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Death toll rises to 25 in Japan floods
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2017
» FUKUOKA - The death toll rose to 25 on Monday as rescue efforts continued to find those unaccounted for after torrential rain hit southwestern Japan last week, with over 20 people still missing.
Japan flood death toll rises to 23
Kyodo News, Published on 10/07/2017
» FUKUOKA, JAPAN - The death toll rose to 23 on Monday as rescue efforts continued to find those unaccounted for after torrential rain hit southwestern Japan last week, with over 20 still missing.
Parents group head arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan
Published on 14/04/2017
» CHIBA, JAPAN - A murder investigation following the discovery of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl's body in Chiba prefecture last month took a shocking turn on Friday as police arrested the head of a parents' association at the victim's school in connection with the case.
Vietnamese girl murdered in Japan buried in hometown funeral
Published on 03/04/2017
» HANOI - A murdered 9-year-old Vietnamese girl, whose body was recently found near a drainage ditch in eastern Japan, was buried Monday at a cemetery in her hometown in northern Vietnam, with about 600 family and friends attending the funeral.
Missing Vietnamese girl found dead in Japan
Published on 26/03/2017
» CHIBA, JAPAN - A nine-year-old Vietnamese girl, who had been missing since on Friday, was found dead in a grass field near a drainage ditch in a city near Tokyo on Sunday, police said.
Foreign tourists provide economic boost to Japan
Published on 19/03/2016
» TOKYO — Japan's tourism sector represents a rare bright spot for the country's economy thanks to an increasing number of foreign visitors, many of whom are venturing beyond the well-trodden "golden route" encompassing Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
12 dead after two trains derail in India: official
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» NEW DELHI - Twelve people have been killed after two packed trains derailed while crossing a bridge hit by floods in central India overnight Wednesday, authorities said, highlighting again safety problems with the nation's crumbling railway network.
Defying death in the Holocaust for a sister
AFP, Published on 16/04/2015
» SHORESH (ISRAEL) - Suzanna Braun, who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust and defied death at least three times, believes she survived because of her determination to save her sister -- and some divine intervention.