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Pro-U.S. fighters relocation Fukuda wins Iwakuni election

IWAKUNI, Japan - Yoshihiko Fukuda (C), supportive of relocating U.S. fighter jets, shakes hands with his supporters Feb. 10 after edging out anti-relocation former Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara in the closely fought Iwakuni mayoral election in Yamaguchi Prefecture the same day.

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, tells a news conference why he has tendered his resignation on Dec. 26.

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, speaks at a news conference after his resignation was approved by the city assembly on Dec. 26. He tendered his resignation following a clash over the city's supplementary budget with the city assembly, which is dominated by supporters of the relocation plan.

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara (L), an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, tendered his resignation Dec. 26 following a clash over the city's supplementary budget with the city assembly, which is dominated by supporters of the relocation plan.

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Oldest person to scale Mt. Everest returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Katsusuke Yanagisawa returns to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, May 31 after becoming the oldest person to reach the 8,850-meter summit of Mt. Everest. Yanagisawa was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days of age when he reached the world's highest peak May 22, eclipsing the previous record held by Takao Arayama who was 70 years, 7 months and 13 days. (Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. bases accord draws anger from Okinawa, elsewhere

TOKYO, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, speaks with reporters after visiting the Defense Agency in Tokyo on May 2. He said that his city, which would host carrier-borne aircraft from Atsugi base near Tokyo under a just-announced Japan-U.S. agreement on realignment of the U.S. military presence in Japan, cannot accept the accord.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Mio Yamano, 6, receives a shamisen lesson from Toon Nakajima Katsusuke, at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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Iwakuni mayor urges withdrawal of U.S. base plan after 'no' vote

TOKYO, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara speaks with reporters after a visit to the Foreign Ministry to urge the government to withdraw the planned relocation of U.S. carrier-borne aircraft to his city on March 16.

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Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

IWAKUNI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city office on March 12 after an overwhelming majority of citizens voted ''no'' in a referendum on a government plan to relocate U.S. naval aircraft to a local U.S. base.

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Iwakuni city to hold plebiscite on relocation of U.S. fighters

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of the city of Iwakuni, briefs reporters at the city office in Iwakuni on Feb. 2 on a plebiscite to ask citizens whether they would accept a plan to relocate U.S. carrier-borne airplanes from Atsugi base near Tokyo.

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Iwakuni city to hold plebiscite on relocation of U.S. fighters

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of the city of Iwakuni, briefs reporters at the city office in Iwakuni on Feb. 2 on a plebiscite to ask citizens whether they would accept a plan to relocate U.S. carrier-borne airplanes from Atsugi base near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Big majority says 'no' to U.S. relocation in Iwakuni plebiscite

IWAKUNI, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city office on March 12 after an overwhelming majority of citizens voted ''no'' in a referendum on a government plan to relocate U.S. naval aircraft to a local U.S. base. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni mayor urges withdrawal of U.S. base plan after 'no' vote

TOKYO, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara speaks with reporters after a visit to the Foreign Ministry to urge the government to withdraw the planned relocation of U.S. carrier-borne aircraft to his city on March 16. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. bases accord draws anger from Okinawa, elsewhere

TOKYO, Japan - Katsusuke Ihara, mayor of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, speaks with reporters after visiting the Defense Agency in Tokyo on May 2. He said that his city, which would host carrier-borne aircraft from Atsugi base near Tokyo under a just-announced Japan-U.S. agreement on realignment of the U.S. military presence in Japan, cannot accept the accord. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara (L), an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, tendered his resignation Dec. 26 following a clash over the city's supplementary budget with the city assembly, which is dominated by supporters of the relocation plan. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, speaks at a news conference after his resignation was approved by the city assembly on Dec. 26. He tendered his resignation following a clash over the city's supplementary budget with the city assembly, which is dominated by supporters of the relocation plan. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuni mayor tenders resignation over U.S. base dispute

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, an opponent of a central government plan to relocate U.S. jet fighters to a base in the city, tells a news conference why he has tendered his resignation on Dec. 26. (Kyodo)

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Pro-U.S. fighters relocation Fukuda wins Iwakuni election

IWAKUNI, Japan - Yoshihiko Fukuda (C), supportive of relocating U.S. fighter jets, shakes hands with his supporters Feb. 10 after edging out anti-relocation former Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara in the closely fought Iwakuni mayoral election in Yamaguchi Prefecture the same day. (Kyodo)

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Oldest person to scale Mt. Everest returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Katsusuke Yanagisawa returns to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, May 31 after becoming the oldest person to reach the 8,850-meter summit of Mt. Everest. Yanagisawa was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days of age when he reached the world's highest peak May 22, eclipsing the previous record held by Takao Arayama who was 70 years, 7 months and 13 days. (Kyodo