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Woman injured in robbery attempt
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2015
» PHNOM PENH — A Japanese woman suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh after she resisted an armed attempt to rob her purse, a police officer said.
Rejected man sues women's college
Kyodo News, Published on 19/01/2015
» TOKYO - A man seeking entrance to a women's university in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, filed a damages lawsuit Monday, arguing the public college's rejection of his application amounts to gender discrimination and is unconstitutional.
N. Korea open to talks with South
Kyodo News, Published on 01/01/2015
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday "there is no reason not to be able to" hold a summit meeting with South Korea in a nationally televised New Year's address.
Suu Kyi undecided on 2015 polls
Kyodo News, Published on 31/12/2014
» Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday that her National League for Democracy is undecided whether to contest next year's general election.
9 hurt, 1 missing after volcano erupts
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2014
» At least one person went missing and nine others were injured, four of them seriously, after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, a government official said Friday.
Japan's LDP to win lower house majority in fresh mandate for Abe
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2014
» The Liberal Democratic Party will likely secure a majority in Sunday's lower house election as voters gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a fresh mandate to forge ahead with economic and more contentious energy and security policies, according to Kyodo News exit polls and projections.
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.
US set to move troops off Okinawa
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2014
» The US Congress decided Tuesday to lift a freeze on funding for transferring some Marines from Okinawa to Guam, a move that could help an effort to reduce the Japanese island's burden of hosting US forces.
Apec ministers ready trade roadmap
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2014
» Ministers of 21 Asia-Pacific countries are set to discuss ways to boost regional integration and adopt a road map toward the creation of a new free trade area at a two-day meeting in Beijing starting today in the run-up to a summit next week.
Japanese swim star denies theft
Kyodo News, Published on 05/11/2014
» TOKYO - Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita, who was summarily indicted for allegedly stealing a camera at September's Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, said Wednesday that someone else placed the camera in his bag at the Asian Games swimming venue.