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Window falls from US military chopper onto Okinawa school
Kyodo News, Published on 13/12/2017
» A window fell from a US military transport helicopter onto the grounds of an elementary school in Okinawa on Wednesday, slightly injuring one student and triggering renewed concern in the prefecture that hosts the bulk of US forces in Japan.
Several injured as plane with 25 aboard crashes in Canada
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2017
» Several people were injured late Wednesday when a small plane carrying 22 passengers and three crew members crashed in central Canada, local media said.
Japan's emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019
Kyodo News, Published on 01/12/2017
» TOKYO: A special panel to discuss key issues regarding the Japanese imperial family decided Friday to set the date for Emperor Akihito's abdication as April 30, 2019, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, paving the way for the nation's first imperial succession from a living emperor in about 200 years.
Hawaii reinstates Cold War attack warning system
Kyodo News, Published on 02/12/2017
» Hawaii started monthly trials of an attack warning system Friday, in the first such test in the state since the end of the Cold War, days after North Korea's latest missile launch.
New tuna conservation measures eyed in Manila
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» A five-day series of meetings kicked off in Manila Sunday at which representatives from over 30 countries are eyeing to craft new tuna conservation measures in the western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean.
13 dead after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korean coast
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» Thirteen people were killed and two are missing after a fishing boat with 22 people aboard collided with a tanker and capsized off the west coast of South Korea on Sunday, local media quoted the coast guard as reporting.
4 bodies, likely from N. Korea, found along Japan coast
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2017
» TOKYO: Four bodies, suspected of being from North Korea, were found Monday along Japan's northern coast on the Sea of Japan, local authorities said.
US B-1 bomber flies over Korea in show of force
Kyodo News, Published on 07/12/2017
» SEOUL: The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday amidst a combined air combat exercise being held this week with South Korea, the latter's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
6.2 quake off NZ's Kermadec Islands
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported.
Japan's Q3 economic growth revised up to 2.5%
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's economy grew an annualised real 2.5% in the July-September period, revised up from preliminary data and marking seven straight quarters of growth, the longest stretch on record, the government said Friday.