Defense Ministry seeks nod to Osprey deployment plan

Defense Ministry seeks nod to Osprey deployment plan

SAGA, Japan - Akira Sato (extreme R), parliamentary senior vice minister of defense, meets Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (2nd from L) in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 5, 2014, to seek the municipal government's approval of a plan to deploy the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at Saga Airport.

City, store chains ink health checkup accord

City, store chains ink health checkup accord

SAGA, Japan - Katsuaki Sakai (R), president of Lawson Inc.'s Kyushu branch, Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (C) and Yasuhiro Mizokami, chairman of the Miz drugstore chain, pose at the municipal government office in Saga, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2014, after signing a deal to let consumers receive metabolism checkups in examination cars in the compounds of Lawson convenience stores.

Japan's Higashiyoka-higata designated as Ramsar Site

Japan's Higashiyoka-higata designated as Ramsar Site

Toshiyuki Hideshima (R), mayor of Saga City, receives a Ramsar Site certificate from Christopher Briggs, secretary general of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on June 3, 2015. Higashiyoka-higata, a tidal mudflat in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has been added to the List of Wetlands of International Importance: The Ramsar List. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Defense Ministry seeks nod to Osprey deployment plan

Defense Ministry seeks nod to Osprey deployment plan

SAGA, Japan - Akira Sato (extreme R), parliamentary senior vice minister of defense, meets Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (2nd from L) in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 5, 2014, to seek the municipal government's approval of a plan to deploy the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at Saga Airport. (Kyodo)

City, store chains ink health checkup accord

City, store chains ink health checkup accord

SAGA, Japan - Katsuaki Sakai (R), president of Lawson Inc.'s Kyushu branch, Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (C) and Yasuhiro Mizokami, chairman of the Miz drugstore chain, pose at the municipal government office in Saga, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2014, after signing a deal to let consumers receive metabolism checkups in examination cars in the compounds of Lawson convenience stores. (Kyodo)