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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for.

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Police recognize woman as 17th N. Korea abduction victim

YONAGO, Japan - Mitsue Matsumoto wipes away tears at a news conference in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Nov. 17 after the National Police Agency announced that it has formally recognized her daughter Kyoko, who has been missing since 1977, as the 17th Japanese victim of North Korean abduction.

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Widow of ex-Prime Minister Ikeda dies

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsue Ikeda (file photo), the widow of former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, died at a Tokyo hospital Jan. 9. She was 88. Ikeda was the mother of Noriko Ikeda, the 60-year-old wife of Yukihiko Ikeda, 63, foreign minister from January 1996 to September 1997.

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Ise-Shima's women divers always in summit mode

Ama divers Reiko Nomura (R), 84, and Mitsue Okano, 70, at the Hachimankamado ama hut in Toba, Mie Prefecture. The ama free divers, who use no breathing apparatus and can hold their breath under water for long periods of time, have a history that dates back over 3,000 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police recognize woman as 17th N. Korea abduction victim

YONAGO, Japan - Mitsue Matsumoto wipes away tears at a news conference in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Nov. 17 after the National Police Agency announced that it has formally recognized her daughter Kyoko, who has been missing since 1977, as the 17th Japanese victim of North Korean abduction. (Kyodo)

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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Widow of ex-Prime Minister Ikeda dies

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsue Ikeda (file photo), the widow of former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, died at a Tokyo hospital Jan. 9. She was 88. Ikeda was the mother of Noriko Ikeda, the 60-year-old wife of Yukihiko Ikeda, 63, foreign minister from January 1996 to September 1997.