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Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yuko Yokoo (R), a daughter of slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, and her husband Makoto, speak to the press in Nagasaki on May 26 after the Nagasaki District Court sentenced a 60-year-old gangster to death for the fatal shooting of the mayor during his election campaign last year.

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Gangster sentenced to death for fatal shooting of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - The three daughters of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, who was shot to death by Tetsuya Shiroo during his election campaign on April 17 in 2007, enters the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on May 26 to hear the sentence in Shiroo's trial. The court sentenced the 60-year-old gangster to death for the shooting.

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Gangster pleads guilty to shooting Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Toyoko Ito (L), widow of the late former Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, enters the Nagasaki District Court in Nagasaki on Jan. 22 to attend a court hearing of Tetsuya Shiroo, a 60-year-old gangster accused of fatally shooting Ito. Yuko Yokoo (R), daughter of Ito, carries Ito's photo.

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Hiroshima mayor denounces nukes at Vienna forum

VIENNA, Austria - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba addresses a conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in Vienna on May 2 and repeated a call for the abolition of nuclear weapons, quoting words of the slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito.

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Ito's son-in-law Yokoo defeated in Nagasaki mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo (R), a journalist and son-in-law of slain incumbent Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, was defeated in the Nagasaki mayoral election on April 22. At left is his wife Yuko, Ito's daughter.

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Taue wins to succeed slain Nagasaki mayor Ito

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tomihisa Taue, a former city office employee, speaks in Nagasaki on April 23 after he won the April 22 Nagasaki mayoral election that was overshadowed by the April 18 death of gunned-down incumbent Mayor Itcho Ito.

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Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yuko Yokoo, the eldest daughter of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, carries her father's photograph during a private funeral held April 19 in Nagasaki. Ito was fatally shot April 17 by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Funeral held for late Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - A car carrying the coffin of slain Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito passes by a group of relatives, friends, supporters and city officials who attended a private funeral held April 19 in Nagasaki. Ito was fatally shot April 17 by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo, 40, son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, makes a speech in front of the Nagasaki City Hall after filing his candidacy for the April 22 election, taking over Ito's reelection bid.

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo, 40, son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito offers flowers at the site in Nagasaki where Ito was fatally shot April 17 after registering his candidacy in the April 22 mayoral election. Yokoo is the husband of Ito's eldest daughter and a reporter for the Nishinippon Shimbun, a local daily based in Fukuoka City.

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor to run in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo (R), the son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, announces his candidacy during a press conference in Nagasaki on April 18 for the April 22 mayoral election. On the left is his wife Yuko, Ito's eldest daughter.

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Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

NAGASAKI, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito is brought to his home in Nagasaki on April 18 after he was fatally shot the previous day by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Nagasaki mayor's body returns home

NAGASAKI, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito is brought to his home in Nagasaki on April 18 after he was fatally shot the previous day by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Citizens mourn Nagasaki mayor's death

NAGASAKI, Japan - Citizens visit Nagasaki City Hall to sign their names April 18 to mourn the death of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito. Ito died after he was fatally shot the previous day by a gangster while campaigning for reelection.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman visits the site April 18 where Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture to offer flowers. Ito died of blood loss April 18 at a hospital.

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Abe decries Mayor Ito's assassination as threat to democracy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press in front of his official residence in Tokyo on April 18, denouncing the fatal shooting the previous day of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito during election campaigning as ''a challenge to democracy.''

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Abe decries Mayor Ito's assassination as threat to democracy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press at his official residence in Tokyo on April 18, denouncing the fatal shooting the previous day of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito during election campaigning as ''a challenge to democracy.''

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Police raid gangster home over murder of Nagasaki mayor

NAGASAKI, Japan - The police raided a gangster's home in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 18 on suspicion of murdering Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito. Io died in a hospital earlier in the day after being shot the previous day by the gangster, Tetsuya Shiroo, 59.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2005 shows Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivering a speech at the United Nations in New York. Ito, a key denuclearization proponent, died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - Katsumi Eguchi (L), director of the Nagasaki University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry, and doctor Kiyoyuki Eishi (R) tell reporters April 18 about Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito who was taken to the hospital after being shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture. Ito died of massive blood loss April 18 at the hospital.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 1995 shows Itcho Ito celebrating his first Nagasaki mayoral election victory with supporters. Ito died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - Investigators examine the site where Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture. Ito died of massive blood loss April 18 at a hospital.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

NAGASAKI, Japan - Investigators examine the site where Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot by a gunman April 17 in front of JR Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture. Ito died of massive blood loss April 18 at a hospital.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito shot, unconscious in serious condition

NAGASAKI, Japan - An undated photo shows Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito who was shot in front of JR Nagasaki Station on April 17. Ito is unconscious and in a serious condition, local authorities said.

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Nagasaki marks 61st anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito reads out the Peace Declaration during the annual memorial service at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mark the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki protest U.S. subcritical nuclear test

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito speaks at a press conference at his office on Feb. 24 to protest against a joint subcritical nuclear experiment in Nevada conducted by the United States and Britain. He said in a statement that the experiment ''may even give other countries an excuse of developing nuclear weapons. We can't help saying that is an outrage that threatens world peace and stability.''

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Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivers the Peace Declaration during a ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 marking the 60th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito addresses NPT review conference

NEW YORK, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, showing the photo of a victim in the 1945 atomic bombing, addresses the review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 4.

