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Japan PM Abe sends offering to war shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a religious offering Monday to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including executed war criminals — long a source of tension with Japan's neighbors China and South Korea.
Grim work for families as more bodies discovered in South Korean ferry

The confirmed death toll rose to 64 Monday as prosecutors said they detained four crew members — two first mates, a second mate and a chief engineer — whom they suspect of failing to protect passengers. The captain and two crew members were formally arrested earlier, and senior prosecutor Ahn Sang-don said prosecutors will decide within 48 hours whether ask a court for arrest warrants for the newly detained crew.
Delay in ferry evacuation puzzles maritime experts

It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck?

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Hope fades as US, S. Korea continue search for ferry disaster survivors

The U.S. military continues to assist South Korea search for survivors of Wednesday’s ferry sinking in the Yellow Sea, even as the prospect of finding anyone still alive seems increasingly unlikely.
US, South Korea wrap up Foal Eagle exercise

The U.S. and South Korea quietly wrapped up their annual spring training drills on Friday, as the end of the massive Foal Eagle exercise was overshadowed by efforts to rescue passengers of a sunken ferry of the southwestern tip of the peninsula.
New Navy report could clear way for Marines' move from Okinawa to Guam

The Navy has recommended placing firing ranges on Andersen Air Force Base instead of Guam’s ancient ancestral lands in its latest environmental impact report — largely seen as one of the final hurdles to moving 4,700 Marines and their families off Okinawa as part of the Pacific realignment.
Yokosuka sailor charged in Navy bribery scandal April 17, 2014
2 US Navy helicopters join search for South Korea ferry survivors April 17, 2014
Navy chopper rescues lost mother, daughter lost in Guam jungle April 17, 2014
Despite doubts, Japan prepares end to ban on defending allies April 16, 2014

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Yokota's Galvin breaks Pacific record in 800

Beppu, Japan: Being buried by hot-spring-infused beach sand makes for a subterranean sauna

Top Marine in Japan: If tasked, we could retake the Senkakus from China

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