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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume (1st L) and Urabe Ran (2nd L) of Japan compete during the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1500M

(230212) -- ASTANA, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Goto Yume (1st L) and Urabe Ran (2nd L) of Japan compete during the women's 1500m final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 11, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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College student at MSDF's curry contest in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Yuka Urabe, one of the visitors to vote in a curry-cooking contest held at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, enjoys curry and rice on April 19, 2014.

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Japan envoy to Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe answers a reporter's question at a hotel in the Manila metropolitan area on Nov. 22, 2012.

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Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad.

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Japan envoy in Philippines

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (L) shakes hands with a senior officer of the International Monitoring Team, which is observing a cease-fire between the Filipino forces and rebels in Cotabato, the Philippines, on Aug. 18, 2011.

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Filipino caregivers complete pre-training in Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe speaks during a ceremony in Manila on July 8, 2011, marking the completion by 60 Filipino caregivers of a pre-training course in Japanese, ahead of their departure for Japan under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement.

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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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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken on April 26 shows a set of diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency. The diaries, donated to the major daily Asahi Shimbun, indicated that Japanese Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in February 1982 shows Emperor Hirohito and Ryogo Urabe (2nd from L), a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, leaving the Diet building after an opening session of parliament. Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Urabe.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito (in a file photo taken in 1988) was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in 2000 shows Ryogo Urabe, who served Emperor Hirohito as a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, from December 1969 to February 2002. The diaries kept by Urabe indicated that Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history.

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Swimming: Japan team sets national mark in women's 800 relay

MELBOURNE, Australia - The Japanese team of Norie Urabe, Ai Shibata, Maki Mita and Haruka Ueda (L to R) are all smiles after setting a national record of 7 minutes, 59.58 seconds in the women's 800-meter relay qualifiers on March 29 to advance to the finals in the world swimming championships in Melbourne and punch their tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Japan 3rd in women's 800m freestyle relay at Pan-Pacific

VICTORIA, Canada - (From L to R) Haruka Ueda, Norie Urabe, Ai Shibata and Maki Mita show their bronze medals after coming in third in the women's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria on Aug. 18.

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2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States.

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S. Korea blasts Koizumi's Yasukuni visit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hang Kyung (R) summoned the deputy chief of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Toshinao Urabe (L), to his ministry in Seoul on Jan. 14 and lodged a protest over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit earlier in the day to Tokyo's controversial war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States. (Kyodo)

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Japan 3rd in women's 800m freestyle relay at Pan-Pacific

VICTORIA, Canada - (From L to R) Haruka Ueda, Norie Urabe, Ai Shibata and Maki Mita show their bronze medals after coming in third in the women's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria on Aug. 18. (Kyodo)

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Swimming: Japan team sets national mark in women's 800 relay

MELBOURNE, Australia - The Japanese team of Norie Urabe, Ai Shibata, Maki Mita and Haruka Ueda (L to R) are all smiles after setting a national record of 7 minutes, 59.58 seconds in the women's 800-meter relay qualifiers on March 29 to advance to the finals in the world swimming championships in Melbourne and punch their tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war crimina

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito (in a file photo taken in 1988) was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo)

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war crimina

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken on April 26 shows a set of diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency. The diaries, donated to the major daily Asahi Shimbun, indicated that Japanese Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history. (Kyodo)

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war crimina

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in February 1982 shows Emperor Hirohito and Ryogo Urabe (2nd from L), a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, leaving the Diet building after an opening session of parliament. Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Urabe. (Kyodo)

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war crimina

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in 2000 shows Ryogo Urabe, who served Emperor Hirohito as a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, from December 1969 to February 2002. The diaries kept by Urabe indicated that Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history. (Kyodo)

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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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Athletics: Japanese c'ships, Olympic qualifying meet

Ran Urabe (C) poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 800-meter final at the national athletics championships at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, on June 27, 2021, alongside second-place Yuki Hirota (L) and third-place Nozomi Tanaka.

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Japan envoy in Philippines

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (L) shakes hands with a senior officer of the International Monitoring Team, which is observing a cease-fire between the Filipino forces and rebels in Cotabato, the Philippines, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad. (Kyodo)

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Filipino caregivers complete pre-training in Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe speaks during a ceremony in Manila on July 8, 2011, marking the completion by 60 Filipino caregivers of a pre-training course in Japanese, ahead of their departure for Japan under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea blasts Koizumi's Yasukuni visit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hang Kyung (R) summoned the deputy chief of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Toshinao Urabe (L), to his ministry in Seoul on Jan. 14 and lodged a protest over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit earlier in the day to Tokyo's controversial war-related Yasukuni Shrine. (Kyodo)