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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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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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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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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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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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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)