Track-It Japan

Sept. 02--Sixty-five years ago today, Bluefield native and serviceman the Rev. Raymond E. Pedigo stood aboard a ship in Tokyo Bay near the USS Missouri as Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamoru Shigemitsu... Read more

Sept. 02--Veterans from the Greatest Generation seem to share an uncanny knack for numbers, remembering dates and figures from decades ago with precision and clarity. Read more

Sept. 02--Japan Airlines Corp. and its bankruptcy administrator, the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, submitted a rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. This marks the start of JAL's full-scale... Read more

Sept. 02--Animal rights activist Ric O'Barry, who starred in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," stressed Wednesday in Tokyo he will use peaceful methods to press Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, to stop its annual dolphin slaughter. Read more

LONDON — European stock markets and Wall Street futures recouped earlier modest losses Thursday after a surprise fall in weekly U.S. jobless claims. Read more

Sept. 02--Charles Clark turned 18 in Pennsylvania, 19 aboard ship off the coast of Africa, 20 off the coast of the Philippines and 21 in the newly conquered Empire of Japan. Read more

TOKYO — Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday. Read more

BEIJING — China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track. Read more

Sept. 02--That Sunday morning was overcast and crisp, when 19-year-old Harvey Hinson, a Navy ship fitter 2nd class from Salisbury, was assigned to a muster station at the rear of the battleship USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay,... Read more

TOKYO — Delta is upbeat about its business in Japan as new routes and the surging yen boost travel and help along the recovery in the industry, a top executive said Thursday. Read more