94-year-old Japanese war veteran recalls WWII Guadalcanal Battle

94-year-old Japanese war veteran recalls WWII Guadalcanal Battle

Chosei Hashimoto, a 94-year-old former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, recounts the fierce battle he experienced on the south Pacific island of Guadalcanal during World War II in an interview with Kyodo News in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2015. He expressed his belief that most Japanese wish to uphold the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Resident near west Japan nuke plant sees evacuation plan as unrealistic

Resident near west Japan nuke plant sees evacuation plan as unrealistic

Hiroyuki Chosei, a resident on the Sadamisaki Peninsula in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, pictured on March 28, 2015, says an emergency evacuation plan worked out by Shikoku Electric Power Co. for its local Ikata nuclear power plant is unrealistic. Sadamisaki is the narrowest peninsula in Japan. ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Scouts watch Ofunato high school's Roki Sasaki pitching in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Highly touted Roki Sasaki of Ofunato high school pitches in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Highly touted Roki Sasaki of Ofunato high school pitches in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Highly touted Roki Sasaki of Ofunato high school pitches in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Highly touted Roki Sasaki of Ofunato high school pitches in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Baseball: Highly touted Japanese high school pitcher

Highly touted Roki Sasaki of Ofunato high school pitches in a practice game against Saku Chosei on June 2, 2019, in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo