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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in the Asakusa area of Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as official campaigning began that day for the Dec. 16, 2012, election.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker who formerly headed the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, speaks as a candidate for the Tokyo gubernatorial election at a joint press conference with other candidates at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, before official campaigning for the Dec. 16 election begins the following day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates for the Tokyo gubernatorial election -- (from L) Shigefumi Matsuzawa, a former governor of adjacent Kanagawa Prefecture, Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose and Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker who formerly headed the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's General Council -- hold a joint press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, before official campaigning for the Dec. 16 election begins the following day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates for the Tokyo gubernatorial election -- (from L) Shigefumi Matsuzawa, a former governor of adjacent Kanagawa Prefecture, Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose and Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker who formerly headed the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's General Council -- hold a joint press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, before official campaigning for the Dec. 16 election begins the following day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates for the Tokyo gubernatorial election -- (from L) Shigefumi Matsuzawa, a former governor of adjacent Kanagawa Prefecture, Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose and Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker who formerly headed the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party's General Council -- join hands at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, before official campaigning for the Dec. 16 election begins the following day.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former lawmaker Takashi Sasagawa holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, to declare his candidacy for the Dec. 16, 2012, Tokyo gubernatorial election, following Shintaro Ishihara's resignation from the post.

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S. Korean actor Lee Seojin sets up fund for tree planting

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Seojin (L) shakes hands with Chairman Yohei Sasagawa of the Nippon Foundation at a news conference announcing that they have jointly set up a fund for protecting the environment in the East Asian region including tree planting and developing human resources in the field.

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Aso appoints top lieutenants in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso named four top lieutenants in the ruling party on Sept. 22 shortly after he won the LDP leadership race. From left to right: LDP General Council Chairman Takashi Sasagawa, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Kosuke Hori, and LDP Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga.

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Fujii to run, sole Hashimoto faction candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Takao Fujii (L) on Sept. 2 discusses his intention to run in the governing Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Sept. 20. Takashi Sasagawa, the party's deputy secretary general, looks on.

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(2)Hashimoto faction to field 1 challenger to Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sasagawa, a member of the largest faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks to reporters on Sept. 1 as his faction is set to field a single challenger against the premier in the Sept. 20 poll for the party presidency. Sasagawa, who had sought to run in the party poll, withdrew the plan earlier in the day.

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Ex-classmates give Fukie Chimura words of encouragement

OBAMA, Japan - Shinsho Sasagawa, who once taught Fukie Chimura, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, holds a collection of compositions written by Chimura's former elementary school classmates to encourage her.

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Aso appoints top lieutenants in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso named four top lieutenants in the ruling party on Sept. 22 shortly after he won the LDP leadership race. From left to right: LDP General Council Chairman Takashi Sasagawa, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Kosuke Hori, and LDP Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takao Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Fujii, former transport minister, shakes hands with Takashi Sasagawa after the announcement of running in the LDP's presidential election on. The photo was taken on Sept. 2 in Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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(1) Ryoichi Sasagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoichi Sasagawa, who appears in a wheelchair, speaks at the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation. The photo was taken on May 5, 1994. (Kyodo)

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(2) Ryoichi Sasagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoichi Sasagawa, chairman of the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation. The photo was taken in January 1990. (Kyodo)

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(3) Ryoichi Sasagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoichi Sasagawa, chairman of the Japan Shipbuilding Industry Foundation. The photo was taken on Dec. 26, 1987. (Kyodo)

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Late photographer's works on Kobe quake displayed

Kiminori Sasagawa, head of the "Human Rights Utopia" culture center in Mino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, explains the late photojournalist Kiyoshi Makita's works on the 1995 Kobe earthquake, particularly those depicting the hardships of many Korean residents in Kobe's Nagata district, at the start of their exhibition at the center on March 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean actor Lee Seojin sets up fund for tree planting

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Seojin (L) shakes hands with Chairman Yohei Sasagawa of the Nippon Foundation at a news conference announcing that they have jointly set up a fund for protecting the environment in the East Asian region including tree planting and developing human resources in the field. (Kyodo)

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4 yrs after Mt. Ontake eruption

Takahiro Sasagawa, who survived the Sept. 27, 2014 eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan, relates his experiences against the background of the mountain on Sept. 3, 2018. Sasagawa, a mountain guide, has been designated by a local municipality as one of eight "Mt. Ontake volcano meisters" to enhance public awareness of the danger of natural disasters through sharing his experience of the volcanic disaster, which claimed 58 lives and left five other people unaccounted for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujii to run, sole Hashimoto faction candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Takao Fujii (L) on Sept. 2 discusses his intention to run in the governing Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Sept. 20. Takashi Sasagawa, the party's deputy secretary general, looks on. (Kyodo)

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(2)Hashimoto faction to field 1 challenger to Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sasagawa, a member of the largest faction within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks to reporters on Sept. 1 as his faction is set to field a single challenger against the premier in the Sept. 20 poll for the party presidency. Sasagawa, who had sought to run in the party poll, withdrew the plan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-classmates give Fukie Chimura words of encouragement

OBAMA, Japan - Shinsho Sasagawa, who once taught Fukie Chimura, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, holds a collection of compositions written by Chimura's former elementary school classmates to encourage her. (Kyodo)