Nagasaki
(2001 est. pop. 430,000). Nagasaki is a seaport town on the west coast of Kyushu, Japan. Originally a tiny fishing village, Nagasaki first gained prominence with the establishment of its port...
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Nagasaki, Japan
Nagasaki is a harbor city located at the southwestern tip of Japan. It is Japan's oldest open port. Traders from the western world started arriving in the mid-sixteenth centur...
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Itcho Ito, who died early Wednesday after being shot by a gunman
outside his office in Nagasaki City on Tuesday, was born on Aug. 23,
1945 in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Ito graduated fr...
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All nuclear powers should eliminate their stockpiles and Japan should turn its no-nuclear weapons policy into law, the mayor of Nagasaki said Thursday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of ...
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The following is the full text of a Peace Declaration issued
Thursday by Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue at a memorial ceremony to
mark the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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Residents of St. Paul and Nagasaki gathered Thursday in the
Minnesota capital to hear songs of peace and observe a moment of
silence to commemorate the fateful morning 62 years ago when the
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Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa beat Ogaki Nichidai 6-1 on Monday in a
rematch of their clash in the final of the national invitational meet
this spring, moving within two wins of completing a double ...
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(EDS: ADDING DEFENSE ARGUMENT IN 6TH-7TH GRAFS)
A gangster indicted for fatally shooting former Nagasaki Mayor
Itcho Ito last April pleaded guilty Tuesday at his first court
hearing at the N...
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Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito, a key denuclearization proponent, died
early Wednesday after being shot Tuesday evening by a gangster during
election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital...
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Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot twice by a gunman at 7:50 p.m.
Tuesday in front of JR Nagasaki Station and is in a serious
condition, with his heart reportedly having st...
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A Nagasaki construction firm president arrested in connection
with the murder last month of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito on Wednesday
denied helping local gangster Tetsuya Shiroo carry out the sh...
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(EDS: FIXING TYPO IN 2ND GRAF)
A Nagasaki construction firm president arrested in connection
with the murder last month of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito on Wednesday
denied helping local gangster...
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Nagasaki
Nagasaki, Japan
Profile of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito
