Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - A ceremony is held in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014, to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, attended the ceremony to represent the government.

Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

Takeshima Day ceremony held, attended by senior gov't official

MATSUE, Japan - Yoshitami Kameoka, parliamentary secretary with the Cabinet Office, delivers a speech at the Takeshima Day ceremony in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2014. The ceremony was held to mark the incorporation in 1905 of several islets known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

3 men to run for Nago mayor

3 men to run for Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Three men filed their candidacies Jan. 15 for the upcoming mayoral election in Nago, where the major issue for the Okinawa Prefecture city is whether it should host the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station. The three vying to succeed retiring Mayor Tateo Kishimoto are (file photos from L to R) Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, Munehiro Gakiya, 59, an independent, and Yoshitami Oshiro, 65, supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party and Social Democratic Party.

3 men to run for Nago mayor

3 men to run for Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Three men filed their candidacies Jan. 15 for the upcoming mayoral election in Nago, where the major issue for the Okinawa Prefecture city is whether it should host the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station. The three vying to succeed retiring Mayor Tateo Kishimoto are (file photos from L to R) Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, Munehiro Gakiya, 59, an independent, and Yoshitami Oshiro, 65, supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party and Social Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

Okinawa man points from ancestors' grave to site for U.S. base relocation

Okinawa man points from ancestors' grave to site for U.S. base relocation

Nago city assemblyman Yoshitami Oshiro points from his ancestors' grave in the Henoko area in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa toward a planned site for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on April 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

College student Marika Yamagishi (C), who leads a campaign to seek state financing of half of tuition for all university students amid the coronavirus pandemic, speaks to the media in Tokyo on April 30, 2020, after handing more than 10,000 signatures to senior vice education minister Yoshitami Kameoka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo