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(2)Int'l water forum to start Sun. in Kyoto

NARA, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R), chairman of the National Steering Committee for the third World Water Forum, speaks at a press conference at Todaiji Temple in Nara on March 15, with Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, president of the Water Council, looking on. The forum will start in Kyoto on March 16 with more than 10,000 people from about 160 countries participating.

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Former leaders attend welcome reception ahead of 3-day meeting

AWAJISHIMA ISLAND, Japan - About 160 former world leaders and local representatives attended a welcoming reception May 12 on Awajishima Island in Hyogo Prefecture, ahead of a three-day meeting of former leaders starting May 13. Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is serving as honorary chairman, while former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C) and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser are serving as co-chairmen of the conference, comprised of 35 former prime ministers and presidents from 34 nations. The InterAction Council has been held annually in various countries since 1983.

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(2)Int'l water forum to start Sun. in Kyoto

NARA, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R), chairman of the National Steering Committee for the third World Water Forum, speaks at a press conference at Todaiji Temple in Nara on March 15, with Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, president of the Water Council, looking on. The forum will start in Kyoto on March 16 with more than 10,000 people from about 160 countries participating. (Kyodo)

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Cultural exchange between Japan, S. Korea

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period is held in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 24, 2019, to promote cultural exchange between Japan and South Korea. About 160 people, including 100 from South Korea's Busan, took part in the event, which began in 2004 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former leaders attend welcome reception ahead of 3-day meeting

AWAJISHIMA ISLAND, Japan - About 160 former world leaders and local representatives attended a welcoming reception May 12 on Awajishima Island in Hyogo Prefecture, ahead of a three-day meeting of former leaders starting May 13. Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is serving as honorary chairman, while former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C) and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser are serving as co-chairmen of the conference, comprised of 35 former prime ministers and presidents from 34 nations. The InterAction Council has been held annually in various countries since 1983.