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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Xinhua Headlines: China-Japan-South Korea summit expected to refocus on cooperation after four-year hiatus

(240525) -- SEOUL, May 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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Xinhua Headlines: China-Japan-South Korea summit expected to refocus on cooperation after four-year hiatus

(240525) -- SEOUL, May 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(240209) -- TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(240209) -- TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(240209) -- TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(240209) -- TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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Pool on 49th floor of new building in Tokyo

Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2023, shows a pool on the 49th floor of Toranomon Hills Station Tower in Tokyo. The new 266-meter high building is set to open on Oct. 6.

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Japan's new Children and Families Agency starts full operation

STORY: Japan's new Children and Families Agency starts full operation DATELINE: April 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children 2. various of the inaugural ceremony (courtesy of Prime Minister's Office of Japan) STORYLINE: Japan's newly created Children and Families Agency began its full-scale operations on Monday, in a bid to eliminate the vertically segmented administration of child-related policies previously overseen by multiple government agencies. The new administrative body, established with about 400 personnel, is designed to serve as a control tower for a wide range of policies, such as supporting child-rearing, alleviating child poverty, helping to prevent child abuse and tackling the falling birthrate. At an inaugural ceremony held at its Tokyo office on Monday, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said that his government aims to create a society centered on children, always considering what is best for them. The agency, created as an extern

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Lunar New Year observed around world with illuminated landmarks

STORY: Lunar New Year observed around world with illuminated landmarks DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrating the Chinese New Year 2. various of the Empire State Building in New York, U.S. 3. various of the Palace Bridge in St. Petersburg, Russia 4. various of the London Eye in London, Britain 5. various of the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan 6. various of the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia STORYLINE: Landmarks around the globe have been lit up in the auspicious color red to celebrate the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, that fell on Sunday this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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Xinhua Headlines: Lunar New Year observed around world with illuminated landmarks, events

(230123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(230121) -- TOKYO, Jan. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(230121) -- TOKYO, Jan. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO TOWER-CHINESE NEW YEAR-ILLUMINATION

(230121) -- TOKYO, Jan. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Tower is lit up in red to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Skytree attracts visitors in New Year holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2013, shows Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The number of visitors to the world's tallest broadcast tower at 634 meters and its adjacent commercial complex Tokyo Solamachi came to 910,000 on New Year's Eve and the first three days of the new year, the tower's operator said on Jan. 4, 2013.

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Multilingual guide robot at Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television City Corp., the operator of Tokyo Tower, inaugurates a new robot capable of providing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on the tower's observation deck on Aug. 1, 2012. The 160-centimeter-tall barrel shaped robot, which weighs 200 kilograms, does the rounds of the second floor of the 150-meter-high deck and tells visitors what they can see below.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 17, 2012, shows JP Tower, a new skyscraper housing a post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank on its ground floor, in front of JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The opening ceremony for the offices was held the same day at the roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure.

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Skyscraper housing Japan Post Bank head office

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows JP Tower, a new skyscraper housing a post office and the head office of Japan Post Bank on its ground floor, in front of JR Tokyo Station (foreground) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The opening ceremony for the offices was held July 17, 2012, at the roughly 200-meter-tall, 38-story structure.

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Tokyo Skytree draws over 5.8 mil. visitors during 1st month

TOKYO, Japan - Women pose for photos in front of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on June 22, 2012, one month after its opening to the public. Its operator put the number of visitors to a new commercial complex featuring the landmark during the month at more than 5.8 million in total.

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Tokyo Skytree draws over 5.5 mil. visitors during 1st month

TOKYO, Japan - People pose for photos in front of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on June 22, 2012, one month after its opening to the public. Its operator put the number of visitors to a new commercial complex featuring the landmark during the month at more than 5.5 million in total.

