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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in center, front) and his wife Laura (L in center, front) pose for photos with schoolchildren who welcomed them at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6. Bush is in Japan to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in front) and his wife Laura (next to him) smile as they are presented with flowers from schoolchildren after arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said.

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(1)Memorial ceremony held for victims of school killings

IKEDA, Japan - A parent and their daughter offer their prayer June 8 for the eight children who were killed by a man in June 2001 at an Osaka elementary school. A memorial ceremony was held on the day at Ikeda Primary School, attended by about 1,500 people, including schoolchildren and their parents.

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Fire for Winter Asian Games taken

AOMORI, Japan - Two elementary schoolchildren work to start a fire through ancient technique to light torches for the Winter Asian Games in Aomori at the Sannai Maruyama Jomon period excavation site on Jan. 25. The eight-day sports event will open in a ceremony on Feb. 1.

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Aomori residents prepare for Winter Asian Games

AOMORI, Japan - Two elementary schoolchildren try to start a fire by ancient technique, to light a torch for the Winter Asian Games in Aomori in a rehearsal at the Sannai Maruyama Jomon period excavation site on Jan. 24. The opening ceremony for eight-day event will take place on Feb. 1.

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Education minister visits school where 8 children were slain

OSAKA, Japan - Education minister Atsuko Toyama arrives at Ikeda Elementary School, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5, where a man killed eight schoolchildren and injured 13 other students and two teachers last month. Toyama, the first member of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet to visit the scene of the June 8 slaying, prayed for the peace of the dead children's souls and met the state-run school's principal.

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Pupils hang paper cranes at Ikeda school

IKEDA, Japan - Two girls try to hang a chain of paper-folded cranes June 14 on the gate to Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture, the scene of a stabbing rampage that claimed the lives of eight schoolchildren on June 8.

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Teacher-counselor pair visits Ikeda students

IKEDA, Japan - A teacher-counselor team June 11 begins visiting the homes of pupils involved in the June 8 massacre at the state-run Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, to assess their emotional and psychological states. The rampage by a knife-wielding man left eight schoolchildren dead and 15 others, including two teachers, injured.

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Mori greets young 'reporters'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori welcomes a group of schoolchildren from Okinawa Prefecture to his official residence in Tokyo on July 25. The youngsters, from elementary and junior high schools, were playing the role of journalists during their trip to the capital. Since their home prefecture had just finished hosting the Group of Eight summit, the event was their main subject of conversation with the prime minister.

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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said. (Kyodo)

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Aomori residents prepare for Winter Asian Games

AOMORI, Japan - Two elementary schoolchildren try to start a fire by ancient technique, to light a torch for the Winter Asian Games in Aomori in a rehearsal at the Sannai Maruyama Jomon period excavation site on Jan. 24. The opening ceremony for eight-day event will take place on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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2 dead, 17 still missing on Malaysian mountain after earthquake

A senior police officer (R) holds a press conference in Kundasang, eastern Malaysia, on June 6, 2015, following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia's highest mountain, the previous day. The police officer said at least two people were killed and 17 are missing, including eight schoolchildren, on the mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in center, front) and his wife Laura (L in center, front) pose for photos with schoolchildren who welcomed them at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6. Bush is in Japan to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island. (Kyodo)

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in front) and his wife Laura (next to him) smile as they are presented with flowers from schoolchildren after arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Fire for Winter Asian Games taken

AOMORI, Japan - Two elementary schoolchildren work to start a fire through ancient technique to light torches for the Winter Asian Games in Aomori at the Sannai Maruyama Jomon period excavation site on Jan. 25. The eight-day sports event will open in a ceremony on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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(1)Memorial ceremony held for victims of school killings

IKEDA, Japan - A parent and their daughter offer their prayer June 8 for the eight children who were killed by a man in June 2001 at an Osaka elementary school. A memorial ceremony was held on the day at Ikeda Primary School, attended by about 1,500 people, including schoolchildren and their parents.

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Fire for Winter Asian Games taken

AOMORI, Japan - Two elementary schoolchildren work to start a fire through ancient technique to light torches for the Winter Asian Games in Aomori at the Sannai Maruyama Jomon period excavation site on Jan. 25. The eight-day sports event will open in a ceremony on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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Child killer suspect pens letter of repentance+

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma, the suspect in the June 8 slaying of eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture, leaves Ikeda Police Station in Osaka Prefecture on June 22 for questioning at the Osaka Public Prosecutors' Office. Takuma has written a letter of repentance, but was pressured into doing so by the police, his lawyer said.

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Pupils hang paper cranes at Ikeda school

IKEDA, Japan - Two girls try to hang a chain of paper-folded cranes June 14 on the gate to Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture, the scene of a stabbing rampage that claimed the lives of eight schoolchildren on June 8.

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Teacher-counselor pair visits Ikeda students

IKEDA, Japan - A teacher-counselor team June 11 begins visiting the homes of pupils involved in the June 8 massacre at the state-run Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, to assess their emotional and psychological states. The rampage by a knife-wielding man left eight schoolchildren dead and 15 others, including two teachers, injured.

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Mori greets young 'reporters'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori welcomes a group of schoolchildren from Okinawa Prefecture to his official residence in Tokyo on July 25. The youngsters, from elementary and junior high schools, were playing the role of journalists during their trip to the capital. Since their home prefecture had just finished hosting the Group of Eight summit, the event was their main subject of conversation with the prime minister.