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Japan envoy, Okinawa governor meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010. Nakaima asked Niwa to help realize direct flights between Okinawa and Beijing to lure more Chinese tourists to the island prefecture.

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Ex-Japan envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during a symposium in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Niwa said the two countries and South Korea should try to hold a trilateral summit by the spring of 2014 to mend ties strained by territorial disputes.

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Japan's ex-envoy to China Niwa gives interview

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on March 12, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Niwa

BEIJING, China - Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a press conference at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2012, before his departure for Japan on Nov. 28. Niwa urged Beijing to "cherish" its economic and business ties with Tokyo despite tensions over the Japanese-controlled, Chinese-claimed Senkaku Islands, dismissing views in China that it no longer needs Japan in development of its economy.

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Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Niwa

BEIJING, China - Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a press conference at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2012, before his departure for Japan on Nov. 28. Niwa urged Beijing to "cherish" its economic and business ties with Tokyo despite tensions over the Japanese-controlled, Chinese-claimed Senkaku Islands, dismissing views in China that it no longer needs Japan in development of its economy.

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Japan envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) speaks during an event in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. To his right is Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.

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Japan envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) attends an event in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2012, related to the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.

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Japan envoy's car with new national flag

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, shows the official vehicle of Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa, to which a new Japanese flag is attached. The previous flag was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27. (Image partly altered)

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Flag attached to Japanese ambassador's limousine again

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L back) gets into his limousine after a meeting at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2012. A new Japanese national flag is attached to the limo, after the previous one was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27.

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Flag attached to Japanese ambassador's limousine again

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L back) gets into his limousine after a meeting at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2012. A new Japanese national flag is attached to the limo, after the previous one was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after his official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attend a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after Niwa's official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

BEIJING, China - An armed police officer stands guard at the entrance of the road leading to the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to China in Beijing on the night of Aug. 27, 2012. Earlier in the day, a man attacked the official car carrying Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa. A man attacked the official car carrying Niwa in Beijing and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle on Aug. 27, 2012. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on the night of Aug. 27, 2012, shows the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. Earlier in the day, a man attacked the official car carrying Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing earlier in the day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba enters the ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing the same day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing earlier in the day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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40th anniversary of China-Japan ties

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (front L) and Japanese Ambassador Uichiro Niwa (front R) attend an event in Beijing on April 21, 2012, to plant commemorative trees to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations.

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Japan envoy to China

HARBALING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visits Harbaling, Jilin Province in China, on Sept. 9, 2011. Chemical weapons abandoned by the Japanese military at the end of World War II are buried in the area.

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) chats with a Tibetan girl at a children's facility in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) visits the busy Barkhor area in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Police officers carrying rifles are seen guarding the front of Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visited the temple the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (back) visits a maker of Tibetan religious paintings called ''Thangka'' in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visits Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa walks in the square in front of the Potala Palace (in the background) in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa visits the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) shakes hands with Padma Choling, chairman of the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in Lhasa, the region's capital, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa takes a break at Naqu Station in the Tibetan autonomous region of China on Aug. 17, 2011, on his way to visit the Tibetan capital Lhasa to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (front L) poses with a Tibetan man (front C) on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) chats with Tibetan and other passengers on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Ji Jianye (R), mayor of Nanjing, shakes hands with Uichiro Niwa, the Japanese ambassador to China, before their talks in the Chinese city Dec. 21, 2010. Ji and Niwa discussed the issue of bilateral history but details about their meeting remained secret.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (R), the Japanese ambassador to China, views products at a liquid crystal display television factory of Sharp Corp. in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (R), the Japanese ambassador to China, views an assembly factory of Mazda Motor Corp.'s joint venture in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (L), the Japanese ambassador to China, views an assembly factory of Mazda Motor Corp.'s joint venture in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) poses with students for photos at a school during a visit to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) speaks with a student at a school during a visit to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) speaks to a local person (R) in a park during a visit to Nanjing on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks with two local people (front) in a park during a visit to Nanjing on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving at a hotel in Nanjing on Dec. 20, 2010, making his first trip to the Chinese city where anti-Japanese sentiment remains deep-rooted due to the 1937 massacre there by Japanese soldiers.

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Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving at a hotel in Nanjing on Dec. 20, 2010, making his first trip to the Chinese city where anti-Japanese sentiment remains deep-rooted due to the 1937 massacre there by Japanese soldiers.

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Japan ambassador visits Tianjin factory

TIANJIN, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) visits a factory in a special industrial zone for environmental conservation in Tianjin, northeastern China, on Nov. 17, 2010. Niwa visited the city on his first trip to a regional area since taking office in July.

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Japan-China friendship ceremony

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, lift their glasses during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Friendship Association.

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China summons Japan envoy to protest over ship collision

TOKYO, Japan - These file photos show Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo. The Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned Niwa in the early hours of Sept. 12, 2010, to demand the release of Chinese fishermen and their fishing boat seized by the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Senkaku Islands.

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post at his official residence on July 31, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.''

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa leaves a press conference at his official residence on July 31, 2010, after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.''

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Envoy pushes free trade with China through farm sector

TOKYO, Japan - Incoming Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 26, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp. called for an early conclusion of a Japan-China free trade agreement that would spur growth in the two countries by strengthening the competitiveness of Japan's heavily protected farm sector.

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New Japanese envoy to China calls for dialogue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 23, 2010. Niwa, former president of major trading house Itochu Corp., called for exploring the possibility of dialogue with North Korea, rather than the imposition of tough sanctions, to establish stable and peaceful relations.

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Niwa, Japan's new envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Uichiro Niwa, advisor to trading house Itochu Corp. who is set to be Japan's ambassador to China, replacing Yuji Miyamoto. China on June 11, 2010, agreed with Japan's plan to appoint him to the post.

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Itochu adviser Niwa to become Japan's new envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Uichiro Niwa (file photo), adviser to major trading house Itochu Corp., will be appointed as Japan's new ambassador to China, possibly later this month, government sources said on June 7, 2010. Niwa will be the first ambassador appointed to one of Japan's key partners not drawn from the ranks of former bureaucrats.