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70TH ANNIVERSARY

JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2015
Abe's absence from WWII ceremony to not affect dialogue: Russian envoy
The Russian ambassador to Japan indicated Thursday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's absence from a World War II-related event in Moscow later this week will not affect the schedule for bilateral dialogue, including President Vladimir Putin's possible visit to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2015
Philippine prison chief's humane treatment of Japanese POWs a lesson in forgiveness: son
"You must stop the cycle of violence, the cycle of hatred."
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2015
Russians seethe over West's 'snub' of their WWII commemoration, fail to see link with Ukraine
One of Boris Lisitsyn's happiest memories is of being swept by a huge, joyous crowd through the streets of Moscow and onto Red Square in spontaneous celebrations when World War Two ended in Europe.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2015
Abe won't attend Russian WWII ceremony
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II because of a scheduling conflict, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 22, 2015
Korean 'war criminal' seeks redress from Japan
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a 90-year-old South Korean who was convicted of war crimes continues to seek justice and compensation from the Japanese government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 22, 2015
Ex-Imperial guard, 92, mourns fallen WWII comrades
Koichi Arai, 92, a former Imperial Guard member, prays for the repose of fallen comrades under a tree near the moat of the Imperial Palace compound in Tokyo whenever he joins well-wishers who turn out in public every Jan. 2 to see the Emperor, Empress and their Imperial brethren.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2015
Abe's omissions in Jakarta were 'unwise' step backward, historian says
A speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday omitted key wording previous Japanese leaders have used in referring to Japan's actions before and during World War II, fueling speculation he will deliver a watered-down statement in August to mark 70 years since the war's end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 21, 2015
Relatives of Philippine leader Quirino recall 1953 act of forgiveness toward Japan
As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears, one family in the Philippines remembers how their country and Japan re-established friendly ties after a tragedy that reduced parts of the Philippines, including Manila, to rubble and left more than a million Filipinos dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 21, 2015
Ex-nurse recalls Battle of Okinawa, aims to share misery of war
Fumiko Nashiro, 87, vividly remembers the leader of the nurse corps she belonged to during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa telling members "not to die but return to your parents and tell the misery of war to future generations."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 20, 2015
Imperial army ex-cadet remembers public's about-face in August 1945
One of the last cadets of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy vividly remembers how popular attitudes toward military officers in the final days of World War II seemed to change overnight.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 19, 2015
Upcoming Abe speeches seen as rehearsal for WWII anniversary statement
With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set to make two major speeches — one in Indonesia on Wednesday and another in Washington at the end of this month — China and South Korea are closely watching to see if Abe offers a "heartfelt apology" to the people of Asian nations affected by Japan's "colonial rule and aggression" during and before World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2015
Hiroshima hibakusha determined to keep memory of atomic bombing alive, 70 years on
Hiroshi Harada remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago, as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bomb.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2015
USS Missouri hosts Kamikaze exhibit to mark 70th anniversary of attack
A kamikaze exhibition opened Saturday aboard the USS Missouri, now a memorial in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, to mark the 70th anniversary of a Japanese pilot's suicide attack on the battleship during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2015
3/11 survivor in Kamaishi recalls U.S. naval bombardment
Kamaishi resident Otoko Wada couldn't help but recall how the U.S. Navy shelled the local steel plant 70 years ago, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, rocked Iwate Prefecture and left the city in ruins all over again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Island state cleans up for rare Imperial visit
Palau is stepping up preparations for next week's visit by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who are coming to mourn those who died on its islands during the war.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Imperial Couple to charter plane, sleep on ship to visit Palau war dead
As this year marks 70 years since the end of World War II, Emperor Akihito plans to fulfill his long-held desire to visit Palau next week, a decade after infrastructure issues ruined his previous plans.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
U.S. former POWs say date of Abe's Congress speech is a chilling choice
Some U.S. military veterans are "angered" that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will address Congress on April 29, the birthday of wartime Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, The Washington Times reported Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2015
Abe looks to craft war history comments with eye on U.S.
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses Japan's wartime past in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the reaction of ally Washington will likely be as much, if not more, on his mind than that of Asian nations that suffered from Japanese military aggression.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2015
54.6% want Abe to say sorry in war speech and half oppose SDF bills: poll
A majority of people surveyed think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should express regret and apologize for Japan's colonial rule and aggression when he marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a Kyodo News poll found Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2015
Battle of Iwojima forgotten, except toll
When Yoshitaka Shindo was a boy, he did not hear much from his family about his grandfather, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the Japanese troops who fought and died in the bloody Battle of Iwojima.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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