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Yokomichi gives news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Yokomichi (R), former vice speaker of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a press conference at the Diet building after being elected as lower house speaker during a special session of the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009, while newly elected lower house vice speaker Seishiro Eto of the Liberal Democratic Party listens.

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Aide to LDP's Eto raised 140 mil. yen in suspicious way

OITA, Japan - Former Defense Agency Director General Seishiro Eto speaks to reporters in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, er one of his secretaries was found to have collected at least 140 million yen in questionable funds over a nine-year period from 1996. His aide allegedly gathered 50,000-200,000 yen per month each from 17-18 companies as fees for information gathering by a company he set up in 1996.

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Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Blair

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Adm. Dennis Blair on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. Eto asked Blair to continue the search for nine Japanese missing after a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk Feb. 9 by a surfacing U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the Greeneville. Eto arrived in Hawaii earlier in the day after meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson in Washington on Feb. 16.

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Japan assures Manila of $515 million yen loan package+

MANILA - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto (2nd from R) assures Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (L) at the presidential palace in Manila on Feb. 12 that Tokyo is ready to approve some $515 million in soft loans under the 24th yen-loan package for the Philippines.

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Aide to LDP's Eto raised 140 mil. yen in suspicious way

OITA, Japan - Former Defense Agency Director General Seishiro Eto speaks to reporters in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, er one of his secretaries was found to have collected at least 140 million yen in questionable funds over a nine-year period from 1996. His aide allegedly gathered 50,000-200,000 yen per month each from 17-18 companies as fees for information gathering by a company he set up in 1996. (Kyodo)

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Head of lawmakers' group aimed at normalizing Japan-N. Korea ties

The Liberal Democratic Party's Seishiro Eto (C), who heads a bipartisan group of parliamentarians who aim to normalize diplomatic ties between Japan and North Korea, meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 13, 2021, after having talks with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden are scheduled to meet in Washington on April 16.

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Head of lawmakers' group aimed at normalizing Japan-N. Korea ties

The Liberal Democratic Party's Seishiro Eto (C), who heads a bipartisan group of parliamentarians who aim to normalize diplomatic ties between Japan and North Korea, meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 13, 2021, after having talks with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden are scheduled to meet in Washington on April 16.

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Yokomichi gives news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Yokomichi (R), former vice speaker of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a press conference at the Diet building after being elected as lower house speaker during a special session of the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009, while newly elected lower house vice speaker Seishiro Eto of the Liberal Democratic Party listens. (Kyodo)

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Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Blair

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Adm. Dennis Blair on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. Eto asked Blair to continue the search for nine Japanese missing after a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk Feb. 9 by a surfacing U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the Greeneville. Eto arrived in Hawaii earlier in the day after meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson in Washington on Feb. 16.

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Japan assures Manila of $515 million yen loan package+

MANILA - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto (2nd from R) assures Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (L) at the presidential palace in Manila on Feb. 12 that Tokyo is ready to approve some $515 million in soft loans under the 24th yen-loan package for the Philippines.