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Literary award winner in Japan

Novelist Teru Shimazu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, after winning the Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award for popular fiction.

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Fukui to take over as Okinawa affairs minister

Teru Fukui, a lower house member of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, seen in this file photo, is set to succeed Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs minister Tetsuma Esaki after he suffered a minor stroke, government sources said on Feb. 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. urges newly appointed minister to reduce U.S. base burden

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (R) hands over a request paper to Teru Fukui, the newly appointed minister in charge of the prefecture's affairs, in Okinawa on March 3, 2018, regarding ways to reduce Okinawa's burden in hosting the bulk of U.S. military bases in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo