Wake for slain Japanese aid worker held in Shizuoka Pref.

Wake for slain Japanese aid worker held in Shizuoka Pref.

KAKEGAWA, Japan - A picture of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan, is displayed at a wake held in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 31.

Remains of slain Japanese aid worker return home

Remains of slain Japanese aid worker return home

KAKEGAWA, Japan - Junko Ito (far L), the mother of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan, and other relatives walk beside the car carrying his body in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 31. The body was transferred to Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in the prefecture, where it underwent a police examination and an autopsy before being returned home.

Body in Afghanistan looks Japanese

Body in Afghanistan looks Japanese

KAKEGAWA, Japan - Masayuki Ito (R), father of Kazuya Ito who was kidnapped by four armed men in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26, speaks to reporters in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 27 about reports that a body appearing to be that of a Japanese man has been found in Afghanistan.

Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

KAKEGAWA, Japan - The father and mother of Kazuya Ito, a member of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai who was abducted in Afghanistan, answer reporters' questions at their house in Kakegawa, central Japan, Aug. 26. Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the group, was abducted near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26.

Legendary concert restaged with 35,000 attending

Legendary concert restaged with 35,000 attending

KAKEGAWA, Japan - Some 35,000 people gathered for an open-air concert in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 23 to restage a legendary 1975 show, in which popular singer Takuro Yoshida and folk-singer trio Kaguyahime performed some 100 songs in 12 hours in front of an audience of more than 50,000.

5 dead, 5 injured in car accident on Tomei Expressway

5 dead, 5 injured in car accident on Tomei Expressway

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A van carrying 10 people is extensively damaged after it crashed into a truck that had halted on the Tomei Expressway in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 19. Among the 10 passengers, five people were killed and five others injured. (Pool photo)