Three Japanese police officers arrive in E. Timor

Three Japanese police officers arrive in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor, - Three Japanese police officers arrived at Dili, the East Timor capital, on July 10 to join a United Nations peacekeeping team, assisting in the implementation of a referendum, scheduled next month. The three officers at Dili airport are Chief Superintendent Yasunori Orita, 46, (C) from the National Police Agency, Senior Inspector Masayuki Mikata, 46, (L) from Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, and Superintendent Norihisa Shiiya, 47, (R) from Hyogo Prefecture.

3 Japanese police officers leave for E. Timor training

3 Japanese police officers leave for E. Timor training

NARITA, Japan - Three Japanese police officers leave for Australia on July 4 for a training program in Brisbane before taking part in the U.N. Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) for an August referendum there. Being seen off at Narita airport were National Police Agency members (from L to R) Yasunori Orita, 46, chief superintendent, Norihisa Shiiya, 47, inspector, and Masayuki Mikata, 46, captain.

Japan to send 3 police officers to E. Timor

Japan to send 3 police officers to E. Timor

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has decided to send three officers to East Timor to assist with the implementation of an August ballot on the future of the former Portuguese colony. Meeting reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on June 29 are (from L to R) Norihisa Shiiya, inspector, 47, Yasunori Orita, chief superintendent, 46, and Masayuki Mikata, captain, 46.

Sagamihara care facility removes stand for offered flowers

Sagamihara care facility removes stand for offered flowers

Nobuko Mikata (seated in a wheelchair) sings a song on Dec. 26, 2016, that she wrote for 19 residents killed in a stabbing rampage five months earlier at the Tsukui Yamayuri En mental care facility in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. A table for offered flowers was removed from the front of the facility the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Three Japanese police officers arrive in E. Timor

Three Japanese police officers arrive in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor, - Three Japanese police officers arrived at Dili, the East Timor capital, on July 10 to join a United Nations peacekeeping team, assisting in the implementation of a referendum, scheduled next month. The three officers at Dili airport are Chief Superintendent Yasunori Orita, 46, (C) from the National Police Agency, Senior Inspector Masayuki Mikata, 46, (L) from Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, and Superintendent Norihisa Shiiya, 47, (R) from Hyogo Prefecture.

3 Japanese police officers leave for E. Timor training

3 Japanese police officers leave for E. Timor training

NARITA, Japan - Three Japanese police officers leave for Australia on July 4 for a training program in Brisbane before taking part in the U.N. Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) for an August referendum there. Being seen off at Narita airport were National Police Agency members (from L to R) Yasunori Orita, 46, chief superintendent, Norihisa Shiiya, 47, inspector, and Masayuki Mikata, 46, captain.

Japan to send 3 police officers to E. Timor

Japan to send 3 police officers to E. Timor

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has decided to send three officers to East Timor to assist with the implementation of an August ballot on the future of the former Portuguese colony. Meeting reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on June 29 are (from L to R) Norihisa Shiya, inspector, 47, Yasunori Orita, chief superintendent, 46, and Masayuki Mikata, captain, 46.