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Japanese Princess Nobuko chats with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

(from L) Japanese Princess Nobuko and her daughters, Princess Akiko and Princess Yoko, attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japanese Princess Nobuko attends the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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68-year-old woman gets doctoral degree in Ainu attire

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows Nobuko Tsuda, a 68-year-old curator of the Hokkaido Ainu Center who received a doctoral degree in the transition of embroidery in Ainu traditional attire from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Kanagawa Prefecture in September 2014. Receiving a doctoral degree is rare for an Ainu woman.

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Japan envoy visits NFL star

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae (C) and his wife Nobuko poses for photos with Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III as the envoy visited the NFL star at the team's home stadium near Washington on Aug. 24, 2013.

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Japan doctor offers medical relief abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kurosaki, president of the Japanese arm of Doctors without Borders, speaks on May 21, 2013 at the entity's office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Kurosaki, who assumed her current position in March 2010, has offered humanitarian medical aid as a volunteer surgeon on a total of 11 missions to such countries as Sri Lanka, Somalia and Jordan since 2001. Most recently she was in Syria for about a month from mid-April.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows (from L to R front) Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince Charles' since-deceased wife Princess Diana and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa's wife Princess Nobuko watching sumo at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo in May 1986. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died at the age of 66 on June 6, 2012.

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Dragons manager, wife celebrate CL title clinch

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (L front) and his wife Nobuko (R front) pose for photographs after jumping into the swimming pool of a Tokyo hotel where the Central League baseball club held a party from past midnight of Oct. 18, 2011, to celebrate their clinching of their second consecutive CL title.

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Prime Minister Kan eats out for 1st time since tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C), his mother (R back) and his wife Nobuko (L) walk on a pedestrian crossing to return to the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after having lunch together at a nearby Chinese restaurant on May 3, 2011, a national holiday in Japan, marking the first time he has eaten out since the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.

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Mrs. Kan meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kan, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2011.

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Mrs. Kan meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kan, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, enters a room at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo to hold a press conference on Jan. 12, 2011.

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Mrs. Kan meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kan, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, holds up her book during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2011.

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Kan, wife go shopping

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pushes a shopping cart at a supermarket in Mitaka, western Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2011. Kan and his wife Nobuko went shopping in a move seen as aimed at showing the premier is close to the common people. (Pool photo)

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Kan, wife go shopping

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and his wife Nobuko (C) shop at a supermarket in Mitaka, western Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2011. The move is seen as aimed at showing the premier is close to the common people. (Pool photo)

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Wives of APEC leaders in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - Wives of leaders from the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan's first lady Nobuko Kan (4th from L), pose in front of the iconic Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2010. The leaders gathered for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day in Yokohama in the prefecture. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Nobuko, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 11, 2010, in Tokyo's suburban city of Musashino, which is Kan's constituency. Voters began casting their ballots the same day in Japan's first national election since the DPJ took power the previous year.

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G-20 summit begins in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and his wife Nobuko at the start of a Group of 20 summit in Toronto, Canada, on June 26, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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G-20 summit begins in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd from R) and his wife Laureen (R) welcome Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L) and his wife Nobuko at the start of a Group of 20 summit in Toronto, Canada, on June 26, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobuko Kan makes her debut at G-8 summit

TORONTO, Canada - Nobuko Kan, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R), autographs a canoe with Laureen Harper, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, looking on as they visit the Famous People Players Theater in Toronto on June 25, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Kan arrives in Canada for G-8, G-20 summits

TORONTO, Canada - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan climbs down to the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, on June 24, 2010, followed by his wife Nobuko. He will attend the Group of Eight and Group of 20 summit meetings in the country to make his diplomatic debut as Japan's leader. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kan leaves for summits in Canada

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), accompanied by his wife Nobuko, boards a government airplane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 24, 2010, to head for Canada to attend the Group of Eight and Group of 20 summit meetings.

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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2008 shows Nobuko Kan, the wife of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, posing during campaigning in Tokyo's Sugamo district. The characters on her dress read ''Change'' and ''Change of government.''

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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 shows Nobuko Kan (L), the wife of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R), celebrating after her husband secures a lower house seat in the general election at his campaign office in Tokyo.

