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Researchers find new mechanism for hardening of arteries

TSU, Japan - Yoshiji Yamada, a professor of molecular and genetic epidemiology at Mie University, explains in Tsu, central Japan, on Feb. 4, 2014 a mechanism for the hardening of arteries newly discovered by his research team.

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Ex-diplomat Nogami named adviser to Mizuho Corporate Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Corporate Bank has named former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (file photo) as its adviser, bank sources said June 4.

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Anglo-Japanese rugby match commemorates slain diplomat Oku

LONDON, England - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Yoshiji Nogami (L) hands a trophy to the captain of a British rugby team after a match played in western London on Nov. 26 to commemorate slain Japanese diplomat Katsuhiko Oku's contribution to friendship between the two countries. The match was held between a team of Japanese businessmen and students living in Britain and a team of British graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities. Oku, who was killed in Iraq in 2003, was a rugby player when he studied at Oxford University.

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House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain.

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Tanaka raps Koizumi for keeping bureaucrat Nogami in office

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, after a House of Representatives session on March 6, criticizes Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for retaining Yoshiji Nogami within the Foreign Ministry. Koizumi dismissed Tanaka and former Vice Foreign Minister Nogami over their conflict over the ministry's decision to bar two Japanese aid groups from an Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Takeuchi replaces Nogami as vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Newly-appointed Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi speaks at a news conference Feb. 19 at his ministry in Tokyo. The former ambassador to Indonesia succeeded Yoshiji Nogami, who Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sacked for causing disruptions in the Diet last month in a dispute with then Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.

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Envoy to Indonesia to become vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi tells reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 that she has decided to appoint Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yukio Takeuchi as vice foreign minister to succeed Yoshiji Nogami in the ministry's top bureaucratic post.

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Peace Boat members demand gov't explain NGO issue

TOKYO, Japan - About 20 members of the nongovernmental organization Peace Boat call on the government Jan. 30 to explain the initial exclusion of two NGOs from a recent Afghan aid conference. The issue led to the dismissal Jan. 29 of both Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami. The members gathered in front of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.

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Koizumi says took 'responsibility' with sackings

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 30. Koizumi said he decided to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as a way to take responsibility for conflicts in the Foreign Ministry complicating Diet business. The empty seat (R, background) was vacated by Tanaka.

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Nogami sacked by Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence Jan. 29 in Tokyo after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi notified him of his decision to dismiss him following a conflict over the Foreign Ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Koizumi decides to sack Tanaka, Nogami

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo in the early hours of Jan. 30 to announce his decision to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami. The announcement followed their conflict over the Foreign Ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Tanaka-Nogami clash over NGO remarks continues

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (R) returns to her seat after answering questions at the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (L) looks on. Tanaka and Nogami continue to clash over whether political pressure played a role in the decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Tanaka surrounded by reporters in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by reporters in the Diet building Jan. 25 after a morning cabinet meeting. In the previous day's lower house Budget Committee session, Tanaka said Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the Foreign Ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from a Tokyo conference on Afghan aid, an allegation Nogami has flatly denied.

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Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, speaking at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 24, denies Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's statement Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from Jan. 21-22 conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

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S. Korean envoy expresses regret over Koizumi shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 14. The envoy expressed regret at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit the previous day to Yasukuni Shrine honoring Japan's war dead as well as war criminals.

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Kato to be named new Japanese envoy to Washington

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Deputy Foreign Minister Ryozo Kato, who will be named new Japanese ambassador to the United States, and Deputy Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, who will succeed Kato. Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Aug. 3 that their appointments will be approved at a cabinet meeting Aug. 10.

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Japan, U.S. resume talks on NTT phone hookup rates

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher (C) chats with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R) at the Foreign Ministry on July 14 before resuming negotiations over telephone hookup rates charged by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT).

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Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, speaking at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 24, denies Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's statement Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from Jan. 21-22 conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

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Tanaka-Nogami clash over NGO remarks continues

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (R) returns to her seat after answering questions at the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (L) looks on. Tanaka and Nogami continue to clash over whether political pressure played a role in the decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Nogami sacked by Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence Jan. 29 in Tokyo after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi notified him of his decision to dismiss him following a conflict over the Foreign Ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Koizumi decides to sack Tanaka, Nogami

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo in the early hours of Jan. 30 to announce his decision to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami. The announcement followed their conflict over the Foreign Ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Koizumi says took 'responsibility' with sackings

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 30. Koizumi said he decided to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as a way to take responsibility for conflicts in the Foreign Ministry complicating Diet business. The empty seat (R, background) was vacated by Tanaka.

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Tanaka raps Koizumi for keeping bureaucrat Nogami in office

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, after a House of Representatives session on March 6, criticizes Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for retaining Yoshiji Nogami within the Foreign Ministry. Koizumi dismissed Tanaka and former Vice Foreign Minister Nogami over their conflict over the ministry's decision to bar two Japanese aid groups from an Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat Nogami named adviser to Mizuho Corporate Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Corporate Bank has named former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (file photo) as its adviser, bank sources said June 4. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided to sack Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R)

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided to sack Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R) late Tuesday following their conflict over whether or not Nogami mentioned the name of a senior lawmaker in reference to the ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Tokushima food, culture showcased at Milan expo

Yoshiji Saito, chef and special envoy for Tokushima brand food, introduces cuisine from the western Japanese prefecture during a Japan Pavilion event at the world expo in Milan on Sept. 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anglo-Japanese rugby match commemorates slain diplomat Oku

LONDON, England - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Yoshiji Nogami (L) hands a trophy to the captain of a British rugby team after a match played in western London on Nov. 26 to commemorate slain Japanese diplomat Katsuhiko Oku's contribution to friendship between the two countries. The match was held between a team of Japanese businessmen and students living in Britain and a team of British graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities. Oku, who was killed in Iraq in 2003, was a rugby player when he studied at Oxford University. (Kyodo)

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Takeuchi replaces Nogami as vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Newly-appointed Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi speaks at a news conference Feb. 19 at his ministry in Tokyo. The former ambassador to Indonesia succeeded Yoshiji Nogami, who Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sacked for causing disruptions in the Diet last month in a dispute with then Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.

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Envoy to Indonesia to become vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi tells reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 that she has decided to appoint Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yukio Takeuchi as vice foreign minister to succeed Yoshiji Nogami in the ministry's top bureaucratic post.

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S. Korean envoy expresses regret over Koizumi shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 14. The envoy expressed regret at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit the previous day to Yasukuni Shrine honoring Japan's war dead as well as war criminals.

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Kato to be named new Japanese envoy to Washington

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Deputy Foreign Minister Ryozo Kato, who will be named new Japanese ambassador to the United States, and Deputy Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, who will succeed Kato. Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said Aug. 3 that their appointments will be approved at a cabinet meeting Aug. 10.