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Scores feared buried alive after new Japan quake
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
$360m Chinese-funded sugar mill opens in Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 19/04/2016
» A US$360 million, China-invested sugar production factory began operating Tuesday in Cambodia's northern province of Preah Vihear.
1,000 quakes recorded in Japan in 2 weeks
Kyodo News, Published on 28/04/2016
» More than 1,000 seismic events had been recorded in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures by Thursday in the two weeks since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, while over 30,000 people remain evacuated from their homes.
Search for Taiwan quake victims ends with death toll at 116
Kyodo News, Published on 14/02/2016
» The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Feb. 6 rose to 116 on Saturday as rescue workers ended their search for bodies buried under rubble of a collapsed apartment complex where all but two of the fatalities were found.
China's 1st Zika patient discharged from hospital
Kyodo News, Published on 14/02/2016
» China's first patient with the Zika virus, a man who had traveled to Venezuala, was discharged from hospital on Sunday after fully recovering, official media reported Sunday.
Japan vows to strengthen economic support to Laos
Kyodo News, Published on 19/02/2016
» Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Japan will strengthen its economic support to Laos in areas such as infrastructure and human resources development, the Foreign Ministry said.
4 hurt as smoke fills cabin on Japan Airlines flight
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2016
» Smoke filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Co plane bound for Fukuoka on Tuesday afternoon before takeoff at Chitose airport in Hokkaido, forcing the evacuation of 159 passengers and six crew members.
1 in 29 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent
Kyodo News, Published on 06/03/2016
» One in 29 babies born in Japan in 2014 had at least one non-Japanese parent, a Kyodo News analysis of government data found, increasing the need to provide language support to such families at schools and medical facilities.
Boy, 15, nabbed for alleged killing of mum
Kyodo News, Published on 13/03/2016
» KOBE - A 15-year-old boy was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in western Japan, police said.
Koreans banned from re-entering Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2016
» The 22 people recently banned from re-entering Japan after visiting North Korea include a rocket engine expert with a doctorate from the University of Tokyo, a Japanese government source said on Saturday.