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FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic

Sora Yachi of Japan competes during men's 10km cross-country skiing Gundersen of Nordic Combined at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic in Kuusamo, Finland on November 29, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic

Sora Yachi of Japan competes during the men's Nordic Combined ski jumping Individual Compact Large Hill HS142 competition at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic 2025 in Kuusamo, Finland, on November 28, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Eero Hirvonen (front) of Finland and Sora Yachi (L) of Japan of the Nordic Combined Men's Team 4x5 km Cross Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on March 7, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Ilkka Herola of Finland sends Eero Hirvonen (2nd L) to the third leg of the Nordic Combined Men's Team 4x5 km Cross Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on March 7, 2025. Background Sora Yachi (L) and Akito Watabe of Japan. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Eero Hirvonen (R) of Finland and Sora Yachi (L) of Japan during the Nordic Combined Men's Team 4x5 km Cross Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on March 7, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Ilkka Herola of Finland sends Eero Hirvonen (2nd L) to the second leg of the Nordic Combined Men's Team 4x5 km Cross Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on March 7, 2025. Background Sora Yachi (L) and Akito Watabe of Japan. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim 2025

Eero Hirvonen (R) of Finland and Sora Yachi (L) of Japan during the Nordic Combined Men's Team 4x5 km Cross Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Trondheim on March 7, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese PM's aide meets China's top diplomat over summit

BEIJING, China, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Shotaro Yachi (far L), a former top career diplomat who serves as a key foreign-policy adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (far R) in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2016. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are trying to pave the way for a meeting between their top leaders on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in September.

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Japan PM's key aide in Beijing to coordinate Abe-Xi contact

BEIJING, China - Shotaro Yachi, head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Beijing on Nov. 6, 2014, for talks with Chinese officials over the format of dialogue between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Beijing next week.

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Japan's security official, S. Korean foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Shotaro Yachi (L), national security adviser to the Japanese Cabinet, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se ahead of their talks at the ministry in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2014.

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Japan's security official, S. Korean foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - Shotaro Yachi (L), national security adviser to the Japanese Cabinet, holds a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se at the ministry in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2014.

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Japan's top security official arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Shotaro Yachi, Japan's national security adviser to the Cabinet, arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2014, for a two-day visit to discuss a wide range of issues concerning security and bilateral relations with top South Korean officials.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (3rd from front in left row) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan official in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Shotaro Yachi (R), who heads the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council, hold talks in Moscow on March 12, 2014. The Japanese official was in Russia to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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Japan's national security chief leaves for Russia

NARITA, Japan - Shotaro Yachi (L front), Japan's top bureaucrat of its National Security Council, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 12, 2014, before leaving for Russia. Yachi will meet with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, and other officials to confer on the tensions in Ukraine.

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Japan, U.S. security advisers agree on closer bilateral cooperation

WASHINGTON, United States - Shotaro Yachi, head of the secretariat of Japan's new National Security Council, speaks to reporters in Washington on Jan. 17, 2014, after talks with U.S. State Secretary John Kerry. Yachi told reporters he discussed "various issues" with Kerry including the situation in East Asia but declined to go into further detail.

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National Security Council

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L), head of Japan's new U.S.-style National Security Council, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Ex-top diplomat Yachi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi. The government is considering appointing Yachi as the first chief of the secretariat of the planned Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council, a government source said Nov. 2, 2013.

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Yachi urges Japan to send civilians to Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News. Yachi, who was appointed Jan. 20 as the government's special representative on key diplomatic issues, said that Japan should seriously consider sending civilians to Afghanistan to help its reconstruction, which U.S. President Barack Obama puts high emphasis on in the fight against terrorism.

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Negroponte visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi at the Japanese Foreign Ministry on March 2. Negroponte is visiting Japan on the first leg of a tour that will also take him to China and South Korea.

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China, Japan hold subcabinet-level talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Jan. 25 prior to their talks.

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Japan eyes Abe visit to Russia by year-end to discuss isles row

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (far left) in talks with Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov (2nd from right) in Moscow on Jan. 23. The Japanese government has decided to begin arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Russia by the end of the year, sources familiar with Japan-Russia affairs said.

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Japan eyes Abe visit to Russia by year-end to discuss isles row

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi speaks with reporters following his talks with Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov in Moscow on Jan. 23. The Japanese government has decided to begin arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Russia by the end of the year, sources familiar with Japan-Russia affairs said.

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Japan, China hold subcabinet-level talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo shake hands at the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Sept. 23 prior to subcabinet-level talks to pave the way for a summit between their top leaders in a bid to ease strained bilateral ties under Japan's new leadership.

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Japan, S. Korea hold regular 'strategic dialogue'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) shows Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi the way before starting a regular ''strategic dialogue'' in Seoul on Sept. 6.

