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Japan appoints tourism special envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeto Kubo (L), commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, gives Adisleydi Rodriguez, the Cuba representative in the Miss International Beauty Pageant Japan, a letter appointing her as a Japan tourism special ambassador, during a ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014. All 73 contestants in the pageant were appointed to the position.

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Japan, S. Korea symposium to vivify bilateral tourism

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeto Kubo, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, speaks at a symposium in Seoul on Aug. 29, 2014, to revitalize Japan-South Korea tourism exchange. The symposium was attended by people from governmental organizations, the tourism industries and business circles of both nations.

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Popular pheasant dish at Hiroshima restaurant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shigeto Nishitani, owner and chef of Italian restaurant Libero in Hiroshima City, shows a popular char-broiled wild pheasant dish on March 7, 2014.

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Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986.

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University of Tokyo course aiming to cultivate 'plant doctors'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeto Namba, a professor of bioscience at the University of Tokyo, at his study room in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Kyoto named top global destination by U.S. travel magazine

Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (L) and Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Shigeto Kubo shake hands in Tokyo on July 8, 2015, after the city was given the top spot on the world's best cities list released by U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure for the second year in a row. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Japanese army soldier recounts WWII experience

Shigeto Fujiwara, a former soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, speaks during a gathering in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2015, to recount his experience in World War II for younger generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar brokerage chief

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeto Inami, managing director of Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre Co., speaks during an interview in Tokyo on March 7, 2012. He expressed confidence that Japan has a favorable position in strengthening bilateral business ties amid intensifying international competition to win investment rights in Myanmar. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea symposium to vivify bilateral tourism

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeto Kubo, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, speaks at a symposium in Seoul on Aug. 29, 2014, to revitalize Japan-South Korea tourism exchange. The symposium was attended by people from governmental organizations, the tourism industries and business circles of both nations. (Kyodo)