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Indonesia sees rise in arrivals
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 22/02/2017
» JAKARTA: Foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia rose 10.7% to 11.52 million people last year but those from some countries, including Japan, decreased due to concerns over terrorism as well as prevailing economic conditions, according to official data.
Trial of Erawan suspects begins as translator appointed
Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2016
» The trial of two men accused of involvement in a bomb attack which killed 20 people in Bangkok last year began on Tuesday, following months of delays as the court searched for an interpreter for the defendants.
Train firms, utilities seek sites be made Pokemon-free
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» TOKYO - Railway companies and nuclear power plant operators in Japan asked the provider of the popular "Pokemon Go" smartphone game on Tuesday to make sure the game's virtual characters do not appear in areas they think are inappropriate or dangerous to play.
A-bomb survivors group struggle to continue efforts 60 years on
News, Kyodo News, Published on 05/08/2016
» While Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima as the first sitting US president in May highlighted again the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, Japan's major anti-nuclear group, which has led the movement for 60 years at home and abroad, sees a rocky road ahead as its membership declines with the passing of atomic bomb survivors.
Prince Akishino's Thailand visit cancelled
Kyodo News, Published on 15/08/2016
» Prince Akishino, the younger son of Japanese Emperor Akihito, will not visit Thailand this week as was scheduled, the Imperial Household Agency announced Monday in the wake of a series of bomb blasts last week that left more than four people dead and more than 30 injured.
Pakistan militants kill 65 for celebrating Easter
Kyodo News, Published on 28/03/2016
» LAHORE - At least 65 people including a large number of women and children were killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide bomb attack in a park in Lahore on Sunday evening, hospital and police officials said.
N. Korea claims new-engine success
Kyodo News, Published on 09/04/2016
» BEIJING — North Korea claimed on Saturday to have successfully tested a new type of engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in its latest episode of sabre-rattling ahead of a rare party congress scheduled for early next month.
Japan, US mull financial sanctions on North Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2016
» TOKYO - Japan, the United States and South Korea are considering slapping financial sanctions on North Korea for conducting a fourth nuclear test last month, diplomatic sources said on Saturday.
Kim Jong Un: Latest nuke test was "self-defence"
Kyodo News, Published on 10/01/2016
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told military officers that the country's nuclear test earlier this week was an act of self-defence against the United States nuclear threat, the state-run news agency reported on Sunday.
US flies B-52 over South Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 10/01/2016
» SEOUL - The United States military on Sunday dispatched a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber on a flight over South Korea, in an apparent show of force to North Korea following its globally condemned fourth nuclear test.