He went to Japan on business.

他因公去日本。

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Last year, he went to Japan.

去年他去日本学医。

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He went to Japan last month.

他上个月去了日本。

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Still,Secretary Gates says he went to Japan with a "menu" of options for how the country can be helpful by, among other things, providing trainers for the Afghan security forces and donating money for development projects.

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Mr Nukaga went to Japan saying he wanted to "play the role of mediator so that this year can be a good one for the two countries".

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Smith showed his first menswear collection in Paris when he was 30 and his label went on to become huge in Japan, Britain and then 73 other countries.

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He went right to work wooing Olympics czar Juan Antonio Samaranch, who awarded Tsutsumi Japan's first Gold Olympic Order in May 1991 and Nagano the Olympics one month later.

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