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Sunrise Party snubs Kan's offer to join ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma (R) and Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda take part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010. The lawmakers said the party decided to decline an offer by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to be part of the ruling coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan.

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Ozawa snubs calls to testify over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves his home in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2010. The former DPJ leader rejected calls the same day to testify before a parliamentary ethics panel about a fund reporting scandal.

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Hatoyama snubs press amid gov't financing woes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama joins his hands, apparently in a gesture of apology, before wrapping up a press interview with some questions left unanswered at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009. Hatoyama's government appears to be backing away from its goal of keeping new bond issuance below 44 trillion yen in fiscal 2010.

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Nakamura snubs Yokohama to join Espanyol

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (10) who has turned down an offer from former club Yokohama F Marinos in favor of a move to Spanish club Espanyol from Celtic. Yokohama club president Masaharu Saito confirmed the decision after holding talks with Nakamura's agent on June 22.

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Asashoryu snubs reporters over behavior on return to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Asashoryu arrives at Narita airport in Japan from his homeland on Jan. 30. Asked to comment on the Japan Sumo Association's reprimand of his stablemaster Takasago because Asashoryu's fist-pumping in the ring after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was regarded as contrary to proper etiquette in the centuries-old sport, the yokozuna merely said ''I don't know.''

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Asashoryu snubs reporters over behavior on return to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Asashoryu arrives at Narita airport in Japan from his homeland on Jan. 30. Asked to comment on the Japan Sumo Association's reprimand of his stablemaster Takasago because Asashoryu's fist-pumping in the ring after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament was regarded as contrary to proper etiquette in the centuries-old sport, the yokozuna merely said ''I don't know.'' (Kyodo)

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Nakamura snubs Yokohama to join Espanyol

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (10) who has turned down an offer from former club Yokohama F Marinos in favor of a move to Spanish club Espanyol from Celtic. Yokohama club president Masaharu Saito confirmed the decision after holding talks with Nakamura's agent on June 22. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa snubs calls to testify over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves his home in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2010. The former DPJ leader rejected calls the same day to testify before a parliamentary ethics panel about a fund reporting scandal. (Kyodo)

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Sunrise Party snubs Kan's offer to join ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma (R) and Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda take part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010. The lawmakers said the party decided to decline an offer by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to be part of the ruling coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama snubs press amid gov't financing woes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama joins his hands, apparently in a gesture of apology, before wrapping up a press interview with some questions left unanswered at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009. Hatoyama's government appears to be backing away from its goal of keeping new bond issuance below 44 trillion yen in fiscal 2010. (Kyodo)