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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako poses for a photo with Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako poses for a photo with Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako hands the Emperor's Cup to Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-JAPAN VS IRAQ

(240430) -- DOHA, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Araki Ryotaro (R) of Japan vies with Zaid Ismael of Iraq during the Semifinal match between Japan and Iraq at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Ryotaro Araki (L) reacts after scoring a goal in the first half of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football semifinal match against Iraq on April 29, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Ryotaro Araki reacts after scoring a goal in the first half of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football semifinal match against Iraq on April 29, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Ryotaro Araki (C) scores a goal in the first half of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football semifinal match against Iraq on April 29, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Ryotaro Araki scores a goal in the first half of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football semifinal match against Iraq on April 29, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Ryotaro Araki vies for the ball during the first half of extra time of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football quarterfinal match on April 25, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKOHAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-SHANDONG TAISHAN VS YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS

(231213) -- TOKOHAMA, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cryzan Bracelos (L) of Shandong Taishan vies with Tsunoda Ryotaro of Yokohama F. Marios during the Group G match between Shandong Taishan of China and Yokohama F. Marinos of Japan at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKOHAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-SHANDONG TAISHAN VS YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS

(231213) -- TOKOHAMA, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Pu (L) of Shandong Taishan vies with Tsunoda Ryotaro of Yokohama F. Marios during the Group G match between Shandong Taishan of China and Yokohama F. Marinos of Japan at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Football: Asian Champions League

Japan's Ventforet Kofu midfielder Ryotaro Nakamura (R) vies for the ball with a Melbourne City opponent during the first half of a match in the Asian Champions League football group stage on Nov. 29, 2023, at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee wraps up Japan trip

KYOTO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui offers flowers at the tomb of the late Japanese author Ryotaro Shiba in Kyoto's Higashi Ward on Jan. 2 before wrapping up his weeklong visit to Japan.

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Actor Sugi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows actor Ryotaro Sugi. The Japanese government has praised Sugi, also a singer, for his efforts to establish friendship between Japan and Vietnam, as well as with other Southeast Asian countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Feb. 4, 2014.

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Actor Sugi awarded for supporting inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Ryotaro Sugi (R) and Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki are pictured at the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo on March 24, 2014, after Sugi received a special merit award from the minister for his years of support for inmates at prisons.

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Actor acknowledged for friendship with Asia

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hands a letter of appreciation to actor Ryotaro Sugi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2014, for working as a special envoy to promote the 40th anniversary of friendship between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Mass-farming rare shishamo fish

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 30, 2013 shows Ryotaro Ishida, a fishery researcher, who has recently succeeded in mass-farming "shishamo," a rare saltwater fish that lives only in waters around Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.

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Actor named as envoy for Japan-ASEAN ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) hands a document to Japanese actor and singer Ryotaro Sugi at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, as Sugi was appointed as special ambassador to promote the 40th anniversary of cooperative ties between Japan and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Japan university, Vietnam institutes cooperate

HANOI, Vietnam - Kanazawa University professor Go Watanabe (2nd from R in front row) attends a ceremony in Hanoi on June 8, 2011, to sign documents to enhance cooperation on cardiovascular surgery researches between the Japanese university, Hanoi Medical University and E Hospital Cardiovascular Center in the Vietnamese capital. Japanese actor Ryotaro Sugi (2nd from L in back row) also attends the event as he cooperated with mediating the project.

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Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - New Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) joins hands with new party executives he tapped on Sept. 29, 2009. (From L to R) Policy Research Council Chairman Shigeru Ishiba, Secretary General Tadamori Oshima, Tanigaki, General Council Chairman Ryotaro Tanose and Hidehisa Otsuji, chairman of the LDP caucus in the House of Councillors.

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Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his lodging in the suburbs of Pyongyang on Jan. 12. He said that the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula has been a topic of his discussions with North Korean officials in Pyongyang. At left is LDP lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose.

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Scandal-hit Meiji Yasuda decides to replace 11 executives

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Nov. 4 it has decided to replace all nine of its most senior-level executives along with two other executives in order to take responsibility for its failure to pay insurance claims. At a news conference in Tokyo the same day were Managing Director Kenji Matsuo (R), who will succeed President Ryotaro Kaneko, and Managing Director Kenichi Sekiguchi (L), who will replace Chairman Mikihiko Miyamoto, both on Dec. 1.

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Meiji Yasuda ordered to halt some operations for 2nd time

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C) apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the company to suspend some of its operations, the second punitive measure imposed on the insurer this year following revelations of its failure to pay insurance claims.

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Meiji Yasuda president, execs to quit in nonpayment scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference on Oct. 21 on his decision to resign to take the blame for a scandal involving the company's failure to pay insurance claims.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C), flanked by his aides, bow by way of apology at a press conference after announcing his intention to resign on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (file photo) announced his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5, as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported.

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(1)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (2nd from L), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., and other company executives bow in apology during a news conference Feb. 7 in Tokyo after reports that the Financial Services Agency will order the insurer to suspend part of its business for about two weeks over alleged illegal sales practices.

