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Rice bowl topped with sea urchin popular in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Cook Yohei Abe in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, holds a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin at his seafood restaurant on July 19, 2014.

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Suga indicated the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to review a 1993 statement on the issue of "comfort women" by Yohei Kono, Suga's predecessor as top government spokesman.

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Suga indicated the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to review a 1993 statement on the issue of "comfort women" by Yohei Kono, Suga's predecessor as top government spokesman.

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House of Councillors celebrates 60th founding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) attend a celebration commemorating the 60th founding anniversary of the House of Councillors in the Diet building on May 18.

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Abe vows bold departure from postwar Constitution, education

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers policy speech at the House of Representatives on Jan. 26, declaring that he will ''boldly revise'' Japan's postwar regime to realize his nation-building vision. Sitting behind him is House Speaker Yohei Kono.

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Abe vows bold departure from postwar Constitution, education

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers policy speech at the House of Representatives on Jan. 26, declaring that he will ''boldly revise'' Japan's postwar regime to realize his nation-building vision. Sitting behind him is House Speaker Yohei Kono. (Kyodo)

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House of Councillors celebrates 60th founding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (L) attend a celebration commemorating the 60th founding anniversary of the House of Councillors in the Diet building on May 18. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lower house speaker Kono criticizes Abe gov't

Yohei Kono (far R), former House of Representatives speaker, gives a speech during a dinner at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs on Nov. 3, 2015, in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Nagasaki. Referring to the security policies of the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kono said they are "not in line with the path toward termination of wars." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Murayama urges Abe to uphold 1995 war statement

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2015. Murayama called on current premier Shinzo Abe to clearly uphold a 1995 statement in which while in power he apologized for the wartime suffering Japan inflicted on its Asian neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Murayama urges Abe to uphold 1995 war statement

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2015. He said the statements upheld by past governments "should not be watered down," referring to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to issue a new statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-lower house head Kono urges Abe to include apology in WWII statement

Former lower house head Yohei Kono speaks at a lecture hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 2, 2015, stressing the need for the inclusion of the word "apology" for Japan's wartime deeds in a statement Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to release this summer on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Retired LDP dove urges Abe to uphold past WWII apologies

Yohei Kono, a former politician of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech at a hotel in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 24, 2015. Kono, known for his dovishness, urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the speech to uphold the country's past apologies and expressions of remorse for Japan's wartime aggression in Asia, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rice bowl topped with sea urchin popular in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Cook Yohei Abe in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, holds a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin at his seafood restaurant on July 19, 2014. (Kyodo)