Visit to N. Korea burial site for Japanese

Visit to N. Korea burial site for Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sanji Kitaoka (R) on June 19, 2013, visits with other bereaved Japanese family members a site in the suburbs of Pyongyang which is believed to contain the remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. Kitaoka's mother and elder sister died in Pyongyang.

Visit to N. Korea burial site for Japanese

Visit to N. Korea burial site for Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sanji Kitaoka (front) offers prayers on June 19, 2013, along with other bereaved Japanese family members at a site in the suburbs of Pyongyang which is believed to contain the remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. Kitaoka's mother and elder sister died in Pyongyang.

Statue of "One Piece" character in earthquake-hit Kumamoto town

Statue of "One Piece" character in earthquake-hit Kumamoto town

A statue of Sanji, a character from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," is unveiled on Dec. 7, 2019, in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki, which was hit hard by an earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016. Eiichiro Oda, author of the pirate manga, is from Kumamoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Statue of "One Piece" character in earthquake-hit Kumamoto town

Statue of "One Piece" character in earthquake-hit Kumamoto town

A statue of Sanji, a character from the best-selling Japanese manga series "One Piece," is unveiled on Dec. 7, 2019, in the southwestern Japan town of Mashiki, which was hit hard by an earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016. Eiichiro Oda, author of the pirate manga, is from Kumamoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo