(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Haruo Yamashita, Kiyofumi Takano, Takashi Makishi, Kiyomitsu Tajima, (from L to R, bottom) Takashi Gima, Noriyuki Fuse, Kenji Yamada and Koichi Kawashima.

Urasoe, U.S. military sign ambulance accord

Urasoe, U.S. military sign ambulance accord

NAHA, Japan - Mitsuo Gima (L), mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, and Brig. Gen. Willie Williams, commander of the U.S. Forces in Okinawa, sign an agreement April 17 to allow Urasoe's fire engines and ambulances to pass through a U.S. base in the city in emergencies.

U.S. naval port plan backer elected mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa

U.S. naval port plan backer elected mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Mitsuo Gima (L), who won Sunday's Urasoe mayoral election, raises his hands with his wife Asako in a celebration at his campaign office Feb. 11. Gima, 57, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly chairman, supports a plan to relocate a U.S. naval port to Urasoe from nearby Okinawa prefectural capital Naha. He won 19,739 votes, beating incumbent Kenichi Miyagi with 18,553. Gima was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Conservative Party and the New Komeito party.

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Haruo Yamashita, Kiyofumi Takano, Takashi Makishi, Kiyomitsu Tajima, (from L to R, bottom) Takashi Gima, Noriyuki Fuse, Kenji Yamada and Koichi Kawashima. (Kyodo)

Urasoe, U.S. military sign ambulance accord

Urasoe, U.S. military sign ambulance accord

NAHA, Japan - Mitsuo Gima (L), mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, and Brig. Gen. Willie Williams, commander of the U.S. Forces in Okinawa, sign an agreement April 17 to allow Urasoe's fire engines and ambulances to pass through a U.S. base in the city in emergencies.

U.S. naval port plan backer elected mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa

U.S. naval port plan backer elected mayor of Urasoe, Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Mitsuo Gima (L), who won Sunday's Urasoe mayoral election, raises his hands with his wife Asako in a celebration at his campaign office Feb. 11. Gima, 57, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly chairman, supports a plan to relocate a U.S. naval port to Urasoe from nearby Okinawa prefectural capital Naha. He won 19,739 votes, beating incumbent Kenichi Miyagi with 18,553. Gima was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Conservative Party and the New Komeito party.