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Tokyo Sky Tree Station

TOKYO, Japan - A station on Tobu Railway Co's Tobu Isesaki Line bears its new name -- Tokyo Sky Tree Station -- in the early hours of March 17, 2012. The nearest rail stop to the world's tallest tower (top) was renamed that day from the former Narihirabashi Station.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - People take photos of the Tokyo Sky Tree as it is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Sky Tree is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Sky Tree lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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1st of ANA's Boeing 787 at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s first all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2011, from the United States. In the background is the Tokyo Sky Tree telecommunications tower. The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft will make its world's first commercial charter flight between Narita airport outside Tokyo and Hong Kong on Oct. 26.

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Tokyo Sky Tree reaches 497 meters high

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Sky Tree tower, under construction but already the tallest building in Japan, appears in the hazy sky. The new communications tower has reached the height of 497 meters, the peak of the main building body beneath an antenna for digital broadcasting.

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Tokyo Sky Tree reaches 497 meters high

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Tokyo Sky Tree tower which, although still under construction, is already the tallest building in Japan. The new communications tower has reached the height of 497 meters, the peak of the main building body beneath an antenna for digital broadcasting.

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Tokyo Sky Tree reaches 497 meters high

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Tokyo Sky Tree tower which, although still under construction, is already the tallest building in Japan. The new communications tower has reached the height of 497 meters, the peak of the main building body beneath an antenna for digital broadcasting.

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Tokyo Sky Tree reaches 497 meters high

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Tokyo Sky Tree tower which, although still under construction, is already the tallest building in Japan. The new communications tower has reached the height of 497 meters, the peak of the main building body beneath an antenna for digital broadcasting.

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Sky Tree becomes new addition at cherry-blossom viewing

TOKYO, Japan - People view cherry blossoms against the backdrop of Tokyo Sky Tree, the tallest building in Japan, in Sumida Park by the Sumida River, on April 4, 2010. The tower became a new addition to the view from the popular cherry blossom-viewing spot.

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Sky Tree becomes new addition at cherry-blossom viewing

TOKYO, Japan - People view cherry blossoms against the backdrop of Tokyo Sky Tree, the tallest building in Japan, in Sumida Park by the Sumida River, on April 4, 2010. The tower became a new addition to the view from the popular cherry blossom-viewing spot.

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Hundreds of millions switch off lights for Earth Hour

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower in Tokyo's Minato Ward goes dark at 8:30 p.m. as a record-breaking 125 countries are participating in or plan to take part in this year's Earth Hour, which sees citizens, companies and governments switch off their lights for one hour at 8:30 p.m. on March 27, 2010. Landmarks such as China's Forbidden City, New York's Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also taking part in the event.

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Haneda new control tower starts operation

TOKYO, Japan - Airplanes taxi near a new flight control tower (C) which began operation at Tokyo's Haneda airport Jan. 12, 2010, beside the building (R) which houses the old one. The 115.7-meter-high tower is the world's third tallest of its kind and tops the 87.3-m tower at Narita airport, east Tokyo.

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Haneda new control tower starts operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2010, shows a new flight control tower at Tokyo's Haneda airport. The 115.7-meter-high tower, the world's third tallest of its kind which tops the 87.3-m tower at Narita airport, east Tokyo, began operation Jan. 12.

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New airport traffic control tower to start operations

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 8, 2010, shows the inside of a new airport traffic control tower at Haneda airport in Tokyo which will start operations on Jan. 12. The 115.7 meter tower -- 38.1 meters taller than the present tower at the airport -- is the tallest such tower in Japan and the third tallest in the world.

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Panoramic simulator at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Air traffic controllers receive training on using a new simulator equipped with a 360-degree panoramic projector at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 14, 2009, ahead of the completion next year of a fourth runway and a new 116-meter-high control tower. The 17 color panels on the 1 billion yen simulator can display weather changes and images of airplanes complete with airline tail logos to aid air traffic controllers in smoothly guiding aircraft at the gateway to Tokyo.

