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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is interviewed after the Tokyo presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016...

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TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 16: Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Yoshiro Mori, former Prime Minister and member of the lower house, chat during the lower house plenary session on September 16, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Hatoyama and Democratic Party of Japan will launch the...

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Japan Rugby Football Union president Yoshiro Mori, left, a former Japanese prime minister, and Japan national rugby union team member Daisuke Ohata are all smiles at the union headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday night, July 28, 2009 upon learning Japan will host the 2019 World Cup. The...

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TOKYO - JULY 21: Lawmaker of the House of Representatives Yoshiro Mori arrives at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquaters for the party's lawmakers' meeting on July 21, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has dissolved the lower house of parliament, making way...

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Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) walks behind his party leaders including former prime ministers Yoshiro Mori (L), Juichiro Koizuki (2nd L), and Shinzo Abe (bottom R) duirng a plenary session of the lower house at the Parliament in Tokyo on July 14, 2009. Aso easily survived a no confidence...

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TOKYO - OCTOBER 31: (L to R) Richard McCaw of All Blacks, former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key pose for photographs with the trophy during the 2009 Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at the National...

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Japan Head Coach John Kirwan (L), President of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and France 2007 Tournament Administrator Claude Atcher speak to the media at the IRB (International Rugby Board) headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, on May 13, 2009...

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President of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori arrives at the IRB (International Rugby Board) headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, on May 13, 2009 to submit their bid to host either the 2015 or 2019 World Cups. England, Italy, Japan and South Africa...

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Yoshiro Mori, President of the Japan Rugby Football Union during the Rugby World Cup, 2015 and 2019 tender union presentation in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday May, 13, 2009. England, South Africa, Japan and Italy, are presenting bids to host rugby unions premier event. The IRB will vote on the...

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Japan's coach John Kirwan, Yoshiro Mori, President of the Japan Rugby Football Union and Claude Atcher, from left, during the Rugby World Cup, 2015 and 2019 tender union presentation in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday May, 13, 2009. England, South Africa, Japan and Italy, are presenting bids to...

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President of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks with the media at the IRB (International Rugby Board) headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, on May 13, 2009. England rugby chiefs on Wednesday unveiled their plans for the biggest World Cup ever as...

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen near a shadow of former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori during their meeting in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Putin is on a visit to Japan.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori meet in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Putin is on a visit to Japan.