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Area where N. Korean agent enters specified

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (front), head of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea, investigates a coastal area in Toda town of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2014. Araki said the same day that the location where a North Korean agent is said to have entered Japan in 1980, based on the information provided by a former agent, was specified.

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Abduction inquiry group to air messages on radio reaching N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto, who had his daughter Keiko abducted by North Korea, speaks as his wife Kayoko listens at a meeting of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea held in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 22. Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the group, told the meeting it will air messages on shortwave radio, which reaches North Korea, at the end of October in an effort to collect more information about missing Japanese.

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(1)Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 10. The group added two people -- Koichi Kawashima, who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami, who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- to its list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea.

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(1)New group to investigate possible abduction cases

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (R), head of a new private group set up Jan. 10 to look into cases of possible abduction by North Korea, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo. The group made public the names and photos of 40 missing people the North may have kidnapped.

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Japan begins administering COVID-19 booster shots

Noriko Horiuchi (2nd from L), Japanese minister in charge of promoting coronavirus vaccinations, looks on as Tokyo Medical Center director Kazuhiro Araki (C front) receives his third COVID-19 vaccine shot at the center in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Japan launches COVID-19 vaccinations

Kazuhiro Araki (R), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2021, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. Japan began administering such vaccinations the same day, with health workers first to get them.

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Japan launches COVID-19 vaccinations

Kazuhiro Araki (C), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2021, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. Japan began administering such vaccinations the same day, with health workers first to get them.

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki (R), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, meets the press at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, after he was administered the first COVID-19 vaccine under Japan's coronavirus vaccination project. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki (R), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, meets the press at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, after he was administered the first COVID-19 vaccine under Japan's program against the novel coronavirus. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki, head of the Tokyo Medical Center, meets the press at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, after he was administered the first COVID-19 vaccine under Japan's program against the novel coronavirus. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki, head of the Tokyo Medical Center, meets the press at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, after he was administered the first COVID-19 vaccine under Japan's coronavirus vaccination project. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions. (Pool photo)

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki (L), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, is administered a COVID-19 vaccine at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, receiving the first shot under Japan's vaccination program against the novel coronavirus. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions. (Pool photo)

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Japan begins COVID-19 vaccine to health workers

Kazuhiro Araki (L), head of the Tokyo Medical Center, is administered a COVID-19 vaccine at his hospital in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 17, 2021, receiving the first shot under Japan's vaccination program against the novel coronavirus. Japan is starting with an initial group of 40,000 health workers before expanding the rollout to the elderly and people with preexisting conditions. (Pool photo)

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Abduction inquiry group to air messages on radio reaching N. Kor

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto, who had his daughter Keiko abducted by North Korea, speaks as his wife Kayoko listens at a meeting of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea held in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 22. Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the group, told the meeting it will air messages on shortwave radio, which reaches North Korea, at the end of October in an effort to collect more information about missing Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Area where N. Korean agent enters specified

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (front), head of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea, investigates a coastal area in Toda town of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2014. Araki said the same day that the location where a North Korean agent is said to have entered Japan in 1980, based on the information provided by a former agent, was specified. (Kyodo)

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(1)Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 10. The group added two people -- Koichi Kawashima, who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami, who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- to its list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(1)New group to investigate possible abduction cases

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (R), head of a new private group set up Jan. 10 to look into cases of possible abduction by North Korea, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo. The group made public the names and photos of 40 missing people the North may have kidnapped. (Kyodo)