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Japan tries to enlist Laos into S. China Sea dispute
Kyodo News, Published on 05/05/2016
» Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Thursday and conveyed Tokyo's desire to work closely with Laos to reduce tensions over the South China Sea issue, Japanese officials said.
15-yr-old girl arrested over murder of mother
Kyodo News, Published on 08/05/2016
» Police arrested a 15-year-old girl Sunday on suspicion of killing her mother at a Tokyo apartment in February.
Poll: Older Japanese have fewer friends
Kyodo News, Published on 20/05/2016
» More Japanese people aged 60 or older have no close friends compared with their contemporaries in three other countries surveyed, according to a government poll released on Friday.
String of likely Japan bear attacks claims fourth victim
Kyodo News, Published on 10/06/2016
» AKITA - The corpse of a person who appeared to have been attacked by a bear was found in a forest in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan on Friday, police said, possibly the fourth victim in a string of bear attacks in the area.
Japan's fertility rate inches up to 21-year high
Kyodo News, Published on 23/05/2016
» TOKYO — Japan's total fertility rate in 2015 rose 0.04 point from the previous year to a 21-year high of 1.46, aided by indications of economic recovery, the health ministry said on Monday.
Lonely Thai elephant dies in Tokyo zoo at 69
Kyodo News, Published on 26/05/2016
» TOKYO - Hanako, a 69-year-old Thai elephant who lived alone at a Tokyo zoo, died on Thursday, the zoo said, several months after Thai jumbo lovers and animal welfare activists called for the lonely animal's relocation.
Japan to export nursing care to Asian nations
Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has plans to export the country's nursing care system and profit from helping Asian countries such as China and Thailand cope with rapidly ageing populations, government sources said on Sunday.
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.
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.