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Japan PM Ishiba receives chestnuts

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from R) receives a basket of chestnuts from the eastern Japan city of Kasama in Ibaraki Prefecture, presented by Kasama city mayor Shinju Yamaguchi (5th from R) on Sept. 18, 2025, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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Gov't to lift subsidy freeze on Iwakuni now new mayor elected

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) talks with new Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Ishiba told Fukuda that the government plans to lift its freeze on a subsidy to the city in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Emperor, empress greeted by government officials, envoys+

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive New Year's greetings from foreign ambassadors at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. About 500 government officials including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shigeru Yamaguchi also greet the imperial couple and other imperial family members. (Pool photo)

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Gov't to lift subsidy freeze on Iwakuni now new mayor elected

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) talks with new Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Ishiba told Fukuda that the government plans to lift its freeze on a subsidy to the city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Top court's ex-chief justice calls security bills unconstitutional

Former Supreme Court chief justice Shigeru Yamaguchi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2015. He said the government's package of national security bills allowing Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense runs counter to the war-renouncing Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress greeted by government officials, envoys+

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive New Year's greetings from foreign ambassadors at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. About 500 government officials including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shigeru Yamaguchi also greet the imperial couple and other imperial family members.