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Thais in record loss to Japan in women's hockey
Kyodo News, Published on 24/02/2017
» SAPPORO - Japan hammered Thailand 37-0 to make it four wins out of four in the women's ice hockey competition at the Asian Winter Games on Thursday.
Police urge suspects possibly at N. Korean embassy to come out
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2017
» KULA LUMPUR - Malaysia's police chief on Thursday urged two North Korean men, possibly hiding at the reclusive country's embassy in Kuala Lumpur, to come forward and assist with the ongoing investigation into last week's death of Kim Jong Nam.
Malaysia accuses N.Korea embassy in Kim assassination
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's police chief said Wednesday that investigation shows a diplomat at North Korea's embassy is among the suspects and possibly the leader of of last week's airport assassination of the half-brother of the reclusive country's leader.
Malaysia still waiting for Kim's kin to come forward
Kyodo News, Published on 21/02/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said Tuesday it is still waiting for the next of kin of Kim Jong Nam, the murdered half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to claim his body.
US 'stands with S. Korea' against North
Kyodo News, Published on 03/02/2017
» SEOUL - US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Thursday promised to speed up deployment of a missile system in South Korea.
Learning the Singapore way
Kyodo News, Published on 19/01/2017
» SINGAPORE - Singapore's climb to the top of global education rankings has put the spotlight on how an education system that had been seen as somewhat too competitive, stressful and exam-oriented has evolved into one of the best in the world.
Toxins found at new Tokyo fish market site
Kyodo News, Published on 14/01/2017
» TOKYO: An amount of benzene 79 times the minimum allowed by the government was detected among other toxic chemicals in groundwater samples from Tokyo's Toyosu area where the famous Tsukiji fish market is planned to be relocated, officials in the Tokyo metropolitan government said Saturday.
China's 2016 foreign trade down for second year
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» BEIJING - China's total value of exports and imports in 2016 fell for the second straight year, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that growth of the world's second-largest economy is moderating.
Japan's annual road toll lowest since 1949
Kyodo News, Published on 04/01/2017
» TOKYO - Japan's traffic death toll fell below 4,000 last year for the first time in 67 years, due partly to improved vehicle safety, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
Magazine sales fall shy of books
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 27/12/2016
» Tokyo: Magazine sales by value in Japan are expected to fall short of that of books for the first time in 41 years in 2016, on the back of sluggish comic magazine sales and growing demand for online publications, a research institute said Monday.