PM says Trump promised to raise Japan abduction issue with N Korea
[Japan Today] - 02/20/2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday told family members of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by North Korea that U.S. President Donald Trump had made a promise to…
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In reversal, Trump says Russia attacked Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva wins title in Dubai
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the Dubai Championships on Saturday to earn the (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
New Zealand marks 14th anniversary of Christchurch quake that killed 185, including 28 Japanese
The New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake that (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Hamas frees 6 hostages but questions cloud future of Gaza ceasefire
Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Police officer killed after responding to shooting at Pennsylvania hospital
A police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at a central Pennsylvania hospital, officials (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say
A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Starbucks Japan unveils new matcha cherry blossom Frappuccino for sakura season
As we prepare for this year’s blossoming of the sakura trees, forecast to begin around March 21 in Tokyo, Starbucks (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
20th annual event held in Japan to push claim to South Korea-held islets
The 20th edition of an annual ceremony to assert Japan's claim over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
2 Kumamoto police referred to prosecutors over sex crimes
Kumamoto Prefectural Police have sent papers to prosecutors on two police officers over alleged sex crimes. One case (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Man arrested for threatening food court employee with gun-shaped lighter
Police in Sapporo have arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of threatening an employee at a food court with a (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
Thousands rally in Romania's capital to support far-right Georgescu after annulled presidential race
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Romania’s capital on Saturday in a show of support for Călin (…)
[Japan Today] - 22/02/2025
