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Pyongyang mourns 'a close friend and comrade'
Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2016
» PYONGYANG - North Korea began three days of official mourning on Monday for late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, remembering him as a "close friend" and heroic ally in a joint struggle against US aggression.
Hatred behind Japan knife attacker's rampage
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN - Hatred appears to be what fuelled a young Japanese man who went on a stabbing rampage, killing 19 people Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired. Months earlier, he reportedly gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan.
Popular Japanese mascot back to work in quake-hit Kumamoto
Published on 06/05/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN - The popular black bear character Kumamon has resumed activities as the official mascot of Kumamoto, three weeks after the southwestern Japanese prefecture was devastated by the first of two major earthquakes.
Film set in Kumamoto aims to draw Thai tourists
Published on 06/11/2015
» A romantic comedy filmed in Kumamoto is being screened at theaters in Bangkok with an eye on drawing Thai tourists to the southwestern Japanese prefecture.
Four injured in Jakarta explosion
Published on 08/04/2015
» JAKARTA — An explosion occurred in a busy area in central Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon, injuring four people, police officers said.