten K.K. and Yubari Mayor Naomichi Suzuki hold a pair of Yubari melons, a type of premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe, after the company bought the fruits for 1 million yen (about $12,350) in the current harvest season's first auction at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets in Hokkaido on May 13, 2011. Watarai said his company based in Sapporo will give the fruits as a gift to an association of retail companies (Kyodo)

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Japan's youngest mayor Suzuki

YUBARI, Japan - Naomichi Suzuki poses for photos after being newly elected mayor of financially collapsed Yubari in Hokkaido on April 24, 2011. Suzuki, a former official of the Tokyo metropolitan government, became the youngest mayor in Japan at the age of 30. (Kyodo)

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Dragons vs. Giants in Game 3 of Climax Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons second baseman Naomichi Donoue (L) tags out the Yomiuri Giants' Kenji Yano around second base in Game 3 of the Central League Climax Series at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya on Oct. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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(2)Ozaki wins Bridgestone Open in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - Paul Sheehan (R) congratulates Naomichi Ozaki who won the Bridgestone Open golf tournament by beating the Australian golfer in a playoff at Sodegaura Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 26. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ozaki wins Bridgestone Open in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - Veteran Naomichi Ozaki holds up his trophy after winning the Bridgestone Open golf tournament at Sodegaura Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 26. Ozaki defeated overnight leader Paul Sheehan of Australia in a playoff. (Kyodo)

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The Royal Express Departure Ceremony

A scene from the departure ceremony at Sapporo Station of the The Royal Express, a luxury sightseeing train operated in Hokkaido by Tokyu Corporation and JR Hokkaido. Representatives of each company and Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki cut the ribbon.

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Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki taking a test drive.

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki test drives a prototype car made by high school students at a preview of the first day of the Sapporo Motor Show 2020 held at Sapporo Dome.

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Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki

Governor of Hokkaido delivers his congratulatory address at the Sapporo Motor Show 2020 Opening Ceremony held at Sapporo Dome.

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Spread of coronavirus in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki talks about anti-coronavirus measures during a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2020.

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Spread of coronavirus in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki talks about anti-coronavirus measures during a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2020.

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Sapporo residents to be asked to stay home amid virus surge

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki (R) and Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto meet the press after holding talks at the northern Japan prefectural government's office in Sapporo on Nov. 16, 2020. They agreed to ask residents of Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, to refrain from non-essential outings due to a surge in coronavirus infections in the region.