PM Abe with 'Umemusume' from Wakayama Pref.

PM Abe with 'Umemusume' from Wakayama Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses for photos with Akiko Hiyo (L) and Fuyuka Baba, both "Umemusume" (daughters of plums) to promote plum products from Wakayama Prefecture including "umeboshi" pickled plums, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 12, 2014.

Kidnapped Papuan independence leader found dead

Kidnapped Papuan independence leader found dead

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Theys Hiyo Eluay (photo), an independence leader in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua, is found dead in his car on Nov. 11 in the Skouw area on the border between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua Province. He was kidnapped on Nov. 10 by a group of unidentified men.

''West Papuan'' leader asks for Japan's help

''West Papuan'' leader asks for Japan's help

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Theis Hiyo Eluay, a 62-year-old former provincial legislator and leader of the ''West Papuans,'' speaks to Kyodo News in Jayapura in Irian Jaya, Indonesia's easternmost province, on Dec. 5. Eluay wants help from Japan in international efforts to promote independence for West Papua.

Kidnapped Papuan independence leader found dead

Kidnapped Papuan independence leader found dead

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Theys Hiyo Eluay (photo), an independence leader in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua, is found dead in his car on Nov. 11 in the Skouw area on the border between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua Province. He was kidnapped on Nov. 10 by a group of unidentified men.

''West Papuan'' leader asks for Japan's help

''West Papuan'' leader asks for Japan's help

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Theis Hiyo Eluay, a 62-year-old former provincial legislator and leader of the ''West Papuans,'' speaks to Kyodo News in Jayapura in Irian Jaya, Indonesia's easternmost province, on Dec. 5. Eluay wants help from Japan in international efforts to promote independence for West Papua.