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Panasonic signs sponsorship accord for Paralympics

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. Executive Officer Satoshi Takeyasu (L) shakes hands with International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven on Oct. 15, 2014, in Tokyo after they signed a new partnership agreement. The Japanese electronics conglomerate has supplied audiovisual equipment to the Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1998, and the new agreement additionally covers the provision of care products for the elderly and disabled.

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N. Korea holds seminar on investment in Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Takeyasu Kojima, president of Tokyo-based Sanshin Travel Service Inc., speaks in an interview on May 27, 2015, about his participation in an investment seminar held on North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-head of bill-collection agency held for fraud

KATO, Japan - Takeyasu Tsuji (C), former chairman of the Nippon Jusei Hoken Kiko bill-collection agency, leaves his house in Kato, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25 for voluntary police questioning. He was later arrested on suspicion of fraud for allegedly swindling about 200 million yen from the company's business partner. (Kyodo)