Japan citizen visits cemetery in N. Korea

Japan citizen visits cemetery in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kuniyasu Ishihara pays respects at a site in Chongjin, North Korea, which the North Korean government says a cemetery for Japanese, on June 28, 2014. Ishihara is one of Japanese citizens, whose relatives died around the end of World War II in an area that is now part of North Korea, visiting North Korea.

Japanese man speaks in Pyongyang on family grave visit

Japanese man speaks in Pyongyang on family grave visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kuniyasu Ishihara speaks to reporters upon arrival at Pyongyang international airport on June 26, 2014, as a member of a group of compatriots visiting graves of their kin in North Korea.

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

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.

JetStar's 1st internally trained pilot makes debut flight

JetStar's 1st internally trained pilot makes debut flight

NARITA, Japan - Kuniyasu Mitsuhashi (R) holds a bunch of flowers presented to him at Tokyo's Haneda airport after his debut flight as the first internally trained pilot of low-cost carrier JetStar Japan Co. on March 3, 2014. Standing next to him is JetStar Japan CEO Miyuki Suzuki.

Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief Kuniyasu Tsuchida died of cancer of the pancreas Sunday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. he was 77. During Tsuchida's more than 19 years at the MPD, many sensational crimes occurred, including the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen in Fuchu, western Tokyo, and a series of bombings of company buildings in 1974.

Japanese man speaks in Pyongyang on family grave visit

Japanese man speaks in Pyongyang on family grave visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kuniyasu Ishihara speaks to reporters upon arrival at Pyongyang international airport on June 26, 2014, as a member of a group of compatriots visiting graves of their kin in North Korea. (Kyodo)

Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief Kuniyasu Tsuchida died of cancer of the pancreas Sunday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. he was 77. During Tsuchida's more than 19 years at the MPD, many sensational crimes occurred, including the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen in Fuchu, western Tokyo, and a series of bombings of company buildings in 1974.