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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang Pyong So (center front row), director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R front row) and Kim Yang Gon (far R front row), secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials -- (from L to R) Hwang Pyong So, director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea -- attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. They agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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Cabinet minister Kutsukake, other lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Fifty-six members of a nonpartisan parliamentary group visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. They included National Public Safety Commission Chairman Tetsuo Kutsukake, one of the 17 ministers in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet, three senior vice ministers and three parliamentary secretaries.

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Gov't to submit bill for SDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties speak to reporters at Tokyo hotel June 7 after discussing with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi the handling a bill designed to send Japan's Self-Defense Forces to Iraq. Pictured are Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party.

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Secretaries general wear SARS-protection masks

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the ruling tripartite coalition -- (from L to R) Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- wear masks as they head to a plenary session of the House of Representatives on May 22. The three returned to Japan from a trip to China May 20.

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Japan coalition leaders meet S. Korea President-elect Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito (2nd from L) and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L) -- talk with South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun (R) in Seoul on Feb. 10.

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Japan's coalition leaders meet with Megawati

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (L), Tetsuzo Fuyushima of the New Komeito party (2nd from L) and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L) -- talk with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (R) in the presidential palace in Jakarta on Aug. 16.

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Pressure increases on scandal-tainted Suzuki to quit Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party's Taku Yamasaki (L), the New Komeito Party's Tetsuzo Fuyushia (C), and the New Conservative Party's Toshihiro Nikai -- discuss an opposition demand May 7 in the Diet that House of Representative member Muneo Suzuki again be summoned to the Diet as a sworn witness in connection with a scandal involving his former aide.

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Japan coalition officials meet Palestinian leader Arafat

JERUSALEM, Israel - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties conferred with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan. 12 to express their grave concerns over armed clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. From right are Arafat, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party. The group led by Yamasaki arrived Jan. 11 in Tel Aviv on a five-day trip to the region.

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Musharraf welcomes planned SDF dispatch to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf (L), Pakistan's president, talks with the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- Nov. 3 in Islamabad.

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Ruling coalition parties' secretaries general arrive in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- look out over Karachi Port on Nov. 2. They arrived in Karachi earlier in the day to observe local conditions after the enactment of a law enabling the SDF to provide non-combat support to the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.

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Ruling bloc mulls antiterrorism legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general (seated on right side) of the three-party ruling coalition are in talks with their counterparts from four opposition parties (left side) Sept. 27 to discuss legislation to allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support in U.S.-led military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

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Coalition partners urge Koizumi not to visit shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Three secretaries general of the ruling coalition parties -- Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- are surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after their talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. They met Koizumi in a last-ditch effort to dissuade him from visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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China's Jiang meets Japanese politicians

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets with secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties in Beijing on July 10. From L to R are Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party, and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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China's Tang against Koizumi's Yasukuni visit, textbook

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (L) welcomes the three secretaries general of Japan's coalition parties -- Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (2nd from L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of New Komeito (R) in Beijing on July 10 prior to their talks. Tang said China cannot accept Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to visit Yasukuni Shrine and wants Japan to do more about a controversial history textbook.

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Japan's coalition proposes exchange project to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) and Taku Yamasaki (2nd from R), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands in Seoul on July 9 prior to their meeting. The secretaries general of Japan's three coalition parties -- Yamasaki, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of New Komeito and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party -- are in Seoul in a bid to improve bilateral relations strained over controversial Japanese history textbooks.

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Japan's ruling coalition execs meet Lindsey

WASHINGTON, United States - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey (L) is in talks with secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties -- (From L to R) Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party.

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Ruling bloc officials to visit U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) meets the secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties at his official residence May 29. Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (R), Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (2nd from R) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L) met the premier ahead of their visit to the United States from May 30 to June 2.

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Ruling coalition eyes early Diet resolution on leprosy

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general and policy chiefs of the three ruling coalition parties meet in Tokyo on May 24 to discuss measures to help leprosy patients. They agreed to try to immediately adopt a Diet resolution to help such patients following a government decision May 23 not to appeal a landmark court ruling ordering the state to compensate the patients for forcing them into isolation.

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Kono instructs new team to look further into scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono is surrounded by reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after the first meeting of two senior vice foreign ministers and three parliamentary foreign secretaries tasked with thoroughly probing alleged embezzlement of public funds by a ministry official.

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2,000 trees planted in ceremony in Beijing suburb

BEIJING, China - Chinese schoolchildren plant trees in a ceremony on Oct. 8 to mark the start of a China-Japan tree-planting project that was the brainchild of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. About 2,000 trees were planted in the ceremony near the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. The ceremony was attended by the three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition, members of a Diet members' league and about 1,300 schoolchildren.

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Japan ruling bloc secretaries general arrive in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition arrive in Beijing on Oct. 7 for a three-day visit. Hiromu Nonaka (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party will meet with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on Oct. 8.

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3 coalition parties agree to have Mori stay on as premier

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties meet June 26 to decide to have Yoshiro Mori continue serving as prime minister. Hiromu Nonaka (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda (L) of the New Conservative Party also agreed to convene a special Diet session July 4 to reelect Mori as prime minister.

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China's Jiang urges Japan to face up to history

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties --Hiromu Nonaka of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (3rd from R) and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on May 30. Jiang told them that the two countries should live in harmony over future generations, overcoming differences in their perceptions of World War II during which they were enemies.

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China Premier Zhu meets with Japanese ruling parties' bosses

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) shakes hands with Takeshi Noda (far L), secretary general of Japan's New Conservative Party, in Beijing on May 29. Noda, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) and Hiromu Nonaka (far R), the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties, arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a two-day visit to meet with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu.

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Ruling coalition parties' secretaries general arrive in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- look out over Karachi Port on Nov. 2. They arrived in Karachi earlier in the day to observe local conditions after the enactment of a law enabling the SDF to provide non-combat support to the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.

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Musharraf welcomes planned SDF dispatch to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf (L), Pakistan's president, talks with the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- Nov. 3 in Islamabad.

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Japan coalition officials meet Palestinian leader Arafat

JERUSALEM, Israel - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties conferred with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan. 12 to express their grave concerns over armed clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. From right are Arafat, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party. The group led by Yamasaki arrived Jan. 11 in Tel Aviv on a five-day trip to the region.

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Cabinet minister Kutsukake, other lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrin

TOKYO, Japan - Fifty-six members of a nonpartisan parliamentary group visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. They included National Public Safety Commission Chairman Tetsuo Kutsukake, one of the 17 ministers in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet, three senior vice ministers and three parliamentary secretaries. (Kyodo)

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Secretaries general wear SARS-protection masks

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the ruling tripartite coalition -- (from L to R) Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- wear masks as they head to a plenary session of the House of Representatives on May 22. The three returned to Japan from a trip to China May 20. (Kyodo)

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Ruling coalition eyes early Diet resolution on leprosy

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general and policy chiefs of the three ruling coalition parties meet in Tokyo on May 24 to discuss measures to help leprosy patients. They agreed to try to immediately adopt a Diet resolution to help such patients following a government decision May 23 not to appeal a landmark court ruling ordering the state to compensate the patients for forcing them into isolation.

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Japan ruling bloc secretaries general arrive in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition arrive in Beijing on Oct. 7 for a three-day visit. Hiromu Nonaka (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party will meet with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on Oct. 8.

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Gov't to submit bill for SDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties speak to reporters at Tokyo hotel June 7 after discussing with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi the handling a bill designed to send Japan's Self-Defense Forces to Iraq. Pictured are Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects as evidence ex-Ozawa aide's depositions

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (upper L), and his three former aides Tomohiro Ishikawa (upper R), Takanori Okubo (lower L) and Mitsutomo Ikeda (lower R). The Tokyo District Court decided on Feb. 17, 2012, against admitting as evidence in Ozawa's trial most of the depositions taken by prosecutors from Ishikawa over alleged false reporting of political funds. A team of three court-appointed lawyers who serve as prosecutors in the trial had called on the court to adopt 42 sets of depositions taken by prosecutors from Ishikawa, Ikeda and Okubo, all of whom were once secretaries to Ozawa. (Kyodo)

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang Pyong So (center front row), director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R front row) and Kim Yang Gon (far R front row), secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November. (Kyodo)

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials -- (from L to R) Hwang Pyong So, director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea -- attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. They agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November. (Kyodo)

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Japan coalition leaders meet S. Korea President-elect Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito (2nd from L) and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L) -- talk with South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun (R) in Seoul on Feb. 10. (Kyodo)

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Pressure increases on scandal-tainted Suzuki to quit Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party's Taku Yamasaki (L), the New Komeito Party's Tetsuzo Fuyushia (C), and the New Conservative Party's Toshihiro Nikai -- discuss an opposition demand May 7 in the Diet that House of Representative member Muneo Suzuki again be summoned to the Diet as a sworn witness in connection with a scandal involving his former aide.

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Ruling bloc mulls antiterrorism legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general (seated on right side) of the three-party ruling coalition are in talks with their counterparts from four opposition parties (left side) Sept. 27 to discuss legislation to allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support in U.S.-led military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

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Japan's ruling coalition execs meet Lindsey

WASHINGTON, United States - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey (L) is in talks with secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties -- (From L to R) Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party.

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Ruling bloc officials to visit U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) meets the secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties at his official residence May 29. Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (R), Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (2nd from R) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L) met the premier ahead of their visit to the United States from May 30 to June 2.

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Kono instructs new team to look further into scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono is surrounded by reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after the first meeting of two senior vice foreign ministers and three parliamentary foreign secretaries tasked with thoroughly probing alleged embezzlement of public funds by a ministry official.

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2,000 trees planted in ceremony in Beijing suburb

BEIJING, China - Chinese schoolchildren plant trees in a ceremony on Oct. 8 to mark the start of a China-Japan tree-planting project that was the brainchild of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. About 2,000 trees were planted in the ceremony near the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. The ceremony was attended by the three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition, members of a Diet members' league and about 1,300 schoolchildren.

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3 coalition parties agree to have Mori stay on as premier

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties meet June 26 to decide to have Yoshiro Mori continue serving as prime minister. Hiromu Nonaka (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda (L) of the New Conservative Party also agreed to convene a special Diet session July 4 to reelect Mori as prime minister.

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China's Jiang urges Japan to face up to history

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties --Hiromu Nonaka of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (3rd from R) and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on May 30. Jiang told them that the two countries should live in harmony over future generations, overcoming differences in their perceptions of World War II during which they were enemies.

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China Premier Zhu meets with Japanese ruling parties' bosses

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) shakes hands with Takeshi Noda (far L), secretary general of Japan's New Conservative Party, in Beijing on May 29. Noda, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) and Hiromu Nonaka (far R), the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties, arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a two-day visit to meet with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu.

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Police search lawmaker Shirakawa's office

JOETSU, Japan - Niigata police search the office of House of Representatives member Katsuhiko Shirakawa on March 27 after Shirakawa's current and former secretaries were arrested the previous day, along with a third man, over the latest alleged cover-up case involving the Niigata prefectural police force. The three are accused of involvement in the case of two Niigata police officers suspected of erasing computer records of a traffic violation.