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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows, from right: Masakazu Osawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; Junichi Hanzawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Hiroyuki Seki, Next President and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings.=December 16,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows, from right: Masakazu Osawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; Junichi Hanzawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Hiroyuki Seki, Next President and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings.=December 16,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference. From right: Hiroki Kamezawa, incoming Executive Chairman of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Masakazu Osawa, incoming President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; Junichi Hanzawa, incoming President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Hiroyuki Seki, incoming President and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings; Makoto Kobayashi, incoming Chairman of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings.=December 16,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows, from right: Masakazu Osawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; Junichi Hanzawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Hiroyuki Seki, Next President and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings.=December 16,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows, from right: Masakazu Osawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank; Junichi Hanzawa, Next President and Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; Hiroyuki Seki, Next President and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings.=December 16,2025,Tokyo

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(231006) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Osawa Haruka of Japan (blue) celebrates scoring during the Women's Gold Medal Match of Football between Japan and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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Asian Games: Football

Asian Games: Football

Japan's Haruka Osawa (front) celebrates after scoring a goal with a header in the second half of the women's football final against North Korea at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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Asian Games: Football

Asian Games: Football

Japan's Haruka Osawa (C) scores a goal with a header in the second half of the women's football final against North Korea at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-WENZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(SP)CHINA-WENZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(230930) -- WENZHOU, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Osawa Haruka (1st, R) of Japan shoots during the Women's Quarterfinal between Japan and Philippines at the 19th Asian Games in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-WENZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(SP)CHINA-WENZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(230930) -- WENZHOU, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Osawa Haruka (front) of Japan shoots during the Women's Quarterfinal between Japan and Philippines at the 19th Asian Games in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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UNESCO's World Heritage decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

UNESCO's World Heritage decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

DOHA, Qatar - Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa smiles in Doha, Qatar, on June 21, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to add the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Celebration after UNESCO's decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

Celebration after UNESCO's decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

DOHA, Qatar - Kenjiro Monji (L), ambassador at the Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO, Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa (C), and Masanori Aoyagi, commission of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, cerebrate in Doha, Qatar, on June 21, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to add the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

DOHA, Qatar - (From L) Masaaki Osawa, the governor of Japan's Gunma Prefecture, Masanori Aoyagi, commissioner of the Cultural Affairs Agency, and Kenjiro Monji, ambassador at the Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO, celebrate after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided at a meeting in Doha on June 21, 2014, to add the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list. The mill is located in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Local gov'ts call for greater use of renewable energy

Local gov'ts call for greater use of renewable energy

TOKYO, Japan - Gunma Governor Masaki Osawa (L) presents a list of requests, including one for the greater use of renewable energy sources, from the National Governors' Association to Tsuneyoshi Tatsuoka, vice minister of economy, trade and industry, at the latter's office in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Piggy bank museum gives gift to 300,000th visitor

Piggy bank museum gives gift to 300,000th visitor

OSAKA, Japan - Minoru Osawa (C) receives a commemorative gift as the 300,000th visitor to Amagasaki Shinkin Bank's money box museum in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2014.

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Actor Fujioka named to head team for Gunma publicity blitz

Actor Fujioka named to head team for Gunma publicity blitz

MAEBASHI, Japan - Actor Hiroshi Fujioka (L), named as head of a "Gunma expedition team" to promote Gunma Prefecture, receives an appointment letter from Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa on March 4, 2014 in Tokyo, as Gunma-chan (R), the official mascot of the eastern Japan prefecture, looks on.

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Japan's Osawa in women's ice hockey vs Germany

Japan's Osawa in women's ice hockey vs Germany

SOCHI, Russia - Japan forward Chiho Osawa (L) plays against Germany in the women's ice hockey classifications at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Japan vs Germany in women's ice hockey in Sochi

Japan vs Germany in women's ice hockey in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japan forward Haruna Yoneyama (C) celebrates with teammates Chiho Osawa (R) and Moeko Fujimoto after scoring their second goal during the third period of the women's ice hockey classifications game against Germany at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Japan vs Germany in women's ice hockey in Sochi

Japan vs Germany in women's ice hockey in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japan forward Chiho Osawa (R) takes the puck during the first period of the women's ice hockey classifications game against Germany at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Japan vs Russia in women's ice hockey at Winter Games

