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Man arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 14, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the key sites related to the murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo: (1) the girl's house (2) the suspect's house (3) the elementary school the girl attended (4) the scene where her body was found. Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, the head of a parents' association, was arrested the same day in connection with the murder case.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold free trade talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (C) shakes hands with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts before the start of negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2015.

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Preview of Yokohama's triennial modern art exhibition

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Triennale 2014 art director Yasumasa Morimura (4th from L) and other organizers pose at the Yokohama Museum of Art in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, on July 31, 2014, on the eve of its opening during a press preview of the contemporary art exhibition running through Nov. 3.

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Japan-EU free trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - EU chief trade negotiator Mauro Petriccione (L) shakes hands with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 11, 2014, after the European Union and Japan conclude a sixth round of free trade talks.

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Niigata official meets press over iodine tablets scandal

NIIGATA, Japan - Yasumasa Mizusawa, a senior official in charge of pharmaceutical affairs of the Niigata prefectural government, meets reporters about a scandal over stable iodine tablets at the prefectural government office building in Niigata City on April 22, 2014. The prefecture failed to prepare the tablets for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies but received the state subsidy.

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Japan, EU hold FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - European Union Chief Negotiator Mauro Petriccione (L) and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 31, 2014, as they attend the fifth round of free trade talks between Japan and the European Union beginning that day.

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Trilateral FTA talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine speaks as the fourth round of talks between Japan, China and South Korea kicked off in Seoul on March 4, 2014 aimed at forming a trilateral free trade area.

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Trilateral FTA talks

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine, Woo Tae Hee, South Korea's assistant trade minister and a chief negotiator for the FTA talks and Chinese Assistant Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen join hands at the outset of the fourth round of talks between Japan, China and South Korea kicked off in Seoul on March 4, 2014 aimed at forming a trilateral free trade area.

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Japan-EU free trade talks

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (L) and Mauro Petriccione, the chief negotiator for the European Union, shake hands in Brussels on Jan. 27, 2014, as Japan and the European Union began their fourth round of free trade talks.

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Trilateral FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (R) speaks at the third round of free trade talks with Chinese and South Korean representatives in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Trilateral FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Assistant Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine and South Korean Assistant Trade Minister Woo Tae Hee join hands prior to holding their third round of free trade talks in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013.

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Trilateral FTA talks

SHANGHAI, China - Yasumasa Nagamine, Japan's deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, speaks to reporters in Shanghai on July 30, 2013. That day Nagamine attended the second round of negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement among Japan, China and South Korea.

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Trilateral FTA talks

SHANGHAI, China - Yasumasa Nagamine, Japan's deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, attends the second round of negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement between Japan, China and South Korea in Shanghai on July 30, 2013.

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (C), chief of the Social Democratic Party, and Yasumasa Shigeno (R), secretary general, attend a meeting of the party's leadership at its headquarters in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military.

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SDP threatens not to sign Cabinet resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Yasumasa Shigeno, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, speaks at a news conference at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, after a meeting of party executives. The meeting decided that Fukushima, who also has a ministerial portfolio, will not sign a Cabinet resolution as long as Hatoyama presupposes that the relocation site will be in the coastal area near the Marines' Camp Schwab.

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150th anniv. of 1st Japanese vessel's arrival in U.S. marked

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese Consul General in San Francisco Yasumasa Nagamine addresses a ceremony at San Francisco port on March 17, 2010, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of a Japanese vessel sent by the Tokugawa shogunate. A bronze commemorative plate carrying the name of the Kanrin Maru was mounted near a road in front of the pier at San Francisco port where the Japanese steamship docked 150 years ago.

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SDP taps lower house member Shigeno for party's No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Yasumasa Shigeno (L), new secretary general of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference beside party leader Mizuho Fukushima at the end of a party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 23.