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First major steel framework set for Tokyo Sky Tree tower

TOKYO, Japan - The first part (white structure in center) of steel framework for the Tokyo Sky Tree, a tower to cope with digital terrestrial TV broadcasting now under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, was set in its foundation on April 6. The 610-meter-tall new tower is scheduled to begin operating in 2012.

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New commercial complex Tokyo Midtown opens in Roppongi area

TOKYO, Japan - People take to a new landmark business and commercial complex that opened on March 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi district, featuring a 248-meter-tall tower, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the capital, as its core facility. The Tokyo Midtown complex, built on the 10-hectare site of the former Defense Agency under a 370-billion-yen project, houses luxury hotel Ritz-Carlton Tokyo on the upper floors of the tower.

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New commercial complex Tokyo Midtown opens in Roppongi area

TOKYO, Japan - A new landmark business and commercial complex opened on March 30 in Tokyo's Roppongi district, featuring a 248-meter-tall tower, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the capital, as its core facility. The Tokyo Midtown complex, built on the 10-hectare site of the former Defense Agency under a 370-billion-yen project, houses luxury hotel Ritz-Carlton Tokyo on the upper floors of the tower. The complex also houses some 130 shops and restaurants, upscale apartments, a museum and business offices, including the head offices of Fujifilm Holdings Corp. and game software and entertainment business firm Konami Corp.

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto.

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New Tokyo Tower to be built in Sumida Ward in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial photo taken on March 25 shows a defunct railway shunting yard in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, where Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in the Tokyo area plan to build a new radio and TV transmitter tower, dubbed the New Tokyo Tower, by 2010.

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New digital radio broadcasting services to be tested

TOKYO, Japan - An marketing assistant holds a receiver for ticket sales and music-downloading services linked to terrestrial digital radio broadcasting which Telecom carrier KDDI Corp. and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. will launch on a trial basis. The two companies said March 3 will conduct trials for these new services at Tokyo Tower for three days from March 4, using a prototype mobile receiver developed jointly by the two companies and Tokyo-based electronics firm Vitec Co.

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Kyodo News marks completion of new HQ in Shiodome site

TOKYO, Japan - Kyodo News on July 17 marked the completion of its new headquarters (shown in photo) in the Shiodome waterfront redevelopment zone in Tokyo with an opening ceremony. Shiodome Media Tower, a 172-meter skyscraper with 34 stories above ground and four below, features the latest communications facilities including high-speed fiber-optic networks.

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(2)New landmark opens in Tokyo's Roppongi district

TOKYO, Japan - A new landmark in Tokyo comprising a high-rise office tower, entertainment and cultural facilities, as well as residential space spanning more than 11.6 hectares of land, opened in Tokyo's Roppongi district on April 25.

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(3)New landmark opens in Tokyo's Roppongi district

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an overview of the Roppongi Hills, a new landmark that opened for business in Tokyo on April 25. A museum and an observatory providing a panoramic view of Tokyo are housed on the top floor of Mori Tower, the tallest building in the center.

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(1)New landmark opens in Tokyo's Roppongi district

TOKYO, Japan - A new landmark in Tokyo comprising a high-rise office tower, entertainment and cultural facilities, as well as residential space spanning more than 11.6 hectares of land, opened in Tokyo's Roppongi district on April 25. Roppongi Hills features a 270-meter-tall office tower with a museum and an observatory providing a panoramic view of Tokyo at the top, about 200 shops and restaurants, a cinema complex with nine movie screens and residential towers.

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Kyodo News starts construction of new headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Saita, president of Kyodo News, breaks ground Oct. 24 in a ceremony marking the start of construction of the agency's new 34-story headquarters in the Shiodome area of Tokyo's Minato Ward. The building, Shiodome Media Tower, is being built on a 9,323 square-meter plot that was once part of the now-defunct Japanese National Railways Shiodome freight train station. The building is due for completion by June 2003.