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80th A-bomb anniversary

TINIAN, United States, Aug. 7 Kyodo - A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities. (Kyodo)

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A woman throws a flower into the sea during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Japanese Consul to Saipan Akiko Tejima delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, June 26 Kyodo - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (front) is pictured after leaving a U.S. district court in Saipan on June 26, 2024. He was freed after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law at a trial in the U.S. overseas territory in a deal that allowed him to return home to Australia. (Kyodo)

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Australia: ‘Free Man’ Julian Assange Arrives Home In Canberra

The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange touched down at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, June 26. Assange arrived from Saipan where he was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to a single charge of espionage in a U.S. court there.

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Australia: ‘Free Man’ Julian Assange Arrives Home In Canberra 2

The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange touched down at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, June 26. Assange arrived from Saipan where he was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to a single charge of espionage in a U.S. court there.

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Italy: Flooding Hits Emilia-Romagna As Storm Brings Torrential Rain

A very intense storm brought heavy rainfall to Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy on Monday, May 20 causing flash flooding across the region. The downpour swelled the Samoggia river, especially in Valsamoggia where all schools were closed.

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Italy: Flooding Hits Emilia-Romagna As Storm Brings Torrential Rain 2

A very intense storm brought heavy rainfall to Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy on Monday, May 20 causing flash flooding across the region. The downpour swelled the Samoggia river, especially in Valsamoggia where all schools were closed.

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Japan sees 1st foreign cruise ship arrival in 3 years amid pandemic

A foreign cruise ship docked in a Shizuoka Prefecture port Wednesday to become the first such vessel to arrive in Japan in about three years following a government-mandated suspension of cruises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 29,000-ton ship, which departed Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Feb. 25, is scheduled to leave Shizuoka for Tokyo on Wednesday night. Acceptance of foreign cruise ships was suspended in March 2020 following a mass coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which caused thousands to be quarantined in Yokohama in February 2020 and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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Saipan police call off search for missing Japanese sisters

SAIPAN, United States - A diver from the Saipan police searches at sea for two missing Japanese sisters in Saipan, a U.S. territory on the Northern Mariana Islands, on July 8, 2014. The police called off the search hours later for Natsuki Yamada, 33, and her sister Chinatsu, 26, missing since June 29.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows cenotaphs at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A local resident watches a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Yoshio Ideguchi (C), an 88-year-old former Japanese sailor, takes pictures with local residents after attending a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2014, to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is held on the island on June 15, 2014, with around 400 attendees including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Teruki Okazaki (C), a 92-year-old former Japanese heavy artillery soldier, takes part in a parade on Saipan on June 15, 2014, to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is held on the island on June 15, 2014, with around 400 attendees including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Folded paper cranes, a symbol of peace, are placed on a cenotaph on Saipan on June 15, 2014, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks at a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 23 after the Saipan Supreme Court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles, where he is facing charges in connection with the killing of his his wife in 1981.

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - William M. Fitzgerald, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, emerges from the Saipan Supreme Court on Sept. 23 after the court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles for trial over the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981.

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors on Saipan check papers on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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Miura likely to be taken from Saipan to Los Angeles Sept. 18

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors explain during a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 15 how to transfer Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the city in the early 1980s. A local court in Saipan ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, who is serving as chief attorney on Saipan for Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks to reporters on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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Saipan barely overcoming unprecedented power shortage

SAIPAN, Saipan - The governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Benigno Fitial, has warned that Saipan's main power plant, shown in a photo taken Aug. 25, could explode at any time.

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Fitial to sign documents ordering Miura's transfer to Calif.

SAIPAN, United States - Benigno Fitial (2nd from L), governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, speaks at a news conference on Saipan on March 7. Fitial said he will sign as early as March 12 documents ordering the transfer to California of Japanese national Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been detained on Saipan as a suspect in the 1981 shooting in Los Angeles of his wife, who later died.

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Attorney opposed to Miura's transfer to California

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, chief attorney for Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks to reporters in Saipan on March 2. Berline expressed opposition to the transfer of Miura to California, arguing that such a move would expose his client to double jeopardy. Miura was acquitted in Japan of murdering his wife in Los Angeles in 1981.

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Japan's emperor prays for war dead on Saipan, including Koreans

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch people make handicraft at the Office on Aging, called Manamko, on Saipan on June 28. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor prays for war dead on Saipan, including Koreans

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bid farewell to people at the end of their visit to the Office on Aging, called Manamko, on Saipan on June 28. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor prays for war dead on Saipan, including Koreans

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress wave at well-wishers on arrival at American Memorial Park on Saipan on June 28. (Pool photo)

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Korean group on Saipan seeks Japan's apology ahead of imperial visit

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Kim Baeg Seung, president of the Korean Association of Saipan, speaks at a press conference on June 27 ahead of the arrival of the Japanese emperor and empress on Saipan. Kim called for an apology from Japan for its atrocities during World War II.

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Saipan braces for arrival of imperial couple

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A large signboard put up along the main road to Saipan from the airport on June 26 reads: ''The Emperor, Empress, Welcome to Saipan.'' Preparations are proceeding smoothly ahead of the arrival June 27 of the Japanese imperial couple on a two-day visit to the West Pacific island.

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Saipan prepares for arrival of imperial couple amid tight security

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Juan Babauta speaks of an impending visit to Saipan of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at his office on June 24. ''First of all, I want to make sure of the emperor's safe visit to Saipan,'' he said.

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Japanese families commemorate victims of battles on Pacific islands

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Members of Japanese families who survived battles on Pacific islands during World War II lay flowers and foods in commemoration of lost members of their families in a ceremony on Saipan on June 1. Participants said this will be their last such meeting on the western Pacific islan due to their advanced ages.

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Japanese families commemorate victims of battles on Pacific isla

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Members of Japanese families who survived battles on Pacific islands during World War II lay flowers in commemoration of lost members of their families in a ceremony on Saipan on June 1. Participants said this will be their last such meeting on the western Pacific islan due to their advanced ages. (Kyodo)

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Saipan braces for arrival of imperial couple

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A large signboard put up along the main road to Saipan from the airport on June 26 reads: ''The Emperor, Empress, Welcome to Saipan.'' Preparations are proceeding smoothly ahead of the arrival June 27 of the Japanese imperial couple on a two-day visit to the West Pacific island. (Kyodo)

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Saipan prepares for arrival of imperial couple amid tight securi

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Juan Babauta speaks of an impending visit to Saipan of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at his office on June 24. ''First of all, I want to make sure of the emperor's safe visit to Saipan,'' he said. (Kyodo)

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Korean group on Saipan seeks Japan's apology ahead of imperial v

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Kim Baeg Seung, president of the Korean Association of Saipan, speaks at a press conference on June 27 ahead of the arrival of the Japanese emperor and empress on Saipan. Kim called for an apology from Japan for its atrocities during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Japan's emperor prays for war dead on Saipan, including Koreans

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak with islander clad in traditional dress during their visit to the Office on Aging, called Manamko, on Saipan on June 28. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan's emperor prays for war dead on Saipan, including Koreans

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bid farewell to people as they leave Saipan International Airport at the end of their two-day visit to the West Pacific island on June 28. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Miura to be transferred to L.A.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura (L) leaves a Saipan court on Sept. 29. Miura's defense team withdrew a habeas corpus request and a judge at the court consented to the move, paving the way for his transfer from Saipan to Los Angeles. The development follows a Los Angeles county court's ruling on Sept. 26 that validated an arrest warrant for the 61-year-old suspect on a conspiracy charge in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981. (Kyodo)

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - William M. Fitzgerald, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, emerges from the Saipan Supreme Court on Sept. 23 after the court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles for trial over the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981. (Kyodo)

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks at a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 23 after the Saipan Supreme Court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles, where he is facing charges in connection with the killing of his his wife in 1981. (Kyodo)

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors on Saipan check papers on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case. (Kyodo)

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, who is serving as chief attorney on Saipan for Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks to reporters on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case. (Kyodo)

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Miura likely to be taken from Saipan to Los Angeles Sept. 18

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors explain during a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 15 how to transfer Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the city in the early 1980s. A local court in Saipan ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case. (Kyodo)

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Court orders Miura's transfer to L.A.

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Japanese national Kazuyoshi Miura (C) leaves a local court in Saipan on Sept. 12 after the court ruled that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the city in the early 1980s. (Kyodo)