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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category.

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category. (Kyodo)

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki attends the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, after receiving the Best Performance by an Actress award for her role in the TBS drama series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist." (Kyodo)

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TBS advised to freeze anti-takeover step against Rakuten

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. President Hiroshi Inoue (L) receives a report on Sept. 7 from Mainichi Newspapers Co. President Masato Kitamura, head of a third-party panel, which advised TBS to freeze a procedure for anti-takeover steps against Rakuten Inc.

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TBS report of Fujiya scandal in Jan. posed 'problem': panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata (L), chairman of the Broadcasting Ethics Committee of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, and Shinobu Yoshioka, member of the committee, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. The panel told Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. that its January report on Fujiya Co.'s scandal was aired ''without sufficient news gathering'' and had ''a serious problem.'' It was the first case examined by the panel of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization since it was set up in May following the revelation of fabricated TV shows by Osaka-based Kansai Telecasting Corp.

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Ishiba not to take new post for national security legislation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, the secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press after appearing in a TBS radio program in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014. Ishiba, a former defense minister, indicated in the program he will turn down Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offer to become state minister in charge of national security legislation.

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TBS mulls selling BayStars

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars President Takao Kaji tells reporters in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2010, that he has not been informed of a possible sale of the baseball team. Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. is reportedly considering selling the professional baseball club due to the severe business environment.

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TBS mulls selling BayStars

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars President Takao Kaji tells reporters in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2010, that he has not been informed of a possible sale of the baseball team. Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. is reportedly considering selling the professional baseball club due to the severe business environment.

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Google webcasts news programs of TV Asahi, TBS via YouTube

TOKYO, Japan - Google Inc. Vice President David Eun speaks at a news conference at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2009. He announced that Google has concluded license agreements with TV Asahi Corp. and Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. to webcast their news and other programs through its YouTube video sharing site.

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TBS to promote vice president Zaitsu to head of new holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said on March 4 it will promote Executive Vice President Keizo Zaitsu (file photo) to president when the broadcaster becomes a holding company on April 1. Current President Hiroshi Inoue, 69, will become chairman of the new firm.

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'News 23' anchorman Chikushi dies of cancer at 73

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in August 2006 shows Japanese journalist Tetsuya Chikushi, former anchorman of the TBS news program ''News 23.'' Chikushi died Nov. 7 of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said. He was 73.

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TBS shareholders OK takeover defense steps

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Kunishige, vice president of Rakuten Inc., speaks to reporters after the shareholders' meeting of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. on June 28. The meeting gave the green light to the company's plan to introduce anti-takeover steps and rejected counterproposals made by Rakuten, which is seeking a greater presence in TBS management.

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TBS shareholders reject Rakuten proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Two people walk into a Tokyo hotel, the venue of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.'s shareholders' meeting, on June 28. The meeting rejected two proposals by Rakuten Inc., the broadcaster's biggest shareholder, who is eying a greater presence in TBS management.

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Rakuten has no ambition to take control of TBS: Mikitani

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, Rakuten Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 17 about his company's plan to raise its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.

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Rakuten has no ambition to take control of TBS: Mikitani

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani (L), president of Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, Rakuten Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 17 about his company's plan to raise its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.

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Rakuten, TBS agree to end battle over merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. President Hiroshi Inoue smiles during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 30 after making a compromise agreement with Rakuten Inc. The accord puts a temporary end to their seven-week battle over Rakuten's attempt to forge a merger with the broadcaster.

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Rakuten, TBS agree to end battle over merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani gives a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 30 after agreeing with Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. President Hiroshi Inoue to put a temporary end to their seven-week battle over Rakuten's attempt to forge a merger with the broadcaster.

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Rakuten facing uphill battle with baseball owners

SAPPORO, Japan - A meeting of baseball team owners is held at a Sapporo hotel Nov. 4 to discuss whether Rakuten Inc. has infringed on Japanese baseball bylaws by emerging as Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.'s largest shareholder. TBS is the parent company of the Yokohama BayStars.

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'Stable' TBS shareholdings likely to reach 55%

TOKYO, Japan - The proportion of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. shares held by long-term shareholders will reach 55 percent soon, sources close to the firm said Oct. 27. TBS has been trying to increase the number of ''stable'' shareholders to fend off a possible hostile takeover bid from Rakuten Inc., they said. Photo shows TBS headquarters in Tokyo.

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Online mall operator Rakuten hikes stake in TBS to 19.09%

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26. He said his firm spent 111 billion yen to raise its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. to 19.09 percent.

