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Victims' kin commemorate 1991 train accident in western Japan

KOKA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Bereaved family members attend a memorial service in Koka in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2026, the 35th anniversary of a local train collision that killed 42 passengers and staff. (Kyodo)

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Victims' kin commemorate 1991 train accident in western Japan

Bereaved family members attend a memorial service in Koka in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2026, the 35th anniversary of a local train collision that killed 42 passengers and staff.

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Victims' kin commemorate 1991 train accident in western Japan

Bereaved family members attend a memorial service in Koka in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2026, the 35th anniversary of a local train collision that killed 42 passengers and staff.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks during a press conference after attending a meeting with new Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and his mother, Sakie, meet the press after attending a meeting with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, including Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing them, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, including Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing them, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) meets with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, including Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing them, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

Takuya Yokota (R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and his mother Sakie attend a meeting with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and his mother Sakie attend a meeting with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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U.S. missile system in Okinawa

KIN, Japan, Sept. 20 Kyodo - The U.S. Marine Corps unveils its Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, to the media on Sept. 20, 2025, at Camp Hansen in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marine live-fire training in Okinawa

KIN, Japan, Sept. 23 Kyodo - U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct machine-gun live-fire training in front of the media at Camp Hansen in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 22, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Kanji for "kin," meaning gold or money, chosen as best to characterize 2024

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12, 2024. The character was selected as the best single kanji to symbolize the national mood for the year as Japanese athletes had their second-best ever performance at the Olympics with 20 gold medals in Paris, while a money scandal rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. joint military drill in Okinawa

Commanding General Hajime Kitajima (R) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and Commanding General Trevor Hall of the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade hold a press conference in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2024, as their units carry out a joint drill in the southwestern Japan island prefecture.

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Japan-U.S. joint military drill in Okinawa

Commanding General Hajime Kitajima (R) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and Commanding General Trevor Hall of the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade shake hands during a press conference in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2024, as their units carry out a joint drill in the southwestern Japan island prefecture.

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Japan-U.S. joint military drill in Okinawa

Commanding General Hajime Kitajima (R) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and Commanding General Trevor Hall of the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade hold a press conference in Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2024, as their units carry out a joint drill in the southwestern Japan island prefecture.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in Okinawa

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) visits U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen in the town of Kin in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa to see a part of large-scale joint drills being held by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on March 10, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in Okinawa

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) visits U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen in the town of Kin in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa to see a part of large-scale joint drills being held by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on March 10, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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N. Korea abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, whose sister Yaeko Taguchi was abducted in 1978 aged 22, speaks at a special gathering of the family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters, in Tokyo on June 22, 2014. The relatives called for priority to be placed on the return of survivors waiting for rescue, after North Korea agreed with Japan in May to reinvestigate the fate of the abductees.

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N. Korea abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (3rd from R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, speaks at a special gathering of the family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters, in Tokyo on June 22, 2014. The relatives called for priority to be placed on the return of survivors waiting for rescue, after North Korea agreed with Japan in May to reinvestigate the fate of the abductees.

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Abe, abduction victim's kin

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with Shigeru Yokota (L) and Sakie Yokota (R), during a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013, for the return of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea. The Yokotas' daughter, Megumi, was taken to North Korea in 1977 at age 13 and has become a symbol of the abductions issue.

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Abductee's kin

KAWASAKI, Japan - (From L) Sakie and Shigeru Yokota answer reporters' questions in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, after North Korea conducted a third nuclear test on Feb. 12, 2013. Their daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at the age of 13.

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Sanctions still insufficient, says leader of abductee kin group

SAITAMA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, the leader of a group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, speaks to reporters at his work site in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on April 10. He said the Japanese government's additional sanctions on N. Korea in response to the April 5 rocket launch are still insufficient.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

KIN, Japan, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) joins the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

KIN, Japan, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) plays catch during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021, with manager Kazuhisa Ishii looking on.

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Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

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Kin sue TEPCO over suicide of 102-yr-old man amid nuclear crisis

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Relatives of Fumio Okubo, who committed suicide at the age of 102 in Fukushima in 2011, head to the Fukushima District Court on July 29, 2015. The relatives filed a damages suit against the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex for the mental anguish the man suffered when ordered to evacuate amid the nuclear crisis. (Editorial use only)

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Ex-head of U.N. panel on DPRK human rights meets abductee kin

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Kirby (R), former chief of a U.N. commission investigating North Korean human rights violations, meets Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang agents, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, shortly before meeting a group of Japanese abductees' relatives.

