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Boy, 15, nabbed for alleged killing of mum
Kyodo News, Published on 13/03/2016
» KOBE - A 15-year-old boy was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in western Japan, police said.
Koreans banned from re-entering Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2016
» The 22 people recently banned from re-entering Japan after visiting North Korea include a rocket engine expert with a doctorate from the University of Tokyo, a Japanese government source said on Saturday.
North Korea fires 5 missiles from east coast
Kyodo News, Published on 21/03/2016
» TOKYO — North Korea on Tuesday fired five missiles from its east coast, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Pakistan militants kill 65 for celebrating Easter
Kyodo News, Published on 28/03/2016
» LAHORE - At least 65 people including a large number of women and children were killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide bomb attack in a park in Lahore on Sunday evening, hospital and police officials said.
N. Korea claims new-engine success
Kyodo News, Published on 09/04/2016
» BEIJING — North Korea claimed on Saturday to have successfully tested a new type of engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in its latest episode of sabre-rattling ahead of a rare party congress scheduled for early next month.
9 killed, 860 hurt in magnitude 6.5 quake in southern Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 15/04/2016
» Nine people died and 860 others were injured after a powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Japan on Thursday night, local police said Friday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged the government's best efforts in rescue and relief work.
Death toll of Taiwan quake rises to 17
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2016
» TAINAN - The death toll of a powerful earthquake that struck southern Taiwan early Saturday rose to 17 people Sunday morning as rescue efforts continued, according to fire department officials.
4 hurt as smoke fills cabin on Japan Airlines flight
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2016
» Smoke filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Co plane bound for Fukuoka on Tuesday afternoon before takeoff at Chitose airport in Hokkaido, forcing the evacuation of 159 passengers and six crew members.
1 in 29 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent
Kyodo News, Published on 06/03/2016
» One in 29 babies born in Japan in 2014 had at least one non-Japanese parent, a Kyodo News analysis of government data found, increasing the need to provide language support to such families at schools and medical facilities.
Taiwan quake toll hits 24, over 120 missing
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2016
» The death toll from a powerful earthquake that caused buildings to collapse in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan early Saturday rose to 24 people on Sunday, with emergency response officials also saying as many as 120 may still be trapped under rubble.