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Japan national team coach Alberto Zaccheroni speaks during a press conference as Japan names its World Cup squad in Tokyo, Monday, May 12, 2014. Japan is drawn in a Group C with Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia at the World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Honda, Kagawa selected in Japan’s World Cup squad

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Tosu beats Kashiwa 1-0 to take lead in J-League

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on before their trilateral meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in the Hague, Netherlands. Obama’s travels through Asia this week will underscore the renewed U.S. commitment to the region, with an eye both to China’s rising assertiveness and to the fast-growing markets that are the center of gravity for global growth. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

Obama visit to Asia seen as counterweight to China

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama prior to their talks at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Facing fresh questions about his commitment to Asia, Obama will seek to convince Japan's leaders Thursday that he can deliver on his security and economic pledges, even as the crisis in Ukraine demands U.S. attention and resources elsewhere. (AP Photo/Toru Yamanaka, Pool)

Obama avoids ‘red line’ for China, prepared to impose tougher sanctions on Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this April 1, 2014 photo, Vic Morris retired from the Air Force in 1961 as a lieutenant colonel. He was a flight engineer on the B-29 Superfortress &quot;Danny-Mite&quot; that was shot down over Tokyo on May 24, 1945 during World War II. Seven members of the 11-man crew, including everyone stationed in the back of the plane and the navigator who had gone to the rear to help out when the radar operator had problems, were killed. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)

EXCHANGE: Illinois WWII veteran tells his story

By SCOTT WUERZ - Associated Press

US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation

Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates attends the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

IOC commission surveys Tokyo 2020 Olympic plans

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press