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Online mall operator Rakuten hikes stake in TBS to 19.09%

TOKYO, Japan - Hirsohi Inoue, president of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., speaks to reporters at the TBS head office in Tokyo on Oct. 26 after Rakuten Inc. acquired a 19.09 percent stake in TBS.

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TBS says it will ''sincerely'' study Rakuten proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Inoue, president of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS), speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13. He said TBS will ''sincerely'' consider a management integration proposal made by e-commerce company Rakuten Inc.

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Rakuten gets 15.46% of TBS shares, proposes management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani (L), president of leading e-commerce company Rakuten Inc., listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Oct. 13 on the company's acquisition of a 15.46 percent equity stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS).

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Rakuten gets 15.46% of TBS shares, proposes management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of leading e-commerce company Rakuten Inc., speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13 on the company's acquisition of a 15.46 percent equity stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS). He said Rakuten has proposed integrating the two companies' management under a joint holding company.

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Rakuten gets 15.46% of TBS shares, proposes management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of leading e-commerce company Rakuten Inc., speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13 on the company's acquisition of a 15.46 percent equity stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS). He said Rakuten has proposed integrating the two companies' management under a joint holding company.

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Rakuten gets 15.46% of TBS shares, proposes management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13 shows the head office of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) in Tokyo's Akasaka district. Leading e-commerce company Rakuten Inc. announced the acquisition of a 15.46 percent equity stake in TBS.

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TBS to issue new shares, move seen as takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Financier Yoshiaki Murakami (R) speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 31 after Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. announced plans to raise a total of about 28 billion yen by selling new and outstanding shares to Dentsu Inc. and three other companies. Murakami tacitly criticized the TBS move, saying, ''In capital increases, it should be taken into account whether there are real fund needs.'' Murakami declined to comment on whether he owns TBS shares.

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TBS to issue new shares, move seen as takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. Managing Director Keizo Zaitsu (L) speaks as Executive Director Kenichiro Kidokoro looks on at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Zaitsu said TBS will raise a total of about 28 billion yen in September by selling new and outstanding shares to Dentsu Inc. and three other companies to help finance new mobile phone and Internet-related businesses. The step is being regarded as a measure to increase friendly long-term shareholders and discourage a hostile takeover, since an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami has reportedly acquired some TBS shares and is eyeing a management buyout.

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LDP lawmaker Obuchi marries TBS man

MAEBASHI, Japan - House of Representatives member Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, smiles during a news conference in Maebashi on Dec. 10 after registering her marriage to Katsuaki Setoguchi, a former co-worker at Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., at the Nakanojyo town office.

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New BayStars owner visits Yokohama Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) President Yukio Sunahara smiles during his visit to the Yokohama Stadium, the home ground of the Yokohama BayStars, on Jan. 31, his first since becoming the owner of the Central League professional baseball club. Seafood manufacturer Maruha Corp. has signed a deal with TBS and a TBS affiliate for the transfer of ownership of the club.

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Chinese Premier Zhu at debate with Japanese on television

TOKYO, Japan - A smiling Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) speaks Oct. 14 at a debate with about 100 members of the Japanese public on an hourlong special at TBS television in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Orix superstar Ichiro weds former TV reporter Fukushima

KOBE, Japan - Orix superstar Ichiro Suzuki (L) and former TBS television reporter Yumiko Fukushima show off their wedding rings at a press conference at a Kobe hotel on Dec. 5. The baseball player and broadcaster married at an exclusive golf club in Los Angeles on Dec. 3.

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TBS reporter nabbed as Peeping Tom

TOKYO, Japan - A 32-year-old city news reporter, Kazuhiro Takashima, for Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS), one of Japan's nationwide broadcasters, is arrested on a charge of trespassing on private property in Tokyo on July 27 after allegedly being caught filming a woman in the bath. The photo shows the TBS headquarters in downtown Tokyo.

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Visual-kei Host fashion

Visual-kei host fashion Mikoto Sakurai. Around 2009, men's fashion on the street became more visually conscious. They do not hesitate to wear ladies' clothes and Men's skin care and eyebrow care is getting popular.In addition,TBS TV program named "Sunday Japon" reported that the owner of the host club "RyuguJo" and President Yoritomo were volunteering, so dispelling the dark image of the host and spurring the spread of V-hos fashion. February 3, 2009, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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TBS logo

Logo = October 1, 2018, TBS Headquarters, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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TBS logo

Logo = October 1, 2018, TBS Headquarters, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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LDP lawmaker Obuchi marries TBS man

MAEBASHI, Japan - House of Representatives member Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, smiles during a news conference in Maebashi on Dec. 10 after registering her marriage to Katsuaki Setoguchi, a former co-worker at Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., at the Nakanojyo town office. (Kyodo)