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Ex-PM Murayama discusses Japan's ties with neighbors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks as a panelist during a symposium held in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, to discuss Tokyo's relations with neighboring countries such as China and South Korea.

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Local currency confab in Hokkaido wraps up

KURIYAMA, Japan - Victor Grey (R), a panelist from the United States, speaks at a two-day conference on local currencies which ended in the Hokkaido town of Kuriyama on Aug. 23. The First International Conference on Local Currencies was called to promote currencies used on a limited basis in local communities and on the Internet.

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Panel calls for steps to boost venture businesses in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A panelist addresses a symposium on venture business held in Tokyo on March 8. The National Forum on Entrepreneurship and Venture Business, headed by Shibaura Institute of Technology President Leo Esaki, presented a report calling on the government to reform Japan's systems in areas from taxation to education so as to promote venture businesses.

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Citizens seek conclusion of treaty banning nuke weapons

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akashi, co-chairman of the Tokyo Forum of international experts on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, speaks at an anti-nuclear citizens' meeting for nuclear abolition as a panelist.

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Panel calls for steps to boost venture businesses in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A panelist addresses a symposium on venture business held in Tokyo on March 8. The National Forum on Entrepreneurship and Venture Business, headed by Shibaura Institute of Technology President Leo Esaki, presented a report calling on the government to reform Japan's systems in areas from taxation to education so as to promote venture businesses.

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Abe statement on WWII anniv. need not refer to "aggression": panelist

Shinichi Kitaoka, acting chief of an expert panel on the war anniversary statement to be issued by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks at a symposium in Tokyo on April 10, 2015. The International University of Japan president said the statement need not include the expressions "colonial rule and aggression" and "apology" used in a statement 20 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panelist wants Abe to acknowledge Japan waged "war of invasion"

Photo shows Shinichi Kitaoka, president of the International University of Japan, who serves as the acting chairman of an expert panel on a war anniversary statement to be issued by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the summer of 2015. At a symposium in Tokyo on March 9, 2015, Kitaoka said he wants the premier to acknowledge Japan waged "a war of invasion." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-, anti-death penalty lawyers debate at EU-organized symposium

Tokyo-based lawyer Yuji Ogawara (standing on stage) argues during a symposium organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Japan on Nov. 17, 2016, in Tokyo that the death penalty should be abolished. At right (sitting) is fellow panelist Masato Takahashi, also a Tokyo lawyer who supports the capital punishment system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local currency confab in Hokkaido wraps up

KURIYAMA, Japan - Victor Grey (R), a panelist from the United States, speaks at a two-day conference on local currencies which ended in the Hokkaido town of Kuriyama on Aug. 23. The First International Conference on Local Currencies was called to promote currencies used on a limited basis in local communities and on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Citizens seek conclusion of treaty banning nuke weapons+

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akashi, co-chairman of the Tokyo Forum of international experts on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, speaks at an anti-nuclear citizens' meeting for nuclear abolition as a panelist.