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Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a joint press conference with his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, following the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on July 18, 2024, as co-chairmen of the conference.

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Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, hold a joint press conference following the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on July 18, 2024, as co-chairmen of the conference.

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Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a joint press conference with his Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, following the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on July 18, 2024, as co-chairmen of the conference.

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APEC ministers gather in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants in a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including co-chairmen Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) and trade minister Akihiro Ohata (2nd from R, front), pose on Nov. 10, 2010 at the Pacifico Yokohama convention center. The ministers basically agreed to refrain from imposing new trade barriers until 2013. (Pool Photo)

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SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group head

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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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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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27. (Kyodo)

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SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group hea

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said (Kyodo)

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APEC ministers gather in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants in a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including co-chairmen Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) and trade minister Akihiro Ohata (2nd from R, front), pose on Nov. 10, 2010 at the Pacifico Yokohama convention center. The ministers basically agreed to refrain from imposing new trade barriers until 2013. (Pool Photo)(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.