families of the victims and other participants, including transport minister takeshi maeda, offered flowers. >> translator: i offer flowers every year in the hope that people's memory do not fade away. >> japan's supreme court has finalized death sentences for 13 members of the cult for the sarin attack and other crimes. >>> japan and canada are expected to announce a plan to negotiate a bilateral economic partnership agreement. the two sides will likely give the final go ahead to the talks when japanese prime minister yoshihiko noda meets canadian prime minister stephen harper in tokyo later this month. japan is looking for an abolition of tariffs on its cars. it also wants a stable supply of canadian coal and natural gas. canada would be able to expand exports of wheat and other farm products to japan. the proposed epa negotiations would be the first for japan with another member of the group of eight industrialized countries. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of a shooting rampage in afghanistan has told his lawyers that he remembers little of the incident. the defense team argues that he was

families of the victims and other participants, including transport minister takeshi maeda, offered flowers. >> translator: i offer flowers every year in the hope that people's memory do not fade away. >> japan's supreme court has finalized death sentences for 13 members of the cult for the sarin attack and other crime >>> japanese astronaut akihiko hoshide is hard at work at nasa's johnson space center in texas. he's preparing for a long stay in outer space. hoshide will shed to the international space station this summer aboard the russian spacecraft soyuz for a five-month mission. hoshide's training includes remote operation of the space station's roboc arm. during the mission, hoshide is also expected to look into the possible effects of cosmic radiation and zero gravity. >> translator: my mission will involve conducting experiments during several months in space. i'm excited. >> hoshide stayed on the space station for eight days in 2008. >>> people who used to live around fukushima daiichi woke up today far from home. they were forced to leave after the disaster at the plant. >> report