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40,000 people join anti-nuclear rally in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - The mayors of Japan's atomic-bombed cities -- Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima (R) and Itcho Ito of Nagasaki (2nd from R) -- join an anti-nuclear demonstration in New York on May 1. Several thousand demonstrators marched from the U.N. headquarters to Central Park in a rally calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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(7)Nagasaki marks 59th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito addresses a ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9 at the city's Peace Park. He called on U.S. citizens to stand against their government's pursuit of enhanced nuclear capabilities.

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(1)Nagasaki marks 58th anniversary of A-bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito speaks during ceremonies marking the 58th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9. The mayor expressed concern over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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Brass-made cranes donated to Nagasaki A-bomb museum

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (foreground) looks at strings of one thousand brass cranes donated by a Nagasaki sheet metal union July 14 to the Nagasaki atomic-bomb museum. It took six months for union members to complete the folded brass cranes, which are made from 12-centimater-square brass sheets.

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(3)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Pigeons are released after Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito issued a peace declaration Aug. 9 in a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city.

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(4)Nagasaki marks 57th atomic bombing anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito issues a peace declaration Aug. 9 in a ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of its atomic bombing at Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki mayor offers wreath at A-bomb anniversary

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (2nd from R) and representatives of bereaved families of those who died in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki offer wreaths in a ceremony marking the 55th anniversary of the bombing, at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9. Addressing the ceremony, Ito called on the nuclear powers to immediately begin multilateral negotiations on the early conclusion of a comprehensive treaty banning nuclear weapons.

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Nagasaki, Hiroshima urge Russia to step up N-arm reduction

NEW YORK, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (R), Hiroshima Deputy Mayor Hiroshi Morimoto (L) and Yury Kapralov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's National Security and Disarmament Department, shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 2. Ito and Morimoto delivered an appeal urging the Russian government to step up its efforts toward further reduction of strategic nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge U.N. to help create nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito (C), along with Hiroshi Morimoto (L), deputy Hiroshima mayor, delivers an appeal to Jayantha Dhanapala (R), U.N. deputy secretary general in charge of disarmament, urging the United Nations to help bring about a nuclear weapons-free world. Ito and Morimoto visited New York to attend the U.N. conference to review the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito delivers peace declaration

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivers a peace declaration to a ceremony at Nagasaki's Peace Park on Aug. 9, the 54th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing by the United States. Ito urged the Japanese government to seek a security framework that ''does not require a nuclear umbrella'' provided by the U.S., saying dynamic actions taken by nongovernmental organizations would lead to nuclear abolition.

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Nagasaki marks 53rd anniversary of atomic bombing

Nagasaki citizens mark the 53rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city Aug. 9, renewing their commitment to create a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Health and Welfare Minister Sohei Miyashita, Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko and Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito joined the ''hibakusha'' atomic-bomb survivors and bereaved family members attending an annual Peace Memorial Ceremony at Peace Park in the western Japanese city.

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(CORRECTED)Nagasaki Mayor Ito addresses NPT review conference

NEW YORK, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, showing the photo of a victim in the 1945 atomic bombing, addresses the review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 4. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivers the Peace Declaration during a ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 marking the 60th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki protest U.S. subcritical nuclear test

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito speaks at a press conference at his office on Feb. 24 to protest against a joint subcritical nuclear experiment in Nevada conducted by the United States and Britain. He said in a statement that the experiment ''may even give other countries an excuse of developing nuclear weapons. We can't help saying that is an outrage that threatens world peace and stability.'' (Kyodo)

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Abe decries Mayor Ito's assassination as threat to democracy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press at his official residence in Tokyo on April 18, denouncing the fatal shooting the previous day of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito during election campaigning as ''a challenge to democracy.'' (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2005 shows Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivering a speech at the United Nations in New York. Ito, a key denuclearization proponent, died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital. (Kyodo)

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor to run in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo (R), the son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, announces his candidacy during a press conference in Nagasaki on April 18 for the April 22 mayoral election. On the left is his wife Yuko, Ito's eldest daughter. (Kyodo)

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Abe decries Mayor Ito's assassination as threat to democracy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press in front of his official residence in Tokyo on April 18, denouncing the fatal shooting the previous day of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito during election campaigning as ''a challenge to democracy.'' (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 1995 shows Itcho Ito celebrating his first Nagasaki mayoral election victory with supporters. Ito died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital. (Kyodo)

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo, 40, son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, makes a speech in front of the Nagasaki City Hall after filing his candidacy for the April 22 election, taking over Ito's reelection bid. (Kyodo)

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Son-in-law of late Nagasaki mayor runs in mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo, 40, son-in-law of murdered Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito offers flowers at the site in Nagasaki where Ito was fatally shot April 17 after registering his candidacy in the April 22 mayoral election. Yokoo is the husband of Ito's eldest daughter and a reporter for the Nishinippon Shimbun, a local daily based in Fukuoka City. (Kyodo)

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Ito's son-in-law Yokoo defeated in Nagasaki mayoral election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Makoto Yokoo (R), a journalist and son-in-law of slain incumbent Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, was defeated in the Nagasaki mayoral election on April 22. At left is his wife Yuko, Ito's daughter. (Kyodo)