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Protesters march, opposing to the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan after 27 years of American rule on May 15, 1972, in Ginowan, Okinawa, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Protesters staged a rally demanding a speedier reduction of U.S. military forces.(Kyodo News via AP)

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Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sat,05/14/22-11:06PM , 167 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Sunday urged Japan's central government to do more to reduce the U.S.
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In this unknown location, Japan's Emperor Hirohito of Japan poses for a photograph in Sept. 1967. (AP Photo)

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Ukraine removes Hirohito from video after Japan protests
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Mon,04/25/22-5:24AM , 205 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Ukraine's government has apologized and removed a photo of Japanese wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after Japan protested, officials said Monday.
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A helicopter hovers over the tip of Shiretoko Peninsula in northern Japan of Hokkaido to conduct a search operation Monday, April 25, 2022. Rescuers continue the search operation for the missing since a tour boat carrying 26 people apparently sank off far northeastern Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Child's body found after tour boat sank in Japan's far north
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sun,04/24/22-9:08PM , 175 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers searching since a tour boat carrying 26 people sank off far northeastern Japan have found the body of an 11th victim — a child — as questions intensified about why the vessel sailed in rough weather at a known hazardous location.
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This aerial photo shows a rescuer being lifted in a search operation for missing passengers and crew members of a sunken tour boat, off Shiretoko Peninsula, northern Japan of Hokkaido Sunday, April 24, 2022. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

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10 found dead after Japan tour boat with 26 aboard sinks
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Sat,04/23/22-5:51PM , 149 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers said that 10 people who were retrieved Sunday from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a northern Japanese national park had died, a day after a tour boat with 26 aboard apparently sank in rough waters, triggering questions why it was allowed to sail.
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