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(230929) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Segeon of South Korea (L) competes against Matsumoto Ryu of Japan during men's epee team semifinal of fencing between Japan and South Korea at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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Matsumoto wins silver in men's Greco-Roman 66 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto (L) faces off against South Korea's Ryu Han Su in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kilogram wrestling final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014. Matsumoto captured silver.

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Former reconstruction minister Matsumoto hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Japanese reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto, who Democratic Party of Japan sources said July 12, 2011, has been hospitalized in Fukuoka Prefecture. Matsumoto resigned a week after assuming the newly created post over his verbal gaffes, which angered victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hirano to be Japan's new reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Hirano will replace Ryu Matsumoto as reconstruction minister as Matsumoto stepped down over controversial remarks he made.

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Man at evacuation center in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami watches a TV program reporting on the resignation of reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto stepped down following controversial remarks he made during a visit to Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.

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Reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's disaster reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto tendered his resignation the same day only about a week after he assumed the newly created post, following a series of remarks that have angered people affected by the March 11 catastrophes in the country's northeast.

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Japan's new reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. Matsumoto explained remarks he made during a weekend visit to quake-hit areas that were described as offensive.

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Reconstruction minister under fire

MORIOKA, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto (back R) and Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (front) meet at the Iwate prefectural hall in Morioka on July 3, 2011. Matsumoto later came under fire for making 'offensive'' remarks during a visit to quake-hit areas in northeastern Japan.

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Matsumoto becomes reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Matsumoto becomes reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster management minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, who is expected to assume the new ministerial post in charge of reconstructing areas hit by the March quake and tsunami, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2011, after a meeting of the Reconstruction Design Council.

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PM Kan to name Matsumoto reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, who is doubling as state minister for disaster management, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to appoint Matsumoto on June 27 as Japan's new minister in charge of reconstructing areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Super Cool Biz introduced in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (far R) and three of his predecessors line up during the ministry's Super Cool Biz 2011 kick-off event, calling on the public to do more to save electricity, held at a department store in Tokyo on June 1, 2011.

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Minister visits area hit by heavy snow

UONUMA, Japan - Disaster prevention minister Ryu Matsumoto (3rd from L) inspects an area hit by heavy snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011. The area recorded over 4 meters of accumulated snow in the winter season.

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Justice minister under pressure to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (C) and Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (R) head to a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. Yanagida is under pressure from the opposition camp to step down over a gaffe.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, the chair of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, is projected on the screen during a plenary session that resumed after a recess on the evening of Oct. 29, 2010.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (L), the chair of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, facilitates a plenary meeting, as Ahmed Djoghlaf (R), executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, looks on, on Oct. 29, 2010.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (C), the chair of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, reacts after a plenary session breaks off for a recess on Oct. 29, 2010, as Ahmed Djoghlaf (R), executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, looks on.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, chairman of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, walks out of the chairman's room with his arms crossed at the conference's venue in Nagoya on Oct. 28, 2010.

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Zoellick, Matsumoto meet in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L) and Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (R) meet in Nagoya on Oct. 27, 2010. They are in the central Japanese city for a series of international talks on biodiversity.

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Harrison Ford in Japan to promote biodiversity

NAGOYA, Japan - Hollywood star Harrison Ford (L) and Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto shake hands during a party in Nagoya on Oct. 26, 2010. Ford called in a speech for action to protect biodiversity.

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Jochen Flasbarth (R), president of the German Federal Environment Agency and chair of the previous international biodiversity talks, hands a wooden gavel to Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, chairman of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya on Oct. 18, 2010, the first day of the forum.

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (L) raises a wooden hammer he received from Jochen Flasbarth (R), president of the German Federal Environment Agency and chair of the previous international biodiversity talks, at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2010, the first day of the forum.

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 18, 2010. About 190 countries and regions are expected to participate in the forum, which began the same day and runs through Oct. 29.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (back L) speaks during a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, speaks at a meeting with Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged support for a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming but Japan's most influential business group showed concern.

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Japan's environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese environment minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese environment minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's new environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Ryu Matsumoto, a veteran lower house member, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as environment minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet.

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(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FENCING-2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-TEAM MEN'S EPEE-QUARTERFINAL

(220722) -- CAIRO, July 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lan Minghao (R) of China competes with Matsumoto Ryu of Japan during the team men's epee quarterfinal match between China and Japan at the 2022 Fencing World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, July 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FENCING-2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-TEAM MEN'S EPEE-QUARTERFINAL

(220722) -- CAIRO, July 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zijie (R) of China competes with Matsumoto Ryu of Japan during the team men's epee quarterfinal match between China and Japan at the 2022 Fencing World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, July 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Super Cool Biz introduced in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (far R) and three of his predecessors line up during the ministry's Super Cool Biz 2011 kick-off event, calling on the public to do more to save electricity, held at a department store in Tokyo on June 1, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (back L) speaks during a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming. (Kyodo)

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming. (Kyodo)

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, speaks at a meeting with Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged support for a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming but Japan's most influential business group showed concern. (Kyodo)

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, chairman of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, walks out of the chairman's room with his arms crossed at the conference's venue in Nagoya on Oct. 28, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Jochen Flasbarth (R), president of the German Federal Environment Agency and chair of the previous international biodiversity talks, hands a wooden gavel to Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto, chairman of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya on Oct. 18, 2010, the first day of the forum. (Kyodo)

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (L) raises a wooden hammer he received from Jochen Flasbarth (R), president of the German Federal Environment Agency and chair of the previous international biodiversity talks, at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2010, the first day of the forum. (Kyodo)

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Biodiversity talks kick off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 18, 2010. About 190 countries and regions are expected to participate in the forum, which began the same day and runs through Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

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Japan's environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese environment minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese environment minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new environment minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Ryu Matsumoto, a veteran lower house member, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as environment minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Man at evacuation center in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami watches a TV program reporting on the resignation of reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto stepped down following controversial remarks he made during a visit to Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Hirano to be Japan's new reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Hirano will replace Ryu Matsumoto as reconstruction minister as Matsumoto stepped down over controversial remarks he made. (Kyodo)

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Reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's disaster reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto tendered his resignation the same day only about a week after he assumed the newly created post, following a series of remarks that have angered people affected by the March 11 catastrophes in the country's northeast. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. Matsumoto explained remarks he made during a weekend visit to quake-hit areas that were described as offensive. (Kyodo)

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Reconstruction minister under fire

MORIOKA, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto (back R) and Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (front) meet at the Iwate prefectural hall in Morioka on July 3, 2011. Matsumoto later came under fire for making 'offensive'' remarks during a visit to quake-hit areas in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Former reconstruction minister Matsumoto hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Japanese reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto, who Democratic Party of Japan sources said July 12, 2011, has been hospitalized in Fukuoka Prefecture. Matsumoto resigned a week after assuming the newly created post over his verbal gaffes, which angered victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Matsumoto becomes reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)