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May 11, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan--Yang Jingtao did what many young, brave Chinese did--he left his home as a teenager to fight the invading Japanese in World War II.
August 25, 2012
Ri Yong Ho, a farmer who lives on the outskirts of Pyongyang, was digging up his backyard to create storage space for kimchi pickled vegetables when he came across a grisly...
July 18, 2012
The approach of midsummer brings to mind the following "senryu" comical poem: "Stopping passers-by in their tracks/ Is the smell of an eel restaurant." I don't recall who wrote ...
April 04, 2012
Of all the ads hanging in commuter trains, the most popular must be those of the weekly magazines. The eye-catching headlines are an interesting way to while away a few seconds ...
March 10, 2012
It feels as if I now have a truly great man for a relative. Japanologist Donald Keene, 89, has finally become a Japanese citizen.
January 20, 2012
North Korea has released two Japanese citizens held on suspicion of criminal activity, a Japanese cabinet minister said on Jan. 20, in what could be a sign of a more...
January 12, 2012
He rules his soccer team with an iron fist and often clashes with players and management, but VfL Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath has nothing but good things to say about the...
December 03, 2011
When she was a university student, Akiko Dewa wanted to help the former Thai street children who had been taken in by a facility.
November 29, 2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An Indonesian anti-corruption court has found a former railways official guilty of improperly procuring 60 used trains from a Japanese firm.
November 16, 2011
For the first time in 22 years, the Japanese national soccer team faced the North Korean team in Pyongyang. I was overwhelmed by the regimented roar of 50,000 North Korean fans ...
October 25, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR--A Malaysian court has sentenced a Japanese nurse to death by hanging for drug trafficking.
October 24, 2011
As the sun sets behind the palace of Phnom Penh, foreign women stroll leisurely before the many cafes lining the Tonle Sap riverside.
October 24, 2011
I sometimes find "buried treasures" when going through my cluttered freezer. One time, it was a dried squid purchased during a trip. Another time, I dug out leftovers of a...
October 24, 2011
Murata Manufacturing Co. said Oct. 24 it has set up a sales branch in Wuhan, China, its sixth such outpost in the country.
October 18, 2011
The economies of Japan's Asian neighbors have developed rapidly over the past two decades, making the region more important to Japan than ever before.
October 11, 2011
MOSCOW -- Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese principal soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, will retire after the season ends in June next year.
August 12, 2011
BEIJING--Japanese and Chinese have negative views of each other in the latest joint survey conducted by Japan's Genron NPO and the China Daily, an English-language newspaper.
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