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  • January 2008

    • Nagasaki Mayor's Killer Confesses

      BBC  |  Jan 22, 08 1:54 PM CST

      Nagasaki Mayor's Killer Confesses

      (Newser) - The Japanese man accused of killing the mayor of Nagasaki last April has admitted to the crime, the BBC reports. "I apologize to Mayor Iccho Ito and his family from the bottom of my heart," Tetsuya Shiroo said today on the first day of his trial. An alleged gangster, Shiroo was apprehended immediately after shooting Ito last year as he campaigned for reelection. More »

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      Japan  • Nagasaki  • Tetsuya Shiroo  • Iccho Ito

  • December 2007

    • Tree That Survived A-Bomb Sees 70th Christmas

      Associated Press  |  Dec 22, 07 1:10 PM CST

      Tree That Survived A-Bomb Sees 70th Christmas

      (Newser) - A Japanese soldier's Christmas tree has stayed with his family through dark times, and even survived the atomic bomb that killed his brother in Nagasaki. This year marks the 70th Christmas that Warren Nobuaki Iwatake has put up the fragile, three-foot tree, which he calls "a shining light, because it was a symbol of unity in my family." More »

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      Japan  • World War II  • Christmas  • Nagasaki

  • November 2007

    • Hiroshima Bomb Pilot Dead at 92

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 3:19 PM CDT

      Hiroshima Bomb Pilot Dead at 92

      (Newser) - The commander and pilot of the B-29 that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945—the first military use of nuclear weapons—died today, the Associated Press reports. Paul Tibbets was 92, and requested no funeral or headstone for fear that they might attract anti-nuclear protesters. Tibbets always said he had no regrets about the mission. More »

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      Japan  • obituary  • nuclear weapons  • World War II  • atomic bomb  • Nagasaki  • Hiroshima

  • July 2007

    • Japanese Pol Resigns Over A-Bomb Gaffe

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 07 8:08 AM CDT

      Japanese Pol Resigns Over A-Bomb Gaffe

      (Newser) - Japan's defense minister has resigned in a storm of protest over remarks he made last weekend that the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified. Fumio Kyuma said he understood the US decision to drop the bombs, and that "it couldn't be helped." He also suggested that the abrupt end to the war was better for Japan, the AP reports. More »

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      Japan  • Nagasaki  • atomic bomb  • Hiroshima

  • April 2007

    • Mobster Guns Down Nagasaki Mayor

      CNN  |  Apr 18, 07 1:36 PM CDT

      Mobster Guns Down Nagasaki Mayor

      (Newser) - The mayor of Nagasaki was murdered yesterday by a gangster affiliated with Japan's largest organized-crime syndicate. The assassin, who shot Iccho Ito twice in the back, reportedly was steamed that the city refused to pay for damages to his car after he drove it into a hole at a construction site. More »

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      murder  • Japan  • organized crime  • Nagasaki  • Yakuza  • Tetsuya Shiroo  • Iccho Ito

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