2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (175+ words) Japan's government plans to update a procedure for repatriating the remains of people who died overseas in World War Two. The aim is to bring them back faster when possible. Welfare ministry officials presented the changes on Tuesday at a…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (165+ words) A court in Hong Kong has sentenced the organizers of a vigil for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. They face at least five years in jail. The three defendants belonged to a civic group called the Hong Kong…...

6+ day, 55+ min ago   (121+ words) Marcos' cousin arrested over flood project scandal nhk.or.jp A cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is under arrest. He is accused of pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks from flood control projects. A court recommended…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (107+ words) Search for hydropower project workers intensifies in Nepal nhk.or.jp Rescuers in Nepal are racing to find hundreds of missing hydropower project workers following devastating flash floods The military says about 120 could still be trapped in tunnels Officials say…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (94+ words) Indonesian airports reopen after volcanic eruptions nhk.or.jp A series of volcanic eruptions recently forced eight Indonesian airports to halt operations But they are now up and running again Mount Anak Krakatau sits in the Sunda Strait between Java…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (219+ words) China's government says it will impose what amounts to a tariff on a chemical imported from Japan that's used in making semiconductors. China's Commerce Ministry on Monday said the prices of the dichlorosilane material are kept unfairly low and the…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (176+ words) A major volcanic eruption in Indonesia over the weekend continues to affect people's daily lives. Anak Krakatau volcano, located in Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra, has been erupting since Friday. A plume of ash and smoke…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (190+ words) Japan's Prince Hisahito, the eldest son of Crown Prince and Princess Akishino, turned 20 years old on Sunday. The Imperial Household Agency says the Prince is in his sophomore year at the University of Tsukuba, and spent the past year in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (218+ words) The Pacific Islands Forum has wrapped up its annual leaders' meeting with a show of concern about China's recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The forum consists of 18 countries and territories, including Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (132+ words) A cross-party group of Japanese Diet members for Japan-China friendship is planning to visit China this month to help mend the strained relations between the two countries. The plan was announced on Thursday by Moriyama Hiroshi, who chairs the Japan-China…...