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Abductees' kin oppose N. Korea trip by Japanese officials

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, hands a petition to Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, to convey the group's opposition to a proposed trip for Japanese government officials to visit North Korea on a fact-finding mission.

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Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi (C) is seen after attending a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi heads for a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi speaks during a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Kin of Japanese abductees listen to gov't briefing

TOKYO, Japan - Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s attend a government briefing session on Pyongyang's reinvestigation into their fate in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Shigeo Iizuka (extreme R), who heads a group of abductee families, takes a note while Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie sitting next to him look on.

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Japanese group heads for N. Korea to visit graves of kin

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 14, 2014, before their departure for Pyongyang via Beijing to pay their respects at the graves of relatives who died in North Korea around the end of World War II. About 34,600 Japanese are believed to have died of hunger and disease around the end of the war in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, which was under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945.

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Leader of Japanese abductees' kin calls for early settlement

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group representing relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, calls for prompt settlement of the issue at a seminar held by the government in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Ex-envoy's kin unveils hidden WWII classified telegrams

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuko Ichihara (L), a niece of the wife of a late Japanese diplomat, shows the bounded volume of classified diplomatic telegrams from World War II that she found while sorting out belongings of a deceased relative in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2014. The documents secretly kept by Ryuji Takeuchi, Japan's ambassador to the United States after the war, shows that Japan's wartime foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, in May 1944 considered asking the Soviet Union to broker an agreement to end war with China.

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Head of group representing kin of N. Korea abductees speaks

SAITAM, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group representing family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, answers questions from reporters in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 3, 2014.

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Kin of abductee watches news on easing of sanctions on N. Korea

TOTTORI, Japan - Hajime Matsumoto, whose younger sister Kyoko was abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s, watches TV news on the government's decision to partially lift sanctions against Pyongyang at his home in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, 2014.

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9 Japanese leave for N. Korea to visit kin's graves

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniyasu Ishihara (far L), one of nine Japanese leaving for North Korea to visit burial sites believed to contain the remains of their relatives who died in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 25, 2014, before their departure.

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Abductee kin comment on N. Korea's accord to reopen probe

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (R) and his wife Sakie meet reporters in Kawasaki west of Tokyo on May 29, 2014, to comment on Pyongyang's pledge to resume a full investigation into the fate of their daughter Megumi and other Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.

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Abductee kin speak about Japan-N. Korea accord

KAWASKI, Japan - Shigeru (L) and Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents from Japan in 1977 when she was 13, meet reporters on May 28, 2014, after news that Pyongyang has agreed to reopen an inquiry into abductees still unaccounted for.

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Abductee kin laments lack of progress in Japan-N. Korea talks

SAITAMA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, who heads a group of family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents, laments on the lack of progress over the abduction issue as he speaks in Kasukabe, north of Tokyo, on May 28, 2014, after three days of negotiations between Japan and North Korea in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Half-Japanese Filipina meets Japanese kin

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Tsuyoshi Miyazato from Okinawa, Japan, and his Filipino-Japanese aunt, Conchita Miyazato Basilan, shake hands after their first meeting at Davao airport on Mindanao Island, the Philippines, on May 16, 2014. Basilan is the daughter of a Japanese national who came to the Philippines in 1929 and engaged in abaca farming.

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Kin of N. Korea's abduction victims call for early rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents call for their prompt rescue at a rally in Tokyo on April 27, 2014. On the stage are (from L) Teruaki Masumoto, Kayoko Arimoto, Sakie Yokota and her husband Shigeru, and Shigeo Iizuka.

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Obama meets abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie (R) and Shigeru Yokota, the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea at age 13, talk to reporters after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Tokyo on April 24, 2014.

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Kin Town in Okinawa to accept U.S. military base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Tsuyoshi Gibu (L), mayor of Kin Town in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, tells Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima of the town office's decision to accept U.S. military buildings during a meeting at the Okinawa prefectural government building on April 14, 2014.

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Legendary pro pitchers' kin toss ceremonial pitches in Japan

ISE, Japan - Mio Sakai (C), daughter of former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Eiji Sawamura, and Takaaki Nishimura (L), nephew of former Hanshin Tigers pitcher Yukio Nishimura, throw ceremonial pitches, wearing No. 14 and No. 19 jerseys bearing the numbers their father and uncle had worn, at the start of a preseason baseball game between the Giants and the Tigers in Ise, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on March 10, 2014.