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N. Korea's new foreign minister heads to Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2016
» VIENTIANE/PYONGYANG - North Korea's new foreign minister on Saturday left for Laos to make his overseas debut at a major security forum, at a time of high tensions over Pyongyang's series of weapons tests.
Taiwan to ship ammunition to island in South China Sea
Published on 07/06/2016
» TAIPEI - Taiwan is planning to transport a large amount of ammunition to an island it administers in the disputed South China Sea amid rising tensions in the region, Defence Minister Feng Shih-kuan said Tuesday.
Philippines agrees on lease of Japan training aircraft
Published on 02/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan and the Philippines have agreed on the leasing of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) TC-90 training aircraft to the Southeast Asian nation, Japan's Defence Ministry said Monday.
1,000 quakes recorded in Japan in 2 weeks
Kyodo News, Published on 28/04/2016
» More than 1,000 seismic events had been recorded in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures by Thursday in the two weeks since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, while over 30,000 people remain evacuated from their homes.
Scores feared buried alive after new Japan quake
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
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.
Japanese destroyers make port call in Vietnam
Published on 12/04/2016
» CAM RANH, VIETNAM — Two vessels belonging to Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) made a port call Tuesday at Vietnam's strategic point of Cam Ranh Bay facing the South China Sea.
1 killed, 2 held near Asia security forum
Kyodo News, Published on 31/05/2015
» Police shot one man dead and detained two others early Sunday after they attempted to drive a car through a barricade near a hotel where defence ministers and officials from around the world are holding a three-day forum.
Japan cabinet to see few changes
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resumes office today with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph.
Voting under way in Japan, Abe tipped to win
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2014
» Voting began Sunday for Japan's lower house election, touted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a referendum on his "Abennomics" economic policies and his steering of the government since his return to power in 2012.