TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese police officer died after being found shot in a toilet near the prime minister's residence early on Friday and police were investigating a potential suicide, multiple media outlets reported.
Police officers increase their patrols at Tokyo s Haneda airport as Japan strengthens security ahead of a state funeral later this month for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Mayor Yasushi Chibana of Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates Monday as a UNESCO advisory panel recommends that the area and other islands in southwestern Japan be added to the list of natural World Heritage sites. | KYODO
Kyodo May 11, 2021
A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended that a chain of islands in southwestern Japan with dense subtropical forests be added to the list of natural World Heritage sites, according to government officials.