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Japan adopts new space policy focusing on security

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), next to Shunichi Yamaguchi (3rd from R), minister of state for space policy, addresses a meeting at Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy at his office in Tokyo on Jan 9. 2015. The government approved a new space development policy focusing on security, with an aim to boost the total value of the country's space industry to 5 trillion yen over the next decade.

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Meeting held for 'Cool Japan' promotion in local areas

SENDAI, Japan - A meeting for the promotion of the government's "Cool Japan" strategy in local areas is held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 25, 2014, for an exchange of views between state minister Shunichi Yamaguchi in charge of the strategy and businesspeople in Miyagi Prefecture devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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'Cool Japan' strategy minister tries on paper-made armor

SENDAI, Japan - State minister Shunichi Yamaguchi (R) in charge of the "Cool Japan" strategy tries on a paper-made armor unit after a meeting on the promotion of the strategy for local areas held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 25. 2014.

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State minister Yamaguchi surveys northern territories

NEMURO, Japan - Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Shunichi Yamaguchi (C) surveys Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido from Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 18, 2014. He later held talks with former islanders.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Yamaguchi, newly appointed as minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs and minister of state for science and technology policy, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Bill for "my number" ID system law approved

Shunichi Yamaguchi, state minister for information technology, bows during a House of Councillors plenary session on Aug. 28, 2015, in Tokyo, as the upper house passed a bill to revise the "my number" ID system law for social security and a revision bill for a personal information protection law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house OKs bill to allow gov't access to citizens' bank data

Shunichi Yamaguchi, state minister in charge of legislation on numbering citizens, bows at the plenary session of Japan's House of Representatives, which approved on May 21, 2015, bills that will enable the government to gain access to citizens' bank deposit data. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan adopts new space policy focusing on security

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), next to Shunichi Yamaguchi (3rd from R), minister of state for space policy, addresses a meeting at Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy at his office in Tokyo on Jan 9. 2015. The government approved a new space development policy focusing on security, with an aim to boost the total value of the country's space industry to 5 trillion yen over the next decade. (Kyodo)

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'Cool Japan' strategy minister tries on paper-made armor

SENDAI, Japan - State minister Shunichi Yamaguchi (R) in charge of the "Cool Japan" strategy tries on a paper-made armor unit after a meeting on the promotion of the strategy for local areas held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 25. 2014. (Kyodo)

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State minister Yamaguchi surveys northern territories

NEMURO, Japan - Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Shunichi Yamaguchi (C) surveys Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido from Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 18, 2014. He later held talks with former islanders. (Kyodo)

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Yamaguchi, newly appointed as minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs and minister of state for science and technology policy, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. (Kyodo)