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AI plays cupid as Japan tries to boost marriage rate
Kyodo News, Published on 17/02/2024
» KYODO - With increasing numbers of people in Japan getting married late or not at all, local governments are turning to a new weapon in their fight to reverse the trend -- artificial intelligence (AI).
Alleged fraudsters detained in Cambodia to be extradited to Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Twenty-five Japanese nationals detained in September in Cambodia for allegedly running a phone scam operation out of an apartment in Phnom Penh will soon be extradited to Japan for arrest, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Thai community spreads language, culture in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 23/12/2019
» TOKYO: In an eastern downtown area of Tokyo, known for its Thai community, classes are being held in a six-story building promoting Thai language and culture.
Malaysia to end visa-free entry for N Koreans
Kyodo News, Published on 02/03/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has decided to end visa-free entry for North Koreans, effective on March 6, following the assassination in mid-February of the estranged half-brother of the reclusive country's leader Kim Jong Un, local media said on Thursday.
New talents embraced in reviving geisha tradition
News, Kyodo News, Published on 11/08/2016
» Morioka, the capital city of Iwate prefecture in northeastern Japan, is striving to preserve and revitalise the time-honoured tradition of geisha female entertainers for which the town was once famous.
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.
Military drills to delay flights in China
Kyodo News, Published on 22/07/2014
» BEIJING - Military exercises in eastern China will create massive disruption to civilian air services during the period of the drills through mid-August, Chinese media said Tuesday.