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BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM Takaichi eyes forgoing Yasukuni shrine visit on anniv. of WWII end
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (112+ words) Japan PM Takaichi eyes forgoing Yasukuni shrine visit on anniv. of WWII end Read full story here 2 women...
Japan's former Emperor Akihito turns 92
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (310+ words) His condition has remained relatively stable since starting the new medication regimen....In August, while resting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, he visited a district where people resettled...
Japan's crown prince makes 1st remark regarding dwindling family debate
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (307+ words) While female members, such as Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, can choose to remain in...the imperial family after marriage, their spouses and children will remain commoners....
Japanese held for illegal entry of U.S. base may have posed as serviceman
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (224+ words) He also stayed at an on-base hotel, according to the police....
FOCUS: A-bomb survivors' no-nuclear goal faces challenges amid deterrence
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (866+ words) This has prompted A-bomb victims and antinuclear groups for assurances that the principles will remain...
George Takei hopes book on wartime internment will be learning opportunity
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) Harbor attack through Takei's nearly four years in a Japanese American internment camp, where he remained...
Tokyo asked China to avoid missile route over Japan before launch: sources
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (308+ words) It remained on alert until China informed it later that evening that the planned "space activities" had...
Japan marks 81st anniv. of WWII end, without "remorse" in PM's address
4+ week, 2+ day ago (463+ words) "Although 81 years have now passed, no matter how time flows, we will remain committed to this resolute...
Pearl Harbor attack witness, atomic bomb survivor reunite in Nagasaki
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (557+ words) For Nicholson, she considered her current trip to Nagasaki as her "real visit," having only stayed for...
Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' promoted posthumously
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (667+ words) HONOLULU — Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded “enemy aliens." The seven were students at the…...