N. Korea researcher aims to unfold Japanese remains issue

N. Korea researcher aims to unfold Japanese remains issue

BEIJING, China - Naoki Mizuno, a Kyoto University professor, visits Pupyong in South Hamgyeong Province in eastern North Korea on Sept. 1, 2013 as part of a 10-day survey in the country to study burial sites believed to contain Japanese remains. Mizuno hopes to shed light on the issue of Japanese people who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II and remain buried there.

Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - (From L) Olympic silver medal-winning fencer Yuki Ota, newscaster Christel Takigawa, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee, Masato Mizuno, CEO of the committee, and Mami Sato, a Paralympian in athletics, are seen at a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, after Tokyo was chosen as the host city for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee's general session, in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, 2013, beating Istanbul and Madrid.

Tokyo gets high marks in IOC Evaluation Commission report

Tokyo gets high marks in IOC Evaluation Commission report

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Masato Mizuno, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and Tokyo bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, pose after a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on June 25, 2013. The International Olympic Committee released its 2020 Evaluation Commission report earlier the same day, giving Tokyo high marks for its proposal for a compact Games.