5/27/2009 - Miyuki Nagahama (right) and Naoko Asai from the Shirayuri Gakuen School in Tachikawa finish first and second in their heat of the 50-meter dash May 23 during the 30th Annual Kanto Plain Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, Japan. More than 100 athletes from eight local schools competed in events ranging from the standing long jump and 50-meter dash to bowling and swimming.
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Kidnap Drives Policy Direction
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Has anyone read the recently published memoir by Sakie Yokota - mother of the young girl who was kidnapped by North Korean spies? I think that the kidnapping issue has become an important issue for Japan in dealing with North Korea.
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Local football players practice in Japan
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Team Stars & Stripes completed two days of practices at Yokota Air Base while acclimatizing to a 15-hour time difference from the U.S. West coast in preparation to take on Team Japan in the Global Challenge Bowl on Saturday, March 21.
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Now this is partly instructional and partly as a test to see if I am linking to BlueTube correctly - also (maybe) a little bit for your enjoyment because there is a small amount of humour in the way these guys made this clip..(over and out)..remora
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