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Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane (front, L) arrives in Pyongyang on Nov. 11, 2025, for a five-day trip at the invitation of the North Korean Foreign Ministry.

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis is being transported to Washington D.C in a Fiat 500 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis is being transported to Washington D.C in a Fiat 500 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis in US Capitol

Pope Francis (C) walks with US Speaker of the House, Republican from Ohio John Boehner (L) and US Vice President Joe Biden (R), after deliver an address to a joint session of Congress, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. Pope Francis added the Cuba visit after helping broker a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than 50 years. Photo by Michael Reynolds / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis in US Capitol

Pope Francis (C) walks with US Speaker of the House, Republican from Ohio John Boehner (L) and US Vice President Joe Biden (R), after deliver an address to a joint session of Congress, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. Pope Francis added the Cuba visit after helping broker a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than 50 years. Photo by Michael Reynolds / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis is being transported to Washington D.C in a Fiat 500 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis in US Capitol

Pope Francis (2-R) blesses an unidentified child beside US Speaker of the House, Republican from Ohio John Boehner (R) and US Vice President Joe Biden (bottom L), in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. Pope Francis added the Cuba visit after helping broker a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than 50 years. Photo by Michael Reynolds / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

United States President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Obamas welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States

His Holiness Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis in US Capitol

Pope Francis (C) walks by after pausing before a statue (back) dedicated to Joseph Damien De Veuster, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. Pope Francis added the Cuba visit after helping broker a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than 50 years. Photo by Michael Reynolds / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis in US Capitol

Pope Francis (2-R) pauses in front of a sculpture of Spanish-born Junipero Serra, the Franciscan Friar known for starting missions in California, in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, USA, 24 September 2015. Pope Francis is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. Pope Francis added the Cuba visit after helping broker a historic rapprochement between Washington and Havana that ended a diplomatic freeze of more than 50 years. Photo by Michael Reynolds / Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan PM arrives in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) arrives at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on July 10, 2024, in the first leg of his five-day overseas trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM arrives in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on July 10, 2024, in the first leg of his five-day overseas trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM arrives in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) arrives at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on July 10, 2024, in the first leg of his five-day overseas trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM arrives in Washington

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on July 10, 2024, in the first leg of his five-day overseas trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM leaves for U.S., Germany for summits

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 10, 2024, prior to his departure for a five-day trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM leaves for U.S., Germany for summits

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 10, 2024, prior to his departure for a five-day trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM leaves for U.S., Germany for summits

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 10, 2024, prior to his departure for a five-day trip to the United States and Germany.

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Japan PM leaves for U.S., Germany for summits

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 10, 2024, prior to his departure for a five-day trip to the United States and Germany.

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the President of the Government of Asturias, Adrián Barbón (1r), at the Asturias stand during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, January 24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

(L-R) King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and the President of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, at the stand of the Region of Murcia, during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, January 24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

(L-R) Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit Ecuador's stand during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, January 24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

(L-R) Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit Ecuador's stand during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, January 24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

King Felipe VI (l), greets the president of the Government of Asturias, Adrián Barbón (r), upon his arrival at the Asturias stand, during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, on January 24, 2024, in Madrid, (Spain). Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Royals At Tourism Fair - Madrid

(L-R) Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit Ecuador's stand during the 44th edition of the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2024, at IFEMA Madrid, January 24, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fitur is the premier annual event for global tourism professionals and the leading fair for inbound and outbound markets in Ibero-America. The 2024 edition has Ecuador as a partner country and the presence of the tourism offer of more than 130 countries. It is a five-day event (January 24-28) that brings together in the same space both tourism professionals and those interested in the latest trends in the sector, as well as the general public interested in learning about the destinations on offer. This year's edition is focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is Noboa's first trip abroad after the recent events in Ecuador. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists from 22 countries conclude trip to China's Tibet

STORY: Journalists from 22 countries conclude trip to China's Tibet DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tibet, China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALI ABBAS, Senior reporter with Pakistan's City News Network 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): UERETAN BAURO, Editor of Uekera newspaper of the Republic of Kiribati 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARIA SANHUEZA, Chilean newspaper "El Ciudadano" 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ALI ABBAS, Senior reporter with Pakistan's City News Network STORYLINE: Nearly 30 journalists from 22 countries concluded a five-day trip to southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturday, during which they interviewed local residents and officials, and witnessed the region's robust development and diverse culture. The trip, which started on Tuesday, took the journalists to various places in the regional capital of Lhasa and the city of Nyingchi. They also attended an international cooperation forum from Wednesday to Friday.

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CORRECTED: Former Japanese emperor, empress

Japanese former Emperor Akihito (facing camera) and former Empress Michiko visit Daisho-ji temple in Kyoto on May 15, 2023, during their five-day trip to the western Japan prefecture and neighboring Nara Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Japanese former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko visit Daisho-ji temple in Kyoto on May 15, 2023, during their five-day trip to the western Japan prefecture and neighboring Nara Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister visits MSDF Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is officially welcomed by Maritime Self-Defense Force officers during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense chief to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister inspects Japanese warship at Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan tours a Japanese destroyer during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Osaka Gov. Matsui heads off to Milan world expo

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan, Sept. 9 Kyodo - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui prepares to depart Kansai Airport in western Japan on Sept. 9, 2015, for a five-day trip to Italy and France. Matsui will visit the Milan Expo to meet with senior officials of the International Exhibitions Bureau in Paris as Osaka is considering becoming a candidate city for the 2025 world expo.

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9 Philippine "Nikkei-jin" hope to acquire Japanese citizenship

MANILA, Philippines - Second-generation Filipino-Japanese Rogelio Kimura, 69, holds photos of his Japanese father, Kiichiro Kimura, during a press conference on Aug. 6, 2013, in Manila. Kimura joins eight other Japanese descendants in a five-day trip to Japan starting on Aug. 7 to appear before a Tokyo Family Court for their petition to get Japanese citizenship.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2012, for a five-day trip to deliver speeches in Japan.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2012, for a five-day trip to deliver speeches in Japan.