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Japan coach warns players not to underestimate Thailand
Published on 27/03/2017
» SAITAMA, Japan - Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic cracked the whip on Monday and fired a warning shot at his team, ordering his players not to take Thailand lightly in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier.
N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile after Japan-US summit
Published on 12/02/2017
» TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday in what appeared to be a move timed to follow the first summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump in Washington.
Suu Kyi: Myanmar to let aid into Rakhine
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi held "candid and transparent" talks with Asean foreign ministers Monday in which she agreed to allow humanitarian access to conflict-stricken areas of western Myanmar where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced, while she sought "time and space" to resolve the "complex" issue.
Pokemon no go for Malaysian Muslims
Kyodo News, Published on 06/08/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR: Pokemon Go officially landed in Malaysia on Saturday a day after the local Islamic authority warned Muslims against playing the smartphone-based augmented reality game over fears it could lead to a craving for power among a host of evils.
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.
5.3-magnitude quake hits Hokkaido
Kyodo News, Published on 16/06/2016
» A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck Hokkaido and other parts of northern Japan on Thursday, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported and no tsunami warning was issued.
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.
Japan's Mt Aso has small-scale eruption
Kyodo News, Published on 07/12/2015
» Mount Aso in southwestern Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture had a small-scale eruption Monday morning, its first since Oct 23, the weather agency said.
Chinese tourist shopping sprees causing flight delays
Published on 14/07/2015
» CHIBA, JAPAN — Chinese travellers going on duty-free buying frenzies at Narita airport have been gumming up the works by causing delays to China-bound flights.
5.5 quake shakes Tokyo, Narita airport
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck the Kanto region in eastern Japan on Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of damage and injuries and no tsunami warning.