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Japan PM Ishiba with expo mascot

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Yoshitaka Ito, minister for the World Exposition in Osaka, pose for a photo with dolls of Myaku-Myaku, the expo's official mascot, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2025, a day after the event's conclusion.

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Ainu-themed museum in northern Japan

Yoshitaka Ito (R), Japanese minister for Ainu-related policies, visits Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2024.

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Ainu-themed museum in northern Japan

Yoshitaka Ito, Japanese minister for Ainu-related policies, meets the press after visiting Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2024.

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Ainu-themed museum in northern Japan

Yoshitaka Ito (2nd from R), Japanese minister for Ainu-related policies, visits Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 21, 2024.

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Ministers visit World Expo 2025 site

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (4th from R) and Yoshitaka Ito (3rd from R), minister for the World Expo 2025, visit the exposition site in Osaka on Oct. 6, 2024, ahead of the six-month event to be held in the western Japan city from mid-April 2025.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Yoshitaka Ito, who is set to become minister in charge of regional revitalization in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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APEC finance ministers

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Photo shows participants in a meeting of finance ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Bali Island, Indonesia, on Sept. 20, 2013. Yoshitaka Ito (C), parliamentary secretary for finance, represented Japan.

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Kagoshima gubernatorial election

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Incumbent Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito speaks in the city of Kagoshima on June 21, 2012, with campaigning for a Kagoshima gubernatorial election having kicked off that day. Ito seeks a third term while antinuclear activist Yoshitaka Mukohara challenges him.

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Kagoshima gubernatorial election

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Antinuclear activist Yoshitaka Mukohara speaks in the city of Kagoshima on June 21, 2012, with campaigning for a Kagoshima gubernatorial election having kicked off that day. Mukohara challenges incumbent Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito, who seeks a third term.

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2 men handed prison terms for slaying of Saitama student

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo shows Yoshifumi Kubota, 36, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison July 17 for stabbing a female college student to death in front of JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture in 1999. Yoshitaka Ito, 34, was also sentenced to 15 years for killing Shiori Ino, then 21.