Sado Island
(2001 pop. 73,000). Japan's fifthlargest island, Sado (Sadogashima), is located in the Sea of Japan, 35 kilometers from the city of Niigata in Honshu. The island is 853 square kilom...
Read more
Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea in
the 1970s who returned to Japan in 2002, was hired Monday to work at
a city-run nursing home in the city of Sado, Niigata Pref...
Read more
The brother of a Romanian woman believed to have been abducted
by North Korea in the late 1970s arrived in Japan from Romania Friday
to see a group of relatives of Japanese abductees.
Gabr...
Read more
Former abductee Hitomi Soga expressed gratitude Wednesday for
the warm support she has received from people as she marked the fifth
anniversary of her repatriation from North Korea.
''I re...
Read more
Japan and China will resume an exchange of internationally
protected Japanese crested ibises that has been suspended since April
2003 because of an outbreak of bird flu that hit various parts...
Read more
(EDS: ADDING BROTHER'S COMMENT, OTHER INFO)
The brother of a Romanian woman believed to have been abducted
by North Korea in the late 1970s arrived in Japan on Friday and
expressed outrage a...
Read more
Two Japanese couples who were abducted to North Korea in 1978
and repatriated in 2002 urged on Friday an early settlement of the
abduction issue prior to the fifth anniversary of their repatr...
Read more
----------
U.N. panel's draft projects 2 C global warming this century at best
TOKYO - Global temperatures may rise by up to 6.4 C during the
21st century, but the rise could be mitigated t...
Read more
----------
Gov't eyes lifting minimum recycling rates for 3 home appliances
TOKYO - The Environment Ministry is considering raising
mandatory minimum recycling rates for three home applianc...
Read more
Tourist associations in many parts of Japan are striving to
increase the number of tourists by organizing tour programs focusing
on the sights of their regions and offering travelers a one-of...
Read more
Sado Island
Returned abductee Soga gets job at nursing home in Sado