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Court finally acquits 5 in wartime ideology case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shinichi Ono (L) smiles at a press conference in Yokohama on Feb. 4, 2010, after the Yokohama District Court cleared the names of his father Yasuhito and four others in the so-called ''Yokohama Incident,'' often described as Japan's worst case of supression of free speech during World War II. On the right is Shinichi's sister, Nobuko Saito.

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Japan Olympic Nordic team heads for Canada

NARITA, Japan - Nobuko Fukuda, a member of the Japanese women's cross country squad for the Vancouver Olympics, leaves Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Canada along with other skiers on Jan. 26, 2010. The Japanese team will take part in the World Cup near Calgary prior to their Olympic games in February.

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Emperor, empress host autumn garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L in center) and Empress Michiko (R in center) host an annual autumn party at the Akasaka imperial garden in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on Oct. 22, 2009. Crown Prince Naruhito (L), Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (behind her husband) and Princess Akiko (R), a daughter of Prince Tomohito and Princess Nobuko, also joined the gathering.

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Court dismisses wartime suppression case, gives no verdict

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shinichi Ono (R), second son of Yasuhito Ono, a deceased journalist who was convicted in the ''Yokohama Incident,'' and Nobuko Saito, Yasuhito Ono's eldest daughter, speak at a news conference in Yokohama on March 30 after the Yokohama District Court dismissed the retrial of their father and passed no judgment on whether or not Yasuhito Ono was guilty of promoting communism in violation of a wartime law.

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Lawmaker reveals bookkeeping irregularity at her foundation

OSAKA, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Nobuko Iwaki speaks at a press conference at the Osaka perfectural government Feb. 23. She admitted that a foundation she headed moved its 340 million yen of debts off its books in what appears to be irregular booking.

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Kin of convicted editor seek acquittal in Yokohama Incident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shinichi Ono (R) and his sister Nobuko Saito speak at a press conference at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on Feb. 17. Ono and Saito called for the conviction of their deceased father Yasuhito Ono, a wartime magazine editor, to be quashed during a retrial hearing at the Yokohama District Court of the so-called Yokohama Incident, a case concerning the repression of free speech during World War II in which Yasuhito Ono was convicted.

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Juzo Itami Award established to encourage artistic activity

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Miyamoto (C), wife of the late film director Juzo Itami, film director Masayuki Suo (far left), illustrator Shimbo Minami (far right) and others pose for photos after announcing the establishment of the Juzo Itami Award to encourage artistic activity.

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Court to retry 'Yokohama Incident'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nobuko Saito (L) and Shinichi Ono, daughter and son of Yasuhito Ono, a late journalist who was convicted in the so-called ''Yokohama Incident, meet the press in Yokohama on Oct. 31 after the Yokohama District Court decided to retry a case in the incident known as the nation's worst case of repression of free speech during the war, accepting the petition filed by them.

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and other women are seen drumming up support for the party during a rally in Tokyo's Sugamo district on Oct. 26, 2008. Each of the aprons bears the slogan: ''Change!'' and ''A Change of Government.''

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, is seen rallying support during a meeting with wives of other DPJ legislators in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 20, 2007, together with Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and Airi Maehara (L), wife of former DPJ President Seiji Maehara.

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Moves unfolding to take new look at real images of closed mines

TOKYO, Japan - Pianist Nobuko Hatano (L) and her husband, Kensai (back left), visit the home of their former neighbors Megumi and Hisashi Ito in the city of Yubari, Hokkaido.

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Natsumi, Fukuda finish 8th in team sprint final

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Madoka Natsumi (L) and Nobuko Fukuda (R) rejoice after advancing to the final in the women's cross country skiing team sprint at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 14. They finished eighth in the final.

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Kamino wins Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Nobuko Yamada, Mika Ozawa, Yuka Kamino, Chikage Tanaka, and Ikue Teshigawara have been selected for the women's short-track Olympic races in Turin in February 2006.