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(2)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (C), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo about the company's alleged illegal sales practices.

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Singer Sugi performs in memorial concert for Li Su Hyon

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese singer Ryotaro Sugi sings in a memorial concert in Seoul on March 18 for Li Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean who was killed while jumping onto the tracks and trying to pull a drunken man to safety at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in January 2001.

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Meiji, Yasuda to form nonlife alliance with Nipponkoa

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands after signing a memorandum to merge to create Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. The merged company will tie up with Nipponkoa Insurance Co. in the nonlife insurance business.

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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Meiji Life president cautious on insurer yield cut

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. Kaneko, also chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, said the nation's life insurance industry is now on a recovery path and each insurer should carefully deal with the issue of a cut in yields guaranteed to policyholders.

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(1)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (2nd from L), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., and other company executives bow in apology during a news conference Feb. 7 in Tokyo after reports that the Financial Services Agency will order the insurer to suspend part of its business for about two weeks over alleged illegal sales practices. (Kyodo)

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(2)FSA to order Meiji Yasuda Life to suspend business

TOKYO, Japan - Ryotaro Kaneko (C), president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo about the company's alleged illegal sales practices. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (file photo) announced his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5, as it is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that the insurer has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing his intention to resign at the firm's representative members' meeting on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda president, execs to quit in nonpayment scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko speaks at a press conference on Oct. 21 on his decision to resign to take the blame for a scandal involving the company's failure to pay insurance claims. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Yasuda ordered to halt some operations for 2nd time

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C) apologizes at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after the Financial Services Agency ordered the company to suspend some of its operations, the second punitive measure imposed on the insurer this year following revelations of its failure to pay insurance claims. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Meiji Yasuda decides to replace 11 executives

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Nov. 4 it has decided to replace all nine of its most senior-level executives along with two other executives in order to take responsibility for its failure to pay insurance claims. At a news conference in Tokyo the same day was Managing Director Kenji Matsuo (R), who will succeed President Ryotaro Kaneko, and Managing Director Kenichi Sekiguchi (L), who will replace Chairman Mikihiko Miyamoto, both on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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Meiji, Yasuda to form nonlife alliance with Nipponkoa

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co., shake hands after signing a memorandum to merge to create Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. The merged company will tie up with Nipponkoa Insurance Co. in the nonlife insurance business. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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Meiji Yasuda president to resign over unpaid insurance money

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. President Ryotaro Kaneko (C), flanked by his aides, bow by way of apology at a press conference after announcing his intention to resign on July 5. Japan's third-largest life insurer is likely to come under public scrutiny following new findings that it has more cases of illegal nonpayment of insurance money than earlier reported. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee wraps up Japan trip

KYOTO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui offers flowers at the tomb of the late Japanese author Ryotaro Shiba in Kyoto's Higashi Ward on Jan. 2 before wrapping up his weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japanese politicians form group to revive older types of pop music

Toshihiro Nikai (C), chairman of the General Council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is flanked by people including TV personality Korokke (far L), renowned enka ballad singers Eiko Segawa (2nd from L), Ryotaro Sugi (3rd from R) and Joji Yamamoto (far R) at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 23, 2016. They attended the inaugural meeting of a group formed by more than 50 ruling and opposition politicians to boost the popularity of enka and kayokyoku, which are older types of Japanese popular music, with Nikai assuming the chairmanship of the nonpartisan group of lawmakers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Celebrities attend Tokyo fair of goods made in prison by convicts

Singers Atsushi Sato (L) and Rimi Natsukawa (C) join actor Ryotaro Sugi in Tokyo on June 5, 2015, in pitching exhibits at a fair of goods made in prison by convicts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Justice minister, singers join ceremony to support people serving time

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) joins (from L) actor-cum-singer Ryotaro Sugi, songstress Ayumi Hamasaki and pop group Exile member Atsushi Sato in a ceremony at Tokyo's Justice Ministry on April 22, 2015. The singers are among 14 entertainers assigned to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Famed writer Shiba's desk donated to museum

A small desk used by the late famed writer Ryotaro Shiba for writing in his youth is shown at a museum commemorating him in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2015. Yoko Uemura, chief of the Shiba Ryotaro Museum, shows Shiba's early novel titled "Fukuro no Shiro" (The castle of Owls) which is believed to have been written on the desk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Music festival held in Hanoi to mark Japan-Vietnam diplomatic tie

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese singer Ryotaro Sugi (2nd from R) joins other Japanese and Vietnamese artists to perform at a music festival held at the Vietnamese National Assembly on May 24 as part of events to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Vietnam. Sugi, who was named special Japan-Vietnam ambassador in April, has used his own resources to help run an orphanage, operate a Japanese language school and finance other charitable work in Vietnam over the past 20 years. (Kyodo)

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Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his lodging in the suburbs of Pyongyang on Jan. 12. He said that the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula has been a topic of his discussions with North Korean officials in Pyongyang. At left is LDP lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose. (Kyodo)