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Demonstrators hold placards that read "Withdraw Marine Corps" during a rally against the US military presence in Naha, Okinawa prefecture on Sunday, following the alleged rape and murder of a local woman by a former U.S. marine employed on the U.S. milita

PHOTOS: Thousands Protest Against U.S. Military Presence In Okinawa, Japan

10:17am June 19, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the heavy U.S. military presence on the island of Okinawa, Japan, after an American allegedly raped and killed a local woman.

Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, on Oct. 1, 2015.

U.S. Navy Bans Alcohol For All Sailors In Japan, Citing Recent Incidents

5:11pm June 06, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The ban, which covers drinking both on- and off-base, will remain in place until sailors "understand the impact of responsible behavior," the Navy says.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces, whose vehicles are seen here during the search for a young boy on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, reportedly found a small boy who identified himself as the boy they'd been looking for since Saturday.

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Japanese Boy, 7, Is Reportedly Found Alive After 6 Days Lost In Forest

9:08pm June 02, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Hundreds of people had taken up the search for the seven-year-old who was lost in bear-inhabited woods in Hokkaido, a large island in northern Japan.

Police officers search for a 7-year-old boy in the mountains of Hokkaido, where he went missing after his parents said they left him alone temporarily as a punishment.

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Search Continues For 7-Year-Old Left In Japanese Forest As Punishment

11:37am May 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A boy has been missing in bear-inhabited woods in Hokkaido, Japan, since Saturday. His parents first said he disappeared as they were foraging, but later admitted leaving him alone intentionally.

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After Hiroshima Bombing, Survivors Sorted Through The Horror

7:29am May 28, 2016

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the work of John Hersey, who visited with people who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima. His reporting filled an entire issue of the New Yorker magazine in 1946.

Kikue Takagi, left, narrowly survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing as a schoolgirl. She's now 83. Her second cousin is U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, a Democrat from southern California. His grandparents and parents were all placed in U.S. internment camps in Wor

A Survivor's Tale: How Hiroshima Shaped A Japanese-American Family

9:21am May 27, 2016

by Greg Myre

Kikue Takagi narrowly survived the atomic bomb that killed her classmates. Soon after she moved to California, where she worked for many years at Disneyland. Now in her 80s, she's back in Hiroshima.

President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lay wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Friday.

Obama Makes Historic Visit To Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park

8:22am May 27, 2016

by Elise Hu

Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city destroyed by an American atomic bomb in the closing days of World War II.

Visitors shelter from the rain under the Peace Flame as they visit the Memorial Park and the nearby Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on April 21 in Hiroshima, Japan. The dome in the background was destroyed during the attack, and preserved as a monument. T

In Historic Step, Obama To Visit Hiroshima Later This Month

9:30am May 10, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Japanese city since America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of 1945.

This photo dated April 1977 shows Megumi Yokota, who was kidnapped by North Korean agents later the same year. Megumi was one of eight Japanese nationals who Pyongyang confirmed were dead in 2002. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il apologized for the kidnapp

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Relatives Of Japanese Taken By North Korea Still Hope To Find Loved Ones

8:43am May 07, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Forty years ago, North Korean agents abducted 13-year-old Megumi Yokota from Japan. Pyongyang claimed in 2002 that she was dead. But her family says she's alive. They're seeking U.S. help to find her.

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Rescue dogs are brought in for the searching operation on Saturday in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

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PHOTOS: Rescuers Search For Survivors After Powerful Quakes Hit Southern Japan

10:30am April 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Two major quakes hit southern Japan barely a day apart, killing at least 41 people and flattening at least 90 homes. Now, rescue crews are searching for survivors and assessing the damage.