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[Breaking News]Mitsubishi to exit from offshore wind projects in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Mitsubishi Corp. President Katsuya Nakanishi meets Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2025, over the major trading company's decision to exit from domestic offshore wind power generation projects. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi to exit from offshore wind projects in Japan

Mitsubishi Corp. President Katsuya Nakanishi (L) meets Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto (R) at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2025, over the major trading company's decision to exit from domestic offshore wind power generation projects.

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Meeting between METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation

METI Minister Muto and Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, meet.=June 19,2025,Tokyo

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Japan economy minister Muto

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters over the government's measures to subsidize the energy bills of households and businesses during the summer amid inflation, in Tokyo on May 27, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (C) attend a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (2nd from R), European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (2nd from L) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (3rd from R) attend a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

(from L) Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto pose for a photo at the outset of a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto (2nd from R) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks during a meeting with South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks at a press conference in Washington on March 10, 2025.

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

(From L) British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto pose for a photo at the outset of a "two-plus-two" economic meeting in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Pool photo)

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds (2nd from L), British Foreign Secretary David Lammy (far L), Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (2nd from R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (3rd from R) hold a "two-plus-two" economic meeting in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Pool photo)

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

(From L) British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2025, following a "two-plus-two" economic meeting. (Pool photo)

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with the automobile industry

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mutoh meets with the automobile industry. Photo shows Masanori Katayama, Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with steel and aluminum industries

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meeting with steel and aluminum industries. Photo Shows Tadashi Imai, Chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (President and COO of Nippon Steel Corporation).=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with the automobile industry

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mutoh meets with the automobile industry. Photo shows Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yohji Muto.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with the automobile industry

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with the automobile industry. Photo shows the meeting.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with steel and aluminum industries

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with steel and aluminum industry. Photo shows Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yohji Muto.=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with the automobile industry

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meeting with the automobile industry. Photo shows Masanori Katayama, Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) (2nd right).=February 25,2025,Tokyo

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

(from L, front) J-League first-division football club Vissel Kobe defender Tetsushi Yamakawa, manager Takayuki Yoshida, and forward Yoshinori Muto observe a moment of silence at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2025, at 5:46 a.m., the exact time when the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the western Japan city and vicinity 30 years ago. The disaster killed more than 6,400 people.

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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

Yoji Muto, who is set to become economy, trade and industry minister 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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- Canottaggio - 2024 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Italy, Ivrea 14 September 2024 Dora Baltea at the Canoe Stadium in Ivrea (ITA) ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 K1 Men Muto Yusuke 38 (JPN)

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- Canottaggio - 2024 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup

Italy, Ivrea 14 September 2024 Dora Baltea at the Canoe Stadium in Ivrea (ITA) ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup 4 K1 Men Muto Yusuke 38 (JPN)

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SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) Announce Takeover Bids

SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) at the press conference regarding the tender offer. Photo shows, from right to left are Masahide Kimura, director of SGHD; Hidekazu Matsumoto, president of SGHD; Hiromasa Aya, president of C&F Logistics HD; and Akihiro Muto, senior managing director of C&F Logistics HD. ＝May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (L) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (far L) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (far R) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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J-league unveils 'Best XI' for 2014

YOKOHAMA, Japan - J-league announces an annual team of its best 11 players chosen in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2014. From L: (front row) Albirex Niigata's Leo Silva, FC Tokyo's Yoshinori Muto, Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo and Kashima Antlers' Gaku Shibasaki; (center) Gamba's Patric, Kawasaki Frontale's Yoshito Okubo and Gamba's Takashi Usami; (back) Urawa Reds' Shusaku Nishikawa, Tokyo's Masato Morishige, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's Tsukasa Shiotani and Tokyo's Kosuke Ota.

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TonenGeneral to buy Mitsui Oil to create 3rd largest oil wholesaler

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Muto, president of oil wholesaler TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, that the company will acquire a stake of nearly 90 percent in Mitsui Oil Co. for 24.9 billion yen from the trader on Feb. 4. The acquisition would allow the TonenGeneral group to rival Cosmo Oil Co. as Japan's third-largest oil wholesaler in terms of sales following JX Holdings Inc. and Idemitsu Kosan Co.

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Female senior mechanic of JAL

TOKYO, Japan - Miki Muto, the first female Japan Airlines mechanic in charge of final checkups on mid- to large-size passenger carriers, conducts checkups on an airplane prior to its departure at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Steel's takeover of Sapporo would harm shareholder interest

TOKYO, Japan - Shunko Muto, chairman of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s independent advisory panel, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that the panel has judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners' proposed takeover of the major Japanese brewer would be detrimental to the interests of Sapporo's shareholders.

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Mitsukoshi, Isetan to merge in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nobukazu Muto (L), president of Isetan Co., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 23, with Kunio Ishizuka, president of Mitsukoshi Ltd., sitting by him. They announced that the companies will integrate operations April 1 under a holding company to create Japan's largest department store group.

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Mitsukoshi, Isetan to merge in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nobukazu Muto (L), president of Isetan Co., and Kunio Ishizuka, president of Mitsukoshi Ltd., shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 23 after a joint news conference. They announced that the companies will integrate operations April 1 under a holding company to create Japan's largest department store group.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Yoshinori Muto (14) and Iraq's Yaser Safa Kashim (5) battle for the ball during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) and Iraq's Yoshinori Muto vie for the ball during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Japan MF Muto competes for ball in Asian Cup match

NEWCASTLE, Australia - Japan midfielder Yoshinori Muto (C) dribbles past some Palestine players during the second half of their first Asian Cup match in Newcastle, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2015. Japan won 4-0.

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Aguirre, players leave for Australia

NARITA, Japan - (From R) Japan men's national soccer team players Keisuke Honda, Yoshinori Muto and Eiji Kawashima are seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 2, 2015, before the team's departure for Australia for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup.

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IPC, Tokyo 2020 officials shake hands in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Muto (R), director general of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, shakes hands with International Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Xavier Gonzalez in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, following a press conference.

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IPC, Tokyo 2020 officials at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - International Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Xavier Gonzalez (L) and Toshiro Muto, director general of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, give a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, after the first project review.

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Organizing panel for 2020 Paralympics, IPC hold joint meet

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Muto (2nd R), director general of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, talks with Xavier Gonzalez (R), chief executive officer of the International Paralympic Committee, during a joint session in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2014, to discuss progress in preparations for the event.

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F.C. Tokyo striker Muto scores header against Sanfrecce

CHOFU, Japan - Striker Yoshinori Muto (R) of F.C. Tokyo scores a header en route to the club's 2-1 victory over Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a J-League Division 1 match at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Aguirre, Muto celebrate goal against Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoshinori Muto (L) is congratulated by Japan coach Javier Aguirre (2nd from R) after Muto's goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. Japan squandered the lead twice in a 2-2 home draw.