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British couple arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan
New York Times, Published on 25/02/2025
» LONDON — A British couple who spent almost two decades running education programs in Afghanistan were detained by the Taliban this month, their children said in interviews with a number of British news outlets.
Putin says no talks with Japan unless stance altered
Kyodo News, Published on 06/06/2024
» ST PETERSBURG - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that conditions are not currently in place for his country to resume talks with Japan on a post-World War II peace treaty, blaming Tokyo for souring bilateral relations by supporting Ukraine.
Yahoo Japan, Line to merge business
Associated Press, Published on 18/11/2019
» TOKYO: Z Holdings Corp, which owns SoftBank Corp that operates Yahoo Japan, and Naver Corp of South Korea, which owns a majority stake in Line, said Monday they are aiming for a final agreement by next month.
Sam Rainsy in Indonesia plotting next move
Published on 14/11/2019
» JAKARTA: Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has arrived in Indonesia to meet some of the country's lawmakers as he considers when and how to make his long-awaited return to his homeland.
US upset by Asean's ‘effort to embarrass’ Trump via partial boycott
Published on 04/11/2019
» The United States has expressed concern with Association of South East Asian Nations leaders for their "intentional effort to embarrass" President Donald Trump by partially boycotting an Asean-US summit slated for Monday in Bangkok, a diplomat said.
Typhoon leaves 25 dead as Japan launches major rescue
Associated Press, Published on 13/10/2019
» TOKYO: Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 25 with more than a dozen missing. One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter.
Four dead, 17 missing as fierce Typhoon Hagibis pounds Tokyo
Published on 13/10/2019
» TOKYO: Four people were killed and 17 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralysed Tokyo, flooding rivers and putting millions under evacuation warning before it plowed up the northeastern coast.
China imposes retaliatory tariffs on US imports
Published on 01/09/2019
» China on Sunday imposed further tariffs on US imports, in retaliation for Washington's fourth round of tariff hikes on Chinese products.
'Personal grudge' behind deady anime arson
Published on 19/07/2019
» TOKYO: A 41-year-old man being held in connection with a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio has admitted to using petrol to set fire to the three-storey building and indicated that personal grudge was a likely motive, local police said on Friday.
16 schoolkids, 2 adults stabbed in rampage near Tokyo; 2 dead
Published on 28/05/2019
» TOKYO: Knife-wielding man stabs 16 elementary school pupils and two adults at bus stop in Kawasaki, near Tokyo; 1 girl, 1 man dead.