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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

Vehicles move amid rainfall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

Passengers pass a billboard at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

A pedestrian passes a screen displaying traffic information in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

Passengers stand beside a closed Shinkansen station in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

Aircraft of All Nippon Airways are pictured at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Ampil Disrupts Air Traffic - Japan

Passengers wait at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 16, 2024. Ampil, the seventh typhoon of the year, hit Japan on Friday, forcing cancellations of public transit services. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 2

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 3

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 4

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows a grass field at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture. The field was turned into a parking area and heliport as J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A helicopter carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 22, 2010.

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Campbell calls on Japan to abide by Okinawa base accord

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat in charge of U.S. policy on East Asia, speaks in Seoul on June 17, 2010, before flying to Tokyo, expressing hope Japan will build a replacement facility in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to relocate the heliport functions from the Futenma air base in the same prefecture as agreed on under a bilateral deal struck in late May.

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Strong winds buffet Japan, causing some injuries in Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan - Scaffolding at a construction site for a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward is seen collapsed on March 21, 2010, as strong winds caused by a low-pressure system blew across Japan.

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4 projects adopted for Okinawa base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of central and Okinawa prefectural government officials in Tokyo on Dec. 18. The officials agreed on four new development projects for northern Okinawa, where an airport will be built to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station also in the prefecture.

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(1)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto (L), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office July 29 in Tokyo after agreeing with cabinet ministers on a plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago as the site for an airport to replace U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa.

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(2)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1999 shows the sea off Nago, northern Okinawa Prefecture, which will become the site of an airport to replace a U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa. The central and Okinawa prefectural governments agreed July 29 on a basic plan to reclaim the land from the sea.

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Gov't, Okinawa agree on land reclamation for Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the central government and Okinawa in their meeting in Tokyo on July 29 agree on a basic plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago, northern Okinawa, as a relocation site for the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, central Okinawa. At the table are State Minister for Okinawa Koji Omi (2nd from L, background) and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R, foreground).

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(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - The government decides on Dec. 27 at a meeting at the prime minister's official residence to build an airport, which will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Airport Station in Okinawa, on a reef off Hekono in the city of Nago (file photo). The decision was made by a panel comprised of officials from the national government and local authorities in Okinawa in the meeting.

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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Gov't proposes eight of construction plans for heliport

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, minister in charge of Northern and Okinawa affairs, addresses a meeting of a government panel charged with discussing the planned construction of a new airport in northern Okinawa to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Seated to his left is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and to his right is Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani.

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Okinawa, central gov't discuss base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Okinawa Prefecture meet central government officials Aug. 25 in Tokyo to discuss a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine is seen standing at the table (L). The meeting was the first time the officials have met to discuss the details of moving the facility's heliport functions to a planned military-civilian airport in central Okinawa.

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Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 6:05 p.m. Aug. 7 at Tokyo Heliport in the Shinkiba district, Koto Ward, shows a tornado forming in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport. The tornado disappeared soon after with no casualties or damage reported, the Meteorological Agency said. The tornado, quite rare for Tokyo Bay, formed above the water about 25 kilometers east of Haneda airport, off Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, around 5:50 p.m.

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Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) is pressed by reporters April 11 for comments about his request made April 9 to the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) to control possible rioting by Koreans and other foreigners in Japan following a major earthquake. Ishihara was questioned by reporters at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward after he returned from an inspection tour of Aogashima and Hachijojima islands, which lie south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.

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Gov't to set aside 100 bil. yen for Okinawa development

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (2nd from L) and members of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's cabinet meet at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 17 to discuss a plan to prepare for the relocation of a U.S. military heliport in central Okinawa to Nago, a city on the northern part of the island. The central government told Inamine it plans to set aside 100 billion yen over 10 years for developing the northern part of Okinawa.

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U.S. deputy defense secretary meets Kawara

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre (L) talks with Japanese Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara (R) at the Defense Agency on Nov. 26. They discussed an alternative facility for the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Okinawa.

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Inamine meets Obuchi about heliport relocation plan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) escorts Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) at the premier's official residence Nov. 25 to a meeting room to discuss the Okinawa prefectural government's plan to relocate the heliport functions of a U.S. military base in central Okinawa to Nago in northern Okinawa. At left is Mikio Aoki, chief cabinet secretary and chief of the Okinawa Development Agency.

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Gov. Inamine approves U.S. base's relocation within Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 19 after a meeting with cabinet members, during which he announced his decision to allow the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, central Okinawa, to be relocated within the prefecture.

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Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 6:05 p.m. Aug. 7 at Tokyo Heliport in the Shinkiba district, Koto Ward, shows a tornado forming in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport. The tornado disappeared soon after with no casualties or damage reported, the Meteorological Agency said. The tornado, quite rare for Tokyo Bay, formed above the water about 25 kilometers east of Haneda airport, off Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, around 5:50 p.m.

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Ex-N. Korea agent in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A helicopter carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Campbell calls on Japan to abide by Okinawa base accord

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat in charge of U.S. policy on East Asia, speaks in Seoul on June 17, 2010, before flying to Tokyo, expressing hope Japan will build a replacement facility in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to relocate the heliport functions from the Futenma air base in the same prefecture as agreed on under a bilateral deal struck in late May. (Kyodo)

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Soccer facility made base for work at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 21, 2011, shows a grass field at the soccer training facility J Village in Fukushima Prefecture. The field was turned into a parking area and heliport as J Village was made into a base of work to put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control. The facility, approximately 20 kilometers south of the plant, was built in 1997 by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. at a cost of 13 billion yen and was donated to the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Strong winds buffet Japan, causing some injuries in Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan - Scaffolding at a construction site for a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward is seen collapsed on March 21, 2010, as strong winds caused by a low-pressure system blew across Japan. (Kyodo)

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(1)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto (L), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office July 29 in Tokyo after agreeing with cabinet ministers on a plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago as the site for an airport to replace U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa.

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(2)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1999 shows the sea off Nago, northern Okinawa Prefecture, which will become the site of an airport to replace a U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa. The central and Okinawa prefectural governments agreed July 29 on a basic plan to reclaim the land from the sea. (Kyodo)

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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(1)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - The government decides on Dec. 27 at a meeting at the prime minister's official residence to build an airport, which will take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Airport Station in Okinawa, on a reef off Hekono in the city of Nago (file photo). The decision was made by a panel comprised of officials from the national government and local authorities in Okinawa in the meeting.

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4 projects adopted for Okinawa base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of central and Okinawa prefectural government officials in Tokyo on Dec. 18. The officials agreed on four new development projects for northern Okinawa, where an airport will be built to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station also in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Gov't proposes eight of construction plans for heliport

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, minister in charge of Northern and Okinawa affairs, addresses a meeting of a government panel charged with discussing the planned construction of a new airport in northern Okinawa to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Seated to his left is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and to his right is Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani.

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Okinawan officials urge low noise at planned airport

TOKYO - Officials from Okinawa Prefecture, including Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (second from L), meet their central government counterparts on Nov. 29 in Tokyo. They were taking part in a panel examining a new airport to be built in Nago to take over the heliport functions of a U.S. military base. During the meeting, the Okinawan officials urged that noise levels from the planned airport be kept to a minimum.

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Okinawa, central gov't discuss base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Okinawa Prefecture meet central government officials Aug. 25 in Tokyo to discuss a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine is seen standing at the table (L). The meeting was the first time the officials have met to discuss the details of moving the facility's heliport functions to a planned military-civilian airport in central Okinawa.

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Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) is pressed by reporters April 11 for comments about his request made April 9 to the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) to control possible rioting by Koreans and other foreigners in Japan following a major earthquake. Ishihara was questioned by reporters at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward after he returned from an inspection tour of Aogashima and Hachijojima islands, which lie south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.

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Cohen rejects 15-year limit on Okinawa relocation facility

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 17. He flatly rejected a proposed 15-year limit on use of a heliport to be relocated from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Premier Obuchi promises efforts for Okinawa economy

TOKYO - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) shakes hands with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto of Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 20 at the premier's official residence. Obuchi promised to help economic development in Okinawa's northern region, including Nago, which recently accepted a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport from another Okinawa site to the city.

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Gov't to set aside 100 bil. yen for Okinawa development

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (2nd from L) and members of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's cabinet meet at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 17 to discuss a plan to prepare for the relocation of a U.S. military heliport in central Okinawa to Nago, a city on the northern part of the island. The central government told Inamine it plans to set aside 100 billion yen over 10 years for developing the northern part of Okinawa.

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U.S. deputy defense secretary meets Kawara

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre (L) talks with Japanese Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara (R) at the Defense Agency on Nov. 26. They discussed an alternative facility for the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Okinawa.