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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., and other executives of the financial group bow after a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Japan names new envoys to Ireland, Nigeria

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government on Nov. 16 named Toshinao Urabe (L, file photo) as ambassador to Ireland and Toshitsugu Uesawa (R, file photo) as ambassador to Nigeria, with appointments taking effect Nov. 19.

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Japanese, British defense ministers discuss IT exchange

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Defense Agency Director General Toshitsugu Saito (R) and British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon pose for pictures outside the Defense Ministry in London on Jan. 22. The two ministers agreed to promote the use of information technology in national defense.

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Defense chief meets Okinawa governor

NAHA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Toshitsugu Saito (L) listens Dec. 27 to Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine who reads a statement urging the government to put a 15-year limit on the U.S. military's use of a planned airport in Nago, Okinawa. Saito replied he will relay the request when he meets the new U.S. defense secretary hopefully in January.

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U.S. Ambassador Foley shakes hands with Defense chief Saito

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley (L) shakes hands with Defense Agency Director General Toshitsugu Saito at the agency headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 14. Foley told Saito that there will be no change in U.S. security policy under a George W. Bush administration.

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Saito named Defense Agency chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Saito, a businessman-turned-politician who was named Defense Agency chief on Dec. 5, fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence following his appointment.

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Japan names new envoys to Ireland, Nigeria

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government on Nov. 16 named Toshinao Urabe (L, file photo) as ambassador to Ireland and Toshitsugu Uesawa (R, file photo) as ambassador to Nigeria, with appointments taking effect Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

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Expert points to historical importance of naval dock in southern Japan

Toshitsugu Haji, head of a civilian group studying cultural heritage in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, talks about the historical importance of the Mietsu Naval Dock, built by the Saga feudal domain near the end of the Edo period (1603-1867), in the prefectural capital on June 20, 2015. The facility is one of the candidate sites of the Meiji-era (1868-1911) industrial revolution Japan is seeking to have registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic expert speaks at symposium in central Japan

Toshitsugu Fujii, chairman of the Japan Meteorological Agency's advisory panel on ways of predicting volcanic eruptions, speaks at a symposium in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 20, 2015. A number of volcanoes in Japan have erupted recently, including Mt. Asama straddling the border between Nagano and Gunma prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda Toshitsugu

Maeda Toshitsugu==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Line ties up with Mizuho

Takeshi Idezawa (L), CEO of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp., and Toshitsugu Okabe, deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, to announce the two companies' plan to jointly set up an online bank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Line ties up with Mizuho

Takeshi Idezawa (L), CEO of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp., and Toshitsugu Okabe, deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2018, where the two companies announced a plan to jointly set up an online bank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense chief meets Okinawa governor

NAHA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Toshitsugu Saito (L) listens Dec. 27 to Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine who reads a statement urging the government to put a 15-year limit on the U.S. military's use of a planned airport in Nago, Okinawa. Saito replied he will relay the request when he meets the new U.S. defense secretary hopefully in January.

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U.S. Ambassador Foley shakes hands with Defense chief Saito

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley (L) shakes hands with Defense Agency Director General Toshitsugu Saito at the agency headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 14. Foley told Saito that there will be no change in U.S. security policy under a George W. Bush administration.

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Saito named Defense Agency chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Saito, a businessman-turned-politician who was named Defense Agency chief on Dec. 5, fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence following his appointment.