Japan vs Russia in women's ice hockey at Winter Games

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese players - (from front) Haruna Yoneyama, Chiho Osawa, and goalkeeper Nana Fujimoto - get together after Russia scored their fifth goal during the third period of the women's ice hockey classifications round at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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Japan vs Russia in ice hockey at Winter Games

Japan vs Russia in ice hockey at Winter Games

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese forward Chiho Osawa (R) and Russia's Tatyana Burina compete for the puck during the first period of the women's ice hockey classifications round at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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Japan loses to Sweden in women's hockey prelims at Sochi

Japan loses to Sweden in women's hockey prelims at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese ice hockey players -- (from L) Tomoko Sakagami, Yuka Hirano, Chiho Osawa and Hanae Kubo -- leave the rink after losing 1-0 to Sweden in a Group B preliminary game in women's ice hockey at the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Japan women ice hockey team eyeing medal at Sochi Olympics

Japan women ice hockey team eyeing medal at Sochi Olympics

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Chiho Osawa (C), captain of the Japanese women's ice hockey team, says the squad aims for a medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics next month at a send-off party in Yokohama on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Japan's biggest cable TV operator to merge with No. 2

Japan's biggest cable TV operator to merge with No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Takahashi (L), senior vice president of KDDI Corp., and Yoshio Osawa, director, senior managing executive officer of Sumitomo Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Sumitomo and KDDI that day said they will merge their cable TV services by integrating Japan's biggest cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co. and second-largest cable TV operator Japan Cablenet Ltd. around fall 2013.

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E. Timorese president in disaster-hit Sendai

E. Timorese president in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta puts the country's traditional cotton fabric on Narumi Osawa, an 18-year-old student at a high school in Sendai, on Jan. 20, 2012. Ramos-Horta visited the high school in the city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to cheer up some 800 students there.

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Renowned Japanese writers at press conference

Renowned Japanese writers at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Award-winning Japanese novelists Jiro Asada, Arimasa Osawa, Mariko Hayashi and Keigo Higashino attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2011. A group of renowned writers and cartoonists, including the four novelists, filed a suit with the Tokyo District Court the same day seeking a court order to stop digital book scanning services, alleging copyright infringement. They argue that such book scanning services could lead to the mass proliferation of pirated works on the Internet and hinder the formation of a digital book market.

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Incumbent Gunma governor reelected

Incumbent Gunma governor reelected

MAEBASHI, Japan - Incumbent Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa (C) cerebrates after winning the prefecture's gubernatorial election on July 3, 2011.

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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 2005 shows Keiji Osawa, former manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters professional baseball club, better known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, who died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78.

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Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

Japan baseball 'big daddy' Osawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - In September 1994 file photo Keiji Osawa, then manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters kneels down on the ground at Tokyo Dome to apologize to fans for his team's poor results in the year after the season's final game. Known by his nickname ''oyabun,'' or big daddy, Osawa died of cancer on Oct. 7, 2010, at age 78.

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6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Six governors from the Kanto region -- (from L to R) Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi Prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki Prefecture, Kensaku Morita of Chiba Prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo, Masaaki Osawa of Gunma Prefecture and Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture -- are briefed by a land ministry official on the Yamba Dam project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2009, as they visit the planned construction site.

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LDP's Osawa to win Gunma gubernatorial election

LDP's Osawa to win Gunma gubernatorial election

MAEBASHI, Japan - Masaaki Osawa (R), fielded by the Liberal Democratic Party, is congratulated by his supporters at his election campaign office in Maebashi on July 22 after winning the gubernatorial election in Gunma Prefecture.

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Bands of fish merchants, farmers attracting attention

Bands of fish merchants, farmers attracting attention

TOKYO, Japan - Members of ''Kitamura Osawa Band'' perform at a symposium in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Murdered Tochigi girl died from blood loss

Murdered Tochigi girl died from blood loss

IMAICHI, Japan - Flowers sit Dec. 3 on Yuki Yoshida's desk at Osawa Elementary School in Imaichi, Tochigi Prefecture. The first-grader was found dead in a forest the previous day in neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture. Police said she had been stabbed in the heart and died from blood loss.

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(2)Japan may add more names to abductee list

(2)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Undated photo shows Takashi Osawa who has been missing since 1974.

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(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Shoichi Osawa (3rd from L) and his supporters meet Ryuji Kaji, head of the Niigata prefectural police, Sept. 24 to seek help in locating his younger brother Takashi, who has been missing since 1974. Shoichi suspects Takashi may have been abducted and taken to North Korea. Japanese government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said in Tokyo earlier in the day more names could be added to the list of abductees and urged Pyongyang to investigate.

