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More than 1.3m Osaka Expo tickets remain unused before Oct end
Published on 23/09/2025
» More than 1.3 million admission tickets for the World Exposition in Osaka remain unused, less than a month to go before the event ends on Oct 13, according to the organiser's data released on Monday.
Trump-Putin summit ends without deal on Ukraine cease-fire
Kyodo News, Published on 16/08/2025
» ANCHORAGE — United States President Donald Trump ended a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday without a deal on a cease-fire in the yearslong war between Ukraine and Russia.
Slogans urge Tibetans to assimilate under Chinese rule
Kyodo News, Published on 13/08/2025
» NYINGCHI — As the plane touches down at the airport in Nyingchi, in China's remote eastern Tibetan Autonomous Region, the slogan "Long live ethnic unity!" can be seen written in massive Chinese characters along the base of a nearby mountain.
Several people missing in southwestern Japan as heavy rain continues
Published on 11/08/2025
» Several people remain unaccounted for in southwestern Japan on Monday as ongoing heavy rain triggered dangerous landslides, according to local authorities and rescuers.
Thailand welcomes visitors to Expo pavilion in Osaka
Published on 14/04/2025
» The Thai exhibition was among places visited by exhibition-goers on the first day of the World Exposition in Osaka on Sunday.
US presidential vote count continues, Trump wins swing state
Kyodo News, Published on 06/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent Donald Trump on Tuesday picked up early wins in their respective strongholds as vote counting for one of the most consequential presidential elections in United States history continued.
8,000 North Korean troops likely to fight Ukraine
Kyodo News, Published on 01/11/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States foreign and defence secretaries said Thursday that North Korean soldiers in Russia are expected to enter combat against Ukrainian forces "in the coming days."
Russian military plane violates Japan's airspace
Published on 23/09/2024
» Japan's Defense Ministry said Monday that a Russian military aircraft violated the country's airspace three times, prompting an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) fighter jet to fire a signal flare for the first time ever, with Tokyo lodging an "extremely stern protest" with Moscow.
Thai rural doctors’ group wins Magsaysay Award
Published on 31/08/2024
» The rural doctors’ movement in Thailand is among the five recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, the organisation behind what is regarded as the Nobel Prize of Asia said on Saturday.
China blocks another Philippine supply mission
Published on 27/08/2024
» A number of Chinese vessels blocked Philippine patrol ships on a resupply mission in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea on Monday, in the latest confrontation in the contested waters.