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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Japanese envoy meets senior S. Korean official amid comfort women row

Yasumasa Nagamine, Japan's ambassador to South Korea, speaks to reporters after meeting with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung Nam in Seoul on April 10, 2017. Nagamine said the two discussed the situations in Syria and North Korea, but he did not say whether he raised the issue of the erection of a statue in Busan symbolizing Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recalled Japan ambassador returns to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (C) speaks with reporters after arriving at Seoul's Gimpo Airport from Tokyo on April 4, 2017. Nagamine 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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Recalled Japan ambassador returns to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (C) speaks with reporters after arriving at Seoul's Gimpo Airport from Tokyo on April 4, 2017. Nagamine 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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Recalled Japan ambassador returns to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine speaks with reporters after arriving at Seoul's Gimpo Airport from Tokyo on April 4, 2017. Nagamine 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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Recalled Japan ambassador heads back to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (C) is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport before leaving for Seoul to return to his post on April 4, 2017. Nagamine 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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Recalled Japan ambassador heads back to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport before leaving for Seoul to return to his post on April 4, 2017. Nagamine 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 ambassador to return to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine meets with reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on April 4, 2017. Nagamine is scheduled to return to Seoul later in the day, after being recalled to Japan in January over a dispute related to the issue of Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ambassador to return to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine meets with reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on April 4, 2017. Nagamine is scheduled to return to Seoul later in the day, after being recalled to Japan in January over a dispute related to the issue of Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ambassador to return to S. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4, 2017, before returning to Seoul. Nagamine returned to Japan in January over a dispute related to the issue of Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ambassador to return to S. Korea

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets with reporters in Tokyo on April 4, 2017, before Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine returns to Seoul. Nagamine was recalled to Japan in January over a dispute related to the issue of Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to return recalled ambassador to S. Korea

Undated photo shows Japan's ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine, who was recalled to Tokyo in January 2017 over a dispute related to the issue of Korean women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. Nagamine will return to Seoul on April 4, 2017, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said April 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recalled Japan envoy may return to Seoul next week: sources

Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine, shown in this undated photo, may return to Seoul after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returns to Japan on Jan. 17, 2017, government sources said Jan. 13. The ambassador was recalled Jan. 9 following the erection of a statue in Busan dedicated to women forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets envoy returning from Seoul over "comfort women" statue row

Yasumasa Nagamine (C), Japan's ambassador to South Korea, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017. "I can't go into the details, but I made thorough reports to both the prime minister and the chief Cabinet secretary," said Nagamine, who was recalled in protest at the installation of a statue in Busan dedicated to so-called "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets envoy returning home from Seoul over "comfort women" row

Yasumasa Nagamine (front), Japan's ambassador to South Korea, and Yasuhiro Morimoto, its consul general in Busan, arrive at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017 to meet with Shinzo Abe. Both were recalled home as part of Tokyo's response to the installation of a new statue dedicated to "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy returns from Seoul over "comfort women" rows

Yasumasa Nagamine, the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 9, 2017, returning home from Seoul in protest against the erection of a statue in Busan dedicated to so-called "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea regrets Japan recall of ambassador

Japan's ambassador to Seoul, Yasumasa Nagamine (C), leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry on Jan. 6, 2017, after he was summoned by Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se. The call-up came as Japan recalled Nagamine over the erection of a new statue dedicated to so-called comfort women in Busan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pulls ambassador to S. Korea over new "comfort women" statue

Undated photo shows Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine. Japan has decided to temporarily recall Nagamine in response to the erection of a new "comfort women" statue in Busan, the government's top spokesman said on Jan. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pulls ambassador to S. Korea over new "comfort women" statue

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2017. Japan has decided to temporarily recall Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine in response to the erection of a new "comfort women" statue in the country, the government's top spokesman said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, Japan sign pact on military intelligence sharing

Japanese Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine (C) arrives at the South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul on Nov. 23, 2016, to sign a bilateral pact on military intelligence sharing, known as the General Security of Military Information Agreement. As the signing ceremony was closed to media, photographers laid down their cameras in protest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new ambassador to S. Korea arrives at Seoul

Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine (R) speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Aug. 25, 2016. Nagamine, who served as deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, succeeded Koro Bessho, who became Japan's ambassador to the United Nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new ambassador to S. Korea arrives at Seoul

Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Aug. 25, 2016. Nagamine, who served as deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, succeeded Koro Bessho, who became Japan's ambassador to the United Nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo