Mother calls on Trump to rescue Japanese citizens abducted by N.Korea
The mother of a Japanese woman who was abducted by North Korea says she hopes new US President Donald Trump will rescue her ...
Reactions from Japan to Trump's inauguration
People in Japan have been keeping an eye on US President Donald Trump's return to office. They have expressed the hope that ...
Japan spokesperson comments on death sentence for school bus attacker in China
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has commented on the death sentence in China handed down to a man charged ...
China court to hand down ruling to man charged with school bus knife attack
NHK has learned that a court in eastern China is set to hand down a ruling on Thursday to a man charged in connection with a ...
Indonesia plans to restrict children's social media use
Indonesia's communications minister says the government plans to set a minimum age for social media users and is studying ...
Picture book created based on true story of 1995 quake survivors
A picture book has been created based on the true story of parents and their child born on January 17, 1995, when a major ...
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N.Korea's abductions of Japanese remain issue with focus on US-N.Korea ties
The parents of the abductees are enduring a race against time. This year, Yokota Sakie, who is the mother of Yokota Megumi, will turn 89 years old and Arimoto Akihiro, the father of Arimoto Keiko ...
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Ex-abductee prays for 93-year-old mother still in North Korea
Soga was repatriated in 2002, but her mother remains unaccounted for. Saturday is her 93rd birthday. The daughter said in an interview with NHK that she worries every day whether her mother is ...
30 years after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude ...
Japan's Cabinet chief pledges action on abduction issue
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has pledged to maximize efforts to return Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea as soon as possible.
Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child
A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and ...