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Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Actor Hatsunori Hasegawa (L) and director Toru Ichikawa speak to the audience at the screening of Ichikawa's film, ''TAKAMINE -- America ni sakura o sakaseta otoko (The man who made cherry blossoms bloom in America),'' in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The film is about the life of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a Japanese chemist and businessman who donated 6,000 cherry trees to Washington and New York in 1912. Hasegawa plays Takamine.

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This January 1953 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This September 1985 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Okinawa assembly head asks Obama in letter to scrap Futenma plan

NAHA, Japan - Zenshin Takamine (L), chairman of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, hands U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos a letter calling for scrapping a plan to transfer the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture in Naha on June 21, 2010. Takamine said in the letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama that 90 percent of residents in the prefecture are opposed to the plan.

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Okada stresses U.S. Marines' role in Japan's defense

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) receives a request from Zenshin Takamine (L), chairman of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, at his ministry on April 27, 2010, on relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Takamine led the Okinawa delegation which had taken part in a mass rally April 25 to seek the removal of the Futemma base out of the prefecture.

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (2nd from L) holds talks with Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Chairman Zenshin Takamine (R, front) in Naha on March 25, 2010. Takamine repeated a call on the government to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station outside Okinawa.

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa attends a meeting with Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Chairman Zenshin Takamine in Naha on March 25, 2010. Takamine repeated a call on the government to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station outside Okinawa.

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J-League football

Gamba Osaka's Jiro Nakamura (L) and Consadole Sapporo's Tomoki Takamine vie for the ball during the first half of a J-League match at Panasonic Stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on May 4, 2022.

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UKIGUMO

UKIGUMO aka Floating Clouds HIDEAO TAKAMINE, MASAYUKI MORI Date: 1955

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MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO

MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO aka THE RICKSHAW MAN Director hiroshi inagaki ADJUST THE MAKE-UP OF hideko takamine Date: 1943

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Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Photo taken July 6, 2015, in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, shows a meeting of a House of Representatives panel to hear opinions on national security bills. Among the witnesses -- (from L) Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, Tomokazu Takamine, former president of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper in Okinawa, Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamie. Inamie expressed his opposition to the bills, saying they are "extremely dangerous as they could increase people's anxiety and change Japan's way of being." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kinkakuji Temple

The Golden Pavilion at Rokuon-ji Temple seen from the western edge of Kyoko Pond, facing north-northeast. The shrubbery on the right is Ashihara Island. The temple was built in 1398 but destroyed by arson in 1950. Unlike the reconstructed building of today, the original roof was supported by many columns at each level. There is a passage connecting the two-story Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) and the shoin (study). Pine forest surrounds the pond, and Mt. Daimonji and Takamine are visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐7‐0]

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Kinkakuji Temple

The Golden Pavilion at Rokuon-ji Temple taken from the western edge of Kyoko Pond, facing north-northeast. The shrubbery on the right is Ashihara Island. The temple was built in 1398 but destroyed by arson in 1950. Unlike the reconstructed building of today, the original roof was supported by many columns at each level. Mt. Daimonji and Takamine are visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐38‐0]

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Kinkakuji Temple

The Golden Pavilion at Rokuon-ji Temple seen from the western edge of Kyoko Pond, facing north-northeast. The shrubbery on the right is Ashihara Island. The temple was built in 1398. Unlike the building of today, the original roof was supported by many columns at each level. A man enjoys a boat ride on the pond. Pine forest surrounds the pond, and Mt. Daimonji and Takamine are visible in the background. Taken by Felix Beato.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number62‐25‐0]

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Kinkakuji Temple

The Golden Pavilion at Rokuon-ji Temple seen from the western edge of Kyoko Pond, facing north-northeast. The shrubbery on the right is Ashihara Island. The temple was built in 1398. Unlike the building of today, the original roof was supported by many columns at each level. People enjoy the view of the pond from the first-floor cloister. Water weeds float on the surface of the pond. Mt. Daimonji and Takamine are visible in the background. Taken by Felix Beato.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number62‐3‐0]

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Okinawa assembly head asks Obama in letter to scrap Futenma plan

NAHA, Japan - Zenshin Takamine (L), chairman of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, hands U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos a letter calling for scrapping a plan to transfer the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture in Naha on June 21, 2010. Takamine said in the letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama that 90 percent of residents in the prefecture are opposed to the plan. (Kyodo)

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Okada stresses U.S. Marines' role in Japan's defense

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) receives a request from Zenshin Takamine (L), chairman of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, at his ministry on April 27, 2010, on relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Takamine led the Okinawa delegation which had taken part in a mass rally April 25 to seek the removal of the Futemma base out of the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (2nd from L) holds talks with Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Chairman Zenshin Takamine (R, front) in Naha on March 25, 2010. Takamine repeated a call on the government to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station outside Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa attends a meeting with Okinawa Prefectural Assembly Chairman Zenshin Takamine in Naha on March 25, 2010. Takamine repeated a call on the government to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station outside Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Actor Hatsunori Hasegawa (L) and director Toru Ichikawa speak to the audience at the screening of Ichikawa's film, ''TAKAMINE -- America ni sakura o sakaseta otoko (The man who made cherry blossoms bloom in America),'' in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The film is about the life of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a Japanese chemist and businessman who donated 6,000 cherry trees to Washington and New York in 1912. Hasegawa plays Takamine. (Kyodo)

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This January 1953 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s. (Kyodo)

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This September 1985 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition on chemist Takamine to take place in Kanazawa

LOS ANGELES, United States - Jokichi Takamine III (R), 77, skims through documents at his home in suburban Los Angeles for an exhibition commemorating his grandfather, Japanese-born chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), to be held in Japan. To the left is Los Angeles-based Japanese journalist Nobuko Iinuma. The exhibition for the late Takamine, whose most notable achievement was the isolation of adrenaline, will take place Dec. 1-17 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.