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Japan demands S. Korea halt maritime survey near isles

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and South Korean Ambassador to Japan Ra Jong Yil shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 5 before their talks. Yachi summoned Ra to file a protest and demand that South Korea halt its maritime survey in a Japan-claimed exclusive economic zone around a pair of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan to propose ministers' meeting with China this month: Yachi

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on May before meeting his Chinese counterpart Dai Bingguo.

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Japan agrees to withdraw maritime survey plan near disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Yu Myung Hwan (L), South Korean first vice minister for Foreign affairs and trade, and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (R) speak at separate press conference in Seoul on April 22 at the end of two-day talks on Japan's plan to carry out a maritime survey near disputed islets. Japan agreed to withdraw its plan for a survey near while Korea agreed to cancel plans to name seafloor topography near the islets at an international conference scheduled for June in Germany.

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Japan agrees to withdraw maritime survey plan near disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi speaks at a press conference after two days of talks with Yu Myung Hwan, South Korea's first vice minister for foreign affairs and trade, in Seoul on April 22. Japan agreed to withdraw its plan for a survey near while Korea agreed to cancel plans to name seafloor topography near the islets at an international conference scheduled for June in Germany.

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Japan denies S. Korea report on no accord over disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Yu Myung Hwan (L), South Korean first vice minister for Foreign affairs and trade, and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (R) arrive at a Seoul hotel on April 22 to continue talks in a bid to bridge differences over Japan's plan to carry out a maritime survey near disputed islets. Japan denied a South Korean news report later in the day that Tokyo and Seoul are not likely to reach an agreement

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Japan, S. Korea senior officials meet in Seoul over isle dispute

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Yu Myung Hwan, South Korea's first vice minister for foreign affairs and trade, shake hands at the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul prior to talks on Japan's plan to carry out a maritime survey near disputed islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea begin senior officials' talks over isle dispute

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Yu Myung Hwan, South Korea's first vice minister for foreign affairs and trade, meet at the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul on April 21 to discuss Tokyo's plan to carry out a maritime survey near the disputed islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Japanese official leaves for S. Korea to ease isle dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport for Seoul to seek a breakthrough in a bilateral row over Tokyo's plan to conduct a maritime survey near disputed islets.

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Koizumi mulls sending senior official to S. Korea over isle dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his official residence on April 20. He said he is considering sending Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi to Seoul to try to settle a row over Japan's maritime survey plan near disputer Sea of Japan islets. ''I want (both sides) to talk well and resolve (the issue) through diplomatic negotiations in a level-headed manner,'' Koizumi said.

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Japan, S. Korea hold strategic dialogue

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (L) and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi shake hands in Tokyo on March 6 before their subcabinet-level strategic dialogue.

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Japan, China hold subcabinet-level talks to mend soured ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo pose for photos prior to the start of bilateral subcabinet-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 10.

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Seoul urges Tokyo to discipline Vice Foreign Minister Yachi

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshiyuki Takano is summoned to South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul on May 26 to receive a protest over Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's remarks.

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S. Korea urges Japan to take action against bureaucrat

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's spokesman urged Japan to take disciplinary action against Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi who reportedly said Japan is reluctant to share information with S. Korea because the United States does not trust S. Korea on the issue of North Korea's nuclear programs.

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Yachi talks with China's Foreign Minister Li in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 14.

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(1)Japan, China begin 2-day subcabinet-level talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (R) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo before two days of bilateral subcabinet-level talks May 13 in Beijing aimed at easing tensions between the two countries and discussing international issues.

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2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

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(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-NORDIC COMBINED-CROSS-COUNTRY (CN)

(220209) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yachi Sora of Japan competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)

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(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-NORDIC COMBINED-SKI JUMPING COMPETITION ROUND (CN)

(220209) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yachi Sora of Japan competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-NORDIC COMBINED-SKI JUMPING COMPETITION ROUND (CN)

(220209) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yachi Sora of Japan competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-NORDIC COMBINED-SKI JUMPING COMPETITION ROUND (CN)

(220209) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yachi Sora of Japan competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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(BEIJING2022) CHINA-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-NORDIC COMBINED-SKI JUMPING COMPETITION ROUND (CN)

(220209) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yachi Sora of Japan competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round at the National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

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(1)Japan, China begin 2-day subcabinet-level talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (R) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo before two days of bilateral subcabinet-level talks May 13 in Beijing aimed at easing tensions between the two countries and discussing international issues. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China hold subcabinet-level talks to mend soured ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo pose for photos prior to the start of bilateral subcabinet-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 10. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea hold strategic dialogue

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (L) and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi shake hands in Tokyo on March 6 before their subcabinet-level strategic dialogue. (Kyodo)