Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy ... Japan's postwar history. After marathon negotiations in early March, Japanese officials accepted the ...

CNN reached out to the US Embassy in Japan, which said it was aware of the case but will not comment. The embassy told CNN in a phone call to contact Kadena Air Base, where Washington was based ...

The two governments have warned their nationals about possible retaliatory attacks, citing the Erawan Shrine bombing in 2015.

The US embassy spokesman called Mr Byers’ release by Moscow “a welcome gesture”. Representatives for the US Department of State did not immediately respond to a request for comment.