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(2)Koizumi attends memorial service in Iwojima

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Matsumura, an 86-year-old resident of Hiroshima Prefecture who lost her husband in the Battle of Iwojima in 1945, addresses a government war memorial service on Iwojima Island on June 19. (Pool photo)

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Women execs clean up the mess at scandal-hit firms

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakamoto (R), Duskin Co.'s female managing director, and Nobuko Hiwasa (Left), Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s outside managing director, speak on corporate ethics at a forum in the town of Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Kan casts ballot in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan casts his ballot with his wife Nobuko at a polling station near his home in Musashino, a western Tokyo suburb, on Nov. 9. Kan told reporters,''The election has developed into one for a choice of government. I expect the people's courage and enthusiasm.''

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Japan takes 2nd at women's 4x5-km relay

OWANI, Japan - Members of Japan's women's 4x5-km relay for the Winter Asian Games -- (from L to R) Chizuru Soneta, Sumiko Yokoyama, Nobuko Fukuda and Madoka Natsumi -- pose with their silver medals at the Aomori Ajara Cross-Country Course in Owani on Feb. 6.

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Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - The cabinet on Sept. 20 appointed ambassadors to Russia, France and other countries. (Top, from L to R) Issei Nomura, new ambassador to Russia, Hiroshi Hirabayashi, ambassador to France, Kishichiro Amae, ambassador to the Ukraine, and Nobuko Matsubara, ambassador to Italy. (Below from L to R) Yushu Takashima, ambassador to Germany, and Shotaro Oshima, ambassador to the international organizations in Geneva, were also appointed.

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Norway's queen visits art museum

MAEBASHI, Japan - Norwegian Queen Sonja (L) arrives at the Hara Museum ARC in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on March 27 with Princess Nobuko (R), wife of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, to attend an opening ceremony for an exhibition by Jan Groth, one of Norway's leading artists. King Harald V and Queen Sonja arrived in Japan on March 25 on a weeklong state visit.

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Memorial mass for train fire victims held in Kaprun

KAPRUN, Austria - Nobuko Deguchi (C), representing relatives of Japanese victims, offers flowers at a memorial service held at Kaprun on Nov. 15 for the 155 people killed in the fire inside the Mt. Kitzsteinhorn funicular train tunnel Nov. 11. Deguchi's husband Okihiko, a ski instructor from Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, and their 13-year-old daughter Nao are believed to have perished in the fire, along with 8 other Japanese.

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Family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII sought

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nobuko Iinuma, a 68-year-old writer based in Los Angeles, holds a bloodstained Japanese flag as she speaks at an event in a Los Angeles suburb commemorating the 55th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 14. Iinuma said her neighbor, Gold Mayer, had asked her to help him find the family of a Japanese soldier who died in battle in the Philippines in 1944. Mayer found the flag wrapped around the dead soldier's body.

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Exhibition on 1945 atomic bombing

Photo taken Aug. 8, 2022, shows a replica of a shirt worn by Nobuko Oshita, a 13-year-old victim of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, on display in an exhibition being held through Sept. 2 at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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(2)Koizumi attends memorial service in Iwojima

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Matsumura, an 86-year-old resident of Hiroshima Prefecture who lost her husband in the Battle of Iwojima in 1945, addresses a government war memorial service on Iwojima Island on June 19. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Kamino wins Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Nobuko Yamada, Mika Ozawa, Yuka Kamino, Chikage Tanaka, and Ikue Teshigawara have been selected for the women's short-track Olympic races in Turin in February 2006. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker reveals bookkeeping irregularity at her foundation

OSAKA, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Nobuko Iwaki speaks at a press conference at the Osaka perfectural government Feb. 23. She admitted that a foundation she headed moved its 340 million yen of debts off its books in what appears to be irregular booking. (Kyodo)

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Tampopo; Dandelion (1985)

Nobuko Miyamoto Characters: Tampopo Film: Tampopo; Dandelion (1989) Director: Juzo Itami 23 November 1985 Date: 23 November 1985

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Names of Hiroshima A-bombing victims added to new list

Nobuko Nakamoto (back) and Kazuko Ikegame write in Hiroshima on June 10, 2015, the names of victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japanese city who have died or have been acknowledged dead since Aug. 6, 2014. A name list of the newly found victims will be dedicated at a memorial cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, the day in 1945 when the A-bomb was dropped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo