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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows Isuzu Motors President and COO Shinsuke Minami.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows (from left) Isuzu Motors President and COO Shinsuke Minami, UD Trucks President and CEO Koichi Ito.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows (from left) Isuzu Motors President and COO Shinsuke Minami, UD Trucks President and CEO Koichi Ito.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Isuzu Motors, UD Trucks Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows Isuzu Motors President and COO Shinsuke Minami.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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[Breaking News]Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 13 Kyodo - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit. (Kyodo)

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the regulatory body's meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Reactor in central Japan fails to pass safety review

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture failed to pass its restart safety review.

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Reactor in central Japan fails to pass safety review

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture failed to pass its restart safety review.

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka (L) throws a punch at Luis Nery of Mexico in the first round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto in the western Japan city on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Yamanaka.

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Isuzu president Minami

Isuzu Motors Ltd. President Shinsuke Minami announces the automaker's mid-term business plan in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on April 3, 2024.

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Japan's nuclear watchdog chief

Shinsuke Yamanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Japan's nuclear watchdog chief

Shinsuke Yamanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Japan's nuclear watchdog chief

Shinsuke Yamanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2023.

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Japan, Russia deputy foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (R side, front) and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov (L side, facing Sugiyama) hold a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Japan, Russia deputy foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov (L) and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama shake hands before a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Japan, Russia diplomats hold talks to prepare for Abe-Putin summit

MOSCOW, Russia, Oct. 13 Kyodo - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov shake hands in Moscow on Oct. 13, 2016. The two diplomats held talks to prepare for a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Vladimir Putin in December, at which a decades-old territorial row is set to be high on the agenda.

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Yamanaka defends WBC bantamweight crown for 7th time

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka (R), the WBC bantamweight champion, and challenger Suriyan Sor Rungvisai of Thailand during the 11th round of their bout at Tokyo's Yoyogi No. 2 Gymnasium on Oct. 22, 2014. Yamanaka defended his title for the seventh time, defeating Suriyan in their 12-round fight by unanimous decision.

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Yamanaka defends WBC bantamweight crown for 7th time

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka (L), the WBC bantamweight champion, and challenger Suriyan Sor Rungvisai of Thailand during the 11th round of their bout at Tokyo's Yoyogi No. 2 Gymnasium on Oct. 22, 2014. Yamanaka defended his title for the seventh time, defeating Suriyan in their 12-round fight by unanimous decision.

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New theater to open for junior comic storytellers

TOKYO, Japan - Master "rakugo" comic storyteller Kokontei Shinsuke (C) holds a banner for his soon-to-be opened "Kanda Renjakutei" theater in Tokyo with "futatsume," or junior rakugo tellers, on Oct. 1, 2014, to give them more opportunities to perform before spectators.

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Japanese, S. Korean deputy foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (far R) holds talks with Lee Kyung Soo (far L), South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Japanese, S. Korean deputy foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) shakes hands with Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, ahead of their talks at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea fail to agree on holding summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, holds talks with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea fail to agree on holding summit

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama, Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin shake hands ahead of their talks in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014. The senior officials from Japan, China and South Korea failed to reach agreement on holding a trilateral summit.

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Japan, China, S. Korea fail to agree on holding summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin holds talks with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014.

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S. Korean foreign minister, Japan, China diplomats

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (C) meets with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea fail to agree on holding summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama holds talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2014.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Tomohide Karita (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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Sugiyama, Poneman meet press in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama (R) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman meet the press in Tokyo on June 12, 2014, after the third meeting of the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation.

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Japan's Yamanaka defends WBC Bantam belt by TKO

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan celebrates after beating Stephane Janoye of Belgium by a TKO in the ninth round of their WBC Bantam Championship boxing match at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, western Japan, on April 23, 2014. Yamanaka defended his title for the sixth time.

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Japan's Yamanaka defends WBC Bantam belt by TKO

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan (L) beats Stephane Janoye of Belgium by a TKO in the ninth round of their WBC Bantam Championship boxing match at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, western Japan, on April 23, 2014. Yamanaka defended his title for the sixth time.

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Japan's Yamanaka defends WBC Bantam belt by TKO

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan (R) delivers a punch to Stephane Janoye of Belgium during the third round of their WBC Bantam Championship boxing match at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, western Japan, on April 23, 2014. Yamanaka defended his title for the sixth time by TKO in the ninth round.

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Yamanaka, Hasegawa before world title double-header

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka (R), the WBC bantamweight champion, and Hozumi Hasegawa, a former world champion in two different weight classes, pose during a press conference on Feb. 11, 2014, in Tokyo, announcing they will each fight in a world title double-header on April 23 in Osaka. Yamanaka will try to defend his title against Stephane Jamoye of Belgium and Hasegawa will fight Kikoo Martinez, the IBF super bantamweight champion, of Spain.

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Yamanaka defends WBC bantamweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka (L), the WBC bantamweight champion, knocks out Mexican challenger Alberto Guevara in the ninth round of a title match at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Nov. 10, 2013. Yamanaka defended his crown for the fifth time.

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Yamanaka defends WBC bantamweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka (front), the WBC bantamweight champion, lands a left on Mexican challenger Alberto Guevara for a knockout in the ninth round of a title match at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Nov. 10, 2013. Yamanaka defended his crown for the fifth time.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun meet in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Shinsuke Imai (C), a senior researcher at Japan's House Foods Corp., and Ishikawa Prefectural University President Hidehiko Kumagai (L) attend an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for researching the possibility of a tear-free, yet flavorful, onion.

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Japan, Russia hold talks on disputed islets

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov shake hands at the outset of their talks in Moscow on Aug. 19, 2013. They met to effectively resume negotiations aimed at resolving a long-standing territorial dispute that has prevented the two countries from signing a post-World War II peace treaty.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - (From L) Shinsuke Sugiyama, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Cho Tae Yong, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Washington on June 219, 2013. The senior working-level talks were held on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (front L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. hold talks on N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, answers reporters' questions at the State Department in Washington on April 18, 2013. Sugiyama held talks on North Korea issues the same day with U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies.

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies answers reporters' questions after a meeting with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2013. They agreed the two countries should work closely with South Korea to dissuade North Korea from conducting a third nuclear test.

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies answers reporters' questions after a meeting with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2013. They agreed the two countries should work closely with South Korea to dissuade North Korea from conducting a third nuclear test.

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies (L) and Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2013. They agreed the two countries should work closely with South Korea to dissuade North Korea from conducting a third nuclear test. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies (L) and Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2013. They agreed the two countries should work closely with South Korea to dissuade North Korea from conducting a third nuclear test. (Pool photo)