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Young generations take over “Himeyuriˮ student corps storytelling

August 15, 2017

ITOMAN, OKINAWA PREF.- Young-generation workers at a peace museum in Okinawa Prefecture are telling the story of the “Himeyuri” wartime nursing corps of female students, more than two years after former members of the unit almost retired as storytellers due

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Onodera tolerant of Osprey flights after crash

August 15, 2017

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at a meeting with Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga on Monday set out the central government’s stance of tolerating flights of the US Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor planes based in the southernmost

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Abe makes ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine

August 15, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a “tamagushi” ritual offering at his own expense to Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, the 72nd anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. But Abe, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party,

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DOE donating 45 cars to Region 8 police through Japan gov’t grant

August 15, 2017

The Department of Energy (DOE), thru the Energy Utilization Management Bureau , is donating 45 hybrid patrol cars to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 8 in line with its mandate to promote the use of energy-efficient vehicles. In a

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A first: Philippine Marines trained on US base in Okinawa last month

August 14, 2017

Philippine Marines personnel underwent training in a United States military base in Okinawa, Japan last month. “This is the first time that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines have trained on a US military base,” the US Embassy

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Abe, Trump to discuss N. Korea threats over phone

August 14, 2017

WASHINGTON- US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold telephone talks on Monday evening to discuss how to deal with North Korea’s escalating provocations, including its plan to fire ballistic missiles toward Guam, according to the

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White storks spotted in all 47 prefectures

August 14, 2017

TOKYO- An Oriental white stork has been spotted in Akita Prefecture, which was the last one among Japan’s 47 prefectures without a sighting of a white stork released into the wild under a program that began in 2005. The recently

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US veteran to return Japanese flag to serviceman’s family

August 14, 2017

TOKYO- A US World War II veteran plans to return a Japanese flag he recovered on the Pacific island of Saipan more than 70 years ago to the family of the fallen Japanese serviceman who had owned it. Marvin Strombo,

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