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TPP nations approve Britain's accession

Japanese economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto (front, L) shakes hands with Kemi Badenoch, Britain's secretary of state for business and trade, during a meeting of ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2023, after Britain officially joined the free trade pact.

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Lawmaker Goto leaves Democratic Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker Shigeyuki Goto (file photo) tendered his resignation Jan. 8 to DPJ headquarters in Tokyo.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022.

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Japan's new economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, following his predecessor Daishiro Yamagiwa's resignation amid a wave of criticism over his ties to the controversial Unification Church.

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Kishida discusses new capitalism

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and newly appointed economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto attend a meeting of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2022.

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Japan's new economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto (L) poses for a photo with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, after attending his attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace.

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Japan's new economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto (far R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022. Seen second from left is Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new economic revitalization minister Goto

Japan's new economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto (far R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022. Seen second from left is Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Former Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto (C) meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to appoint him as economic revitalization minister. Goto will replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who stepped down after coming under fire over his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Former Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to appoint him as economic revitalization minister. Goto will replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who stepped down after coming under fire over his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Former Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto (C) enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a plan later in the day to appoint Goto as economic revitalization minister, after Daishiro Yamagiwa left the post following criticism of his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Former Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a plan later in the day to appoint Goto as economic revitalization minister, after Daishiro Yamagiwa left the post following criticism of his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, unveiling a plan to appoint former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as economic revitalization minister. Goto will replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who stepped down after coming under fire over his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, unveiling a plan to appoint former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as economic revitalization minister. Goto will replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who stepped down after coming under fire over his ties with the Unification Church.

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Ex-Japan health minister Goto to take over as economy minister

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2022, unveiling a plan to appoint former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as economic revitalization minister. Goto will replace Daishiro Yamagiwa who stepped down after coming under fire over his ties with the Unification Church.

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Japan health minister receives COVID-19 vaccine shot

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Shigeyuki Goto receives his fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot at a mass vaccination center in Tokyo on July 29, 2022.

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Japan to cut quarantine for COVID close contact to 7 days

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto (C) meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2022. The country decided to shorten the quarantine period to seven days from the current 10 for people who have been in close contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus.

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Japan to cut quarantine for COVID close contact to 7 days

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2022. The country decided to shorten the quarantine period to seven days from the current 10 for people who have been in close contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus.

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Japanese health minister Goto

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2022.

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Japan's health minister Goto

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks at a House of Representatives budget committee session in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2022, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo, 12 prefectures to be put under COVID quasi-emergency

Japan's health minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks at a meeting of the government advisory panel on anti-coronavirus measures in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2022. The panel endorsed the government's plan to place Tokyo and 12 prefectures under a coronavirus quasi-state of emergency amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

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1st community spread of Omicron variant reported in Osaka

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2021, after the country's first community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported in Osaka Prefecture.

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1st community spread of Omicron variant reported in Osaka

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2021, after the country's first community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported in Osaka Prefecture.

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Omicron variant fears

Japanese health minister Shigeyuki Goto (C) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2021, after the country's first case of infection by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was confirmed.

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Japanese health minister

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks at a government subcommittee meeting on the coronavirus response, in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2021.

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Wrong payout notices sent to pensioners in Japan

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Shigeyuki Goto apologizes at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2021, after pension payout notifications with erroneous data were sent to over 970,000 people in Aichi, Mie, Fukuoka prefectures.

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Wrong payout notices sent to pensioners in Japan

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Shigeyuki Goto speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2021, about an incident in which pension payout notifications with erroneous data were sent to over 970,000 people in Aichi, Mie, Fukuoka prefectures.

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Inauguration of Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Shigeyuki Goto arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2021, before his attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet was inaugurated the same day.

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Lawmaker Goto leaves Democratic Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker Shigeyuki Goto (file photo) tendered his resignation Jan. 8 to DPJ headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo)