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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine.

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Court terminates wartime Yokohama Incident retrial

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyer Kinju Morikawa (C) and the relatives of five people, now deceased, make their way to the Yokohama District Court on Feb. 9 for a retrial over the wartime ''Yokohama Incident,'' in which journalists and other people were convicted of promoting communism. The court terminates the retrial.

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Abductees' kin to go to Washington next week to seek help

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (R), whose sister Rumiko was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Masumoto will make a five-day visit to Washington on March 3 with three other relatives of abductees to ask the U.S. government for help in resolving the abduction issue.

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5 abductees meet relatives of abduction victims

NIIGATA, Japan - The five Japanese (seated background)) now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978 meet relatives of other Japanese abduction victims at a Niigata hotel Dec. 19. (From R to L, background) are Kaoru Hasuike, Yasushi Chimura, Hitomi Soga, Fukie Chimura and Yukiko Hasuike. The returnees removed their North Korean badges in the meeting. (Pool photo)

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Relatives of Ehime Maru victims return to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Relatives of five victims of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru that was struck and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii in February return to Japan from Honolulu on Oct. 27, bringing with them the ashes of the deceased. Twelve relatives of three victims arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo, while seven relatives of two other victims returned via Osaka's Kansai airport.

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2nd family from Kosovo arrives in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - A family of eight ethnic Albanians from Kosovo arrives at Kansai International Airport on July 30 to stay with their relatives in Japan. As the second family of refugees from Kosovo to come to Japan, they will stay with Ramo Dellovac, 31, who lives with his Japanese wife in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. In May, five other relatives of the same man came to Japan from Kosovo. Japan allowed the second family to stay in Japan for up to 90 days under a status that allows for family visits.

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier - Paris

Former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, with his lawyer Bertrand Burman at the courthouse, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion in Paris, France, during the opening of the trial for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier, on June 08, 2021. The trial of the businessman Arnaud Mimran for the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier in January 2015, opened today, on Tuesday at the Paris Assize Court. Arnaud Mimran, 49, must appear (for three weeks) with five other defendants - a seventh man, wanted, is tried by default - including one of his relatives, the former Thai boxing champion Farid Khider, for kidnapping, forcible confinement and organized gang extortion. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/Avenir Pictures/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Relatives of Ehime Maru victims return to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Relatives of five victims of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru that was struck and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii in February return to Japan from Honolulu on Oct. 27, bringing with them the ashes of the deceased. Twelve relatives of three victims arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo, while seven relatives of two other victims returned via Osaka's Kansai airport.

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Abductees' kin to go to Washington next week to seek help

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (R), whose sister Rumiko was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Masumoto will make a five-day visit to Washington on March 3 with three other relatives of abductees to ask the U.S. government for help in resolving the abduction issue. (Kyodo)

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5 abductees meet relatives of abduction victims

NIIGATA, Japan - The five Japanese (seated background)) now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978 meet relatives of other Japanese abduction victims at a Niigata hotel Dec. 19. (From R to L, background) are Kaoru Hasuike, Yasushi Chimura, Hitomi Soga, Fukie Chimura and Yukiko Hasuike. The returnees removed their North Korean badges in the meeting. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Yasuko Irie, 73, offers rice grown in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, where Irie's deceased father Minoru came from, at the Ryongsan cemetery in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. She visited there with five other Japanese to pray for relatives who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Battle of Okinawa victims sue Yasukuni over enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - Kozen Kawabata (2nd from L), the head of a group of plaintiffs who have launched a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine, speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 19. The five families of 10 civilians and soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa and at other places during World War II have filed a lawsuit against Yasukuni Shrine seeking to delist their relatives from those worshipped at the shrine. (Kyodo)

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Court terminates wartime Yokohama Incident retrial

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyer Kinju Morikawa (C) and the relatives of five people, now deceased, make their way to the Yokohama District Court on Feb. 9 for a retrial over the wartime ''Yokohama Incident,'' in which journalists and other people were convicted of promoting communism. The court terminates the retrial. (Kyodo)

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2nd family from Kosovo arrives in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - A family of eight ethnic Albanians from Kosovo arrives at Kansai International Airport on July 30 to stay with their relatives in Japan. As the second family of refugees from Kosovo to come to Japan, they will stay with Ramo Dellovac, 31, who lives with his Japanese wife in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. In May, five other relatives of the same man came to Japan from Kosovo. Japan allowed the second family to stay in Japan for up to 90 days under a status that allows for family visits.