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Police officer suspected of attempting suicide inside police box

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers investigate the scene at a police box at the JR Tokyo Station where a police officer was found lying on the floor and bleeding from his head on Dec. 19 after an apparent suicide attempt using his gun, police said. The officer, Yasumasa Onishi, 32, was in critical condition, according to the Tokyo Fire Department which sent the officer to a Tokyo hospital by ambulance.

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Japan edge past Switzerland in Qatar tournament

DOHA, Qatar - Japan squad celebrates after scraping past Switzerland 2-1 in an under-23 tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 17. Yasumasa Nishino (C) got on the end of a fine pass from Jubilo Iwata teammate Ryoichi Maeda to put Japan in front midway through the first half with Urawa Reds striker Toru Chishima adding a second shortly after the break, although the Swiss pulled one back from a free kick.

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Court approves Seagaia rehabilitation plan+

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yasumasa Sato (R), the court-appointed administrator of Seagaia, speaks at a news conference Aug. 3 after the Miyazaki District Court approved a rehabilitation plan for the failed resort complex, paving the way for it to be reborn in September under the auspices of U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC.

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Seagaia's rehabilitation plan submitted to court

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yasumasa Sato (C), the court-appointed administrator of the failed Seagaia resort complex, speaks July 11 at a news conference in Miyazaki after submitting Seagaia's rehabilitation plan to the Miyazaki District Court. If creditors approve the plan, Seagaia will be reborn in September under the auspices of U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC.

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Ripplewood signs deal to buy Seagaia resort

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Jesse Robert Lovejoy (L), senior managing director of Ripplewood Holdings LLC, signs an agreement to buy the failed Seagaia resort complex in Miyazaki Prefecture from Phoenix Resort Co. At right is Yasumasa Sato, court-appointed administrator.

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Ibaraki to reopen nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

MITO, Japan - Tokaimura Mayor Tatsuya Murakami (L) delivers notification Nov. 10 to Yasumasa Togo (R), head of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute which operates a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Ibaraki Prefecture village, allowing it to reopen the plant. The plant has been closed since a fire and explosion accident in March 1997, which exposed 37 workers to high levels of radiation. Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (C) looks on.

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SDP taps lower house member Shigeno for party's No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Yasumasa Shigeno (L), new secretary general of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference beside party leader Mizuho Fukushima at the end of a party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 23. (Kyodo)

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Japan edge past Switzerland in Qatar tournament

DOHA, Qatar - Japan squad celebrates after scraping past Switzerland 2-1 in an under-23 tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 17. Yasumasa Nishino (C) got on the end of a fine pass from Jubilo Iwata teammate Ryoichi Maeda to put Japan in front midway through the first half with Urawa Reds striker Toru Chishima adding a second shortly after the break, although the Swiss pulled one back from a free kick. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea seek to deepen economic ties after landmark deal

Yasumasa Nagamine (L), deputy minister in charge of economic affairs at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae Ho (R) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China hold talks on economic partnership

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (L) and Gao Yan, China's vice minister of commerce, shake hands ahead of vice ministerial-level talks on economic cooperation in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2015. The two nations are trying to lay the ground for their first ministerial meeting on the issue in about five and a half years in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center

Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre Vice Director Toru Ochiai (L) and Yasumasa Otaka, an associate professor at the center, pose for photos in front of the facility in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police officer suspected of attempting suicide inside police box

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers investigate the scene at a police box at the JR Tokyo Station where a police officer was found lying on the floor and bleeding from his head on Dec. 19 after an apparent suicide attempt using his gun, police said. The officer, Yasumasa Onishi, 32, was in critical condition, according to the Tokyo Fire Department which sent the officer to a Tokyo hospital by ambulance. (Kyodo)

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (C), chief of the Social Democratic Party, and Yasumasa Shigeno (R), secretary general, attend a meeting of the party's leadership at its headquarters in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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SDP threatens not to sign Cabinet resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Yasumasa Shigeno, secretary general of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, one of the two junior partners in the governing coalition, speaks at a news conference at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, after a meeting of party executives. The meeting decided that Fukushima, who also has a ministerial portfolio, will not sign a Cabinet resolution as long as Hatoyama presupposes that the relocation site will be in the coastal area near the Marines' Camp Schwab. (Kyodo)

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150th anniv. of 1st Japanese vessel's arrival in U.S. marked

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese Consul General in San Francisco Yasumasa Nagamine addresses a ceremony at San Francisco port on March 17, 2010, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of a Japanese vessel sent by the Tokugawa shogunate. A bronze commemorative plate carrying the name of the Kanrin Maru was mounted near a road in front of the pier at San Francisco port where the Japanese steamship docked 150 years ago. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold free trade talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (C) shakes hands with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts before the start of negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Preview of Yokohama's triennial modern art exhibition

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Triennale 2014 art director Yasumasa Morimura (4th from L) and other organizers pose at the Yokohama Museum of Art in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, on July 31, 2014, on the eve of its opening during a press preview of the contemporary art exhibition running through Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

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Japan-EU free trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - EU chief trade negotiator Mauro Petriccione (L) shakes hands with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 11, 2014, after the European Union and Japan conclude a sixth round of free trade talks. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea foreign minister meets Japanese envoy to congratulate Kono

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine arrives at South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 3, 2017, for talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Ambassador to S. Korea Yasumasa Nagamine

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019, after being formally informed of Seoul's decision not to extend the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Ambassador to S. Korea Yasumasa Nagamine

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (L) leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019, after being formally informed of Seoul's decision not to extend the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao, father of slain Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, attends a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on June 4, 2018, after the first hearing of the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao, father of slain Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, attends a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on June 4, 2018, after the first hearing of the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao, father of slain Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, attends a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on June 4, 2018, after the first hearing of the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao (L), father of slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, speaks to reporters in front of the Chiba District Court near Tokyo on June 4, 2018, before the start of the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao (L), father of slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, arrives at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo on June 4, 2018 as the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya begins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao (L), father of slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat, arrives at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo on June 4, 2018 as the trial of suspect Yasumasa Shibuya begins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Ambassador to S. Korea Nagamine

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (front) enters the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ambassador meets acting S. Korean president

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine speaks to reporters in Seoul on May 4, 2017, after meeting with the country's Acting President Hwang Kyo Ahn for the first time since he was recalled in January in protest at the erection of a statue in Busan symbolizing Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy meets S. Korea foreign minister after return to Seoul

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (R) hold talks in Seoul on May 2, 2017, officially meeting for the first time since the ambassador's return from Japan in April following a diplomatic row over the erection of a "comfort woman" statue in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy meets S. Korea foreign minister after return to Seoul

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine shake hands in Seoul on May 2, 2017. The two officially met for the first time since the ambassador's return from Japan in April following a diplomatic row over the erection of a "comfort woman" statue in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parents of slain Vietnamese girl back in Japan after suspect's arrest

Le Anh Hao (L), father of Le Thi Nhat Linh, a Vietnamese girl found dead after disappearing on the way to school in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on March 24, 2017, and his family members arrive at Narita international airport near Tokyo on April 16 after returning from Vietnam, where a funeral service for his daughter was held. Police on April 14 arrested Yasumasa Shibuya, the 46-year-old head of the parents' association at the victim's elementary school on suspicion of abandoning the third grader's body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parents of slain Vietnamese girl back in Japan after suspect's arrest

Le Anh Hao, father of Le Thi Nhat Linh, a Vietnamese girl found dead after disappearing on the way to school in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on March 24, 2017, speaks to reporters at Narita international airport near Tokyo on April 16 after returning from Vietnam, where a funeral service for his daughter was held. Police on April 14 arrested Yasumasa Shibuya, the 46-year-old head of the parents' association at the victim's elementary school on suspicion of abandoning the third grader's body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo