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ASTANA, Kazakhstan - International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Astana, Kazakhstan, on May 1, 2014.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Japanese official visits near Chernobyl nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows Takashi Shinohara (R), Japanese senior vice minister of agriculture, visiting a site near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 22, 2011, to learn about a soil decontamination method through growth of rapeseed crops. The ministry plans to launch an experiment of absorbing radioactive substances through growth of sunflower and rapeseed crops around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

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Nuclear crisis could push Japan growth below IMF forecast

WASHINGTON, United States - Naoyuki Shinohara, International Monetary Fund deputy managing director, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on April 16, 2011. He said uncertainty surrounding the nuclear crisis coupled with power supply shortages could drag Japan's economic growth this year beneath the 1.4 percent increase forecast most recently by the IMF.

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Priests join forces to prevent suicide

NARITA, Japan - This photo taken March 10, 2010, shows Eiichi Shinohara, the 65-year-old priest of Chojuin Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, who heads the nonprofit Jisatsu Boushi (suicide prevention) Network.

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Nissan, NEC to supply advanced lithium-ion batteries by 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares (2nd R) and Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara (R) pose with NEC Tokin Corp. President Takehiko Nakata (L) and NEC Corp. Managing Executive Officer Konosuke Kashima (2nd L) on April 13 in Tokyo after the three companies agree to set up a joint venture in Japan later this month to develop and market a new type of lithium-ion battery for gas-electric hybrid and other ecological vehicles by 2009.

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3 homers lift Softbank past Nippon Ham

FUKUOKA, Japan - Left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada (L), who pitched four-run eight innings, and outfielder Hiroshi Shinohara, who hit a go-ahead two-run homer, wave to the audiences after the Softbank Hawks beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 7-4 at Yahoo Dome on April 8.

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Writer Setouchi, 4 others receive Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - This year's five winners of the Order of Culture -- (From L to R) novelist Jakucho Setouchi, economist Miyohei Shinohara, music critic Hidekazu Yoshida, Japanese-style painter Chusaku Oyama and professor of welding engineering Yoshiaki Arata -- pose for photos at a garden at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3.

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Daihatsu releases new compact passenger car 'COO'

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Ryoko Shinohara stands beside Daihatsu Motor Co.'s new compact passenger car ''COO'' at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. Although the COO is less than 4 meters in length, its interior space can comfortably accommodate five adults, Daihatsu said.

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Komadai Tomakomai to pull out of nat'l baseball tournament

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Katsumasa Shinohara, principal of the Komazawa University's Tomakomai High School, known as Komadai Tomakomai, said in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on March 3 the school will withdraw from this spring's national baseball championship after 14 students, including baseball players, were taken into police custody for illegal smoking and drinking.

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Japan launches court for intellectual property rights

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Shinohara, the first president of the newly instituted Intellectual Property High Court, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo High Court on April 1. The new court, a special division of the Tokyo High Court, has 18 judges and specialized investigators, as well as external experts to advise the judges.

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Olympic silver medalist Shinohara to call it a day

TENRI, Japan - Shinichi Shinohara, who won the silver medal in the men's judo over-100 kilogram weight class at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, tells reporters at Tenri University in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on April 15 that he will retire after the All-Japan championship on April 29.

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Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yajima, Jatco TransTechnology Ltd. Chairman Kenichi Sasaki and Nissan Motor Co. Accounting Officer Kiyohito Shinohara shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. MMC and Nissan announced an agreement to integrate their automatic transmission (AT) and continually variable transmission (CVT) businesses. MMC will spin off its AT and CVT divisions into a new company to integrate it with Nissan's transmission subsidiary Jatco TransTechnology by the middle of 2002.

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Shinohara dropped by Russian

MUNICH, Germany - Two-time world champion Shinichi Shinohara (L) of Japan reacts July 26 at Olympic Hall in Munich after being defeated by Russian Alexandre Mikhaylin at his fourth match at 100 kilograms in the world judo championships. Mikhaylin, 21, tossed Shinohara just 14 seconds into the heavyweight quarterfinal.

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Nippon Columbia to seek rehabilitation under Ripplewood

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Nippon Columbia Co. President Tadahiko Shinohara (L), Strauss Zelnick, who has been named chairman of the company, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 9. The troubled Japanese audio manufacturer said it will seek rehabilitation under the wing of U.S. investment firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC.

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6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima (R), the former head of JCO Co.'s uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, enters the Mito District Court in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 23. Koshijima and five other JCO employees pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst nuclear accident in 1999 during the first hearing of their cases. Two of the workers -- Hisashi Ouchi, 35, and Masato Shinohara, 40 -- died from radiation sickness in December 1999 and April last year, respectively.

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Japanese singer denies reports of drinking binge in Taipei

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese starlet Tomoe Shinohara flashes peace signs at a news conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 6. The day before, Taiwan media reported that Shinohara had been hospitalized in Taipei after what appeared to be a nervous breakdown induced by excessive drinking and work-related exhaustion. Shinohara denied the reports about the drinking, and her office said she was sent to hospital to be treated for exhaustion caused by a busy work schedule.

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Japanese singer hospitalized after drinking in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Japanese starlet Tomoe Shinohara, who was reportedly hospitalized in Taipei on March 5 after what appeared to be a nervous breakdown induced by excessive drinking and work-related exhaustion. Shinohara, who arrived in Taiwan on March 2 on a promotional tour, started to raise a ruckus in the corridor in front of her room on the 10th floor of the Regent Hotel around 2 a.m. on March 5, according to local media reports.

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Shinohara loses to France's Dou

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Shinichi Shinohara looks up in vexation after losing to France's David Douillet in the Olympic judo men's over 100 kg class final at Sydney Exhibition Hall on Sept. 22.

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Japan's judoka arrive in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Olympic judo medal hopes Hidehiko Yoshida (R) Shinichi Shinohara (2nd from R) and Kosei Inoue (far L) walk into the arrival lounge at the Sydney Airport on Sept. 14.

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Japanese economy touched bottom in April 1999, EPA says

TOKYO, Japan - Miyohei Shinohara, chairman of an advisory panel to the Economic Planning Agency (EPA), holds a news conference at the agency in Tokyo on June 19, as his panel, the Economic Dates Examination Committee, concluded the same day that Japan's economy hit bottom in April 1999 after more than two years of downturn. Shinohara said, however, the panel judgment should not be seen as a declaration of economic recovery.

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Coffin of 2nd nuclear accident victim at hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A coffin carrying Masato Shinohara, the second victim of Japan's worst nuclear accident, is moved out of the University of Tokyo Hospital on April 27. Shinohara, 40, died at the hospital after being exposed to a massive dose of radiation in the accident, which occurred in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, last September.

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Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.

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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.

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Japanese judo gold medalists salute supporters

BIRMINGHAM, England - Japanese gold medalists salute supporters after the Oct. 10 end of the World Judo Championships held in Birmingham, England. The gold medalists (from L to R) are Shinichi Shinohara (men's open event), Ryoko Tamura (women's 48-kg), Keiko Maeda (women's 63-kg) and Hidehiko Yoshida (men's 90-kg).

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Japan's Shinohara wins men's open in world judo c'ships

BIRMINGHAM, England - Japan's Shinichi Shinohara clenches his fist in triumph as he beats Turkey's Selim Tataroglu in the men's open event in the World Judo Championships on Oct. 10 in Birmingham, England.

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Japanese gold medalists at world judo meet

BIRMINGHAM, England - With their world judo championships gold medals hung around neck, (from L to R) Japan's Kosei Inoue, Noriko Anno and Shinichi Shinohara pose for photographers in Birmingham on the morning of Oct. 8.

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2 Japanese win gold medals in judo world championship

BIRMINGHAM, England - Shinichi Shinohara (L) and Noriko Anno show the gold medals they won in Birmingham on Oct. 7 on the first day of the judo world championships. Shinohara won in the men's heavyweight division and Anno retained her title in the under-78 kilogram class.

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Matsui delivers two-run blast in all-star game

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a two-run blast in the sixth inning off Daiei Hawks southpaw Takayuki Shinohara in the first game of the Japanese baseball all-star series July 24 at Seibu Dome. Matsui's homer helped power the Central League stars to an 8-3 lead over the Pacific League after eight innings.

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Shinohara wins gold

World silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara of Japan throws down Iran's Seyed Miranfashandi for an ippon victory to take gold in the men's over 100-kilogram division at Thammasat University gymnasium in Bangkok on Dec. 10.

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Boxing painting by Neo-Dadaist artist Shinohara

New York-residing Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist Ushio Shinohara, 89, poses after performing his signature boxing painting at a gallery in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2021. He is visiting Japan for an exhibition that started at the gallery the same day.

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