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Apr 15, 2023 · SEOUL — Japanese authorities evacuated Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after an explosion was heard at a port where he was due to give a stump speech. There are no reports of injuries, and at least...
Feb 28, 2023 · The Japanese flag and Olympic rings are seen at the Japan Olympic Museum near the National Stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 17. SEOUL, South Korea — Japan's largest advertising agency Dentsu and five other firms have been indicted for alleged bid-rigging in the run-up to the 2021 summer Olympics.
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Jul 8, 2022 · The shooting shocked many in Japan, which is one of the world's safest nations and has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere. "It is barbaric and malicious and it cannot be tolerated,"...
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Apr 15, 2023 · SEOUL — Japanese authorities evacuated Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to safety after an explosion was heard at a port where he was due to give a stump speech. One police officer was slightly...
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The obesity rate in the U.S. is about 10 times higher than in Japan, another wealthy developed nation. As part of NPR's series Living Better, we look into …
The nuclear crisis unfolding in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan is complex. Here, a collection of stories that explain the science ...
12 hours ago · Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
As Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea this summer, concerned South Koreans …
2:08. Taiwan shut its financial markets Thursday with Typhoon Khanun forecast to bring torrential rain to much of the northern coast as it sweeps past the …