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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Oct 18, 2022
Kamikaze drones in Ukraine conjure memories of Japan's own bombers
When Japan's military came calling, it was educated and sometimes bookish soldiers who were among those who volunteered for a desperate kamikaze mission.
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WORLD
May 15, 2019
Saipan residents reflect on Emperor Akihito's 2005 visit to pay respects to war dead
Even 14 years later, the trip by Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands remains one of the Pacific island's most memorable occasions.
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WORLD
Oct 25, 2018
Typhoon Yutu leaves Northern Marianas without power or water
Rescue teams and heavy equipment were mobilized across the Northern Mariana Islands on Thursday after a typhoon hit U.S. Western Pacific territories overnight, causing blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.
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JAPAN / History / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 20, 2018
Aichi man recalls abuse his family faced when branded spies before World War II
It was when Hisao Mesaki, now 85, returned to Japan from Saipan in early 1941 with his parents and siblings that an offhand remark to his new classmates aroused suspicion he was from a family of spies.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Oct 7, 2017
Monk Kaishun Nishigaya's voyage from Japan to Seattle, Alaska and Saipan
Nishigaya was offered a resident ministry at Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church and, undeterred by the 14-day journey by ship to reach the United States, snapped it up.
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JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2015
Saipan survivor recalls mass suicide bids during the war
Both sweet and unbearable memories come to mind whenever Shinsho Kuniyoshi recalls his life on Saipan.
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JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014
Saipan police call off search for missing Japanese sisters
Saipan police on Tuesday called off the search for two Japanese tourists missing since June 29, when they are believed to have set out to sea in an inflatable raft.
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JAPAN / History
Jul 5, 2014
Battle of Saipan: beginning of the end
Seventy years ago, the Imperial Japanese Army lost a pivotal battle over the Pacific island of Saipan, a defeat that put Tokyo within range of high-altitude U.S. B-29 bombing raids that could evade Japan's inadequate air defenses.
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JAPAN / History
Jul 5, 2014
Battle of Saipan: a brutal invasion that claimed 55,000 lives
'It's hard to dig a hole when you're lying on your stomach digging with your chin'
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2014
Saipan police begin search for two missing Japanese sisters
A search is underway for two Japanese sisters who went missing on the Pacific island of Saipan after their rental car was not returned on time and they failed to board their scheduled flight home, police said Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Jun 15, 2014
Battle of Saipan remembered in 70th anniversary rites
The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Saipan was marked Sunday by a ceremony that drew around 400 participants, including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers.

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