Jacob Daniel DeShazer, a former member of a U.S. aircrew that conducted the first aerial bombing on Japan during World War II, died March 15, according to an online version of an Oregon-based daily, Statesman Journal, and other news reports. He was 95. The bombardier of the Doolittle air raid, that followed shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, died of old age at his home in Salem, Oregon, according to the reports.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and took part in
Around 6,000 people attended a rally Sunday in Okinawa to protest against crimes committed by U.S. soldiers, demanding a revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and the curtailment of U.S. military bases. The rally in the town of Chatan was organized by labor unions and women's civic groups to protest against the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in the town in February.
Okinawa Mayor Mitsuko Tomon said, "Okinawa has been lodging protests against the governments of Japan and th
Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu defeated yokozuna rival Hakuho to win his first title of the year on the final day of the Spring Grand Tournament on Sunday. Asashoryu got both arms around Hakuho and twisted him round and out of the dohyo with a well executed arm-bar throw. Asashoryu's 13th victory of the tournament secured his 22nd Emperor's Cup and first title in four meets.
In an all ozeki match-up, Kotomitsuki shrugged off a flurry of slaps and thrusts to see off Chiyotaikai and secure
Voters in Kumamoto Prefecture are going to polling stations Sunday in a gubernatorial election over a range of issues including fiscal rehabilitation, a dam project and relief measures for sufferers of mercury poisoning in the southern city of Minamata. Current Governor Yoshiko Shiotani, 68, decided not to seek another four-year term.
The five candidates are Ikuo Kabashima, 61, a former University of Tokyo profess or, Takayuki Kamakura, 61, a former local government official, Eiichi Iwashita,
Jack Cust, Travis Buck and Donnie Murphy each homered and combined for seven RBIs as the Oakland Athletics routed the Hanshin Tigers 10-2 in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon.
Cust gave the A's a 2-0 lead with a two-run shot to left-center in the first inning and Buck also connected off right-hander Shinobu Fukuhara to lead off a three-run third that extended their lead to 5-1 at Tokyo Dome. Murphy broke the game wide open in the eighth when he hit a grand slam into the right-field seats of
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