Japan to aid Bosnia through soccer

Japan to aid Bosnia through soccer

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese national soccer team captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto coaches children in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this file photo taken in September 2014. The Japanese government has decided to earmark some 226,500 euros to put war-damaged soccer grounds back in place to help promote ethnic conciliation there.

PM Abe meets with Okinawa Gov. Onaga

PM Abe meets with Okinawa Gov. Onaga

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015. Onaga requested Abe earmark over 300 billion yen in the fiscal 2016 budget for developing Japan's southernmost island prefecture. The plan to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa also remains a huge issue between the national and the prefectural governments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with PM Abe

Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets with PM Abe

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (C) meets with reporters after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015. Onaga requested Abe earmark over 300 billion yen in the fiscal 2016 budget for developing Japan's southernmost island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe meets with Okinawa Gov. Onaga

PM Abe meets with Okinawa Gov. Onaga

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015. Onaga requested Abe earmark over 300 billion yen in the fiscal 2016 budget for developing Japan's southernmost island prefecture. The plan to relocate a U.S. military base within Okinawa also remains a huge issue between the national and the prefectural governments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan to aid Bosnia through soccer

Japan to aid Bosnia through soccer

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese national soccer team captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto coaches children in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this file photo taken in September 2014. The Japanese government has decided to earmark some 226,500 euros to put war-damaged soccer grounds back in place to help promote ethnic conciliation there. (Kyodo)