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TOKYO -- Uichiro Niwa, a former chairman of major Japanese trading house Itochu and an ex-ambassador to China, died on Dec. 24 at the age of 86. [1]

Waka Ikeda is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist and researcher/journal manager at the Youth Research Institute (YRI), a research organization in Budapest. [2]

Gerald Curtis is professor emeritus of political science, Columbia University, and chairman of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation OpinionNo matter who leads Japan, weak government continues Stuck in an inseparable relationship with the US, Ja... [3]

TOKYO -- At 84, micro-lending guru Prof. Muhammad Yunus has accumulated international tributes and media accolades galore, from the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting grassroots community development to U.S. [4]

The Japan sporting world is mourning the passing of one of its great icons, Masaichi Kaneda, who died on Oct. 6 at the age of 86. [5]

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ... [6]

TOKYO -- On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was campaigning in the western city of Nara, ahead of close-fought elections for Japan's upper house two days later. [7]

Abu Dhabi, November 13: Japan’s outstanding year in golf continued when Mizuki Hashimoto shot a fourth successive round of four-under-par 68 to win the third edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship by one stroke on Saturday. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-08 · 36% match

Uichiro Niwa, former chief of Itochu and ambassdor to China, dies at 86

TOKYO -- Uichiro Niwa, a former chairman of major Japanese trading house Itochu and an ex-ambassador to China, died on Dec. 24 at the age of 86.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-26 · 39% match

Japan wants its people to work more and more

Waka Ikeda is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist and researcher/journal manager at the Youth Research Institute (YRI), a research organization in Budapest.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-08-07 · 38% match

No matter who leads Japan, weak government continues

Gerald Curtis is professor emeritus of political science, Columbia University, and chairman of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation OpinionNo matter who leads Japan, weak government continues Stuck in an inseparable relationship with the US, Ja

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-07 · 35% match

Bangladesh's Yunus walks reform tightrope in eye of trade, domestic storms

TOKYO -- At 84, micro-lending guru Prof. Muhammad Yunus has accumulated international tributes and media accolades galore, from the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting grassroots community development to U.S.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-10-08 · 43% match

Obituary: Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball legend with Korean roots

The Japan sporting world is mourning the passing of one of its great icons, Masaichi Kaneda, who died on Oct. 6 at the age of 86.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-07 · 41% match

My wish list for monetary policymakers to reflect on

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-13 · 39% match

Japan after Abe: Political stability under threat?

TOKYO -- On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was campaigning in the western city of Nara, ahead of close-fought elections for Japan's upper house two days later.

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-11-14 · 38% match

Mizuki Hashimoto on her way to victory in 2021 WAAP golf championship

Abu Dhabi, November 13: Japan’s outstanding year in golf continued when Mizuki Hashimoto shot a fourth successive round of four-under-par 68 to win the third edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship by one stroke on Saturday.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2012-06-21 · 37% match

Amari joins forces with students in canal clean-up

To commemorate World Environment Day June 5, a combined team of staff and officials from the Amari Orchid Pattaya, the Naklua Bay Preservation Group and the Pattaya Public Health and Environment Department together with almost 100 students from Bangl

[10] FI yle.fi · 2014-10-27 · 37% match translated from et

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