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Nippon Mitsubishi Oil picks Watari as president

Nippon Mitsubishi Oil picks Watari as president

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Watari (R), vice president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., Japan's largest oil company, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 11 following appointment as president. At left is outgoing President Hidejiro Osawa. The appointment will be made official at a board meeting after the firm's shareholders meeting on June 29.

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Nippon Mitsubishi, Cosmo announce broad alliance

Nippon Mitsubishi, Cosmo announce broad alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., and Keiichiro Okabe, president of Cosmo Oil Co., shake hands after announcing an agreement to form a wide-ranging business alliance at a press conference at Tokyo's Keidanren Kaikan on Oct. 12.

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Japan's top oil firm to acquire Koa Oil

Japan's top oil firm to acquire Koa Oil

TOKYO, Japan - Hidejiro Osawa, president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., speaks at a news conference July 28 on his company's plan to make Koa Oil Co. a subsidiary by purchasing up to a 50 percent equity stake from Caltex Corp.

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Nippon Oil, Mitsubishi Oil announce merger

Nippon Oil, Mitsubishi Oil announce merger

Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Oil Co., Japan's No. 2 petroleum company, and Yoshihiko Izumitani (R), president of Mitsubishi Oil Co., ranked sixth, announce a basic agreement on merger of the two companies at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Oct. 28. The merger next April will give birth to Japan's largest petroleum company to top the present industry leader Idemitsu Kosan Co. in terms of sales and market share.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(220206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Qiqi (2nd R) vies with Chiho Osawa (1st R) of Japan during the ice hockey women's Group B match between China and Japan at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

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(XHTP)(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(XHTP)(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(220206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kang Mulan (R) of China and Osawa Chiho of Japan compete during the ice hockey women's Group B match between China and Japan at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Yongmin)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(220206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Osawa Chiho (C) of Japan reacts during the ice hockey women's Group B match between China and Japan at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ICE HOCKEY-WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY-CHINA VS JAPAN

(220206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Osawa Chiho (C) of Japan scores during the ice hockey women's Group B match between China and Japan at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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Beijing Olympics: Ice hockey

Beijing Olympics: Ice hockey

Jessica Adolfsson (9) of Sweden challenges Chiho Osawa (R) of Japan during the first period of the women's ice hockey preliminary round group B match at the Wukesong Sports Centre at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 3, 2022.

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LDP's Osawa to win Gunma gubernatorial election

LDP's Osawa to win Gunma gubernatorial election

MAEBASHI, Japan - Masaaki Osawa (R), fielded by the Liberal Democratic Party, is congratulated by his supporters at his election campaign office in Maebashi on July 22 after winning the gubernatorial election in Gunma Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean abductees' kin press int'l community to do more

N. Korean abductees' kin press int'l community to do more

Shoichi Osawa, the older brother of Takashi Osawa, who disappeared as a 27-year-old from Sado Island in Niigata, central Japan, attends a Japanese government-sponsored symposium on North Korea's human rights violations at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 4, 2016. "Please help us as we strive for the release of the abductees so that they can maintain their dignity as human beings and enjoy freedom once again," Osawa said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Skytree draws 20 millionth visitor

Tokyo Skytree draws 20 millionth visitor

Sachiko Osawa (far R) poses for a memorial photo along with family members at Tokyo Skytree on Nov. 9, 2015, as she became the 20 millionth visitor at the tower's observation deck. The facility reached the number around three and a half years after its opening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Incumbent secures 3rd term as Gunma governor

Incumbent secures 3rd term as Gunma governor

Masaaki Osawa celebrates in Maebashi, eastern Japan, on July 5, 2015, after securing a third term as governor of Gunma Prefecture in an election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gunma gov. receives Tomioka world heritage certificate replica

Gunma gov. receives Tomioka world heritage certificate replica

Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa (L) and Masanori Aoyagi, chief of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, hold a replica of the certificate recognizing the Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites in the prefecture as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site in 2014 at the agency in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. The replica was handed to the governor at a ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Kiko, daughter Kako attend film screening

Princess Kiko, daughter Kako attend film screening

Princess Kiko (2nd from L), the wife of Prince Akishino, second in line to the imperial throne, and their second daughter Kako (2nd from R) attend a screening of the Japanese movie "Lion Standing Against the Wind" at a cinema in Tokyo on March 23, 2015. On the far left is the movie's leading actor Takao Osawa and on the far right is the original novel's writer Masashi Sada. (Pool photo by Asahi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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